Prologue
"Komugi-chan, just ask your friend, please!"
"It's dangerous, isn't it, Sakurako?"
Komugi-chan gives me a small sigh.
I'm not sure what to do, but I'm going to do it.
It's so cute. My eyes were rounded for a moment and she looked so cute.
Komugi-chan is often said to be cool and expressionless, but she's pretty easy to understand. But I think that's because I'm close to her and I see her a lot.
I don't know if it's because I'm close to her and I see her a lot.
"Yeah, when I got out of the station, it rained quite hard and I was surprised. Can you take me to school? Can you take me?"
"It can't be helped."
"Yeah!"
Even though I was amazed, she casually tilted my umbrella toward me.
If that happens, Komugi-chan's shoulders will get wet.
"Well, that's it."
"What is it?"
Komugi-chan does something cool.
That's true even when we went out together and went out for dinner on our days off.
If I have two dishes I want to eat and I'm having a hard time deciding between them, she'll just order them both.
And then she would say, "If we split it in half, we can eat both, right? I'm happy, but I don't want to be the one who has to do it."
It makes me happy, but I don't think it's right to put myself second.
No matter how many times I said that I would behave similarly, I think it's already a matter of nature, but as a close friend, I'm a little worried.
"What do you mean, 'Just ask your friend, please?"
"I was just flirting. I was just flirting with her, but as a confession, But what is the true word of confession?"
That line. "I've decided from the first impression! I don't want to say, 'I decided on you based on first impressions!'"
"Why?"
"Because you think your friends are lower than your lover, right?"
"Yes... I wonder if that is the case?"
"That's right, I want to evolve from a friend to a boyfriend. I'm disappointed that that's all friends are to her."
"So friends are more important to Sakurako?"
"Hmm, I don't understand because I have never been in a relationship. But, I wonder if lovers will end when they break up."
"What about friends?"
"I think that even if they drift apart for a while, they get back together again."
"You mean they're deeper than lovers?"
"Yes. But since there is a term "more than a friend but less than a lover", does that mean that everyone thinks that a lover is better than a friend?"
Komugi-chan pondered my question for a while.
It's totally fine if you just let it slide, but she seems to be taking it in stride and being careful not to say anything irresponsible. I like this part of you, Komugi-chan.
"Maybe it's because, generally speaking, it's good to have lots of friends, but it's considered immoral not to have one lover?"
"Isn't it because it's considered immoral to have only one lover?"
"Yes, because you are also the number one. You're not always the best friend. Maybe she has a friend who is closer to you, or maybe you're the only one she considers a friend. But if you are lovers, you can say that you are the best for each other. I think that's why... ...the world thinks that lovers are more valuable."
"Well... Then, if Komugi-chan were to go out with someone, would you stop playing with me?"
"You don't have to worry about that, because no one would be interested in dating me in the first place."
"Mou–!"
"Why are you angry...?"
"Komugi-chan, you are too unaware of your charm! Even though you are a beautiful woman with a very sharp appearance."
"I don't know what you're talking about when I'm considered the prettiest girl in school."
Komugi-chan seems to think I'm flattering her or making a joke. But it's true. There are a lot of people who are attracted to you, but you always seem to be isolated.
I'm honestly happy that she spends more time with me because of that.
"I'll play with Komugi-chan even if I end up going out with someone else!"
"You can give priority to your girlfriend, that's fine."
"Did you hear what I said?"
"Your passion for me has not reached me at all!"
"Okay, okay."
"Mmm. Is there anyone you like, Komugi-chan?
"......I don't want to talk about that."
The same answer no matter how many times I asked. I want to talk about that with Komugi-chan.
"You're not interested in relationships, are you, Komugi-chan?"
"It's more fun to talk to Sakurako, isn't it? Maybe Sakurako isn't?"
"Mou–."
When she's so dismissive, it makes me want to talk about love at all costs.
But I don't think it's right for me to force her. The ideal relationship is one where Komugi-chan comes up with topics that make her excited. I wonder how I can get her to do that.
We arrived at the school in the blink of an eye.
Thanks to Wheat for the umbrella and touching the door of the shoe box.
Unexpectedly.
I don't know why, but I had a premonition. I had a premonition that if I opened this, something would change.
I opened the door.
"Hey, what's this?"
"Another love letter or something?"
Komugi-chan's gaze turns to the white envelope I hold in my hand.
"What? I don't get love letters that often.......? Oh!"
Because it wasn't closed with tape or anything, the contents slipped out.
It was a sheet of white letter paper.
As I picked it up, I suddenly saw that it was a piece of paper.
"Huh...?"
There was a string of text that didn't have a shred of love for me in it.
What? Well... What is it? I wonder what it's talking about.
I'm confused, as expected.
I wonder what the right thing to do is.
What would Komugi-chan's reaction be?
"Um, sorry, can you take a look at this for me?"
"What? What is this letter...?"
Komugi-chan's voice was full of tension.
The sender is unknown.
The text is disturbing.
Above all, the text is neither handwritten nor typed on a computer.
Each letter was cut out from a newspaper or something and combined in a collage-like fashion.
"...Sakurako, is there someone you're dating?"
Komugi-chan's question was based on the contents of the letter.
"Huh? No, I don't. If there was such a thing, I would have told Komugi-chan already."
"So has anyone confessed to you lately?"
"Not since sophomore year."
"Well then, ...Sakurako, is there someone you like?"
"Um..."
"Is there?"
"...You know what?"
I paused for a moment and then said the name of a boy.
At that moment.
Komugi-chan was so surprised that she opened her eyes wide and wide ────.
TL: Reeze27, ディープエル, Mazii-sensei
ED: Reeze27, Gureimeri-shisou
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