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OreShura: Volume 2 Chapter 6

2013-08-14T04:21:35Z

OmgNoPls:

==Chapter 6 The Truth About the Love Letter is Mayhem==

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The thing about that, how did the tale go?

Ah, I had been trying to find the person who sent the letter, but in the end I found myself back where I started.

If it wasn’t Chiwa, then I had to give up. I had no clue about the ｢bind ourselves together again｣, so of course I had not ｢come to a conclusion｣ about this matter.

"Maybe it was really just a prank after all?......"

I had no choice but to go back and reconsider the possibility I had initially rejected.

Because the writing was so mystifyingly complicated, I had assumed it must have been a real love letter. But if I thought about it more carefully, it still could have been a trap to make me think that Chiwa wrote it. They probably wanted to make fun of me and stage an embarrassing dilemma between Masuzu and Chiwa. If that were the case, it made sense. My recent actions probably pleased them a lot.

After understanding this point, I could only disregard the letter.

If I didn’t have reacted at all and continued on with my usual life, the mysterious person would probably think they failed and gave up. Summer vacation was waiting right after final exams, so there wasn’t any reason to make a big deal out of this.

Thus, final exams started, and I concentrated all of my energy on the tests. Even Jien-otsu activities were suspended. It's been a long time since I immersed myself in a daily life of only studying. Thanks to this, I had a very good feeling about exams, and I could probably keep my rank as number one in the class. But just when I started feeling relieved ---

Monday morning, the week after exams ended.

After I went to school with Chiwa and opened my shoe cupboard...

<pre>
--- I cannot bear it. I want to see you.

--- Today after school, I will wait for you on the roof.
</pre>

"Ei-kun, there is something wrong?"

Because Chiwa suddenly peaked, I had to shove the letter in my pocket while flustered.

"What was that handout from before? The one inside your shoe cupboard?"

"A-A-a-ah, that was a sheet of English translations! I thought I lost it, but it seems like a kind person picked it up and put it in here."

"I thought I saw something written like, after school, the roof, or something?"

"T-that was the question that was supposed to be translated into English. It was a very hard question."

"Hard? Isn’t ｢after school｣"Houkago just, ｢AFTER SCHOOL｣, right?"

"No, you missed the trick, Chiwa! It actually reads ｢after set on fire｣Houkago! So ｢AFTER BURNING｣ is correct answer! " <ref>The reading "houkago" is the same, but the kanjis are different 放課後 -> after school , 放火後 -> after fire . Needless to say, the second term is almost never used in common talk </ref>

"................................................Fu~unm"

Pheww, my ingenious cover-up worked.

After Chiwa left to go to Class-E, I walked down the corridor towards Class-A, and my brain worked at top speed.

It looked as if the criminal’s strategy was turning more direct to lure me out.

I could only think of two possible outcomes.

The first, is that they’ll watch me wait alone on the roof in vain, and then laugh at me from afar.

The second, is that Masuzu’s and Chiwa’s male fans will appear in a mob, surround me and beat me up.

Neither of which was a good thing.

I felt that my best choice was to ignore it --- no, since the other party has finally made a concrete move, it was probably better to accept the challenge directly. Compared to further harassment in the future, it was better to burst the bubble now and remove it.

I wanted to clearly tell this person, "Stop writing these boring letters!"

<center>♦</center>

So school finally ended.

I waited in the strong breeze on the roof for the criminal to arrive.

Also, this is my second day visiting this roof.

The first time was to practice confessions with Chiwa, but it was a huge failure. Why did these confessions have to dig out the black marks in my history? That, I can't possibly understand.

It did not seem like there would be happy memories associated with today. ｢Fights that result in a new friendship｣ only happens in the world of manga, right? I just wanted to protect my dominant hand so my studying would not be obstructed.

I took out my cellphone to check the time, and it was just about four o’clock in the afternoon. Because the letter only said, ｢after school｣, I didn’t know when the other person would come. Earlier I had checked all around the roof, but there was no sign of anyone hiding. There is only one entrance to roof, so if I just watched there, they would probably come from there.

After about five minutes, the wind started blowing stronger again ---

The rusted iron door slowly opened.

"It's here-"

I prepared myself.

How many people are there? Three people? Five people? If it was two, then give me a break. Are they in the same grade? Or in a higher grade? If they are classmates, then I’d honestly admit defeat ---

"......Eh?"

But, only a single girl appeared.

There was nothing impressive about her appearance.

She was wearing our school uniform, although I did not know why she was wearing the winter uniform.

While I was unsure of how to react, the girl quickly walked up to me. I thought she was going to say something to me, but she just quietly held out a portable game console from her chest.

Then the background music to the role-playing game practically everyone knew started playing on the roof.

"......??"

W-what?

Why did this girl came to this place?

The person who wrote the letter couldn’t be this girl! Impossible, she didn’t even say anything and continued to play the game. But why was she playing on the roof? And why was she playing next to me?

I stole a peak at the side view of the girl, and was taken aback. She really was an incredibly cute girl.

The crown of her head was a kind of ｢doll-like｣ hair that was very rare nowadays. With her moist shining black hair, just considering her dark hair could increase her cuteness level by 500%. But if you looked at this girl under the sunlight, she looked absolutely delicate and adorable, especially her big watery eyes that could impress anyone. The wind blowing her long eyelashes made her appearance quite beautiful.

If only she didn't lack a smile, she could probably be on par with Masuzu as a popular, glamorous maiden. However her expression was a complete "poker face", and I felt as if her eyes were out of focus, or filled with some kind of foolish atmosphere…. Was she sleepy? It was exactly that ｢drowsy｣ feeling.

At this moment, the girl handed me the game.

"Huh? W-what?"

The girl still wore a poker face, even as she used all her force to push the game into my chest.

She seemed to want me to look at the screen.

Well there wasn’t a choice, and I had to look. I discovered that the screen displayed the status information of four units.

<pre>
Lv.87 Hero - I

Lv.85 Warrior - LOVE

Lv.83 Monk - U

Lv.1 Magician - ♥
</pre>

".................."

What a unique team. Although a hero, warrior, monk, and magician are part of a common team, the names were too personal. You couldn’t just name the magician… "♥". What was that, and why were you the only one who was level one?

If you strung it together, it reads ｢I LOVE YOU ♥｣? <ref>If you are wondering, it's written in hiragana, which gives more of a "Ai lub U ♥" childlish feeling</ref>

"............"

Now that you mention it, this girl’s face was quite red……

Starting just a few moments ago, she had begun to act all shy and uneasy.

Her hands that held the game trembled, and it looked almost as if she was about to drop it.

Yes, she looked like --- yes, just like a girl who confessed to the boy she liked.

No.

Wrong, wrong.

It can’t be, it can’t be.

"......"

"......"

T-the silence was very heavy!

Since she didn’t say anything, the atmosphere was very awkward.

Basically it was up to me to start the conversation? Should I say something like, ｢that's a pretty cool party｣? Or ｢you are all set for dungeon-hunting｣? No, why did I even have to talk about games with a girl that I didn’t know on the roof? Right, the criminal who wrote the love letter better come now! At least it would be better than this current situation. It didn’t matter if they are Masuzu’s fans or Chiwa’s fans, just come!

We both remained silent for over five minutes.

There was no one else on the roof.

"............"

"............"

It couldn’t be......

This girl couldn’t be the one who wrote the love letter?

But this was inconsistent with ｢bonds of the distance past｣. No matter how I looked at it, this was the first time I had met this girl. I figured she was in the same grade as me based on the figure of her body, In reality I couldn’t recall any impression of ever seeing a face like hers before.

"As expected."

"!"

This girl finally said something!

"I presume Eita has not retrieved all of the memories of his past life, so I will try 'communication' with the language of this world"

"Eh?"

What was this girl talking about?

"Have you deciphered the meaning of the 'magic spell' I just showed you?"

"Spell? --- Do you mean the ｢I LOVE YOU ♥｣?"

The girl blushed.

"It means ｢revive bonds｣ in the Hebrew language."

"......"

Hebrew was like that?

There’s even a ｢♥｣ letter?

"I am called Akishino Himeka in this world, but my real name is ｢HIMEKA • Sei • HEAVENSRAIN｣<ref>Sei is written with 静 or the kanji of "quiet"</ref>. And ---"

The girl who called herself Himeka mustered a noise through her nose, and very proudly said:

"In my past life, my name was ｢Holy Dragon Princess of DawnBURNING PRIN PRINCESS｣."

Aaaahh......

So that was the case......

It had to do with ｢past lives｣......

"In my past life, I confirmed an intense bond with the ｢Holy Dragon Knight of DawnBURNING FIGHTING FIGHTER｣, Kidou Eita."

"Eeehhhh?"

"I've wanted to see you all along, Eita."

The girl jumped into my arms, and hugged me tight. Her body was very slender, and it seemed she would break if I tried to shake her off, so I didn’t even move.

"W-wait! Give me a moment, Akishino!"

"No, I want you to call me ｢Hime｣ like you did in the past." <ref>She writes here "Hime" in katakana, Hime can have many connotations for her (like, Hime means "princess", fitting her "burning prin princess" deal or a short version of her name "Himeka")</ref>

"W-W-Well, Hime, how do you know the thing about ｢Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn｣?!"

"I sank into the snare of love in my past life, a vowed to fight the Evil Dragon ClanWyvern together with you until the end. But when the Ooi naru yamiDARKNESS advanced in the final battle, and all living things perished, I utilized a higher dimension to escape and reawakened my consciousness through alchemy ---"

"I wasn’t asking about that ｢setting｣!"

Hime who still clung wrapped around my back, raised her head and said blankly:

"I don’t really understand what Eita intends to ask."

"Where did you hear that I was the ｢Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn｣?"

"Point EKME."

"--- Ekemue?"

"This is the way it is written in the language of higher dimensions. But in the language of this world, that would be a ｢train station｣."

"You know, it's actually EKiMaE!" <ref>Hime was reading the kanji 駅前 as EKME, Eita tells her the proper reading "in her own tone"</ref>

This was on the same level as ｢KWSK｣ <ref>a "net" version of Kawasiku or "continue" (it's like writing 'sauce')</ref> and ｢WKTK｣ <ref>This one is Wakataka or "I get it"</ref>!

That kind of higher dimension!

"Eh? Wait, you said, ｢station｣...... Don’t tell me you’re talking about incident last month?"

"Yes, I happened to witness Eita launch a Holy War (SAINT WAR) against a minion manipulated by the Evil Dragon (WYVERN). Thanks to Eita's AURA, the seal on my spirit was released, so I can now recover the memories of my past life."

Although wild electric waves were flying all about, I had roughly grasped the approximate situation.

After all, since I also suffered from ｢Eighth Grade Syndrome｣ (CHUUNIBYOU), I could understand! These so-called delusions have an specially influential nature. For example, when vampires became a popular trend in manga, the whole Japan was filled with deluded people who believed ｢my true identity is a vampire｣. Because people will continue to be receptive of anime, games, and real events; thus the number of new scenarios will only continue to increase.

In front of the station, I played the role of ｢Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn｣ to save Chiwa. Akishino Himeka, who witnessed this scene, probably received my delusions and added her own fantasies to the scene. With that on my mind, the words, ｢bind ourselves together again｣ finally made sense.

I never imagined it would be the bonds of a ｢past life｣.

......When you said it like that, how was anyone supposed to think of it?!

Hime buried her little face into my chest.

"I will try my best to make Eita recover the memories of our past lives."

"Don’t! That's nothing to try your best at!"

"No problem, as long as we fight together, we won’t lose to the Evil Dragon ClanWyvern."

"Before that, my heart will definitely lose iiiittttttttttttt."

At this moment, there was the sound of a door opening behind us.

A savior was coming!

At this point, I didn’t care if it was a patrolling teacher or disciplinary committee member.

Just liberate me from this hell of electric waves hughug radiating around me <ref>Denpa or "radio wave" 電波 , it's used on the term "denpa kei", 'electric wave lover'; these type of people are ones who act weird for apparent no reason at all (I think the source of the meme where some criminal on the 80s who stated as defense that the electric waves from radios and microwaves made them do crazy stuff); since it's a ridiculous term, it was adopted as a pun in regular life and is referenced here</ref>---

"Eeeeeeiiiiii-kuuuuun~?"

But mayhem came.

Harusaki Chiwa-san.

Her wide eyes were bloodshot, and her legs were open astride. The fried pork bread in her hands was crushed into paste.

--- Yes, Chiwa was very angry!

"Hey, what are you doing on the roof? Who is that girl? Why are you hugging?"

"W-W-Wait Chiwa! Wait Chiwa! Wait there for a moment!<ref>"Wait chiwa", since he is afraid, rather than "chotto mate", he used "chiwa matte"</ref>"

After I stopped Chiwa from approaching, I whispered to Hime:

"Please, don’t let that person know that we were lovers in our past lives."

"Why? I want to explain how we love each other."

"That’s exactly what you can’t say, or it’ll be troublesome…. no, because if anyone from this era finds out, it’ll be disastrous! Try to use the ordinary language of this world, to, you know, say something ordinary fitting for this world!"

For the time being we’ll pretend we know each other, and then we’ll think of ways fudge our way through!

"Why are your faces so close to each other?!"

Chiwa ran towards us, with her eyes teary and her heavy footsteps.

"Hey, who are you? What kind of person are you to Ei-kun? What’s your relationship with him?"

"I'm Eita’s......"

Do not say it! Pleases do not say you were my girlfriend in a past life!

"Ex-girlfriend."

Wuahh! That answer is even worsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

"E-E-Ex- E-E-E-Ex-girlfriend?!"

With the tone of tongue twister, Chiwa turned to me and demanded:

"Ei-kun, what’s the meaning of this?"

"N-N-n-no Chiwa! This is a trap! Yes, a trap!"

"You went out with this girl before? Without telling me? While you where being nice to me, behind my back, hiding it from me, you two......? I-I really can’t believe iiiittttttttttttt!"

Chiwa grabbed me by the collar and shook. My head waved back and forth!

Someone save me! Please!

Then I heard the sound of the door opening ---

"Ara Ara, indeed 'a flower in each hand', Eita-kun." <ref>A flower in each hand is a saying which represents a girl in each arm, this has been used plenty of time in this series</ref>

With wind blowing in her silver hair, Natsukawa Masuzu appeared.

Her eyes were surprisingly gentle.

She was filled with brimming love as she stared at me, who was presently hugged by Hime with Chiwa grabbing my collar.

"M-Masuzu, this is not, this is not......"

"What, can this be?"

Masuzu said as she tilted her head to the side:

"I just heard something in the lines of ｢I think Ei-kun received a love letter!｣ from Harusaki-san, So I followed her and just arrived here, but I still don’t understand what’s going on."

Wuah! Did Chiwa figure out the letter at the shoe cupboard from this morning?

Chiwa temporarily let go of my neck and said:

"Listen to this, Natsukawa! Ei-kun used to go out this girl in the past!"

"Ara. Oh, really?"

"She said she was his ex-girlfriend! Did you know about this, Natsukawa?"

"No, this is my first time hearing it. This is very interesting."

Masuzu took a black notebook out of her uniform pocket and began writing notes.

"M-Masuzu? What are you writing?"

"You want to peak?"

Paah! Masuzu opened the notebook and held up to my face.

She had record dense notes with meticulous handwriting.

<pre>
Eita-kun let Harusaki Chiwa use the shower in his house.

Eita-kun forced me to wear a naked apron.

Eita-kun rejected my request for a kiss.

Eita-kun kept staring me with vulgar eyes as I wore my swimsuit.

Eita-kun had an ex-girlfriend. (NEW!)

Eita-kun concealed from me the fact that he had an ex-girlfriend. (NEW!)

Eita-kun had a foolish expression as his ex-girlfriend hugged him. (NEW!)

</pre>
"Masuzu, this is......"

"Ma · su · zu?"

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"No Masuzu-sama! What’s the meaning of this notebook?"

My tongue was already tied in a knot.

As Masuzu brushed her hair up, she smiled and:

"Because I am very forgetful, I have to take notes."

<big>'''ゴゴゴゴ·······'''</big><ref>This is the "sound effect" for a menacing atmosphere, it's using extremely frequently in Jojo</ref>

I didn’t know where these JOJOJOJO-like sound effects were coming from.<ref>I love this. Basically the bit with the black notebook and the memo of bad deeds, is a reference to the fight between Jotaro Kujo (Star Platinium) & Steely Dan (Lovers), Dan took an hostage and forced Jotaro to go through a bunch of humiliating requests, at one point we learn that Jotaro was writing down everything, which is from where this scene gets its inspiration, even the dialog is the same; especially in the part where the jig is up and the bad guy begs for forgiveness. In fact, in the manga Eita is drawn like Steely Dan for a few panels. In Jojo, this happens at the start of volume 18</ref>

"Well, Ei-kun! Just give an honest confession!"

"Ne, Eita-kun, if a human falls from a fourth story building, can they possibly remain unharmed? ''Don't you feel like giving it a try''?"

"Ah! Wuaaah! Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh."

I stepped backwards, and Hime gently pulled at my sleeve.

"Eita, who are these two people?"

Before I could answer ---

"I am Ei-kun’s childhood friend, Harusaki Chiwa!"

"I'm Eita-kun’s girlfriend, Natsukawa Masuzu."

Hime’s eyebrows raised only a little bit, and ｢twitched｣.

Then she pulled at my right arm.

"Eita, it’s too noisy here. I want to go someplace away from these two people."

"Do you thing I'm going to allow such a thing!?"

Chiwa grabbed my left arm and yanked. Hime lost her balance, fell onto the ground, and released her hands. Just like her delicate appearance, she was a frail girl.

"I don’t know if you’re his ex-girlfriend or something, but if you think you can monopolize Ei-kun, think again!"

"Yes, absolutely right, the only person who can monopolize Eita is his girlfriend, me."

"Right! Wait...... Natsukawa, what are you talking about!"

Masuzu suddenly began to fight with Chiwa, and the situation already appeared like a civil war.

With her rear end on the ground, Hime looked terrified as she stared at the two girls. This girl always had a deadpan expression, and this is the first time some kind of expression appeared. But that was understandable, since these two were quite terrifying.

