1. I'm in love with kaori.
2. And now I have a name for this pain.
3. Those murky feelings eddying inside me all this time are suddenly so clear.
4. It seems... Obvious now.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. It belonged to a whole separate world from me.
2. Love was a more bright and cheerful thing.
3. In the books I read...
4. So this is love...
5. "We're more alike than we realized."
6. "Her sister and I."
7. "..."
8. We've been hurting so bad, for so long... Alone.
9. And that's why...
10. That's why we worry so much.
11. We both love kaori.
1. Kaori loves her sister just as much as her sister loves her.
2. She has a picture of them together in her room, too.
3. She never changed her profile pic with her sister.
4. Even though kaori was always coming over to see me...
5. And I got in between them.
6. No wonder shiori hates me.
7. But maybe it wasn't such a good idea to go every single day.
8. That's why I offered to show her my writing.
9. I just wanted to do anything I could for kaori.
10. It must be exhausting to meet with multiple people a day.
11. She tries hard to appear cheerful in front of everyone, even her family.
1. But she's definitely pushing herself too hard...
2. No, she wouldn't lie to me like that.
3. What if she only says that to make me feel better, though?
4. But then again, she said she always looks forward to reading my novel.
5. "..."
6. Guess there's only one way to know for sure.
7. "..."
1. And now the latest typhoon news.
2. "I'm done with the bath..."
3. A typhoon...
4. "Shizuku."
5. Caution is advised until late night tomorrow.
6. Typhoon number 8 is currently moving north...
7. "Oh..."
8. "Are you going to see Kaori tomorrow?"
9. "The trains might not be running..."
1. "Yeah... that's true."
2. "I'll stay home tomorrow."
3. "Ah..."
4. "Yeah, good idea."
5. "Hey, um... can we move the morning glories inside?"
1. "No worries, wouldn't want you to get caught in the storm"
2. "Sorry, can't make it tomorrow. Typhoon"
3. "See you soon!"
4. That was fast...
5. There she goes again, worrying about everyone but herself...
6. "..."
1. No Kaori tomorrow...
2. No Kaori...
3. That's the first time I've told her I won't be visiting.
5. Talk for a little...
6. It would be nice to at least hear her voice.
7. It's probably too late to be messaging her. Not like it's anything urgent...
8. "..."
1. sigh
2. "No worries, wouldn't want you to get caught in the storm"
3. "See you soon!"
4. "..."
5. "No worries, wouldn't want you to get caught in the storm"
6. "See you soon!"
7. "Can I call"
8. "Can I call you now?"
9. "called"
10. Did I always overthink everything like this...?
11. "..."
1. "See you later!"
4. "Can I call you tomorrow? Whenever you have time."
5. Ah, she saw it already.
6. My finger got trigger happy.
7. Wait, can you even make calls when you're hospitalized...? Am I being annoying?
8. "Ah."
9. Crap
10. "Yeah! Let's call!"
12. Phew...
1. "Yeah! Let's call!"
2. "And thanks for asking. So happy"
3. "Uh..."
4. Nnnghhh...
5. Ugh, why am I all giddy like this?
6. It's just one message.
1. How should I reply...
2. Not like it's the first time we've called.
3. Ugh, why am I so nervous?
4. But it is the first time I've sat waiting for a call like this.
1. "Sorry to keep you waiting. You can call anytime"
2. "Hey!"
3. God, I'm so nervous my heart's racing.
4. "G-Good... Good mor-ning..."
5. "Morning, Shizuku!"
1. I know I just heard her voice yesterday.
2. But over the phone it feels... Closer than usual.
3. My mind's so focused on this call...
4. That I can barely hear the wind outside.
5. If I'm being honest...
6. "Scary outside, isn't it? The wind's so loud, even in here."
7. "Oh, yeah... yeah it is."
8. Ugh.
9. It's making me like hyper aware of the fact that...
10. And this isn't even the first time we've called.
11. "I'm in love with Kaori."
12. "Oh, good."
13. "What?! N-No, I can hear you fine."
14. "Hello? Am I breaking up?"
15. "Shizuku? You there?"
1. "Okay, cool. Thanks!"
3. "Yeah. I'll, uh, bring it tomorrow."
4. "Hey, were you able to get the book okay?"
5. "Yeah, we... talked, sort of. More like... fought."
6. "Uh..."
7. "Were you able to talk to her at all?"
8. "Shio's real shy, isn't she?"
9. Well, in my case, it was more hatred than shyness...
10. "She's a good kid, though."
11. "She's like super shy. Can barely keep her away from me sometimes."
12. "Shy...?"
1. "Shio told me you seemed like a nice person, you know."
2. "Anyway, sounds like I had nothing to worry about."
3. "Wait, what?!"
4. "Whaat? Why not?"
5. "Uh... not sure about that..."
6. "I bet you two would get along if you talked more."
7. She said that?! After she was so hostile to me?!
8. "You okay there?"
9. "No, no! She really said that!"
10. "You... you're kidding, right?"
1. "Let's chat some more."
2. "No, no."
3. "Should I, um, hang up?"
4. "Yeah, I was just... just choking on something."
5. "yay!"
6. "Okay... just a little longer, then."
7. I just wish there was something else I could do for her. Anything.
8. But she always says I make her happy, so...
9. I don't want her to force anything for me.
10. I just wish...
1. "Okay, I can do that, but... I was hoping for something more."
2. "More? Hmm..."
3. "Shio should be home most of the time."
4. "Oh, it would be great if you could get more books for me, like yesterday."
5. "Is there, um... anything else you want me to do?"
6. "Hm? Let's see..."
7. "Well, in that case..."
8. "Can we get promise rings?♥"
9. "P-Promise rings?!"
1. "Don't do that..."
2. "Did I get you?"
3. "Ahaha. Just kidding."
4. I mean...
5. I know she's not super needy in the first place, but still...
6. It's like she's somehow incapable of being selfish.
7. She's not being honest with me again...
8. Or maybe...
9. Maybe I'm being selfish by insisting that she lean on me more.
1. "hehe"
3. "Just message whenever you're ready."
6. "Sorry to keep you waiting. You can call anytime"
2. Don't want either Shizuku or Shiori to be alone
3. Establish a connection betw
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