Vol 1 Prologue (1/2)

0: Childhood Friend's Confession Mayhem

Pre-Chapter Extra

Flowers In Both Hands:

For exas at the same time

Also refers to a irls at the same time

(Froital Daijisen)

——In h they are flowers, they are more like flower sparks![1]

Chapter

It was during the afterschool hours in early June, right after the seasonal change of clothing

I was standing on the rooftop of the darkening school premise

Before rade as me

Harusaki Chiwa

I've been hanging out with her since first grade In other words, she's the so-called childhood friend

High school year one Age 15

Her short stature only reached up tohair on both sides were fastened with ribbons, which , round eyes were, for so like those of a puppy Her skirt, with so, fluttered in the wind

Tiny

Cute

But, deplorable

First, her eyes were deplorable

Attached to an inverse triangular shape, they were bloodshot It seeaze Those upturned eyes were glaring ather

Also, the air around her was deplorable

Her veins were showing on her temples 'Haah, haah', she panted like a beast Her violent aura was as much as to say, 'I just stabbed a person It won't make a difference if I make it t Aah? Nii-chan'

No matter how I looked at it, she was too tensed up

That tensed up Chiwa pointed her tiny finger towards me,

”I-I' to co-confesshyu!”

””

Right at the beginning this fella had stuttered

”Even when I talk about confessing, I' about 'I actually failed!' or 'the person who ate the shortcake was me!'”

Who would actually take the trouble to call s?

”The confession I' about i-is a l-love confession”

I heaved a large sigh

As I squintedsun, I calmed myself

”I got it Let s”

”Y-Yesh!+”

'Suuhaa, suuhaa', Chiwa took a few deep breaths

”Can you wait for a while?”

”What now?”

”Wait for a while, just wait for a while”

Chient to the entrance of the rooftop to retrieve the belongings she had left there

What she took out fro, was a shi+nai[2]

By the way, Chias not a rade, she didn't carry on in high school[4]

Yet, she adopted a ht for some reason

”Alright, I'm set!”

”No, you aren't?!”

”But, I feel calmer like this”

Indeed, her nervousness had left her

Her expression had also become relaxed

”Hnnnnn! So up! Prepare yourself!”

”Hey, isn't this a confession? A love confession, right?!”

My body sensed danger and I backed off

”That's right, it's a confession Ki-eeeeee!”

In a splendid manner, Chiwa shuffled her feet forward and closed in

”W-Wait, wait! What kind of girl would brandish a shi+nai while confessing?!”

”Don't sweat it Even my sensei from before once said, 'don't fuss too much over the form'”

Of course I would fuss over it! It's my life here!

”B-but, didn't you give up on the sword? Aren't you going to walk the path of romance? Didn't you say that you wanted to have a love life like those in shoujo a[5]?!”

I desperately tried to persuade her

To think that a love confession could be this dangerous

”I got it”

Chiered her shi+nai

”Sorry Let's redo it I'll get it right this time”

Chiwa stiffened herself and looked up at me

Her black eyes were gooey-looking like those of a puppy

Her soft-looking hair fluttered in the wind

Her srasped her skirt and then released it nervously

Uhn, high quality indeed

From her appearance, it was quite unbelievable that she had no boyfriend up until now

”Erm, hey Ei-kun[6]”

Ei-kun

That's hoa addresses me, Kidou Eita

'It's e, so please stop', I've told her that umpteen times, but she never did stop, even until today

”Ei-kun, I can still rerade while carrying your lunch to the classrooot the nickname 'Careless Indian'”

”Aah”

Hahaha

That was a good old 'story that was still funny today' to bring up between the two of us

”I know that in fifth grade, when you couldn't hold it in any longer, you dashed into the women's toilet, and consequently, for the entire second term, you were called 'Women's Toilet Overdrive'”

”Gufu”

I clutched round

Th-That nickna for a joke you know, Chiwa

”And during surade, you hid the pornbook, 'Doppyun Serenade'[7], which you picked up froe, in a puppy's kennel”

”Please stoooooooooop! I beg you, forgive meeeeeeeeeee!”

I'm already

I'e of tears

Dug up

My dark history has been dug up

”I really love the Ei-kun who did all this”

”Stop lying?!”

What kind of maniac hobbies do you have?

With a seely perplexed look, Chiwa said,

”What do you ? I really”

”What are you planning to do by exposing my past? Is there a confession that deals out such a blow of e?”

”But the o well! 'This fella can actually res to such an extent'!, 'Because, I've been alatching you ☆', it said”

No

While I don't know the contents of that a, words like 'women's toilet' and 'Doppyun Serenade' shouldn't appear in it

”Anyway, it's a love confession, right? You should be praisingearnestly' Or like 'You scored the highest in the recent mid-terms'”

Hm, Chiwa folded her arms and looked away

”Because that's all boring”

”What do you ! Isn't it the duty of a student to study?!”

”I preferred the idiot Ei-kun in h”

”I even took such great pains to beco partner, so what's with that attitude?!”

”What's with that belittling look?! Even when you're younger than me!”

”Only by threesister, this 'Deplorable chia'[8]'!”

And at that moment

”That should be enough, both of you”

A girl stepped out from the shadow of the water tank

Her long silver hair danced in the wind

She gazed at us with her clear, blue eyes

Her skin hite like powdered snow, and her lips were lustrous looking like cherries

With foreign blood mixed in, this fairy-like beauty —if Chiwa could be considered 'ordinarily cute', then this fella could be called 'incredibly beautiful' A princess who hogged irls would be unable to lay their hands on, no matter how much they wished for them

My classmate Natsukawa Masuzu

'Fuu', she breathed out as she tilted her head,

”Is it really i partner of a love confession, I wonder?”

”That's why I said that right fro, didn't I?!”