As a result, that pair of big watery eyes slowly began to produce tears ---

"No......"

Hime whispered this sound, and it caused both Chiwa’s and Masuzu’s cheeks to stop.

"No! No, n-n-nooo! Eita is Hime’s! Other girls can’t touch him! The only person who can hug Eita close is Hime ---!"

Hime kicked her hands and feet wildly like a spoiled child, and I could only stand and watch.<ref>Hime normally speaks "mature like" and adds some weird meanings to her lines, but when her cover breaks she starts speaking like a child; these subtleties are pretty hard to deliver without butchering the dialog, so it's better to make a side note, or something?</ref>

Chiwa was the same, and even Masuzu was stuck dumb, their mouths simply open in a daze.

"Huph --- huph ---" Hime's shoulder moved up and down with her breath, and she glared at the two girls. It took an entire a minute before she regained her calm visage.

After she fully returned to her original poker face, Hime asserted seriously;

"What just happened… just act like you didn’t see anything"

.....................................................................Impossible!

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HEAVY OBJECT:Volume1 Prologue

2013-08-13T19:24:29Z

OmgNoPls: Word choice edits

==Prologue==

In the end, war did not end.

Even in an age where development had reached every corner of the planet Earth, high output lasers could easily launch shuttles, and some of the most powerful people had villas on the moon, it seemed nothing had been done to fill the gaps between people’s hearts. Well, supplement companies that sold digitalized “comfort” and “spiritualism” were not uncommon, but even so, the basic mechanism that brought conflict between people could not be removed from their mentality.

Was the change in the rules of war by the appearance of a new kind of weapon just another type of salvation for humanity? Or did it mean humanity had fallen even lower?

Yes, there was a change.

The people who were so immersed in their ridiculous killing changed as well.

It was all thanks to the giant weapons known as Objects.

Just the main body of these new weapons measured at over 50 meters while the guns added even more to their size. Their appearance caused the book on war to be completely rewritten. Large groups of soldiers no longer killed each other directly on the battlefield. Instead, the most important thing was to get the strongest Object to the battlefield in perfect condition.

Tanks, fighters, and the other previous main players became weapons of a bygone era.

Normal machine guns, shells, and missiles were treated like mere peashooters.

That was simply how much more powerful the Objects were.

When a certain island nation presented the first of those weapons, the rest of the world feared it and an allied force from 14 other countries carried out a combined surprise attack on the prototype Object… The Object repelled them all. At the end of the battle, a nuclear strike was carried out over the Pacific Ocean, but the scene of the Object continuing to sink the allied fleet while half of it was melting like ice under the hot sun was in every history textbook.

That island nation remained at the leading edge of Object development and it was clear just how powerful of a presence the Objects were.

Unsurprisingly, Objects became synonymous with war.

So what about everyone else?

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2013-08-11T17:07:26Z

OmgNoPls:

I'm trying to gain some experience editing in order to help certain projects as well as other translation groups in their translation efforts.

Currently hoping that Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! finds a translation soon. Extremely interested in reading it.

Tsuki Tsuki Volumes 1-4 PDFs: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/ri8dtdc1ep9o8sf/Tsuki%20Tsuki%20Volumes%201-4.zip Click Here!]

OreShura: Volume 2 Chapter 6

2013-08-08T23:23:14Z

OmgNoPls: Sentence restructuring; grammar fixes; spelling/typo fixes; changed certain word choices

==Chapter 6 The Truth About the Love Letter is Mayhem==

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The thing about that, how did the tale go?

Ah, I had been trying to find the person who sent the letter, but in the end I found myself back where I started.

If it wasn’t Chiwa, then I had to give up. I had no clue about the ｢bind ourselves together again｣, so of course I had not ｢come to a conclusion｣ about this matter.

"Maybe it was really just a prank after all?......"

I had no choice but to go back and reconsider the possibility I had initially rejected.

Because the writing was so mystifyingly complicated, I had assumed it must have been a real love letter. But if I thought about it more carefully, it still could have been a trap to make me think that Chiwa wrote it. They probably wanted to make fun of me and stage an embarrassing dilemma between Masuzu and Chiwa. If that were the case, it made sense. My recent actions probably pleased them a lot.

After understanding this point, I could only disregard the letter.

If I didn’t have react at all and continued on with my usual life, the mysterious person would probably think they failed and gave up. Summer vacation was waiting right after final exams, so there wasn’t any reason to make a big deal out of this.

Thus, final exams started, and I concentrated all of my energy on the tests. Even Jien-otsu activities were suspended. It's been a long time since I immersed myself in a daily life of only studying. Thanks to this, I had a very good feeling about exams, and I could probably keep my rank as number one in the class. But just when I started feeling relieved ---

Monday morning, the week after exams ended.

After I went to school with Chiwa and opened my shoe cupboard...

<pre>
--- I cannot bear it. I want to see you.

--- Today after school, I will wait for you on the roof.
</pre>

"Ei-kun, there is something wrong?"

Because Chiwa suddenly peaked, I had to shove the letter in my pocket while flustered.

"What was that handout from before? The one inside your shoe cupboard?"

"A-A-a-ah, that was a sheet of English translations! I thought I lost it, but it seems like a kind person picked it up and put it in here."

"I thought I saw something written like, after school, the roof, or something?"

"T-that was the question that was supposed to be translated into English. It was a very hard question."

"Hard? Isn’t ｢after school｣"Houkago just, ｢AFTER SCHOOL｣, right?"

"No, you missed the trick, Chiwa! It actually reads ｢after set on fire｣Houkago! So ｢AFTER BURNING｣ is correct answer! " <ref>The reading "houkago" is the same, but the kanjis are different 放課後 -> after school , 放火後 -> after fire . Needless to say, the second term is almost never used in common talk </ref>

"................................................Fu~unm"

Pheww, my ingenious cover-up worked.

After Chiwa left to go to Class-E, I walked down the corridor towards Class-A, and my brain worked at top speed.

It looked as if the criminal’s strategy was turning more direct to lure me out.

I could only think of two possible outcomes.

The first, is that they’ll watch me wait alone on the roof in vain, and then laugh at me from afar.

The second, is that Masuzu’s and Chiwa’s male fans will appear in a mob, surround me and beat me up.

Neither of which was a good thing.

I felt that my best choice was to ignore it --- no, since the other party has finally made a concrete move, it was probably better to accept the challenge directly. Compared to further harassment in the future, it was better to burst the bubble now and remove it.

I wanted to clearly tell this person, "Stop writing these boring letters!"

<center>♦</center>

So school finally ended.

I waited in the strong breeze on the roof for the criminal to arrive.

Also, this is my second day visiting this roof.

The first time was to practice confessions with Chiwa, but it was a huge failure. Why did these confessions have to dig out the black marks in my history? That, I can't possibly understand.

It did not seem like there would be happy memories associated with today. ｢Fights that result in a new friendship｣ only happens in the world of manga, right? I just wanted to protect my dominant hand so my studying would not be obstructed.

I took out my cellphone to check the time, and it was just about four o’clock in the afternoon. Because the letter only said, ｢after school｣, I didn’t know when the other person would come. Earlier I had checked all around the roof, but there was no sign of anyone hiding. There is only one entrance to roof, so if I just watched there, they would probably come from there.

After about five minutes, the wind started blowing stronger again ---

The rusted iron door slowly opened.

"It's here-"

I prepared myself.

How many people are there? Three people? Five people? If it was two, then give me a break. Are they in the same grade? Or in a higher grade? If they are classmates, then I’d honestly admit defeat ---

"......Eh?"

But, only a single girl appeared.

There was nothing impressive about her appearance.

She was wearing our school uniform, although I did not know why she was wearing the winter uniform.

While I was unsure of how to react, the girl quickly walked up to me. I thought she was going to say something to me, but she just quietly held out a portable game console from her chest.

Then the background music to the role-playing game practically everyone knew started playing on the roof.

"......??"

W-what?

Why did this girl came to this place?

The person who wrote the letter couldn’t be this girl! Impossible, she didn’t even say anything and continued to play the game. But why was she playing on the roof? And why was she playing next to me?

I stole a peak at the side view of the girl, and was taken aback. She really was an incredibly cute girl.

The crown of her head was a kind of ｢doll-like｣ hair that was very rare nowadays. With her moist shining black hair, just considering her dark hair could increase her cuteness level by 500%. But if you looked at this girl under the sunlight, she looked absolutely delicate and adorable, especially her big watery eyes that could impress anyone. The wind blowing her long eyelashes made her appearance quite beautiful.

If only she didn't lack a smile, she could probably be on par with Masuzu as a popular, glamorous maiden. However her expression was a complete "poker face", and I felt as if her eyes were out of focus, or filled with some kind of foolish atmosphere…. Was she sleepy? It was exactly that ｢drowsy｣ feeling.

At this moment, the girl handed me the game.

"Huh? W-what?"

The girl still wore a poker face, even as she used all her force to push the game into my chest.

She seemed to want me to look at the screen.

Well there wasn’t a choice, and I had to look. I discovered that the screen displayed the status information of four units.

<pre>
Lv.87 Hero - I

Lv.85 Warrior - LOVE

Lv.83 Monk - U

Lv.1 Magician - ♥
</pre>

".................."

What a unique team. Although a hero, warrior, monk, and magician are part of a common team, the names were too personal. You couldn’t just name the magician… "♥". What was that, and why were you the only one who was level one?

If you strung it together, it reads ｢I LOVE YOU ♥｣? <ref>If you are wondering, it's written in hiragana, which gives more of a "Ai lub U ♥" childlish feeling</ref>

"............"

Now that you mention it, this girl’s face was quite red……

Starting just a few moments ago, she had begun to act all shy and uneasy.

Her hands that held the game trembled, and it looked almost as if she was about to drop it.

Yes, she looked like --- yes, just like a girl who confessed to the boy she liked.

No.

Wrong, wrong.

It can’t be, it can’t be.

"......"

"......"

T-the silence was very heavy!

Since she didn’t say anything, the atmosphere was very awkward.

Basically it was up to me to start the conversation? Should I say something like, ｢that's a pretty cool party｣? Or ｢you are all set for dungeon-hunting｣? No, why did I even have to talk about games with a girl that I didn’t know on the roof? Right, the criminal who wrote the love letter better come now! At least it would be better than this current situation. It didn’t matter if they are Masuzu’s fans or Chiwa’s fans, just come!

We both remained silent for over five minutes.

There was no one else on the roof.

"............"

"............"

It couldn’t be......

This girl couldn’t be the one who wrote the love letter?

But this was inconsistent with ｢bonds of the distance past｣. No matter how I looked at it, this was the first time I had met this girl. I figured she was in the same grade as me based on the figure of her body, In reality I couldn’t recall any impression of ever seeing a face like hers before.

"As expected."

"!"

This girl finally said something!

"I presume Eita has not retrieved all of the memories of his past life, so I will try 'communication' with the language of this world"

"Eh?"

What was this girl talking about?

"Have you deciphered the meaning of the 'magic spell' I just showed you?"

"Spell? --- Do you mean the ｢I LOVE YOU ♥｣?"

The girl blushed.

"It means ｢revive bonds｣ in the Hebrew language."

"......"

Hebrew was like that?

There’s even a ｢♥｣ letter?

"I am called Akishino Himeka in this world, but my real name is ｢HIMEKA • Sei • HEAVENSRAIN｣<ref>Sei is written with 静 or the kanji of "quiet"</ref>. And ---"

The girl who called herself Himeka mustered a noise through her nose, and very proudly said:

"In my past life, my name was ｢Holy Dragon Princess of DawnBURNING PRIN PRINCESS｣."

Aaaahh......

So that was the case......

It had to do with ｢past lives｣......

"In my past life, I confirmed an intense bond with the ｢Holy Dragon Knight of DawnBURNING FIGHTING FIGHTER｣, Kidou Eita."

"Eeehhhh?"

"I've wanted to see you all along, Eita."

The girl jumped into my arms, and hugged me tight. Her body was very slender, and it seemed she would break if I tried to shake her off, so I didn’t even move.

"W-wait! Give me a moment, Akishino!"

"No, I want you to call me ｢Hime｣ like you did in the past." <ref>She writes here "Hime" in katakana, Hime can have many connotations for her (like, Hime means "princess", fitting her "burning prin princess" deal or a short version of her name "Himeka")</ref>

"W-W-Well, Hime, how do you know the thing about ｢Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn｣?!"

"I sank into the snare of love in my past life, a vowed to fight the Evil Dragon ClanWyvern together with you until the end. But when the Ooi naru yamiDARKNESS advanced in the final battle, and all living things perished, I utilized a higher dimension to escape and reawakened my consciousness through alchemy ---"

"I wasn’t asking about that ｢setting｣!"

Hime who still clung wrapped around my back, raised her head and said blankly:

"I don’t really understand what Eita intends to ask."

"Where did you hear that I was the ｢Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn｣?"

"Point EKME."

"--- Ekemue?"

"This is the way it is written in the language of higher dimensions. But in the language of this world, that would be a ｢train station｣."

"You know, it's actually EKiMaE!" <ref>Hime was reading the kanji 駅前 as EKME, Eita tells her the proper reading "in her own tone"</ref>

This was on the same level as ｢KWSK｣ <ref>a "net" version of Kawasiku or "continue" (it's like writing 'sauce')</ref> and ｢WKTK｣ <ref>This one is Wakataka or "I get it"</ref>!

That kind of higher dimension!

"Eh? Wait, you said, ｢station｣...... Don’t tell me you’re talking about incident last month?"

"Yes, I happened to witness Eita launch a Holy War (SAINT WAR) against a minion manipulated by the Evil Dragon (WYVERN). Thanks to Eita's AURA, the seal on my spirit was released, so I can now recover the memories of my past life."

Although wild electric waves were flying all about, I had roughly grasped the approximate situation.

After all, since I also suffered from ｢Eighth Grade Syndrome｣ (CHUUNIBYOU), I could understand! These so-called delusions have an specially influential nature. For example, when vampires became a popular trend in manga, the whole Japan was filled with deluded people who believed ｢my true identity is a vampire｣. Because people will continue to be receptive of anime, games, and real events; thus the number of new scenarios will only continue to increase.

In front of the station, I played the role of ｢Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn｣ to save Chiwa. Akishino Himeka, who witnessed this scene, probably received my delusions and added her own fantasies to the scene. With that on my mind, the words, ｢bind ourselves together again｣ finally made sense.

I never imagined it would be the bonds of a ｢past life｣.

......When you said it like that, how was anyone supposed to think of it?!

Hime buried her little face into my chest.

"I will try my best to make Eita recover the memories of our past lives."

"Don’t! That's nothing to try your best at!"

"No problem, as long as we fight together, we won’t lose to the Evil Dragon ClanWyvern."

"Before that, my heart will definitely lose iiiittttttttttttt."

At this moment, there was the sound of a door opening behind us.

A savior was coming!

At this point, I didn’t care if it was a patrolling teacher or disciplinary committee member.

Just liberate me from this hell of electric waves hughug radiating around me <ref>Denpa or "radio wave" 電波 , it's used on the term "denpa kei", 'electric wave lover'; these type of people are ones who act weird for apparent no reason at all (I think the source of the meme where some criminal on the 80s who stated as defense that the electric waves from radios and microwaves made them do crazy stuff); since it's a ridiculous term, it was adopted as a pun in regular life and is referenced here</ref>---

"Eeeeeeiiiiii-kuuuuun~?"

But mayhem came.

Harusaki Chiwa-san.

Her wide eyes were bloodshot, and her legs were open astride. The fried pork bread in her hands was crushed into paste.

--- Yes, Chiwa was very angry!

"Hey, what are you doing on the roof? Who is that girl? Why are you hugging?"

"W-W-Wait Chiwa! Wait Chiwa! Wait there for a moment!<ref>"Wait chiwa", since he is afraid, rather than "chotto mate", he used "chiwa matte"</ref>"

After I stopped Chiwa from approaching, I whispered to Hime:

"Please, don’t let that person know that we were lovers in our past lives."

"Why? I want to explain how we love each other."

"That’s exactly what you can’t say, or it’ll be troublesome…. no, because if anyone from this era finds out, it’ll be disastrous! Try to use the ordinary language of this world, to, you know, say something ordinary fitting for this world!"

For the time being we’ll pretend we know each other, and then we’ll think of ways fudge our way through!

"Why are your faces so close to each other?!"

Chiwa ran towards us, with her eyes teary and her heavy footsteps.

"Hey, who are you? What kind of person are you to Ei-kun? What’s your relationship with him?"

"I'm Eita’s......"

Do not say it! Pleases do not say you were my girlfriend in a past life!

"Ex-girlfriend."

Wuahh! That answer is even worsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

"E-E-Ex- E-E-E-Ex-girlfriend?!"

With the tone of tongue twister, Chiwa turned to me and demanded:

"Ei-kun, what’s the meaning of this?"

"N-N-n-no Chiwa! This is a trap! Yes, a trap!"

"You went out with this girl before? Without telling me? While you where being nice to me, behind my back, hiding it from me, you two......? I-I really can’t believe iiiittttttttttttt!"

Chiwa grabbed me by the collar and shook. My head waved back and forth!

Someone save me! Please!

Then I heard the sound of the door opening ---

"Ara Ara, indeed 'a flower in each hand', Eita-kun." <ref>A flower in each hand is a saying which represents a girl in each arm, this has been used plenty of time in this series</ref>

With wind blowing in her silver hair, Natsukawa Masuzu appeared.

Her eyes were surprisingly gentle.

She was filled with brimming love as she stared at me, who was presently hugged by Hime with Chiwa grabbing my collar.

"M-Masuzu, this is not, this is not......"

"What, can this be?"

Masuzu said as she tilted her head to the side:

"I just heard something in the lines of ｢I think Ei-kun received a love letter!｣ from Harusaki-san, So I followed her and just arrived here, but I still don’t understand what’s going on."

Wuah! Did Chiwa figure out the letter at the shoe cupboard from this morning?

Chiwa temporarily let go of my neck and said:

"Listen to this, Natsukawa! Ei-kun used to go out this girl in the past!"

"Ara. Oh, really?"

