1. After the several resignations that followed, our department was in serious trouble.
2. Chinatsu-senpai leaving was just the start.
4. "Who was in charge of S Inc. again!?"
5. "I've got three callers on hold! Someone, hurry!"
6. "Huh!?"
7. "The meeting was today!?"
8. "Don't look at me!"
9. "Does anyone know where those docs went!?"
10. "Ugh, seriously!?"
11. "Um, Chinatsu-senpai was handling S Inc..."
12. "Wait, why am I even asking a newcomer!?"
13. "Could one of you please-"
14. "The client knows me too."
15. "I was working on S Inc. alongside Chinatsu-senpai."
16. "What do you expect when the resignations took our top two with them?"
17. "Um,"
18. "Help!"
19. "I need to step out for a bit!"
20. "We've been awfully busy lately."
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1. "I was with her almost the entire time, so I've gotten the gist of it."
2. "Really!? Do you think you can handle it?"
3. "Yes."
4. "Thank God! Still, we won't be able to conduct a proper handover..."
5. "Great!"
6. "I'll call to tell them Chinatsu can't make it for personal reasons!"
7. Even so,
8. we continued
9. to lose staff one after another.
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1. "..."
2. "there's no point in sticking around as new hires when we can't even get proper training."
3. "Look,"
4. "Well yeah, we're short on hands all around."
5. "I hope they never have to go through the same thing."
6. "we ever get subordinates ourselves,"
7. "...If"
1. We found ourselves naturally relying on Hiroko.
2. That's why
3. we felt there was no better choice to head our department.
4. "I spoke with her first,"
5. "Huh?"
6. "I thought she'd jump at the chance,"
7. However...
8. "but she seemed somewhat reluctant,"
9. "but I guess she's still hung up on Chinatsu-senpai."
10. "so one of you may need to..."
1. It had happened so long ago,
2. but I was immediately convinced.
3. Even though there should be no one left
4. who would pull her down like before.
5. "She could just happily take up the position without a fuss,"
6. "but there's something else eating at her."
7. "That's the sense I get, at least."
1. "...I know I'm the one who asked,"
2. "Nope, it's blatantly against the rules."
3. "A promotion? Are you sure you can be telling us this?"
4. "but why did you agree to tell me?"
5. "If word gets out, we'll be fired next."
6. "W-We won't say a thing!"
7. "And if it's you,"
8. "Well,"
9. "you love Hiroko, don't you?"
10. "I think you can do it, Ayaka."
1. "You're the only one who's charged in with complete disregard for that."
2. "See, for better or worse, Hiroko has gotten by shouldering everything by herself."
3. Everyone admires Hiroko-senpai without exception.
4. "Yeah, can't deny that..."
5. and beloved by the entire department.
6. She is trusted by all the higher-ups
1. Anyone can count on Hiroko-senpai.
2. But is there anyone she can count on herself?
1. "So you've noticed too, Kumi?"
2. "She's gonna be furious once she finds out."
3. "Ahaha..."
4. "Thank you for taking the time to do this!"
5. "Well, maybe not as furious as she should be."
6. "How long do you think we've worked together?"
7. Not after denying her feelings for years
8. instead of telling us all off.
1. How could I not realize
2. that Hiroko was genuinely in love with Chinatsu-senpai?
3. Just like how Hiroko is now...
1. "Hiroko-senpai."
2. "Click"
1. "Just leave the rest today to me!"
2. "..."
3. "Sorry, I'm busy right now."
4. "Didn't Yuuya-senpai offer to take on your work?"
5. So that's what he was after.
6. "Your schedule should be free after this."
7. "Hiroko-senpai."
8. "..."
9. "did you truly mean that?"
10. "When you said you couldn't fall in love with me,"
11. "I did."
12. "Really?"
1. "and I've been watching you the entire time."
2. "Stop it, Ayaka."
3. "If anything, you-"
4. "Because I love you,"
5. "Enough!"
6. No, I can't lose my temper again...!
1. "I'm your boss"
2. "at this company."
3. "...We can't, Ayaka."
4. "I know."
5. "I used to be a real womanizer."
6. "I know."
7. "I'm more than a decade older than you."
8. "I know."
9. "That doesn't matter."
10. "The fact I'm a lesbian in the first place-"
11. "It does!"
1. "There's a reason we can't marry"
2. "or start a family!"
3. "I want to know more."
4. "Then we can worry about it together."
5. "Your thoughts, your hopes."
6. "you don't have to bear them on your own."
7. "All those other worries you have,"
1. "..."
2. "I bet Yuuya and Kumi told you all about it."
3. "Who else could it be?"
4. "...You think it's so simple?"
5. "Not even you'll be safe from it forever, Ayaka."
10. "this kind of relationship will only invite risk."
11. "If you're gonna climb the company ranks,"
12. "There will be!"
13. "There won't!"
14. "There'll be no happy ending for either of us."
1. "If there were,"
2. "no one would've ever left in the first place!"
3. "Why won't you understand!?"
1. "Don't look down on me!"
1. "I can deal with all the talk myself!"
2. "If you don't want to come out, fine!"
3. "You're the one who doesn't understand, Senpai!"
4. "Except I never even needed to!"
5. "Do you think there's anyone like that in this department you built up yourself!?"
1. "And"
2. "it doesn't have to be right away."
3. "I'll wait until you're ready, Senpai!"
4. "W-Wait?"
5. "and find someone who isn't carrying around all this-"
6. "You can always look outside the company"
7. "When you have your entire career ahead of you?"
1. "When I thought you had a boyfriend,"
2. "when you treated me like a kid,"
3. "when you played off my confessions,"
4. "when you lied about yourself,"
5. "when you turned me down,"
6. "I still loved you even after all that!"
7. "Look at me, Hiroko-senpai."
1. "I've refused to give up on you,"
2. "yet you still say I'm better off with someone else!?"
1. "That's the last thing"
2. "I ever wanted to hear from you...!"
3. By denying my feelings all this time,
4. She's right.
5. "I'm sorry."
6. "...Sorry."