2. In that classroom where we spent our time,
3. I couldn't put these wavering emotions into words.
4. But now I can convey them, the feelings from that day.
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1. "I..."
2. "I've never felt romantic feelings towards someone."
3. "What...?"
4. "Uhm,"
5. "what do you mean by that...?"
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1. "I've never really told you about this either, huh, Mai?"
2. "That's right."
3. "You see,"
4. "for as long as I can remember,"
5. "Did you really turn down ***-kun's confession?!"
6. "I haven't had much interest in other people."
8. "Hey, Runa~!"
1. "Uuuh..."
2. "Whaaat? That's such a waste~ Why though?!"
3. "High-spec hunks like him are pretty rare, you know?!"
4. "...Yeah."
5. "and I'm also not very interested in others."
6. "Well... because I don't really know him that well,"
7. How do they even know I got confessed to...?
8. "Hmmm..."
9. I probably said something quite rude just now...
10. "...Ah."
1. "You really are cold-hearted, huh, Runa?"
2. I've
3. always wondered why I'm like this.
4. It was then that we changed classes,
5. I started spending more time alone,
6. but it was actually quite comfortable.
7. and I met Mai.
1. "Heeey~ Konnomiya-san."
2. "You're coming to the get-together this weekend, right?!"
3. "Here, didn't you see the message?"
4. "Seems like the boys really want to see you there."
5. "The girls'll be there as well, so you should go!"
6. "Please tell me before tomorrow if you're coming~"
7. "'Cause..."
8. "it sounds like a mixer, and those disgust me."
9. "PASS."
10. "Wh- EH?! WHY?!"
1. "I-"
2. "I'm..."
3. "Then Konno-miya-san will as well..."
4. "B- But you're coming, right, Amai-san?!"
5. It disgusts her...!
6. The ice princess...
7. "..."
8. "uh..."
9. "not really..."
10. "...Amai-san"
11. "already promised to hang out with me, so she won't be coming."
1. "But"
2. "you kind of looked like you didn't want to go..."
3. "I lied and turned her down before you could say anything."
4. "I'm sorry, Amai-san."
5. "...I see."
6. "But I'm not good at saying no..."
7. "I..."
8. "...Yeah."
9. "didn't feel like going..."
10. ...Ah.
11. "Though, I think it'd be better for both of you if you just clearly turn her down,"
12. "rather than give her false hope and create a misunderstanding."
1. "I gotta learn to say it clearly."
2. "You're completely right!"
3. I said something quite rude again...
4. "...Yeah."
5. "Hey, how about we hang out together this weekend for real?"
6. "Thank you, Konnomiya-san."
7. "It's really nice how you can be so up-front."
8. "Sure..."
9. "...s-"
10. To me, Mai was
1. a very important friend.
2. "She was the only person with whom I could feel at ease."
3. "That's why"
4. "I was honestly very happy"
5. "when Mai told me she loved me."
6. I thought that,
7. if it was with Mai,
8. maybe even someone like me could become someone's lover.
1. However,
2. that turned out to be impossible for me.
3. My "like"
4. differed from Mai's "like",
5. which made me
6. unable to respond to her feelings.
7. It was only after we'd started dating
8. that I realised this...
1. "That's..."
2. "...That's why Mai is better off without me."
3. You really are cold-hearted, huh, Runa?
4. "To think I said we should stay as friends..."
5. "That's the kind of"
6. "cold-hearted person I am."
1. I really can't have any romantic feelings for someone, after all.
2. I think that
3. Even though he was a good person...
4. I also tried dating a guy, but that didn't work out.
5. After I broke up with Mai,
6. "That's..."
7. "Runa-chan..."
8. the reason I broke up with Mai.
1. those words back then meant.
2. "but I just can't think of you in that way..."
3. "I do like you, Mai,"
4. So that's what
5. I wonder
6. If that's the case...
7. To me, Mai was
8. a very important friend.
9. if she's been holding it in all this time.
1. then I...
2. "Hmmm~?"
3. "Right... So, Runa-chan,"
4. "even though you let go of Mai-chan for your own convenience,"
5. "you still wanted to keep in touch with her after breaking up."
6. "Don't you think that..."
7. "you're taking advantage of Mai-chan's kindness?"
1. "Aren't you"
2. "quite the devil?"
1. "I knew just how sweet of a person"
2. "...You're right."
3. "Even though..."
4. "Mai is..."
5. "...I feel like"
6. "Because, you know, until now, I didn't understand what it meant to have romantic feelings."
7. "I can kinda understand"
8. "what you were saying, Runa-chan."
1. "I felt my heart stir for the first time."
2. "when I met Mai-chan,"
3. "But,"
4. "I..."
5. "love Mai-chan."
6. "And I'll be sure to make her happy!"
1. "So, you don't have to worry, okay, Runa-chan?"
2. "...Seems like you're right..."
3. "Kurosaki-san."