"She said she was his ex-girlfriend! Did you know about this, Natsukawa?"

"No, this is my first time hearing it. This is very interesting."

Masuzu took a black notebook out of her uniform pocket and began writing notes.

"M-Masuzu? What are you writing?"

"You want to peak?"

Paah! Masuzu opened the notebook and held up to my face.

She had record dense notes with meticulous handwriting.

<pre>
Eita-kun let Harusaki Chiwa use the shower in his house.

Eita-kun forced me to wear a naked apron.

Eita-kun rejected my request for a kiss.

Eita-kun kept staring me with vulgar eyes as I wore my swimsuit.

Eita-kun had an ex-girlfriend. (NEW!)

Eita-kun concealed from me the fact that he had an ex-girlfriend. (NEW!)

Eita-kun had a foolish expression as his ex-girlfriend hugged him. (NEW!)

</pre>
"Masuzu, this is......"

"Ma · su · zu?"

[[File:Oreshura_v02_147.jpg|thumb]]

"No Masuzu-sama! What’s the meaning of this notebook?"

My tongue was already tied in a knot.

As Masuzu brushed her hair up, she smiled and:

"Because I am very forgetful, I have to take notes."

<big>'''ゴゴゴゴ·······'''</big><ref>This is the "sound effect" for a menacing atmosphere, it's using extremely frequently in Jojo</ref>

I didn’t know where these JOJOJOJO-like sound effects were coming from.<ref>I love this. Basically the bit with the black notebook and the memo of bad deeds, is a reference to the fight between Jotaro Kujo (Star Platinium) & Steely Dan (Lovers), Dan took an hostage and forced Jotaro to go through a bunch of humiliating requests, at one point we learn that Jotaro was writing down everything, which is from where this scene gets its inspiration, even the dialog is the same; especially in the part where the jig is up and the bad guy begs for forgiveness. In fact, in the manga Eita is drawn like Steely Dan for a few panels. In Jojo, this happens at the start of volume 18</ref>

"Well, Ei-kun! Just give an honest confession!"

"Ne, Eita-kun, if a human falls from a fourth story building, can they possibly remain unharmed? ''Don't you feel like giving it a try''?"

"Ah! Wuaaah! Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh."

I stepped backwards, and Hime gently pulled at my sleeve.

"Eita, who are these two people?"

Before I could answer ---

"I am Ei-kun’s childhood friend, Harusaki Chiwa!"

"I'm Eita-kun’s girlfriend, Natsukawa Masuzu."

Hime’s eyebrows raised only a little bit, and ｢twitched｣.

Then she pulled at my right arm.

"Eita, it’s too noisy here. I want to go someplace away from these two people."

"Do you thing I'm going to allow such a thing!?"

Chiwa grabbed my left arm and yanked. Hime lost her balance, fell onto the ground, and released her hands. Just like her delicate appearance, she was a frail girl.

"I don’t know if you’re his ex-girlfriend or something, but if you think you can monopolize Ei-kun, think again!"

"Yes, absolutely right, the only person who can monopolize Eita is his girlfriend, me."

"Right! Wait...... Natsukawa, what are you talking about!"

Masuzu suddenly began to fight with Chiwa, and the situation already appeared like a civil war.

With her rear end on the ground, Hime looked terrified as she stared at the two girls. This girl always had a deadpan expression, and this is the first time some kind of expression appeared. But that was understandable, since these two were quite terrifying.

As a result, that pair of big watery eyes slowly began to produce tears ---

"No......"

Hime whispered this sound, and it caused both Chiwa’s and Masuzu’s cheeks to stop.

"No! No, n-n-nooo! Eita is Hime’s! Other girls can’t touch him! The only person who can hug Eita close is Hime ---!"

Hime kicked her hands and feet wildly like a spoiled child, and I could only stand and watch.<ref>Hime normally speaks "mature like" and adds some weird meanings to her lines, but when her cover breaks she starts speaking like a child; these subtleties are pretty hard to deliver without butchering the dialog, so it's better to make a side note, or something?</ref>

Chiwa was the same, and even Masuzu was stuck dumb, their mouths simply open in a daze.

"Huph --- huph ---" Hime's shoulder moved up and down with her breath, and she glared at the two girls. It took an entire a minute before she regained her calm visage.

After she fully returned to her original poker face, Hime asserted seriously;

"What just happened… just act like you didn’t see anything"

.....................................................................Impossible!

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'''''Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru''''' (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる) literally "Too Much Mayhem Between My Girlfriend and Childhood Friend", Oreshura (俺修羅) for short, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuuji Yuuji (裕時悠示), and illustrated by Ruroo (るろお). The first volume was published by SoftBank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint in February 2011. The series has sold over 100,000 copies as of June 2011.

A manga adaptation by the same name drawn by Nanasuke started serialization in the June 2011 issue of Gangan Joker. A spinoff manga, '''''Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru + H''''' (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる+H), drawn by Inase Shinya (稲瀬信也) based on scenarios provided by Yuuji Yuuji, and also a 4-koma, '''''Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru 4-koma''''' (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる4コマ), written and drawn by Marimo, started serialization in Young Gangan, October 10, 2011. Early in 2013, a new manga spin-off titled '''''Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Ai''''' (俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる愛) began under the square-enix label, drawn by Mutsutake (睦茸)

A drama CD has also been released by HOBiRECORDS on July 29, 2011. A volume 2 of the drama CD will be launched in October 28, 2011.

Additionally, an irregular internet radio program, Shuraraji, hosted by Saito Chiwa, is streamed by HOBiRECORDS. In July 2012 it was revealed that A-1 Pictures will be in-charge of the anime adaptation.

Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru series is also avaible in the following languages:

*[[Ore_no_Kanojo_to_Osananajimi_ga_Shuraba_Sugiru_~Brazilian_Portuguese~|Português Brasileiro]]

==Story Synopsis==

<CENTER>'''''Flowers In Both Hands? No Love X Love Comedy!'''''</CENTER>

A cute childhood friend who's like a little sister to me. Chiwa.

''"No way no way! Definitely no way! I will never let someone like you go out with him!"

A silver hair, rich girl who came back from abroad. Masuzu.

''"Oh, is this something that can be decided by a childhood friend?"''

--- Oh my, how did it come to this!?

Even though I was hoping for a peaceful school life, in order to protect the < secret > I share with Masuzu, I was forced to become her boyfriend!

Exploding with jealousy, Chiwa yelled.

''"I shall also become popular!"''

The scheming Masuzu smiled.

''"Then, how about having us help you?"''

Getting embroiled into this plight of helping Chiwa to make a boyfriend, what will be my fate!?

<center>-- A "Flowers In Both Hands? No Love X Love Comedy!" brought to you by Yuuji Yuuji X Ruroo --</center>

==Translation==
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== Updates ==
*29th September 2011 - First teaser submitted.
*25th Octobre 2011 - Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru teaser project page created.
*28th March 2013 - Volume 1 Chapter 5 completed
*29th March 2013 - Volume 1 Chapter 6 completed
*31st March 2013 - Volume 1 Chapter 7 completed
*5th April 2013 - Volume 1 Chapter 8 completed; Volume 1 Chapter 4 completed;
*9th April 2013 - Volume 1 Chapter 9 completed
*11th April 2013 - Volume 1 Chapter 10 completed
*12th April 2013 - Volume 1 Chapter 11 completed - Volume 1 Afteword completed - '''Volume One Completed''' (pending TLC/edits)
*2nd May 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 0 completed
*7th May 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 1 completed; Volume 2 Chapter 2 completed;
*13th May 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 3 completed
*17th May 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 4 completed
*25th May 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 5 completed
*30th May 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 6 completed
*9th June 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 7 completed
*20th June 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 8 completed
*3rd August 2013 - Volume 2 Chapter 9 completed

==The ''Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru'' series by Yuuji Yuuji==

===Volume 1===
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*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 0|Chapter 0 - Childhood Friend's Confession Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 1|Chapter 1 - Highschool Life begins in Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 2|Chapter 2 - Confession from a Classmate ends in Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 3|Chapter 3 - Girlfriend V.S. Childhood friend = Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 4|Chapter 4 - Newly formed club is a Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 5|Chapter 5 - Light Music is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 6|Chapter 6 - The Inside of a Skirt is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 7|Chapter 7 - Your Past Life is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 8|Chapter 8 - A Childhood Friend's Tears are Mayhem]] - (pending TLC/proofread)
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 9|Chapter 9 - A Fight Between Men is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 10|Chapter 10 - The First XXX is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Chapter 11|Chapter 11 - It's the Epilogue yet it's Merciless Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 1 Afterword|Afterword]] - (pending TLC/proofread)

===Volume 2===
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*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 0|Chapter 0 - This is Obviously My House... in Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1 - Childhood Friend's Love Letter? Is Mayhem?]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2 - A Maiden's Poem is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 3|Chapter 3 - After school with My Girlfriend is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 4|Chapter 4 - When my Girlfriend Changes into a Swimsuit, it's Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 5|Chapter 5 - Childhood Friend's Room is Mayhem]] (pending TLC/proofread)
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 6|Chapter 6 - The Truth About the Love Letter is Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 7|Chapter 7 - Beautiful Angelic Maidens Mayhem]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 8|Chapter 8 - Toast Attack is Mayhem!]] (pending TLC/proofread)
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 2 Chapter 9|Chapter 9 - The Gloomy World Split Apart is Mayhem]] (pending TLC/proofread)
*Chapter 10 - A New Step is Mayhem
*Afterword

===Volume 3===
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*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 3 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 3 Chapter 0|Chatper 0 - Mayhem on the Bed]] (incomplete)
*Chapter 1 - It was clearly a Summer Cram School Class but is now a Mayhem
*Chapter 2 - The Mayhem is in a Café with my Girlfriend
*Chapter 3 - Master of Love laughing out loud Mayhem
*Chapter 4 - Believing that My Girlfriend will end up leading to Mayhem
*Chapter 5 - Mayhem while waiting to be confessed
*Chapter 6 - I thought it was an Opportunity, but it ended up as a Mayhem
*Chapter 7 - The Double Date in the Movie Theater is Mayhem
*Chapter 8 - The Discipline Comitee Member's Secret is Mayhem
*Chapter 9 - The Promise newly remembered is Mayhem
*Chapter 10 - Revive, Mayhem
*Afterword

===Volume 3 Booklet===
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 3.1 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]

===Volume 4===
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*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 4 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*Chapter 0 - Announcement to the Disciplinary Committee is Mayhem
*Chapter 1 - Summer Training Meeting is Mayhem
*Chapter 2 - Test for Love Points is Mayhem
*Chapter 3 - Mental Love Games Mayhem
*Chapter 4 - Best Friend Wants to go to Seaside Mayhem
*Chapter 5 - The Elated Training on the Night Before is Mayhem
*Chapter 6 - Coming From Travel Bus is Mayhem
*Chapter 7 - Enjoying the Flavor of the Seaside Mayhem
*Chapter 8 - Two Women in the Kitchen is Mayhem
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 4 Chapter 9|Chapter 9 - Scheming an Ending is Mayhem]] (Teaser by [[user:larethian|larethian]])
*Chapter 10 - Together With Girlfriend's Little Sister Mayhem
*Chapter 11 - The Beauty Contest Pageant is Mayhem
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 4 Chapter 12|Chapter 12 - Determined to be a Boyfriend Mayhem]] (Teaser by [[user:larethian|larethian]])
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 4 Chapter 13|Chapter 13 - Heading to a New World Mayhem]] (Teaser by [[user:larethian|larethian]])
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 4 Afterword|Afterword]] (by [[user:larethian|larethian]])

===Volume 5===
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*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 5 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*Chapter 0 - Overture
*Chapter 1 - Chiwa, Her Favorite at 9 Years Old
*Chapter 2 - Ai, Discipline and Love is Difficult to Manage
*Chapter 3 - Himeka, There is Someone She Likes
*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 5 Chapter 4|Chapter 4 - Masuzu, Hunting the Lovestruck]] (Teaser by [[user:larethian|larethian]])
*Chapter 5 - Eita isn't Here, Love Battles
*Chapter 6 - The End
*Afterword

===Volume 6===
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*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 6 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*Chapter 0 - Relationship as Fake Lovers Exposed, Leads to Mayhem
*Chapter 1 - Ex-Girlfriend Suddenly Leaves, Leads to Mayhem
*Chapter 2 - Eighth-Grade Syndrome is Critically Ill, but it's still Mayhem
*Chapter 3 - It's Obviously a Cooking Contest and it's still Mayhem
*Chapter 4 - Eighth-Grade Syndrome VS. Eighth-Grade Syndrome Mayhem
*Chapter 5 - Eighth-Grade Syndrome VS. Disciplinary Committee President Mayhem
*Chapter 6 - Falling from First Place is still Mayhem
*Chapter 7 - Switching Seats to Girlfriend Leads to Mayhem
*Chapter 8 - Stirred Up Girlfriend's Sister Has Had Enough Mayhem
*Chapter 9 - Receiving Guests with Girls at an Old Hotel is still Mayhem
*Chapter 10 - Girlfriend VS. Ex-Girlfriend Mayhem
*Chapter 11 - Masuzu's True Self
*Chapter 12 - Witness. Mayhem. And then...
*Afterword

===Volume 6.5===
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*[[Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru:Volume 6.5 Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
*Chapter 1 - That which the Girlfriend Said was a Lie
*Chapter 2 - She Appears! The 3rd Place Maiden
*Chapter 3 - The Drastic Jien-Otsu Club
*Chapter 4 - That which the Drenched Girlfriend Said was a Lie
*Chapter 5 - Childhood Friend's Caring
*Chapter 6 - Sympathy, Jealously, and Ferris Wheels
*Chapter 7 - The Real Kiss
*Chapter 8 - Empty Words to Become Cruel, Reality is too Cruel
*Chapter 9 - The Girlfriend's Return and the Boyfriends Intention
*Chapter 10 - Faded Love, Again Begins to Flicker Love
*Chapter 11 - In Order to Become an Outstanding Maiden
*Afterword

==The Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru ''Special''s by Yuuji Yuuji==
The special episodes are written by Yuuji Yuuji just like the main series, but are illustrated by Nanasuke (七介) who also handles the manga adaptation. Currently we have that for each manga volume of the main series there is one special.

===Special 1 : ''When Eita is not in the club room there is a battlefield''===
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===Special 2 : ''When Eita is not in the club room there is a battlefield II''===
*[[:File:Ore_Shura_02_-_165.jpg|Illustration]]

===Special 3 : ''The Blade of Carnage is OOO?''===
*[[:File:Ore_Shura_03_-_151.jpg|Illustration]]

==Project Staff==

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==Series Overview==
*Volume 1: ISBN 978-4-7973-6396-8 (February 15, 2011)
*Volume 2: ISBN 978-4-7973-6561-0 (June 15, 2011)
*Volume 3: ISBN 978-4-7973-6678-5 (September 16, 2011)
*Volume 4: ISBN 978-4-7973-6815-4 (December 15, 2011)
*Volume 5: ISBN 978-4-7973-6971-7 (July 14, 2012)
*Volume 6: ISBN 978-4-7973-7284-7 (January 13, 2013)
*Volume 6.5: ISBN 978-4-7973-7284-7 (February 15, 2013)

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[[Category:Genre - Harem]]

OreShura: Volume 2 Chapter 5

2013-08-08T19:10:18Z

OmgNoPls: Some sentence restructuring, word changes, spelling/typo fixes

==Chapter 5 Childhood Friend's Room is Mayhem==

Apparently, Chiwa had found out about the news from a text message sent by the girls of the class.

<pre>
Subject: 【What Should We Do? 】

Eita forcibly kissed Natsukawa Masuzu! 【Chihuahua!】
</pre>

Really, when it came to the romantic minds of this crowd of love-worshipers, did everything have to become ｢love, love, kiss, kiss｣ before they were satisfied?

But even if I complained it was useless.

After all, whenever some strange prejudiced information reaches Chiwa, she basically considers it fact.

Of course, I immediately turned to her to explain the reason. I originally decided to use tonight’s dinner to discuss the love letter business, but how did my plas get defeated by such a thing?

"It wasn’t a kiss, just artificial respiration! The teacher was taking care of another student, so I was the only one left to do it. The struggle to save human lives is always a race against the clock."

"I know."

Chiwa pouted unhappily, and turned her face to the side.

"So don’t think about it too much. Artificial respiration is just a mouth and mouth touching, that’s all?"

"......Then do it with me, ah."

"Do what?"

"Artificial respiration."

I almost spit out my miso soup. In the end, seaweed and soup mix leaked from my mouth, blocked in the depths of my nose

"W-W-w-w-what are you saying?!"

"But! But!"

Chiwa cowered and timidly played with her fingers near her chest, revealing her childish habit to be troublesome. She had already entered ｢naughty Chihuahua｣ mode.

I think she understood the reason.

Because Chiwa was originally part of the Kendo Club, her awareness of first aid and medical treatment was probably greater than mine. If the other person had not been Masuzu, she certainly wouldn’t be acting as spoiled as she is now.

As a result, the night’s dinner ended with that awkward atmosphere, and Chiwa went home. A third of the fried pork cutlet was left unfinished… That Chiwa actually didn’t finish her meat, and that was a really rare occurrence.

Thus, the love letter confirmation could not be resolved.

......boo hoo.

Nothing seems to go as planned lately.

Why was Chiwa and Masuzu’s relationship so bad?

Was it because of that? Like the reason why a ｢mother-in-law and daughter-in-law｣ have a bad relationship? For example, the childhood friend is the mother-in-law, and the girlfriend is the daughter-in-law?

But, there was no mother-daughter-in-law relationship in the world that was so clearly incompatible.

Don’t tell me there’s no trick to keep a ｢girlfriend｣ and ｢childhood friend｣ on friendly terms with each other?

<center>♦</center>

The next morning:

Since I also wanted to go to school with Chiwa, I was waiting for her in front of her house.

I wanted to make up with her as soon as possible, because we couldn’t keep dragging on the confirmation of the ｢love letter｣ business.

I listened the cicadas in the courtyard and waited for ten minutes --- even though it was much later than usual, Chiwa still did not come out.

