Vol 4 Chapter 10 (2/2)
Can't possibly be that I'uy that there is in the world, right?
No, more importantly—
”How refreshi+ng…”
”W-What is?”
Because I've been dealing with so irls that can't take a hint lately!
A girl that is so cold towards me - it's the best!
”Why are you s so creepy to yourself? That's absolutely, utterly disgusting”
”Do it so me some more!”
”Y-You're seriously disgusting! Don't coin! You are the official representative of the japanese virgins!”
”Yes, just like that! Keep going, keep going! Hnnnnng—!”
Mana's face turned blue and cramped
”I-I won't go with you any home, bye!”
She straddled the seat cushi+on of her bike and headed off
But after going barely five meters forward, she wobbled off balance
kalangclang!
…She fell loudly
Her red dress and blond hair were full of sand
”T-That's just a test! Next time is the real deal!”
Mana gave an excuse nobody wanted to hear and stood up Once again, she straddled the seat
This time, she probably rode about ten odd meters, but she still wobbled off balance
kalangclang!
I pointed at Mana and giddily jumped back and forth on the side
”Oh? Oh? What is it now~? Could it be that you can't ride a bicycle~? Natsukawa Mana-san~? You're already a ninth grader~”
I grabbed this point to provoke her and Mana's face turned entirely red
”That looks so aard! Haha! Ta-kun Epic Win—!”
Winning against aabout it, I'm just too awesome!
Awesome!
…Awesome was it?
Did that mean I was just common… scum?
When I started to doubt rabbed her face and squatted down
”s-… sob… Don't… laugh like that”
Aaah, Did I really make her cry?!
”S-Sorry, I got too carried away My bad”
”sob! Wuahhhh!”
”It really was rab my— Hey!”
Just when I reached out with my hand, my wrist was ruthlessly yanked, and of course I fell I tumbled forith ood deal of dust on the road
”Kya~hahahahahaa! I—diot! You've been tricked!”
”Y-You vicious fake crying precocious brat!!”
”Hey, just don't touch in for a lifeti to do?”
”Oh— That sounds interesting— We should give it a try, come 'ere—!”
In broad daylight and in a public place, I was brawling with a female middle school student— I can't be saved!
♦
We decided to leave the scene because the people ere gathering around us started to cause a commotion
I helped her pull the bike and the two of us arrived at an eround
”Here should be all right”
Mana sat on the bench
After propping the bike up with the kickstand, I also sat down
”Since you obviously can't ride, why'd you take a bicycle out?”
”I said I can ride! Just forgot how to a little o”
Why are youup an excuse that can be summed up as 'can't ride'?
Mana stared at me steadily
”So, how is Suzu? Is she all right? It's really hot everyday And has she been eating properly?”
”So you are worried about what's happening with your nee-san to that extent?”
Mana turned her face ahen she heard that
”I-It's not that I'ed to report about her to dad”
”Sure”
Despite everything she babbled about, she was actually quite considerate of her sister But if I ry
So I told her everything that was recently going on with Masuzu in great detail
Of course, I also ht— I kept to , but I did tell her, 'maybe we'll break up'
”—Yeah, it's at the limit”
Manato it all
”But you've done well to last this long Despite Suzu's distrust towards people”
”Is that so?”
Mana kicked some small rocks at her feet
”You know, overseas Suzu is called 'the Natsukawa family jewel'”
”Meaning they are boasting about their daughter?”
”That's half of it The re half is irony”
”Irony?”
”A jewel is an 'accessory' Within Dad's social circle, Suzu is just a stage prop so he can boast, 'I have such a beautiful daughter' He separated Suzu from her mother just to do this”
”So you really are half siblings?”
”Yeah You've never heard that from Suzu?”
”She never said anything, I also didn't mean to pry”
But based upon their hair and eye color, it was obvious
”Suzu always acts in accordance to father's expectations, because public opinion of her will reflect public opinion of her mother She perfectly perfornified, and respectful of her father Acting like a 'good girl' in front of strangers in a foreign land used to be theof Suzu's entire existence”
Masuzu who had pretended she was a good girl
Masuzu who pretended she was a 'girlfriend'
She hadn't changed at all froed, because this was her way of life
”Froht about that kind of thing was, 'this is impossible!', also dad didn't put those hopes onthose expectations, she forced herself to keep on acting, and continued to tell lies—— In that process she started to becoe”
Mana looked up at a towering cumulonimbus cloud that looked like a skyscraper:
”You'd think that there aren't ht? In order to lie, you have to lie to yourself first I need to be a good girl I need to be a good girl A good girl I aet who you really are”
Masuzu seeht now
While she was acting out love, did she co about it?
”The things that girl says are ridiculous, right? Just after saying so extremely harsh, the next moment she becomes tender And the moment you think that, she suddenly becomes cold— Hey, you have had a round of this kind of interactions, right?”
”Yeah”
That description is far too accurate
Ever since Masuzu confessed to me, I've been taken for a roll by her
I don't kno many times I've cursed
I don't kno many times I shouted, 'it's 'mayhem''
—However
”However, it wasn't that bad”
I said firmly
”It wasn't that bad——— This everyday life”
Mana whispered quietly, 'true'
She lightly jumped up from the bench and her double ponytail drifted in the air as she turned back to me
”Thank you for liking my onee-chan”
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It was al and I decided to return to the hotel
Mana looked like she still wanted to hang around the park a little longer
”Bye then”
When I got up, I suddenly realized it:
”Oh, I finally understand it”
”What is it?”
”You———— caht?”
”U-Wha…?!”
Mana looked like a fish from a pond, with her mouth wide open It looked like I had hit a bullseye
”I-I-I said I kno to ride a bike! Go away you disgusting otaku!”
”S-S-Sure Sorry for being so disgusting”
I just waved my hand and started to walk away
But then I suddenly re:
”Hey”
”I said I kno to ride a bike!”
I asked that ret:
”If there was soether with Masuzu, ould that person be like?”
Mana tilted her head, 'Ha?', and thought about it for a while
”When it's about a 'liar', then it's pretty obvious that there is only one type”
”What type of person?”
I held my breath and waited Then, Mana whispered:
——An accomplice
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