4. Whaaat?!?! I'm happy, but how is she saying something so embarrassing so bluntly?!?!
1. "Please"
2. "take good care of Mai."
3. "I will!"
1. "Thank you for waiting~"
2. "Ah!"
3. "Here they are~ ♡"
4. "Parfaits~! ♡"
5. Casually enjoying a meal at a family restaurant, yet still the real deal! A Tiramisu Parfait
6. "I'd like the same, please."
7. I say that, but I got caught up in the flow and also ended up ordering a Tiramisu parfait!
8. "Let's dig in~"
9. "I'm sorry for ordering parfaits at a moment like this..."
10. "Well... It's fine."
11. I thought I could hold out...
12. Even though...
1. I've started to dislike tiramisu
2. ever since I had the breakup talk with Runa-chan...
3. Because I feel like
4. it's probably going to taste sooo bitter!
5. "Though I feel like there's no way that's true!"
6. "Hm!"
7. "Wh- What do I do..."
8. "So good~!"
1. "Riiight~ Family restaurants nowadays are so fancy~!"
4. "I'm usually not a big fan of sweet stuff, but it's very balanced and easy to eat, right?"
5. "Ah. You're right... It's delicious...!"
6. "Ah. O- Okay."
7. "You should also try it, Mai-chan."
8. "It's devilishly good!"
9. The nice smell of coffee...
10. Woah... The tiramisu is so fluffy...!
1. "......Yeah..."
2. "And I'll be sure to make her happy!"
3. I also
4. really want to
5. make Lily-chan happy.
1. "I'm sorry... for every-thing."
2. "Kurosaki-san, Mai,"
3. "Well then... I'll be leaving now."
4. "Ah..."
5. "Runa-chan, wait!"
1. "Uh- Uhm, today, you said"
2. "you were a 'cold-hearted person', didn't you?"
3. "But,"
4. "if you really were a cold-hearted person,"
5. "you wouldn't go out of your way to come to my house to check up on me."
6. "You may not have felt the same way I did,"
7. "but I do understand that you really cherished me,"
8. "Runa-chan."
1. "Uhm... What I want to say is..."
2. "That's why..."
3. "..."
4. Also, I kind of had a hunch anyways...
5. "And... That won't ever change."
6. "You're my best friend, Runa-chan."
7. Runa-chan,
1. My feelings towards Mai weren't what you'd call love.
2. "I promise that we'll be friends forever!"
3. And yet, with her kindness,
4. Mai has been saving me all this time.
5. "Mai..."
1. "Heh."
2. "But, you're right."
3. "You might just get cancelled..."
4. "Calling your ex your best friend, while you claim to treasure your current girlfriend..."
5. "Don't say such scary things~!"
6. "Scary!"
7. "You really are way too soft, huh?"
8. "Eh?!"
9. "We"
10. "promised each other, didn't we...?"
1. "Ummm~"
2. "Well..."
3. "To be honest, I dislike it just a teensy bit~"
4. "...But, are you fine with that, Lily-chan...?"
5. "Yeah!"
6. "But, I think I'm drawn to your..."
7. "soft and kind sides as well..."
8. Not even a single friend...
9. It sounds so niiiice, that friendship thing...
10. Maaaybe I should also make at least one friend...
11. "Just this once, okay?!"
12. "So it's fine!"
13. "Lily-chan... Thank you~"
1. "...Kurosaki-san,"
2. "Mai."
3. "Thank you."
4. You two...
5. I wish you lots of happiness.
6. "...Ah."
1. That reminds me...
2. I wonder...
3. what happend to this...
4. I forgot to ask her.
5. Well,
6. it's what-ever...
1. "Hey, hey! Runa-chaaan!"
2. "Anyway, let's go get ramen todaaay."
3. "Eh?"
4. "Which one do you think she'd like?"
5. "About Mai-chan~"
6. "Ra- ramen?"
7. So close...
8. "Uh... Uhm..."
9. Why me...?
10. "You don't like ramen?"
11. "I love it."
1. "and I'm her current girlfriend..."
2. "But I don't have any friends,"
3. "Eeeh~"
4. "Since... I'm your girl-friend's ex."
5. "Aren't you supposed to hate it?!"
6. "So shouldn't it be fine"
7. "if Mai-chan's friends could also become my friends?"
8. "I get that a lot~"
9. "Call me Lily~"
10. "Kurosaki-san... You're kinda eccentric, huh..."
11. That's why she's a temptress...
1. "Hey, Kurosaki-san..."
2. "...No. I can't just ask her 'Did you bend my hair clip?'"
3. "Come to think of it..."
4. "Can you"
5. "do magic tricks, or something like that?"
6. "Like... bending a spoon..."
7. "Whaaat?! Of course I can't?!"
8. "HAHAHA"
9. "You're kinda eccentric, aren't you, Runa-chi?"
10. "Ah... She completely misunderstood the question..."
11. "Rather, isn't bending spoons something ESPers do?!"
12. "Well, what-ever..."
13. "Runa-chi..."
14. To be continued...
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