Did she leave early because she was angry?

Without any choice, I rang the doorbell on Chiwa’s home. The person who came was actually Chiwa’s mother.

"Oh my, this is Ei-kun, long time no see! How are you?"

"A-ah, long time no see, auntie."

I was embarrassed at a complete loss, because it was very rare for Chiwa’s mother to be home at this time. She was some kind of local newspaper reporter, so she always left for work early and came back late. It was the same with Chiwa’s father, but he was home even less often.

"Have you been going to school together with Chiwa lately?"

"Yes, we just started again not long ago."

"Really? Then Chiwa must be quite happy!"

Auntie’s voice was high-pitched even though she is tall. At first glance, she doesn’t look like Chiwa at all, but her eye-squinting mannerisms were exactly identical, just like a mother and daughter.

"But Chiwa, she ah, started to get a fever last night."

"Huh?"

"I took the morning off work to take her to the hospital, but I still won’t get back home until late tonight. Sorry Ei-kun, but could I trouble you to take care of her?"

"No problem, it’s nothing."

No wonder why Chiwa didn’t eat very much last night. Because she rarely caught colds, I had assumed that she had only been in a bad mood.

......Damn!

How did I not notice? It’s embarrassing, especially since I want to become a doctor.

During the course of the day I was almost completely absent-minded, even though the classes just before final exams were very important. Chiwa lingered in my mind the entire time. I just imagined the look of Chiwa ill in bed --- it reminded me of that incident in the past.

I told Masuzu I was not going to club activities today, and then hastily rushed home.

After changing clothes, I started the washing machine, and then immediately headed for Chiwa’s house. I used the spare key to enter the front entrance, and planned to hurry up to the second floor --- but then I remembered Chiwa might be sleeping, so I carefully tiptoed up the stairs.

"Chiwa, it’s me."

I knocked on the door.

10 seconds later, there was no response.

"I’m coming in, I’m coming in."

After giving my warning twice, I slowly turned the doorknob.

It’s been an extremely long time since I’d last scene Chiwa’s room. It was already very different from what I recalled in my memory… basically, the pinkness increased. Before in the past, her room was plastered with Kendo posters, with sports tape, old shinai’s and the like scattered around. Now it was replaced with drawstring bags, cushions, and small things like that, especially the mirror that was placed on quite a few sides. It was very conspicuous.

However, only the scent of warm milk was exactly the same.

This was the smell of Chiwa.

Chiwa was sleeping in a bed like the one she had in the past. She seemed to have some difficulty breathing while asleep, and her face was flushed.

As I planned to go downstairs to wring a towel, the covers wriggled about.

"Ah...... Ei-kun?"

"Sorry, Chiwa did I wake you up?"

"...That’s weird. Is it really Ei-kun? Ei-kun in my room...?"

After just getting up, Chiwa looked as if she were in a trance, and blinked her eyes.

"Auntie asked me to take care of you. Now don’t get up, you can go back to sleep."

"I'm fine! My mother is really..."

Although she spoke with that tone, Chiwa seemed to beam with joy, squinting her eyes in happiness.

"Your fever doesn’t seem to be gone yet, so is there anything I can do to help you?"

"............Can you help me to clean my body?"

"O-o-okay."

Although I consciously avoided the waver in my heart, my voice became quiet.

I grabbed a wash basin from the first floor, and went back to Chiwa’s room with a towel.

Chiwa knelt all alone in bed, and had taken off the upper top of her pink pajamas --- her back was naked towards me.

"Be gentle, please."

"I-I-I-I-I, I know!"

I held onto the twisted towel and sat down on the bed.

Close to Chiwa’s back, I could see that her skin was delicate and beautiful. I had thought that she simply was not yet developed, but her body had all the round curving characteristics of maturing girl, especially her two soft white arms. It made my mind exceptionally uncomfortable.

"Ahh!"

When I put the towel on Chiwa’s back, she shuddered.

"Really! I told you to be gentle."

"S-sorry..."

I cautiously proceeded to wipe her little back. My heart emitted a loud throbbing sound, and I was worried that Chiwa’s ears would hear it. Every time Chiwa shyly moved her back, or gave an "Aaah......" sounding sigh, my heart nearly flew up into the ceiling.

"Thank you, Ei-kun, I’ll wipe the front myself."

"Oh, oh."

It was finally over......

While Chiwa wiped her body, I kept my back to her and glanced at the inside of her room --- there really was a lot of small trinkets, like cosmetic bags from the appendixes of fashion magazines, shoujo manga, scented candles, and so forth. Her interests really were not the same as they were in the past.

Eh?

The thing that hung on the desk lamp, it seemed very familiar…

"N-no! Ei-kun, that’s not good!"

I stood up, and picked up that thing.

A pair of painted red chopsticks.

A cute pink ribbon tied them together.

Why was there a pair of chopsticks hanging in a place like this?

And --- aren’t these my chopsticks?

"...Sorry, I took those from Ei-kun’s home without permission."

When I heard this, a thought flashed through my mind.

"Are these the chopsticks from that night?"

Chiwa nodded.

She was really worthy of being called a childhood friend. She knew what I was talking about, even though all I said was, “that night.”

Because between the two of us, there is only one ｢that night｣.

That was the night when my parents disappeared, and there was a dead end in my life. Chiwa had slipped out of the hospital even though she was hospitalized, and we had hamburger steak together. It was the first day I had ever cooked in my life.

The chopsticks from then were this pair.

"But why did you want to keep this kind of thing...?"

"...Because this is my most precious memory."

Chiwa’s face flushed.

Her eyes were moist.

Was this the caused by her fever…? No, definitely not.

"Only that memory in my heart is absolutely always the same, even if Ei-kun has a girlfriend, or likes other girls."

"......I see."

I nodded, firmly believing what Chiwa said.

The person who wrote the letter was not Chiwa.

Because we did not need to ｢bind ourselves together again｣.

After all, my bond with Chiwa has always hung there ever since the beginning.

<center>♦</center>

In the end, I stayed overnight to take care of Chiwa.

Chiwa’s parents contacted me, and told me they wouldn’t make it home today, which was very commonplace in Chiwa’s lax household. On these kinds of days, Chiwa used to come over to my house to stay over… but this was in elementary school.

Even though auntie apologized non-stop on the phone, I didn't think it was a big deal. I was already planning on studying for exams late into the night, and as long as I brought my study books, it didn’t matter where I studied.

Chiwa was sleeping the entire time, with no improvement on the fever. Just a moment ago I had wiped water on her forehead, but the towel on her forehead was already warm. I need to change the water in the washbasin.

When I was about to stand up from beside her pillow, Chiwa suddenly gently tugged at my sleeve.

"...Stay with me..."

"Chiwa? Are you awake?"

No, her eyes were still closed, so she was asleep.

Was she having a nightmare because of her fever?

"Is Natsukawa really that great?"

"Huh?"

Chiwa very painfully shook her head and said:

"Do you like Natsukawa? Do you like her more than me?"

Her voice was disturbingly sad.

"Am I no good? Why? We’ve always… always been together..."

Clear tears slid down Chiwa's face.

"Don’t go anywhere. Stay by my side forever, Ei-kun…"

I again sat down by Chiwa’s side.

I firmly grasped Chiwa’s hand outstretched from the quilt.

"Don’t worry, Chiwa."

"......"

"I will stay here, I will take here by your side."

Chiwa’s painful expression gradually eased.

The rate of her breathing also returned to normal, so she probably fell into deep sleep.

I used my empty hand to pull over an English reference book.

I wanted to double and redouble my efforts in studying.

In order to achieve the goal that I promised to Chiwa that night.

<center>♦</center>

I woke up to the shimmer of light that shot through the gap in the curtains.

It seems that I had accidently fallen sleep --- while still in a sitting posture, with my face laid on the bed and my shoulders covered with a pink blanket.

There wasn’t anyone on the bed.

"Chiwa?"

"I’m over here, Ei-kun!"

I looked back, and saw Chiwa’s smiling face, while she sat facing my back on a chair.

"W-What are you doing?"

"H-H-hey, I’m just enjoying the sleeping posture of Ei-kun. ♪"

"I’m not talking about that! Don’t you have a fever?"

"Yes, thank you for taking care of me."

Chiwa seemed to look healthy, and she stood up to spin in a circle to show me.

"Really? Let me take a closer look."

"I said I’m fine! Ei-kun really loves to worry!"

Chiwa snicked and prepared to flee, but I adamantly put my hand on her forehead.

......Well, all right, her body temperature was nearly normal.

She gave a ｢See? Didn’t I say so?｣ expression on her face, stuck out her chest, and said:

"Actually, it looked like Ei-kun might catch a cold, so covered you with a blanket! When Ei-kun doesn’t have me, you’re really hopeless!"

"Hmph, what you talking about?"

Well, since Chiwa had the energy to bicker, there shouldn't be a problem.

I looked at the alarm clock, and it was already seven ten in the morning.

"Huh? Where does Ei-kun want to go? My mother will be returning soon, so you should eat breakfast and then go---"

"No. I want to go to school early so I can study and prepare for the exam in the quiet classroom."

"What?! Ei-kun would never say something so cold in the past!"

"Yesss."

Chiwa mustered an unhappy face.

"Then I guess I should get sick again......"

"Eh? What are you talking about?"

"No, n-nothing."

Chiwa shook her head.

"Ei-kun, about the artificial respiration."

"What, you still want to talk about that old thing?"

"No, I was thinking you’re really awesome, to formally execute it and succeed! For that kind of technique, even if you know how to do it, in a real accident very few people can do properly. Where did Ei-kun learn how to do it?"

"...You asking me where I learned it from? Just from a book, and didn’t we learn how to in physical education class?"

"And you know how to do it from just that? Really amazing---"

"Hmmmph, fine, praise me more then."

---Though to say the truth, it’s actually not that impressive.

After Chiwa was hospitalized from a traffic accident, I went to a life-rescue workshop run by the fire department, to receive full training from senior firefighters.

This was just in case if Chiwa ever had another accident, I wouldn’t be so helpless again.

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OreShura: Volume 1 Chapter 8

2013-08-05T19:37:32Z

OmgNoPls: Changed word choices, grammar fixes, spelling fixes, some sentence structure edits

===Chapter 8 - A Childhood Friend's Tears are Mayhem===

Sunday passed, and soon it was after school on Monday:

After two days of not going to the clubroom, I saw huge vivid words written on the whiteboard.

"The time has come!"

With her back to the whiteboard, Masuzu announced boldly:

"Yes, the time is coming."

"Meow what?"

Chiwa said, chewing curry bread in her mouth. She was always eating, so why doesn’t she grow taller?

"Time? The time for what?"

"Of course it’s time for Harusaki to confess to Sakagami-senpai."

"Huh?"

"Since the last two incidents, the Sakagami-senpai’s love points must have risen a lot. According to my calculations, he should have entered the "completely-smitten" level."

Masuzu’s bogus explanations...

"No matter what you say, it’s too soon, right? Last time, everyone said it was just a funny skit."

"Eeeh! Really?"

Ah, right. Chiwa still didn’t know.

"Regarding that matter, it seems like it made a positive effect anyways."

Using this sentence as an introduction, Masuzu continued:

"Sakagami-senpai is reportedly a big comedy fan. He particularly likes skits, even if they’re about guitars or past life events. I even heard that he “really wanted to see it”, and was very sorry he
couldn’t. He also seems to find Harusaki very interesting."

"Is this a blessing in disguise?"

Having failed to become a guitarist or warrior of a past life, in the end the winning role is an actor?

......Like that, after all this time, our hard work is...

"S-skit ...? Even I put my whole body into the acting performance... yet they called it a skit...?!"

At a loss for words, Chiwa suddenly dropped her body flat on the table. She was just like Masuzu, hurt by the claim.

"I thought there was no time to lose, so --"

"Hey, wait a minute."

I hastily stopped and listened to Masuzu:

"Even if the skit was really popular, it’s not necessarily linked to emotional love. Moreover, he’s a very popular senpai, and is always surrounded by many girls. I don’t think he will be immediately enticed."

Since it is a confession, it is necessary prepare oneself to succeed.

If she is rejected, we will be back to square one, and there would have been just a long detour.

"What you say seems reasonable."

I always thought she would disagree with me, so I didn’t expect Masuzu to nod and continue:

"Eita-kun, what’s your estimated success rate?"

"At most, one or two percent."

"We’ll want at least five percent before we can hope to succeed. We’ll have to work harder, and think of a campaign strategy --"

"Wait."

Chiwa got up and raised her hand:

"I'll t-try confessing."

"......You’re serious?"

"Even if I’m refused, we can think of new plans! It’ll also be a good experience, regardless of success or failure. Let's try it."

"Well, decision in this matter is really up to you. Are you confident in yourself?"

"How could I be?"

Chiwa smiled, not the least of bit concerned.

Masuzu muttered to herself:

"It’s almost as if she wants to be rejected."

"There’s no such thing! What kind of idiot thinks they’ll lose before they’ve done it?"

Inadvertently, Chiwa denied the claim while flustered.

Ugh...... Fine.

Well, since they’ve already settled on a decision, there’s no room for others to interrupt.

"So, how will you confess?"

"It’s better if Harusaki doesn’t confess directly. Otherwise it’ll be just like when we practiced confessing a few days ago. Even if she’s a little nervous, it’ll easily fail."

Indeed, Chiwa was very nervous and uneasy when she was on the roof.

"That’s not a problem! I do not have a stress disorder."

"Then why were you like that?"

"That was because I was practicing on Ei-kun..."

Chiwa’s faced flushed red as she glanced at me.

What is it?

Why does she become nervous when she practices on me? We even intentionally decided to let her practice on a friend.

In short, don’t confess directly. Put a "love letter in the shoe cupboard," like the old-fashioned way.

"Mhmm, this is a reliable method."

Chiwa nodded only slightly.

After wasting a full two hours, the three of us persevered with polishing the contents of the letter until the last period before school ended.

<pre>
Hello Sakagami Takuya Senpai:

Sorry for suddenly writing to you.

I am first-year Harusaki Chiwa from class five.

Ever since entering high school, I have liked you.

If you don’t hold anything against my words, please meet with me.

Between five and six o’clock this evening, I will be on the roof after school waiting for you.

If you don’t have a similar kind of feeling, please disregard this letter.

Should that be the case, I will give up, and forget about it.
</pre>

"Don’t you feel like it’s very cold like this?"

When I brought up my feelings, Masuzu immediately said:

"No, if the article is written too enthusiastically, it can easily lead the other to side back down with the opposite effect. Something like this is refreshing and crisp with better content."

Since she came up with more than half of the letter, and was responsible for transcribing it, Masuzu confidently stood tall.

"But if you ask him to ignore it if he has no interest, or give up and forget about it, I feel like you give the impression you have no faith."

"This is to show that when he leaves, he won’t get the impression he’s entangled in a mess. It’s easier to make it seem like you have the intent of “wanting to become a friend.”"

Huh.....

Is that true?

"Chiwa, do you think this is alright?"

Chiwa looked absentminded.

Dazed, she stared at the bottom of her empty teacup.

"Eh, ah, um, ah? Natsukawa’s handwriting is very beautiful."

"I'm wasn’t referring to that detail... What do you think of the content?"

"Uh, I think it’s fine?"

What is wrong with her?

Now she starts to get nervous?

"Tomorrow morning when you first to the school, put this letter in senpai’s shoe cupboard, alright?"

Chiwa took the cute pink envelope, and nodded.

So, what was going to happen next?

<center>♦</center>

The results were immediately announced.

As specified in the letter, Sakagami-senpai came to the roof at exactly 5 o’clock--

"Well."

"Huh?"

Senpai faced the stunned Chiwa and said, smiling:

"I always thought Harusaki was very cute."

"R-really?"

"I’ve heard about you a lot from my brother. He says you play the guitar?"

"Ah, uh, I guess you could say so."

Lies, you can’t even play hair! <ref>I presume this is a pun…</ref>

"I also heard that you’re currently fighting a powerful and unknown enemy?"

"Uh, um, that. I’m already finished with that......"

There weren’t any enemies in the first place!

"Girl like you is pretty interesting. You have a sense of mystery."

Does this senpai have a problem with his head?

"In short, why don’t we go to the movies this Sunday? Just tell me what you want to watch, alright, Chihuahua?"

--The story above is what Chiwa relayed to us.

After Chiwa finished speaking, she sat in her chair in a daze.

She still can’t believe that the confession was successful?

You're right, even if I can’t quite believe it.

After all, Chiwa has a boyfriend!

...No, she was already a high school student. If you just consider the situation, it should be not surprising that she finally found a boyfriend.

My head just can’t keep up with how fast everything changes.

Obviously I would have liked to congratulate her, but I just couldn’t make myself say it.

When she heard that I got a girlfriend, maybe Chiwa had gotten into such a mood. As things stood, I suppose it made sense.

"Success!"

Masuzu drew on the whiteboard the huge giant word, "Awesome!"

"A victory in a single shot! "Presenting a maiden’s success!" <ref>I have a little difficulty translating this</ref>After all this time spent on activities, we have finally reached and obtained definite results. As president, there is nothing more gratifying."

Clasping her hands, Masuzu’s entire body shook violently as she looked up at the ceiling.

It seemed that she was very happy.

If we left her continue like that, she could possibly start dancing in circles. I kind of wanted to see that kind of situation.

"Even if you say, “all this time spent on activities”, it’s only been a few weeks, right? Also, you were the president since the beginning."

"Don’t pour cold water on me when I’m so excited."

Although she pouted, Masuzu still looked very happy.

"Excluding Harusaki’s charm, this success clearly proves the power of the “boyfriend” notebook. Eita-kun must be even happier, right?"

"A-a-annoying person! It has nothing to do with me!"

"--That is, ahh."

Chiwa, who had been silent this entire time, suddenly opened her mouth and said:

"The person who wrote this notebook must be Natsukawa’s first love, right? I think he is very great."

"......Ehh?"

What does that mean?

I can’t just turn a deaf ear to it.

"T-those kinds of guys can only write delusions or weird things! How is he great?"

Chiwa stared at me inconceivably and shouted:

"To be honest, I do not know if the contents of that notebook are practicable, but I think guitar and past life parts were cool."

"R-really?"

That is so…

It’s so normal.

This is exactly what a natural reaction is.

However, Chiwa shook her head and said:

"But – the fact that he isn’t shy and did not hesitate to fully believe in those "cool things." I think that point is very cool of him."

"............What point is that?"

One who’s fully convinced that they’re cool, is cool?

But, the person who wrote like that was me in middle school?

To be "extraordinarily" mistaken as "cool", I felt very ashamed.

The current me doesn’t believe in an ounce of those things.

I even felt like it was a stain on my life.

......

"Natsukawa, thank you."

Chiwa asked to shake hands with Masuzu.

"Thanks to you and your first love, you let me reach my goal."

"But you don’t look too happy?"

Masuzu shook her hand, but tilted her head puzzled.

"This isn’t like you. If you were happier, you’d cheer, “I’d gotten a boyfriend, yeah!” And then it would be fine."

"......Ahahaha, right, haha."

Chiwa laughed.

But......

She did not cheer.

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That day for dinner, there were all Chiwa’s favorite foods.

Garlic fried beef, bangbang chicken salad, and hamburger.

This menu was in celebration of her successful confession, and also to pray for her first date on Sunday.

Nevertheless, Chiwa did not eat. Normally, her chopsticks would have long outstretched to steal my hamburger.

We also couldn’t start chatting, and the table was absolutely quiet. You could even hear dogs barking in the distance.

...This is not a celebration dinner, but rather a wake to a funeral.

I tried to speak up with a cheerful voice:

"A-altogether, it was great! You reached your goal."

Chiwa nodded slightly and said:

"I caught the school’s famous most famous senpai, so you could say I’m finally popular."

"Yeah."

Though in reality, I felt like one needed a lot of boys chasing after them before she could be called popular.

However, in this case, quality is more important than quantity, right?

"If the news spreads, the girls will become very envious of you. The boys will also look at you from a new light, and they won’t call you “Chihuahua” anymore."

"But senpai’s fans will hate me, so will they collectively harass me?"

"No problem. If it’s you, you can turn it right back at them."

"Hahahaha, really?"

The dialogue ended here, and the living room was quiet again.

Eh......

Why was the atmosphere so difficult to liven up?

"--This really doesn’t bother you?"

Chiwa muttered loudly.

"Huh?"

"If I go out with senpai, Ei-kun doesn’t feel anything?"

"What are you saying? Didn’t we set up this club exactly for this purpose? We even planned such a number of different strategies, and tried really hard to reach your goal?"

"...The Maiden’s Club. What will we do next?"

"We’ll temporarily stop activities. After all, we’ve already reached the goal."

"So it’s like this… I feel quite empty."

"Well I’m relaxed, I can finally concentrate on studying."

Chiwa put down the chopsticks, even though she hadn’t even eaten half of her food.

She lowered her head, and said:

"Ei-kun really doesn’t feel anything about me."

"What?"

"You're right. Ei-kun is Natsukawa Masuzu’s boyfriend."

Her words were clearly bitter.

"......What? I tried so hard to help you become popular, isn’t that right? Didn’t you say you wanted to experience romance like in shoujo manga? For this purpose, you pushed yourself so hard, right?"

"Yeah, I tried so desperately."

"Then this is the reward you got. So what kind of thing still bothers..."

"This is not a reward!"

Chiwa raised her head and yelled.

"Huh?"

What does that mean?

Don’t tell me that only one senior’s admiration is not enough.

"You don’t feel anything? Ei-kun, I’m about to go out with another boy? In the future maybe I won’t even be able to eat dinner with you?"

"How is this possible......"

No.

Perhaps that was exactly right.

Even though we were childhood friends, no matter how familiar, if they know she was always eating dinner with other boys, her senpai would not be happy.

A table without Chiwa.

Dinner for one person alone.

........................That would be a little lonely.

But --

"But I will cope with it."

I tried my best to be brave in front of Chiwa.

"After all, your dream has finally come true, after all this trouble."

I said.

Then I noticed...

Chiwa’s large eyes were full of tears.

Tears suddenly brimmed in her eyes, and slowly dripped down her cheeks.

"--Idiot."

Chiwa said repeatedly, while crying:

"Stupid, stupid idiot, Ei-kun this idiot! ..."

Like a night that suddenly became popular, she continued to be angry at me.

Her voice was like a howling animal, and presently seemed overcome by puppy-like weakness.

"H-hey, Chiwa......?"

"Idiot! I hate Ei-kun! I hate you the most! "

"What do you mean?"

"I hate being Ei-kun’s childhood friend! If I were an ordinary student, with an ordinary relationship with you, then I wouldn’t suffer this much! There’s nothing good that comes out of being your childhood friend!"

"...... Hey, hey?"

What?

You hate being my childhood friend?

"W-why are you saying this so suddenly? We knew each other since we were little. We were just like brothers and sisters, right?" <ref>He uses the characters “older brother” and “younger sister”</ref>

Chiwa looked at me with red eyes:

"You’re wrong! I’d be your older sister by three months and ten days!"

"Why do you suddenly care about this now? Fine! We can be sister and brother. Even still, we’re like family." <ref>Now he uses “older sister” and “younger brother”</ref>

"That’s why I hate it, like I said before!"

She burst into tears.

What...?

W-why do you have that expression on your face?

"P-please, please don’t cry. Okay? Chiwa, don’t cry."

"Impossible! Idiot! Aaaghh!"

Chiwa threw down those words, cried out, and stood up.

Before I could stop her, she ran out into the corridor.

I was left standing in place, without an opportunity to chase after her.

"...What’s going on......"

Did I do something wrong?

Think.

Did I do anything to hurt Chiwa?

Indeed, ever since the establishment of the Jienotsu Club <ref>Their abbreviated club name</ref>, everything I did was for myself. I don’t deny that.

But it was also for the sake of Chiwa.

It was in order to let Chiwa find a boyfriend.

The Jienotsu club temporarily reached that goal, and I was finally able to concentrate on studying.

By all rights, it should have benefited the both of us.

But Chiwa cried so much.

Did I get it wrong?

Really, where did I go wrong?

I simply could not see the logic of it. It was embarrassing. Even if I was studying constantly, my natural tendencies weren’t going to change, okay?

However, one thing was clear:

"I made Chiwa cry."

Damn!

Why am I so depressed?

Why do I feel so sad?

Isn’t this a good thing? Perhaps it was a good opportunity to settle an ill-fated relationship. Since the beginning, this had burdened Masuzu as the unstable factor. If troublemaker Chiwa kept her distance me, my school life could be so much more stable.

She was such an incomparable noisy troublesome girl.

"Impossible…"

In her platters, Chiwa left half of her hamburger unfinished.

On top of that, the potpourri miso soup, and freshly cooked rice, she left completely untouched.

As I watched these steaming dishes gradually cool, my heart felt cold.

Looking at this... I suddenly remembered something--

"Ah, right."

Exactly so.

I said it before, didn’t I?

I told Kaoru in the past, right?

Chiwa is "family."

The loss of family members.

Of course it’s painful...

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That night, I dreamed.

It was a dream about the past.

The time was early autumn of last year -- that is, something that happened during the second semester of my third year in middle school.

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During the time of day when the sky just darkened, I sat in the living room chair without even the lights on.

"So my house was always so big, huh......"

It was about a month since my father and mother disappeared, and I had been left alone.

Although my relatives had been looking for the whereabouts of my parents, they hadn’t been able to find them, and were filled with an atmosphere of wanting to give up. I even heard that had already begun to discuss, "who wanted to adopt me," amongst them.

No, properly speaking, it was, "who I was going to be dumped on."

Now I did not think they were ruthless. It was a natural reaction, after all. They had their own lives, so who suddenly wanted the "adoption of middle school student as a child?" Because I was required to be adopted by relatives, this was a very hard task. I had never heard of the unmarried aunt I was about to be adopted by, and the hopes were very slim.

I already had no family.

I had to survive alone.

"It’s about time for dinner."

The kitchen was piled with empty boxes of cup noodles and convenience store bentos. I had been eating these recently. At the thought that today, I might even have to eat from the plastic containers, I always felt very bothered.

At this point, a noise came from the corridor.

"Hello -- Ei-kun--!"

I turned around found Chiwa’s face pressed against the glass.

She was dressed in hospital pajamas. Although it was already autumn, she was sweating.

"H-how did you get here?!"

I quickly ran to open the window.

I saw her the right hand on crutches while she scratched her head with the left. She laughed, "Haahahaha," and said:

"I came unconsciously."

"How can you just "come unconsciously?" You were in the hospital, right? Anyways, can you walk?"

Since the traffic accident in June, Chiwa had been hospitalized.

Last month, I went to visit her, she couldn’t move out of bed, and looked very painful...

"Well, I can walk, but this foot isn’t good. They can’t take the cast off yet."

"You see!" She raised her right foot to show me.

"Today, I take advantage of the walking exercise, and walked to Ei-kun’s home."

"...Did you get a leave of absence?"

"Ehh—I haven’t felt Ei-kun’s scent in a while, the smell of Ei-kun’s home - ♪ "

"You didn’t get permission? You slipped out!"

Chiwa expertly maneuvered the crutches, and came into the living room without being invited.

This was just like how Chiwa always acted.

"Really, you’re such a casual guy......"

As she kept talking, I took a deep sigh of relief.

I was very grateful.

After all, in this kind of situation, if Chiwa’s situation was very bad, I would be able to bear it.

Although my family would never be able to recover.

But at least I could hope Chiwa would be able to smile like before.

"It looks like your recovery went smoothly. When can you leave the hospital?"

"Probably next month when they remove the cast."

Poof! Chiwa sat on the sofa.

"After that, I’ll begin the real rehabilitation, and I regain my strength back bit by bit through training. The doctor says I’ll be able to walk like I used to within a year."

Thank you for worrying about me! Chiwa smiled and seemed to hint while bowing slightly.

"This is… great! It’s really, really good!"

I was really happy.

I felt like I hadn’t laugh truly from my heart in a long time.

"Well, once you enter high school, the sword-wielding Chihuahua will once again be resurrected. If remember correctly, you’re also going to Hane High School? I heard the club activities there are very strong, but you can definitely make the official team!"

"—This…"

Chiwa said with a smile:

"I probably won’t be able to practice kendo."

"Huh?"

I turned my head, and started at Chiwa’s face.

Along with the brilliant smile I had seen since I was little, there was a shadow of vagueness I had never seen before mixed in.

"I already can’t do intense exercises. The doctor said the bones in my lower back aren’t very good. He said I should try rehabilitation of course, but give up on Kendo for now."

"--"

I was thinking, "So this was the feeling when one stopped thinking."

Because when we first met, Chiwa had already been holding a Shinai.

From very early in the morning, she would practice in the courtyard, disturbing my sleep.

On her way home, the huge body armor she carried would make a ka-la-ka-la-la sound, and she would catch up to ask me: "Shall we go home together?"

Before competitions, Chiwa would have a serious expression on her face and look as if she were a different person, so much so it would shock me.

I’ll never see this again--?

"Well, the doctor must be wrong, he must be wrong!"

I waved my fist while desperately advocating.

"You should find a b-better doctor! That doctor is absolutely a sham, right?"

"My dad said he was one of the city's best doctors."

"A lie! He has to be a sham! A doctor who could say that kind of thing, one hundred percent must be a sham!"

Chiwa didn’t comment, and merely smiled and said, "Ah, really…"

"Let’s not talk about me. What about you, Ei-kun?"

"Huh?"

"What’s going to happen to Ei-kun?"

I looked to the side and said:

"Ah...... well, we’ll figure it out somehow."

"You’re not going to just disappear, are you?"

Chiwa uneasily looked at my face.

"......Ah."

At this time, I finally understood--

Why she slipped out of the hospital, to come here.

"You’re not going to vanish, right? Ei-kun isn’t going to go somewhere else?"

As a result, I tried to show my best smile, and said:

"Of course, right? Besides from here, where else is my home?"

"That’s, t-that right!"

We laughed as we looked at each other.

"......Right, you haven’t eaten yet? Is there anything you can’t eat?"

"No, there’s nothing I can’t eat."

"Then I’ll go cook now and we can eat together."

"When you say to cook... do you mean, cup noodles?"

"Idiot. Of course it’s formal cooking. What else do you want to eat?"

Chiwa opened her eyes wide.

"Ei-kun, cook? Can you?"

"Of course the men of today can cook! I’ll cook what you like to eat."

"T-then, hamburger!"

Thus, the two of us went shopping.

I constantly flipped through the recipe book without stopping, to look for hamburgers.

Chiwa rolled and laughed at the table.

"This hamburger is yellow-green colored!"

"No, because we haven’t eaten vegetables recently, I added the green beans."

"But this has turned into some other kind of food!"

Absolutely right......

Because the minced meat fell apart, it became "sautéed shredded pork with peas and onion."

"Damn! I’ll let you laugh for now. I just haven’t come up with my strengths yet. If I really display my strengths, any dish is a piece of cake."

"That’s the spirit, Ei-kun! Someday you’ll let me eat delicious hamburger!"

"Leave it to me!"

We gave a toast with fruit juice.

We ate food that was something like hamburger, and fought with each other.

"Once I go to high school, I need to find something even more interesting than Kendo. It has to be more fascinating and interesting to people than the Shinai!"

"Well, you should go look for it. You are a high school student after all, completely different from middle school students. I’m sure you can find something."

"What about Ei-kun? What will you do after starting high school? "

"Ehh -- I..."

After thinking for a moment, I said:

"There’s nothing I want to do in particular."

"Nothing?"

With my current situation, I didn’t even know if I could go to high school.

I had to seriously consider going straight to finding work after graduating from middle school.

"In either case, goals and dreams are annoying, and I'm lazy."

"No that’s not right!"

Chiwa hit the table with her hand that was holding onto chopsticks.

"You haven’t invested yourself into anything, so it’s a waste! Even if high school activities are difficult! Are you passionate about anything?"

If you ask me – that would be looking at manga, anime, and daydreaming about these sorts of things. Then I would casually scribble in my notebook.

But even with these things, I recently didn’t have any energy or interest.

It was because I now understood that "hopes" and "fantasies" were completely powerless in the face of reality.

"......If it’s about studies, then, I want to become a doctor."

"Doctor? Why? "

"Maybe I can cure your body."

For me, this only was an idea that had suddenly flashed through my head.

"If I could achieve something good" – it was just like one of my “hopes” that weren’t worth mentioning.

But --

"Hey, Chiwa?"

"You idiot..."

"W-why are you crying? Huh?"

"Idiot... it’s not because of something you said...... that made me cry? But it was merely a single Ei-kun..."

I looked at Chiwa’s streaming tears, and my felt a sentiment bubbling up.

-- I didn’t have any hope.

I was really just a sighing, motionless, unfortunate, miserable, what-should-we-do, and humiliating guy. Just looking at how Kendo was taken away from Chiwa, yet she still seemed hopeful, I finally understood myself.

But, could I become better?

Someone like me, I wanted to become a Chiwa and "hope" again --

"I’ve decided."

I stood up vigorously:

"I decided I want to be a doctor! In high school I’ll enthusiastically work hard, and become Hane High’s number one student. And then I’ll get the qualification for the Medical Examination!"

Chiwa blinked under red eyes and said:

"But, Ei-kun’s grades are almost in the lower half......?"

"I’ll study hard in high school! As look as I have the background and qualifications, even without parents I’ll be able to succeed easily. I will definitely heal your body! "

"...Really?"

"Yeah, really! Medicine advances at lightning speed! When we grow up, medical technology will have advanced so much more than it is today... No wait, it’s better to say I will make it progress!"

-- The me from back then was so stupid I couldn’t be compared.

But I had passion.

Meaningless enthusiasm.

Useless passion.

Yet that was only a year ago.

Chiwa cried while she spoke and faced me:

"Thank you, Ei-kun."

"I will always, always wait for you."

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OreShura: Volume 2 Chapter 4

2013-08-05T18:13:06Z

OmgNoPls: Spelling + grammar edits.

==Chapter 4 When my Girlfriend Changes into a Swimsuit, it's Mayhem==

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The next day during lunch:

Like always, I looked to spend the short break with my best friend.

"Eita, did you and Natsukawa-san have a fight?"

Kaoru asked while drinking a box of strawberry milk.

While putting away the empty bento box which I had just finished into my bag, I replied:

"You’re really perceptive about these things."

"It's because the two of you haven’t said anything to each other since this morning."

"That might be so."

Although we were not deliberately ignoring each other, it was definitely very difficult to start a conversation. After we said “good morning” to each other when we arrived at our seats, I haven’t heard Masuzu’s voice. Since Masuzu always disappears during lunch break, she usually would not be here.

......

............

............It’s not like I was feeling particularly lonely or anything?

"What’s the cause?"

"How should I put it? Because we both have secrets we are keeping from each other, eventually we ended up with this awkward atmosphere."

"Secrets?"

"You could call it the so-called ｢sense of distance｣."

"Why is that?"

"Ahh, it’s just like..."

I scratched my head.

"Since I also have a secret, I shouldn’t pry about the others secrets? If I’m not going to talk about mine, I can’t ask her to talk about hers. As a result, it feels like we are unusually distant."

Ugh ---

I always found it hard to express myself.

However I was only clear about one thing, and that was Masuzu and I have felt between each other this ｢distance｣.

"I see."

Kaoru tilted his head, puzzled.

"Having secrets is bad?"

"Of course, regardless if one’s relationship is a friend or lover."

As soon as I finished speaking, Kaoru suddenly replied with a serious face:

"By the way, Eita."

"Yes?"

Kaoru only hesitated a moment, and spoke with lowered eyelashes:

"Actually, I, am a girl."

"AaaaaaaaAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhhhhahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhっっっ!?!? "

I cried from my chest with all my strength.

Kaoru lifted my hand with teary eyes and said:

"I have always kept this hidden from you, so please forgive me?"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"

"In fact, I've always liked Eita, so let's kiss?"<ref>In this sentence Kaoru switched from his usual "boku" (I, male pronoun) to "watashi" (I, female pronoun)</ref>

"No, wait a minute!"

Kaoru -whose face is extraordinarily beautiful for a boy- quickly l-l-l-lea-aned ff-f-for-w-ward.

W-w-w-w-w-w-what kind of situation was this?!

In any case, this story was too excessive! This was also not how one should act in a classroom during lunch break!

As the tip of our noses almost collided, Kaoru chuckled and said:

[[File:Oreshura_v02_095.jpg|thumb]]

"As if, it's just a l·i·e ♪"

".................."

Because I was reassured so suddenly, I almost wet my pants….. even though I was a high school first-year.

"Did that surprise you?"

"Of course I would be surprised!"

Aaahh, I was dripping cold sweat.

Kaoru could easily be mistaken as a girl from his looks, and it was asking for jokes that devastated the heart...

"Do you understand now? Secrets are for this end, for something of this degree."

"No, I don’t understand at all. Where is there a relationship in this?"

"My meaning is, ｢revealing a secret does not necessarily improve the relationship between two people｣. When you heard that I was a girl, how did you feel, Eita?"

"Surprised."

"You were troubled, right?"

"I was troubled."

"There"

Kaoru gave a little wink.

"It’s fine if confessing a secret solves the dispute, but if it doesn’t, it might just disturb the other person. Don’t you think that keeping secrets is a form of being ｢considerate｣?"

"...I see."

If you say it like that, it's quite possible.

That love letter was my own problem, and it was not something that Masuzu could solve. The task of ｢determining if Chiwa wrote it｣ was my own responsibility.

The matter of Masuzu’s relationship with her sister was the same. At this stage, there wasn’t anything I could do about it.

"I hate feeling that ｢concealing a secret leads to a bad relationship｣. This would make anyone feel suffocated. Does Eita also think like that now?"

Thanks to Kaoru, I swept away the haze in my heart.

Even though my relationship with Masuzu is fake, we undoubtedly have a relationship as classmates, and we are members of the same club.

After all, it's not like we started going out because I wanted to find out about the secret of that person whose name is Mana.

"I’ll try talking about it with Masuzu."

"That would be good."

Kaoru smiled and nodded.

At this time, the school bell sounded, so there was five minutes before the end of lunch break. The girls left the classroom in groups holding onto sports bags. The next class, fifth period, was swimming class, so they were going to change in another room.

I looked at Masuzu’s seat, and there was no sports bag, so she must have intended to change clothes directly after eating lunch. I would probably have to wait until after school before I could talk to her.

"See you later, Eita."

Kaoru left empty-handed.

"Huh? You’re not changing clothes?"

"My skin is poor, so I can’t expose myself to the chlorine from the swimming pool nor stay in the sun. Thus I'll have sit out. Last year was the same, right?"

"Ah, now that you mention it, I remember."

When we were in the same class as third-years in middle school, Kaoru had to sit out almost all of the physical education classes, and never attended the few swimming lessons we had in a year. It has to be vexing.<ref>A little explanation, in this case "sit out" means that you have to attend the class, but you can't be involved in the activities, so just like it sounds you have to sit there and see the others doing their stuff, that's why Eita guesses that Kaoru ought to be frustrated about it</ref>

"Thank you for hearing my worries"

"Don't mention it"

My best friend smiled shyly, and walked out of the classroom.

Ah......

If he was a girl for real, "she" would be incredibly popular with the students.

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The midsummer sun shined on the surface of pool.

After warming up to all sorts of radio exercises, the physical education teacher announced: "Today's swimming lessons...... free time!" Us first-years gave a big cheer.

This was also quite favorable for me --- to take advantage of this opportunity, I'll talk with Masuzu a little.

In the middle of the sound of water splashing and people diving into the pool, I looked for Masuzu everywhere.

---Found her.

Masuzu was holding her knees, sitting by the shadow of the of the school fence, with a rather large towel covering her hand and everything above her knees. It was probably to protect herself from the greedy look of boys who would otherwise continuously and perversely look at her.

"H-hey."

"..... Hai."

Masuzu responded softly, with an absent-minded expression, as if she did not intend to continue talking with me. Our lines of sight did not intersect, and she stared straight at the surface of the swimming pool.

"You’re not going to swim?"

"Yeah, I don’t like to get wet."

"It’s a pity, since we finally have a swimming class."

"… That's how it is"

"I-I rather like swimming, though I’m not good at long-distance swimming or competitive swimming. I prefer leisurely swimming breaststroke and floating on the water while playing around---

"......"

Wuh! The conversation didn't go anywhere.

As expected, it has to be because she was still angry at me for hiding the secret concerning the love letter…?

A temporary retreat.

I kept my distance from Masuzu, and sat at the edge of the pool.

Just as I was thinking about how to start up a conversation, I heard the sounds of girls whispering to each other in groups while in the swimming pool.

"What's with that? She feels like being all prim and proper by herself."

"She’s an ojou-sama, so she probably thinks the school’s pool is dirty and doesn't want to swim?"

"Isn't she just doing that to attract the attention of the boys?"

"Even though she already has a boyfriend, what is she thinking---?"

That's the good old enviousness of always.

Apart from Chiwa, I have never seen her talk to other girls. Even though having a boyfriend could protect her from the confessions of other boys, she was still helpless against the ill feelings of all the girls.

At this distance, Masuzu could probably hear them.

If it was the usual Masuzu, she wouldn’t even blink from the malicious talk of the ｢jealous club｣, but---

"H-hey, Masuzu."

"......What is it? You have been at it for a while".

"Nothing --- I actually don’t feel like swimming today."

As I received Masuzu’s cold glare, I sat down next to her.

So, what should we talk about…?

It was probably too risky to talk have another conversation about ｢Maguke｣.

At a time like this, as expected, we should talk about that --- Bizarre Adventures.

"If we could use the Ripple<ref>http://jjba.wikia.com/wiki/Ripple</ref> like Joseph and Caesar to walk on water, I think it would be pretty fun. I rather like the Ripple battle from the first and second parts, because the Stands are easy to use and have a lot of variation, which suits well to a weekly publication. But to use ripple, one must practice a lot, you agree? Becoming strong through practice is probably the best part about battle mangas, and I especially like the scene from Part Two they train Ripple while climbing on the pillar covered in oil ---"

At this moment, Masuzu suddenly stood up.

"W-what is it?"

"I’m going to swim a little."

"E-eh? Didn’t you say you hate getting wet?"

"I changed my mind."

Masuzu left me, and quickly walked away.

Damn, I didn’t expect that even the JoJo topic would be unable to go through.

She was rather angry, and the situation was perhaps getting worse.

When Masuzu stood at the edge of the pool, the voices from the noisy classmates suddenly weakened. Everyone’s eyes were on Masuzu, and I could tell that they were all looking forward to her removing the towel.

Masuzu pulled off her white colored towel, and hung it on the wall… everyone simultaneously gave a gasp of admiration.

I also could not help but be enchanted.

With her silver hair fluttering in the summer wind, reflecting glistening and shining sunlight; the white of her naked shoulders dazzled the eyes, and it made everyone feel that keeping it under the sunlight was a pity; her navy blue school swimsuit tightly clung against her shiny and elastic skin, showing all kinds of miraculous curves and tone combinations in her body lines.

The boys were -of course- speechless, and even those girls who were saying bad things a few moments ago had a stunned look.

As for Masuzu’s fan, Yamamoto-kun from the soccer club, he lost consciousness and fell into the pool.

I thought she would enter the pool like this, but Masuzu only looked at the surface of the water while standing the entire time.

She used the toe of her right foot to dip the surface a little, but she seemed hesitant.

The jealous club again began to murmur and say bad things:

"What’s that? This isn’t a bath."

"Does she actually know how to swim?"

"Kyahaha, so even for that she acts like if she was important!"

Masuzu, who could not bear the all this slander, jumped into the swimming pool with a splash.

She started to swim crawl style.

Honestly, her swimming technique couldn’t be called beautiful even for a stretch --- her hands and feet were moving wildly, and although she made huge splashes, she didn’t move forward. Every time she took a breath it seemed like she was nearly drinking water.

With a beautiful maiden revealing this kind of unbecoming scene, the class could not help but burst out laughing. The guys who had marveled at her just moments ago, in the end just turned out to be such a group of fickle rascals.

After a short while, everyone got tired to watching Masuzu and went back to playing in the water.

Even I was about to consider going swimming ---

"What is she doing...?"

About halfway across the pool at the 25 meter mark, Masuzu’s movements suddenly became very strange.

Even though she was trashing her hands and feet just like before, she no longer moved forward, and her swimming cap floated up to the surface and sank. The hands that I thought were furiously drawing water, are now motionless ---

"Is- Isn't she drowning!?"

I hurriedly jumped into the pool.

I supported Masuzu’s exhausted muscles above the water, afraid that she had already drunk a lot of water. She was completely motionless. The swimming cap that shed off of her silvery hair looked like a jellyfish’s tentacles drifting on the water.

I borrowed the strength the boys all around me, and finally succeeded pulling Masuzu onto the pool deck, but what followed was the real problem.

"Pant --- pant ---" Masuzu closed her eyes very painfully, and the sound of her breath seemed staggered and irregular. It sounded really bad, so was it necessary to give artificial respiration?

"Sensei, please come quickly!"

I cried to the other side of the swimming pool, but the physical education teacher was already giving artificial respiration to someone else.

The teacher was rescuing Yamamoto-kun.

This was really an unexpected development.

You are quite interesting, aren't you!?

You are indirectly killing the Masuzu that you like so much!

--- Enough, I guess I'll have to.

A lot of people flocked to the area around us. Half of them were absolutely confused, while the other half fixated their sights on me with great anticipation in their eyes.

That’s right.

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Mouth-to-Mouth respiration is pretty much kissing.

Everyone was looking towards the rumored couple (laugh), having one of them or "Me" giving a one-sided fierce kiss to the other, you can feel the great expectations.

They were mixing up the act of saving a person’s life with a love event from a gal-game.

"I’ll say it beforehand"

I let Masuzu lie face-up on her back, placed my hand on her forehead after checking her respiratory tract was not blacked, and pinched her nose.

I sucked in a big breath.

"Kissing in reality is, just the act of sticking two mouths together, you love-struck minded peopleeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!"

I used my lips to cover Masuzu’s lips, slowly blew air into it twice, and then temporarily pulled my lips away. I counted five seconds, and then blew again, causing her chest to move up and down slightly. I repeated this action quite a few times.

Even though I had the knowledge of CPR, this was my first time practicing it, so I was worried whether I was doing it properly --- but when Masuzu coughed and spit out a large amount of water, I was so relieved I nearly fell to the ground.

The physical education teacher who has successfully awakened Yamamoto-kun then rushed here.

--- Masuzu was saved!

I lied down next to Masuzu’s side, and looked up at the sun as I cheered!

Great.

I did not want her to die just after we had an argument.

Even if we are just a fake couple.

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When Masuzu woke up in infirmary bed, I was on the chair next to her flipping through my English vocabulary book.

Because I was accompanying Masuzu, I skipped my sixth period English class. Even though missing class just before exams made me feel uneasy, I still wanted to see that she was safe in the end. To this point, you could count it for the better or the worse.

"...Eita-kun?"

Masuzu pulled up her upper body to a sitting position, bewildered to find out that she was in the infirmary.

"I was drowning, was I?"

"A-ah, yes, maybe, just a little."

I spoke vaguely because the impression of Masuzu hanging her shoulders dejectedly made me feel pity for her.

"How embarrassing, I’m a high school student too."

"...Haha."

For some reason this way of speaking was really cute, just as I thought that I could not help but laugh.

Masuzu was displeased as she pouted:

"Is there is something weird?"

"Well, for one drowning and being a high school student, have no relation with each other."

"Is it like that?"

Her downcast appearance from lowering her head made her look younger than usual, almost as if she wasn’t Masuzu at all.

"Was the one who saved me, Eita-kun?"

"Not just me. The sensei and the class also helped."

"... Thank you."

I don't remember Masuzu to ever thanking me with such an obedient attitude, it's making me a little nervious.

"D-don’t misunderstand! I just felt that if you died just after we had a fight, I wouldn’t be able to sleep well!"

Ha, I'm giving out tsundere vibes, I started to feel annoyed at myself.

After a short period of silence, Masuzu faced me in the eyes for the first time today.

"My attitude to you yesterday was very strange. I'm sorry."

"...R- right."

M-masuzu has ---

<big>Masuzu has, apologized!!</big>

I can't believe it.....

This isn't some sign that the earth is about to collapse, is it?

"No, I am also at fault for it as I was concealing something as well. However Kaoru said, that by doing that ---"

"I"

Masuzu interrupted my explanation.

"When that child kissed Eita-kun, I felt something extremely unpleasant."

Eh.

"So I didn’t know what kind of expression to put. Kissing is just a mouth touching another mouth, I have always thought like that"

"....... So......."

So it was actually about that--------ッッ!

I thought she must have been angry because I concealed my love letter from her!

Because I wouldn’t normally think of that!

By the time she had her first kiss with her boyfriend, to claim ｢It's a JoJo Reference♪｣ the type of woman that can do that, so I never expected she would be rattled by that kind of kiss meant to spite others!

......If I said that aloud, it would probably make you very angry, Masuzu-san.

"If it’s about that, then don’t worry about it anymore."

I tried to dispel the emotional uneasiness, and made a great effort to speak in a hearty voice:

"It has already being overwritten."

"Overwritten? How's that?

"Well, is that the ... k-kiss; the one from the girl named Mana has been completely overwritten!"

Masuzu looked blank for a moment, but immediately looked as if remembered something. She put her hand to her mouth and said:

"Was it artificial respiration?"

She was really worthy of being Masuzu, for having such sharp wits.

......No, maybe because I blushed, she could probably tell. Since a few moments ago, my face had been hot like crazy.

"S-S-so it's like that....."

-hey, why is even your face blushing? And your speech sounds embarrassed?

Shouldn’t you calmly state“I see. It must have been hard for you”without blinking? That's how it should be for the anti-romance ones.

"Ah, it’s just like what you said. A kiss is nothing more than a mouth and mouth touching, nothing more. It isn't any different with artificial respiration, and even the kiss with the girl named Mana. The way I think is ｢so what?｣ so… b-basically you can just ignore it!"

"I understand."

After giving a big sigh, a cheerful smile emerged on Masuzu’s face.

"Let's forget about it, Eita-kun."

"Ehっ?"

"Let's forget everything that has happened these past few days! Let us write off this in one stroke, and forget about it until everything is clean."

"... Let's do that."

I thought that this was best.

Just as Kaoru said, rather than growing distant by caring about the secrets, it was better to forget it and let each other solve one’s own problems.

At least, until the day we can reveal to each other everything comes.

So ---

"I understand, and I’ll forget about it. Starting tomorrow I’ll be as usual."

As I replied in this way, I made up my mind.

I was determined to solve the mystery of the ｢Love Letter｣ that had been bothering me since several days ago.

Was the person who wrote that letter actually Chiwa?

I will confirm this directly tonight.

"Also, Eita-kun."

While I was thinking about how to confirm this with Chiwa, Masuzu called out to me.

She squinted her eyes, and said embarrassedly

"I as well, really really like it...... the second part of JoJo."

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Masuzu did not attend any more classes before school ended, and went straight home.

Since the after-school club activities are canceled, I had the opportunity of talking with Chiwa --- while we sat during dinner.

While I was eating fresh tonkatsu, thinking about how to mention the love letter --- something happened.

"Hey, Ei-kun."

The soft and quiet sound of the usually spirited Chiwa surprised me. She whispered:

"When you were at the pool today, is it true that you kissed Natsukawa?"

Yes.

If I think a little about it, it's easy to understand.

Even if my girlfriend and I put everything behind us with one stroke ---

This actually doesn't include my ｢childhood friend｣ say in the matter.

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OreShura: Volume 1 Chapter 2

2013-08-04T21:27:41Z

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===Chapter 2 - Confession from a Classmate ends in Mayhem===

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During the same time while Chiwa sank before she even sailed, there was another person who continued scoring high on the records.

She was Natsukawa Masuzu.

Entering June, the number of people confessing to her is still endless. Rumors go that the number of times she was confessed to has surpassed 50. According to them, the litigant expressed "she had no intention to be with anyone". Despite so, the people confessing continues to flock towards her.

From the above situation, it is almost certain that Natsukawa has become a famous person in school, but in reality she is almost always alone. In class or during recess, she'd always be in her seat reading. She goes home immediately after school. In the beginning, some males in the class occasionally tried to hit on her, but a de facto treaty was soon made: "Single sided attacks on Natsukawa is banned in the classroom". Soon it became in a steady state of watch but no touch. As for the girls, they try to distance themselves with her. Girls popular with boys<ref>The original uses "riajuu", or people that are well accomplished in their social life</ref> stated that "Us commoners dare not be together with ojou-sama! (translation: we are not as cute as you)" and rejected her. As for the common looks female company, they announced that "Natsukawa and us are in two completely different worlds (translation: extravagants should go play with extravagants)" and discriminated her. This is the perfect proof of how being over popular is not a good thing, I should really go lecture Chiwa on this.

On the first day of June, I was given a seat next to Natsukawa. For me, I am completely uninterested in this matter, but am very pleased to be placed in the second column from the windows, last row in class. It's a very comfortable place where I can lie down and rest, but it seems that my thoughts did not reach the rest of my class. That is, as far as I understand from all the jealous glares I get. Being rejected once but not giving up, Yamamoto, a member of the soccer club even came to me for a handshake, saying "I believe you are a true gentleman!". Since it would be also quite troublesome being trusted like this, I temporarily refused his handshake request. Next day, class rumors started to spread that "Natsukawa is also Kidou's target" and what-not. Sensing danger, I hurriedly went for the handshake.

I should clarify here, I am not scared or what. Because this is very important, I'd want to repeat this again. I am definitely not scared. I am only displaying the spirit of peaceful coexistence, the so-called Love&Peace. Oh, forget love, it's Peace&Peace.

.....Though say just now I was like a excited little grade schooler in front of a camera, let's just leave it here for now. In conclusion, all I want is to cut waves like butter, aiming for the university place and recommendation. Naturally, love lies in the "wave" category, much less Natsukawa, this kind of celebrity? don't joke with me. That's why I tell you, Yamamoto and the other males, you are all worrying for nothing!

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"Is that so, then that really sounds bad" hearing my situation out, my classmate Yui Kaoru slowly nodded his head.

It is currently lunch hour, Kaoru and I joined our desks and began eating lunch.

I was having a homemade bento. With less appetite, Kaoru's lunch only consisted of a crab bread and a juice box.

"From the point of view of those kids, being able to sit next to Natsukawa-san is really something to be envious about."

Kaoru always uses "those kids", "them" and similar pronouns to call classmates. It doesn't sound irritating either. I guess it's due to his good conduct and his neutral looks and solid attitude to address things. Whether it's between males or females, Kaoru is pretty popular.

"If Eita's seat was put up for an auction, I believe you should be able to get a good amount of money."

"When the auction comes, remember to call me. I'll get rid of it at the first bid"

Ah~ it is so hard to be at peace of mind these days. These kind of normal conversations are always the best.

As a conversation partner, Kaoru couldn't be any better.

Our friendship began since Grade 9. From our daily conversations, he roughly understands the situation of my family and Chiwa but he never does unnecessary research, the perfect balance between friendship and privacy. He totally deserves the title of being the Relationship Master.

"compared to this, I'm more worried about Chiwawa-chan"

"What about Chiwa?"

"Once Chiwawa-chan has decided on something, she will keep going forward for it. I'm afraid she won't give up until she becomes super popular"

"But these things can't really be achieved through plain effort. It's not Kendo" I said while munching on the potato and meat from yesterday's leftover.

Mmm, after one night the flavour is perfect. It would have been great if I made Chiwa a bento as well.

"Personally, I think that Chiwawa-chan only needs to act like a normal girl, she should become very popular that way"

"That's right. If she doesn't talk or move, maybe boys will start going for her"

"A, just like a Komainu from a Shrine? <ref>The call her http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komainu </ref>...."

Well, her looks isn't so bad, so maybe it's exactly like how we said.

"But Chiwawa-chan was confessed to during junior high"

"By whom?"

"The captain of the male Kendo club. It was pretty big news back then, didn't you know?"

First time I've ever heard of it.

In junior high both male and female Kendo clubs were very strong. Especially the captain of the male Kendo club, who was excellent in both sports and studies. I heard he later went to the best private high school in of this province. He shouldn't look too bad, I guess.

Hmm? so Chiwa also has a past like this.

"But, I never heard about her dating anyone."

"Of course you didn't. She rejected him"

"Why would she give up such a great chance"

"....Fuuu" Kaori made a deep sigh.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh nothing. I just thought that these are your honest thoughts from the bottom of your heart."

"Of course. I don't joke around"

"I know. That's because Eita is a very serious person"

What.... are you trying to say something else?

"If Chiwawa-chan really turns super popular, I'm afraid she'll have other problems by then."

"What problems? Is she going to reject other people again? That's not possible. It's different from last time"

She's only doing this because she wants a boyfriend, no

.....wait. Is it really like that?

She did say that she wanted romance like a shojo manga, but I don't think she ever said anything about a boyfriend....

hmmm.....

"I really have no idea what is going on inside Chiwa's head"

".....yare yare"<ref>Think of this as a traditional japanese sight, can mean many things, but in this case is probably a tedious sight at Eita's denseness</ref> Kaoru shrugged.

The 5 minutes preparation bell signaling the end of lunchtime rang.

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That day, after school.

"Kidou-kun, how would you like to go home with me today?" Natsukawa suddenly asked me so. The whole classroom fell into shock.

But no one could be more shocked than me.

What does this mean?

Why me? This is too sudden, isn't it.

Slightly flustered, I unconsciously took my books that were already in my bag out again. I must have heard it wrong? Yes, these words must have came from the guy sitting behind me. That's right, that must be it.

But when I turned around, there was nobody.

.....Well of course, this is the last row after all.

"So? Shall we go home?" Natsukawa stared down at me.

.....damn. I'm not so easily tricked,

Natsukawa is certainly a beauty. Just those blue eyes and silver hair is enough to attract everyone's attention. Since her looks is very proper as well, not only does she looks very adorable when she smiles, it also gives an easy-to-approach and gentle feel. Even a finely handcrafted doll can hardly keep up with her. The amount of detail the maker gave her himself is fabulous. If she were to dress up in a skirt, even if she claimed herself to be a princess from a foreign country, I'm sure plenty of people will believe it.

But so what? Back in my mother's days, she was also called the beauty of the town. Beautiful women cannot be trusted.

I should just give a cool response, rejecting her categorically!

Glaring at Natsukawa, I told her directly
"That...that... that actually, say... I... today, I have something to do!"

Curses.....

"Something to do" is the ultimate excuse.

".... Is that so. That's a shame"
Natsukawa replied politely, then left with a "I'll be going first".

Phew, that sure was tense.

I wonder what's with this sudden invitation?

Although we do exchange a few words because of how we're neighbors in class, that much isn't enough to go home together.

Probably a beauty's sudden urge. By tomorrow she'll definitely forget all about me.

Life just has to prove me wrong.

The second day, then the third day, Natsukawa continued to invite me to walk her home.

"What are your intentions?" I couldn't help but ask Natsukawa with a small voice, just so I won't catch the attention of the entire class.

Natsukawa tilted her head in a cute way and repeated
"intentions?"

"Is this some kind of punishment game? Or perhaps I'm on candid camera with your friends hiding in some corner? I'm not so easily tricked!"

Natsukawa smiled. Sure is one deadly smile indeed.
"I, can I say it?"

"S-say what?...."

Don't go for it! Keep calm.....

"The reason why I want to go home with you, it's okay even if I say it right here?"

"That's what I was asking all along"

"That is.....b-"
Natsukawa suddenly stopped. Her eyes shifted as if hesitating, then looked at me with wet eyes
"Becaus-, I like you"

The air in the classroom froze.

My mind was blank. Difficultly, I uttered one word
".......huh?"

"I'm head over heels in love with you"

"Wait, I'm not sure I understand you...."

" I'm thinking of erotics things with you"

"That's even harder to understand!"

"I am thinking of erotics things about you"

"yes I get it, but you are only making the situation worse than it is!!"

Cries spread out through the classroom. There were "Ahhh--" screaming girls, there were frantic murmurs between some, there were also faces of nothing but disbelief. The Yamamoto I mentioned before crumbled to a kneel on the ground like a pitcher having thrown a decisive home runner -- except that this guy is from the soccer club.

"Seems like we have caused a great disturbance"

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Natsukawa smiled shyly.

Suddenly placed under this situation, I have no idea what to do.

"I think we shouldn't stay here for long, or rumors will start spreading"

If you were to worry about that, then it's already too late.

"Please, wherever you want is fine, just take me with you~" she seemingly recited a line from some romance drama TV show.

Although this line couldn't be more unreal, when it came from her, it sounded as if she meant it. Maybe it's because of her looks after all?

--What's wrong with you beauties, you disgust me!

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However, despise all, I still followed her words, tehe~ <ref>this is a 4th wall joke, where Masuzu takes the roll of the narrator and Eita latter tsukkomi-es her out of it</ref>

"Now's not the time to sing 'tehe~'!"

"What's wrong?" Natsukawa, who was walking beside me asked. "Compared to voicing the tsukkomi <ref>Tsukkomi is part of manzai or stand up comedy, where one acts the part of the fool (boke) and the tsukkomi corrects him</ref> of your inner thoughts, it would be better not to speak at all~, otherwise you will seem very suspicious~. You should be more considerate of me who's walking next to you right now~"

"Then don't stick next to me, hurry and go home by yourself!......"

Since both Natsukawa and I walk to school, the two of us are walking in the direction opposite to where the station is. This is the best case out of the worse case I guess. If we had to take the train home, I would have broken out in cold sweat from the glares of eavesdropping classmates in the same carriage.

After walking into some less populated roads of one of the residential areas and confirming there's no one around, I urged
"Isn't about time you tell me everything?"

"Tell you about what?"

"Why did you lie like that?"

"What lie did I say?"

"The confession. Especially the part where you said you 'like' me. That was all a lie, right?"

Hearing so, Natsukawa widened her eyes.
"How rude...... After I gathered so much of my courage to confess, you start thinking it's a lie?"

"That's right"

"You think I actually despise you?"

".... Exactly"

"Merely seeing your face is unpleasant. Even breathing the same air as you is hateful. Having to sit next to you in class, frankly I can't possibly stand it. Yay Yay, idiot idiot, you virgin bastard; stop acting like you are so high and mighty when you are just some miserable little chicken-- like that?"

"I haven't actually thought that it was like that...."

What's with this woman? She's like an entirely different person from the quiet and behaving Natsukawa in class.

"--Since you have already seen through everything, I suppose that it can't be helped"

I didn't expect Natsukawa to give up so easily.

"Like you said, that confession was in fact a lie. As expected of Kidou-kun, looks like I was right, you are little different from the other boys"

"..... Hrmph"

This sort of praise certainly makes me somewhat grumpy, it gives out an unpleasant feeling.

"Well, where should I start first--"
Staring at the clear and fresh nightfall, Natsukawa gave a big yawn.

I watched her beautiful hair wave behind her back, waiting for her to continue.

Right this moment.

A rather strong breeze blew past us, lightly lifting up her skirt.

Originally I expected to only be able to see her thighs, but this wind surprisingly revealed everything under the skirt in broad daylight.

In other words--

"......not.......not wear..ing.......?!"

What should be there, wasn't.

At where thighs end, you should be able to see that, but there's nothing here.

.....Sigh, there's no need to be secretive using synonyms.

Underwear. Shorts. Panties. Undies.

Though a variety of names, no such cloth existed under her skirt. None.

Nononono, waitwaitwaitwait, calm down calm down. It's still too careless to jump to conclusions right now. Maybe it's just out of sight.

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Just the right degree of wind such that I won't be able to see at this angle-- maybe just that. Although her skirt is already at its highest position possible, this does not necessarily imply "can't see equals not there". This explanation certainly sounds much more reasonable.

But what if she really didn't wear any.

That would be bad.

Knowing such an important secret, how should I keep it?

.....no, I should think outside the box, I should use a doctor's psychological perspective to determine which case it actually belongs to. How would I expect Natsukawa Masuzu to be? Wear underpants? What kind of underpants would she wear then?

--This sure is challenging.

As an ojou-sama returning to her home country, what kind of underwear would they wear?

Those which even non underpants specialists would feel "looks very high-class!" kind of underpants? Can't imagine how. Those which makes people think "as expected of a returnee" "that's so international" kind of underwear? Hard to imagine either. Speaking of which, underpants are exotic to begin with.

Or is it an unconventional Japanese style <ref>Fundoshi</ref>?

What would a Japanese style underpants look like?.....Diapers? Cloth? No, this doesn't seem realistic either. This way, my image of this mysterious beauty Natsukawa Masuzu will come crashing down?

--then, we have little choice but to make this conclusion:

None!

Is that so bad?

There are no more competitions between the cotton faction nor the silk faction, nor are there any conflicts between patterned faction and single-coloured faction. Even the decision to wear underwear or not when dressed in yukatas wouldn't be enough to be to cause a argument-- isn't this exactly the Peace&Peace I hoped for! The world is very peaceful these days.

Come, let us chant together once more!

"Panties"

"I'm wearing them"
A small smile from Natsukawa debunked by theory.

"I'm wearing"
She repeated with a doubt-unsparing tone.

"Mmm, then that would be very troublesome"

"Why?"

"The Earth will be destroyed because of the third world war"

"It-it will, then so be it"
Natsukawa replied casually.
"Any world where it's acceptable to suspect your classmate of not wearing it, deserves to be destroyed."

"The world is destroyed because of me......?!"

Becoming the worlds largest sinner, I don't think I'm up for it.
"Sorry. I was thinking too much."

"Very well. I like honest people."
Natsukawa smiled. I feel as if being toyed around in her hands.

".....speaking of which, what were we originally taking about?"

"We were at why I needed to make a fake confession to you."

"It's a long story--" with this opening, Natsukawa dived directly into the subject, "there are always males after my hand, I'm sure Kidou-kun knows about it, right?"

"Rumors about the number of times you have been confessed to has reached two digit numbers, then yes"

"For your information, I have been confessed a total of 58 times in two months"

"That's almost once a day"

That's just like a scenario from a manga.

"It may sound like a luxurious problem, but I am annoyed to my limit. Every single day boys from other classes and seniors will surround and watch me, just like observing a koala. There are even foolish gambles on who will win my heart. There's always some groundless rumors about me, not a single good thing comes from this."

"You don't have friends? Mates from junior high?"

"Nope. Since the age of 7 I have been living overseas. Returning home only happened recently in March."

Is that so? That sure is a difficult situation to be in.

"Why don't you just give the ok to somebody?"

"And who would this 'somebody' be?"

"Just pick one from those confessing to you. As soon as you become boyfriend and girlfriend, the other people will automatically back off, won't they?"

".....fuh"

Natsukawa winced her eyes, literally sparkling.

"Boyfriend and girlfriend?"

As if spitting alien objects accidentally entering her mouth, Natsukawa said.

"Why do I have to be on the same level as these trash? Treating love as the most valuable thing to worship, tributing every Chrismas or Valentines' day, giggling 'hohohohahaha' like idiots. I see no reason that leaves me no choice. Love is an amazing thing? Why the hell do people kill because of emotional disputes then? Why are there so many husbands and wives getting a divorce as soon as they marry? Why are there always children abandoned by parents?"

A dim flame burned within the crystal clear eye of Natsukawa.

"You should understand, Kidou-kun. Love is not such a perfect thing to have-- at least not everyone can unconditionally praise. If you want to be in love, by all means. No thanks here. 'Finding the feeling of a heart jumping'? 'Love more deeply'? 'Going for the girl of my dreams this summer'? Waste of time. To me, this is no different from the persuasions of a religious cult. Except that this religion is called 'Love'-- it's the worse religion on Earth!"

Natsukawa's spiteful tongue, I have heard before, but this one seemed to be different in nature. This speech was full of genuine hatred towards romance.

.....scary.

"Oh, I get it"

Wiping off the sweat on my palm to my trousers, I nodded and concluded
"For that reason you 'confessed' to me, right?"

Natsukawa's expressions seemed to calm down

"As expected of the top student of our grade, learning so quickly saving both of us time"

In short, this means:
If she manages to make a boyfriend, all the never ending confessions will finally come to an end. But since Natsukawa doesn't want any love, she sought out for a person willing to act as her boyfriend -- end of story.

"But, why me?"

"Because you're just like me, right?" Natsukawa poked my chest with her long thin fingers, "I quickly noticed how little interest you also show in love.... I could even say hatred. When talking to friends, you quickly change the subject when it is in the red light. Even your responses become vague and hasty. Isn't that so? I haven't sat next to you for such a long period of time for no reason."

"You, you are quite observant."

"At the beginning I just thought you were gay"

"......"

I take back my words. Observant my ass.

"Which is why I officially make a request to you, Kidou-kun. Please become my 'boyfriend'."

Hm, at least now I understand everything.

As an anti-romance myself, it couldn't be more suitable to be her boyfriend.

Yet....

"I refuse"

Natsukawa slightly tilted her head

"It's only boyfriend in name, all you need to do is to escort me home each day. Since we both walk in the same direction, it shouldn't be too much trouble"

"Wrong. The Other male students will be jealous of me, the girls will surely gossip. I may even be called out and be beaten up by your fans"

"You really know how to worry. It'll make you bald, you know?"

"Perfect. I've been collecting hair tonic and wig company's messages"

Always thinking in the worst possible case - Kidou's way of doing things.

"--We may be more alike than you think..."

Natsukawa smirked.

This smile was different from the smiles she'd shown so far, it carried much more meaning to it.

"You-you're afraid of balding as well?!"

"No, I meant how both of us likes to worry. I've also had my worries if this 'boyfriend'Fake request was rejected. These things are hard to say. If rumors were spread around carelessly...."

"Who do you take me for? I'd never do such things"

"Of course I believe in you. Just that as someone who likes to worry, I always hope everything goes according to plan....... which is why, Kidou-kun"

Natsukawa suddenly brought her face closer. Her breathing was even closer.

Those two blue eyes look at me as if they were about to suck a person in, freezing my entire body.

"To become a candidate for 'boyfriend'Fake, other than the factor that they have to be uninterested in romance, there is another important criteria. Do you know what could it be?"

"What is it?"

Her sweet shampoo scent made my nose a little bit itchy.

I was feeling dizzy.

"Kidou-kun, the other criteria is that -- he must someone who will never betray me. There is no one but Kidou-kun who is able to fulfill these requirements; thus I will not let Kidou-kun escape that easily. Kidou-kun"

Although quiet as a whisper, her extraordinary face makes it very captivating.

Natsukawa took a small step backwards and faced me with her back, then took out a slightly dimmed yellow notebook from her own bag.

"What's in that dirty notebook?"

Natsukawa didn't reply, but opened the notebook and started reading instead.

"April, 21st. Sunday. Sunny. I went to 'Imamura' shop to purchase a pair of fingerless gloves, but was told by a worker with an unbelievable expression they don't have any. The product selection of this shop is so incomplete. Or maybe they're out of stock because it's too popular? I want to buy them as soon as possible, then run as hard as I can on the chilly streets"

".....huh?"

What's up with her. Suddenly reading all these stuff.

Fingerless gloves? Those gloves without fingers?

Is there anyone who still wants that kind of things?

"April, 22nd. Monday. Today a sudden downpour came as I was going home. Although I had my umbrella with me, I still came home all wet. I like rain, it can cleanse all the dirty sins<ref>Sins is called "Ore no Karma", probably a pun of "Ore no Cosmos" of Kurumada's work</ref> on my body...."

Nonono, a cold is all you'd get. Besides, "cleanse all the dirty sins on my body" (smile), who do you think you are.

"April, 23rd. Tuesday. Cloudy. On my way home, Chiwa asked me 'Why are you carrying firecrackers on your body?'. I replied 'then how do you plan to respond to those "out of control terrorists" attack?'. Chiwa was completely refuted by my words. Women are so shallow."

Bwhahahaaaa, dumbass! Rather than worrying about a terrorist attack, why don't you first worry about your brain! Besides, how are firecrackers going to repel terrorists? Can't you see that Chiwa is wordless from your stupidity--

"Hey...-- ISN'T THAT MY NOTEBOOK--<ref>Referred in series as "Note"</ref>!!!!!!!"

Natsukawa turned around and smiled.

"Correct. This is Kidou-kun's diary from junior high."

"HOW DID YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT--!!!!!"

"Bought it from the old bookstore in front of the station. ¥525 (tax incl.)"

"Impossible!"

"It's true. The diary was inside the 'Illustrated Animals Encyclopedia (special ver.)' box. The shop keeper was fairly old, I'm afraid he didn't realize of this being placed on the shelves."

--Certainly, I placed my diary in the box of my gift for getting into grade school. But that box should be stored safely inside my cupboard right now.

Wait, is that so?

Maybe I accidentally sold it along with the animal book during the 2nd-hand book sale?

Nonononono, that's impossible. I removed the animal book out of the box back then. But, eh?

"Refusing to embrace reality is a very foolish thing to do, Kidou-kun"

But the diary Natsukawa waving in front of me was unmistakably mine.

"Quite the child during junior high? It's drastically different from the top student you are now. Or perhaps deep inside you're still the same?"

"Give.... give it back!"

"Unlikely"

Natsukawa turned around swiftly.

"Hurry and give it back! There's a lot of bad things inside that diary!!!"

"Rest assured. I have already scanned everything and stored it inside my computer"

"Huhhhhhhhhhh?!"

"Though security such as all necessary antivirus and firewalls is installed, there's still a chance it could be accidentally leaked out. The web world is very scary.....I've heard that when uploaded to the internet, something will last there forever"

I knelt down on my knees.

They say your sights turn black when in despair....looks like it's real.

In front of my eyes was pitch black.

Over.

My life is all over--

"Then, I'd like to hear you answer again"

As the absolute dominator, queen Natsukawa's commanding voice came down from the skies.

"Kidou Eita-kun, will you by my 'boyfriend'?"

".......De-demon.....!"

"Ah, there seems to be something wrong with my ears. Could this be the premonition of a computer virus attack?"

"Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes! I'll do it! I agree to become Natsukawa-san's 'boyfriend'!"

"Then from now on please call me Masuzu"<ref>obviously she means "yobisute", the practice of calling others by name without honorifics which denotes closeness</ref>

Masuzu slyly winked.

She looked so adorable. How enraging.

"Let's go home together again tomorrow. I love you, Eita-kun~"

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Back then, when my parent's relationship was still okay, when I was still in a common family like everybody else-- which means the me before entering high school, had a completely opposite way of seeing things.

Wants to attract attention.

Wants to be different from other people.

In general, I liked some minute (I personally think awesomeness) fashion trends, wanting to exhibit "the me living under an extraordinary life", showing off all sorts of weird postures copied from animes and mangas.

Later on, I heard that this is the so called "8th Grade disease"<ref>chuunibyou or 中二病 , is a disease where kids start acting like they are important or better than the people around them (even adults), in the most popular cases kids create scenarios of which they are the main characters, such as label themselves as strong, legendary delinquents who fight all the time, or in Eita's case, creating a fantasy setting on which they are reincarnation of a mythical warrior</ref>.

The me different from other people?

An unusual me?

How foolish.

You have no idea how valuable it is to be average.

Being able to eat an average meal, go to school on an average day, accompanied by an average family--

You have no idea.

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Back home, the first thing I did was to turn the cupboard inside out.

".....gone....."

The illustrated animal encyclopedia I once loved was gone.

All the indian elephants, the white palmed gibbon, Japanese marmoset, all of them gone.

Which means that woman was telling the truth--

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH--"

And so began the intriguing "boyfriend-girlfriend" relationship between Natsukawa Masuzu and me.

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Masuzu: Speaking of which, did you manage to buy those gloves in the end?

Eita: ......I made my own from work gloves

Masuzu: Ohhh....

Eita: Then used a red marker and wrote the word "ANNIHILATE"<ref>It's a play of words, he wrote 滅 (destroy) in one hand and 殺 (murder) on the other, but when joined together as 滅殺 they become "annihilate"</ref> on the knuckles.

Masuzu: Ohhhhhhhh......

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OreShura: Volume 1 Chapter 1

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===Chapter 1: High school Life begins in Mayhem===

Harusaki Chiwa.

Freshman. Childhood friend of Eita.

A bit dumb. Was in the kendo club.

Favorite line is "feel free to eat as much as you wish."

It wouldn't be quite suitable for me to say this, but I am "anti-romance".

Romance, this sort of thing, is nothing but a mirage. It's a disease. If you don't believe me take a look at couples giggling every now and then in front of everyone. It's annoying to whoever sees them, praying for them to leave. As for their reasons to flirt in public? That's because this is the real romance, unmasked: Morphine emitting everywhere in the brain, making them lose their shame and all. My attitude towards these people? I always put up with it because I don't care. But when it comes to myself, it's another topic. For me, even if it were not in public, I will never do such shameless moves.

Of course, if I told anyone about my thoughts like this, they would probably chuckle and reply
"There's no need to pretend to be strong"
"Is this the excuse of an unpopular person amongst females?"

Huh. Me, unpopular amongst females? What a joke. I have a history of being confessed to. Nostalgic, those times in the kindergarten..... Forget it, those past glories? Who cares.

But really. If other people gave me a reply like this, I would fully understand. It sounds just as bad as college dropouts saying "schedule my a**" - lack of persuasive power. Not having a single bit of romance in my entire life so far, saying anything casually like that would sound nothing more than the sour grapes of jealousy.

Which pretty much sums up why I don't tell anyone about it, but it IS truly how I feel. And the people who taught me to think like that were my parents.

The story of how my parents got together: they met; they fell in love; they got married. Just like every other love dramas on the television. Throughout childhood I was bombarded with them talking about the ups and downs of their love story. Then in junior high, I was subjected to their endless fights. One day as I was about to go into high school, they both left to seek the "real one" for them and disappeared forever from my eyes, leaving only a letter entrusting me to relatives and a power of attorney to their house as funds for unsettled expenses.

- You - Are - All - Bastards

Me and my hatred to my parents and romance itself was to the degree of using "Hakata Salt's" advertising techniques.
(Note: Lyrics in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99PeKqs81Ak Hakata Salt commercial] are sang syllable by syllable.)

Of course, my sensible logic tells me not all parents are like mine. On the contrary, people falling blissfully in love and getting married form the majority. Though I say my logic is sensible, I still would not "fall in love blissfully just to show you!" or any other kind of similar urges. After all, without romance, life can still go on. Won't make much of a difference not doing pointless stuff. Besides, I don't have the time either.

I have my own ambitions. My target is to get into National University's medical faculty and become a doctor.

Getting into the medical faculty would mean a considerable amount of expense, and I simply cannot give any more trouble to my current guardian '''Saeko-san'''.

'''Kiryū Saeko''' is my father's sister; in other words, my aunt. She is my benefactor who takes care of me, here to clean up my parent's mess. Originally she thought of selling this tattered house to raise money, but putting my feelings of attachment in this house into account, she eventually moved in and settled down with me together. If it weren't for '''Saeko-san''', I would have been moved else where to some unknown relative a long time ago. Therefore, I have decided to repay this debt to '''Saeko-san''' one day, definitely.

My high school is called Haneyama Public High school (short form Hane High). In this school, we have one policy that goes like this: the school will award talented students with good conduct a place at National University (with scholarship). And That's what I'm aiming for.

After entering high school, for the first semester I have already been ranked the first in my year. To a person whose results were in the fairly low district for the entire junior high, this is a staggering feat. I have no intent to slow down, and will continue working hard to keep my grades up.

Which is why, I have no time to spare on romance.

Therefore, I have sworn myself to the following laws:
#Studying comes first!
#No romance! Romance alert!
#But don't let others believe I'm gay because of the 2nd rule

As long as I follow these laws, my high school life will be perfect!

Yet.

Yet, even for a person like me, have an attached girl. The so called fate of a childhood friend.

Well, why shouldn't I begin the story from her then?

It was the end of May, an incident that happened some day when students were about to change into summer uniforms. Because of work, '''Saeko-san''' is often away from home. A reason why I have to do all the housework alone. Dinner; vacuuming the floor; hanging clothes dry; all part of my work. In the eyes of others, this may look very extraneous. True. But only at beginning. But now, chores have even become one of my hobbies. Especially making dinner, not only can it directly reflect your results, it is also an useful skill in life.

It was almost dusk, half past five. I threw all the washed clothes into the dryer, about to step outside for ingredients for dinner. Before that, I have to prepare rice and started pouring rice into the cooker, when suddenly, short energetic cries of "Urg!" and "Hah!" came next door.

"What the heck? Hmm....?"

After finishing last touches and setting the rice cooker into position, I walked down the hallway into the courtyard. Not very big, around the size of the area of 3 hanging racks, less than ten or more steps to my neighbour's fence. Across the short fence separating both houses, I could see a person dressed in sportswear and skirts, waving her bamboo blade around. I called out and greeted "Hey-- Chiwa--"

Chiwa stopped her exercise and turned around, sweat sparkling in the sunlight of what was remaining of the sun.

"Hi--Ei-kun! What's for dinner?"

Heh, thinking about food from dawn til dusk.

"Why are you doing practices with your sword?"

"I guess because there was a sword lying around?"

"....."

According to my calculations, this person will become addicted to mountaineering activities in the near future.

"I thought you gave up a long time ago?"

"The Kendo club was what I gave up. Despite many persuasion from my seniors, I finally severed my ties with them."

"Did you give up because of your health conditions? Now you're practicing again, won't it...."

Harusaki Chiwa smiled. "No problem. I had a body check last week and my doctor said if it were exercises, then I'd be fine~"

"....really?"

"Really~ really, Ei-kun loves to worry~"

Chiwa had been practicing kendo from elementary school up til the 2nd year of junior high. Instead of practice, one could say, buried her head in kendo. She even came 4th in the province-wide group competition, 2nd in personal competition. Her unfavourable height and strength didn't have much affect on her performance, even aiming for the national-wide competition next summer.

But then, the 3rd summer of junior high.

Just as the date for the competition was approaching, Chiwa got involved in a traffic accident.

While the Kendo club was jogging for training, a cargo from a passing by truck coincidentally fell off, crushing Chiwa below it.

Her whole body suffered serious injury, the damage to her waist was even worse.

After a large surgery, Chiwa spent her last summer of junior high in hospital.

Although after this Chiwa have worked hard for rehabilitation, now that the after effects does not affect her daily life, extreme social activities like kendo is out of the topic.

But Chiwa didn't complain at all, accepting everything silently.

To a person like me who never joined much social activities, I won't be able to imagine what it feels like for Chiwa. But in my point of view, Chiwa definitely lost an important part of her life.

".....Don't push yourself too much. The waist, like how it's written, is the most important part of the body."
(Note: In Japanese [and Chinese], the word waist is combined from two parts: body and important)

"Eh--?" Chiwa winced her eyes as if contemplating something, "Ei-kun seems especially kind today? Don't tell me it's because you want to see my underpants?"

--?!

"Wh-who wants to see yo-your u-u-u-"

Such a failure. Stumbling over something so trivial.

"Oh my. Ei-kun must have reached the age where he is interested in these things. Is the word 'underpants' too stimulating for you?" Chiwa giggled happily.

Chiwa took a twirl like a ballerina. The short white skirt was lifted by air, revealing her long, slender, healthy legs. Of course, the underpants stayed out of sight. .....But still I couldn't help but get slightly exicted. Such a failure.

"Wh-who wants to see your childish underwear!"

"Huh, you don't have to insist, you know~"

Curse her.... such a fun-loving little kid. A mature grown up like me have no common language with her!

"Forget it. I'm going out to buy ingredients for dinner."

"Oh, wait! I'm going with you!"

"Don't. If you go, you always make additional expenses."

"I won't nag for snacks this time! I promise!"

Lies....

Every time she sneaks chocolate and gum and whatnot into my shopping cart.

Whatever. Even if I refused, this kid will tag along.

"....you have 3 minutes. Hurry up!"

"Yes, sir!"

Really. How can such a small little body be so energetic...

From our home to the "'''Marutoku'''" shopping mall is around a ten minutes trip.

Chiwa was dressed up in jeans skirts and a sleeveless shirt.

It's only May yet already sleeveless.... I don't know whether to call her out-going, or lack of a sense of seasons.

"And, Ei-kun, what are you having tonight?"

"Hmm? Um..."

Through the intelligence received from the flyers this morning, the recipe is all set.

"Japanese-styled taro with fish miso soup and Soybean Sargassum salad"

Chiwa made an expression as if the end of the world have come "Wh-what about meat?!"

"Don't you know? Beans are called the 'Vegetarian's meat'."

"....Lately Ei-kun and my mother sound alike"

Chiwa's parents are workaholics, plus their workload is heavy, usually they don't come home until late night. Since my aunt '''Saeko-san''' also seldom comes home, dinner is almost always eaten between me and Chiwa.

Entering into the shop, we quickly grabbed all the special priced objects. A sudden scent of curry came from the corner of the shop. Looks like they're trying to sell a new instant curry.

"Oh, siblings shopping together? If you don't mind, would you like to try some?" Wearing an apron, the saleswoman showed a professional smile.

Since small, both of us have always been mistaken as siblings. Although only during Grade 3 to Grade 4 did Chiwa's height exceed mine, I have always been taken as the younger brother in our pseudo sibling relationship. Between you and me, I have always taken this as the shame of my life. On the bright side, Chiwa's height also stopped growing since grade school.

"Then, excuse me~~"

Well, no thanks for me. Chiwa, of course, couldn't care less about me, and reached out for the paper plates. Though her arms look short, they can extend to an incredible length when reaching for food.

"Here you go. There's two tastes here to try out, heavy and light!"

I guess there's not much choice but to taste as well.

.....Well, that wasn't so bad.

'''Saeko-san's''' snacks storage is close to going out of stock. Why not, I thought. Two would be too many though.

"May I ask which flavor is more popular?"

"Huh?"

"Which curry sells better? I'll have one of that."

With a slightly awkward expression, the saleslady pointed to the light curry, whereas Chiwa placed a heavy tasted curry into my shopping cart.

"Hey, Chiwa"

"It's for '''Saeko-san''', right? This one tastes better~"

The saleslady made a muffled laugh.

Huh. Who made you my mother.

On the way home after lining up and paying, I couldn't help but say
"Chiwa, please don't interfere with my logical decisions"

"Lo~gi~cal Decisions?"

"Compared to your tongue, I'd rather trust the choice of democracy"

"That won't come into use at all. My taste is the same as '''Saeko-san's'''."

"You won't be able to prove it"

Chiwa shrugged exaggeratedly
"Ei-kun surely changed a lot in this field. In junior high you weren't so addicted to talking sense."

"Well that's normal isn't it. We are high school students after all"

"ehh, but I like the clumsier Ei-kun better-- you were hilarious"

"You." Slightly pissed, "You never change, still at the stage of junior, no, no difference from a grade school child"

"Wh-what? I've grown" Chiwa puffed out her chests.

.....Umm, that? Nope. Not so far, at least.

" 'The late growth of breasts due to immaturity' -- If I became a doctor, I would definitely invite you as a test subject for my thesis "

"P-pretending to be very smart! I'm still 3 months and 10 days older than you!"

"It only further proves your immaturity if you even think that matters"

"S-such arrogance! H-how, how dare you, Ei-kun!!"

Haha, a complete victory from my side. Sadly, defeating Chiwa isn't exactly something to brag about.

And so, we returned home and I began preparing dinner swiftly. Fish itself is sold in slices, so roasting it shouldn't be too hard. More importantly was the Japanese styled taro. It needs to be kept shaking such that it won't get burnt.

As for Chiwa, she pouted on the sofa hugging her knees, calling out "Ei-kun is an idiot", "Stupid", "Muffled pervert" and all sorts of names.

I can't believe such a sporty girl can take these things so personally. Looks like there's only one thing to do.

"Hey, Chiwa"

"Hmph. I hate Ei-kun the most"

"There's some bacon in the fridge, do you want me to fry it in soya-sauce?"

"Yay! Ei-kun I love you!"

"....."

Love bought with 100 grams of bacon.

If treated specially, it only costs ¥59.....

I mixed all the vegetables into one big bowl and placed it on the table. Although it looks less attractive, we seldom separate the vegetables into single dishes, but instead we eat it directly from one big bowl. Soon it became a habit. Moreover, I have less plates to wash this way.

The two of us ate, going through all sorts of unimportant subjects.

"That reminds me--"

"Reminds you of what??"

"In mangas or in drama TVs, female childhood friends tend to cook"

"That's right"

"Then why is our characters switched?"

Chiwa looked at me a bit confused "Eh? Did you want to eat my cooking?"

"......N-n-n-never mind."

I was suddenly reminded of myself collapsing from the food she made once. That was a bubbling roasted steak sweetened to the fattening degree. Because we didn't have red wine, we had carbonated grape juice (0% natural) as substitute. When asked of the motive for her crime, Chiwa replied "they both look pretty much the same anyways" and "Besides, I'm sure it would taste better with something carbonated"

The less a person knows how to cook, the more likely he would be to invent crazy recipes.....

"Say," Chiwa garbled while chewing bacon, "There's a girl called Natsukawa Masuzu in Ei-kun's class?"

"Oh, I guess"

Then with a sudden spurt of energy "That girl is incredible! Just like a princess! Even boys in our class are talking about her, so I took a look today. I was shocked! Her hair is silver, her eyes are blue, like some European offspring or somewhere else! I also heard she is super rich!"

"Umm, I guess--" I answered vaguely.

"And she's super popular! Only two months into school, already according to sources, the number of confessions she's had have already exceeded two digits! I originally thought it was a made up story from a nosy person, but after seeing her today, I am almost certain of it! Two digits!"

"Ohh--" I agreed vaguely.

"Oh, Ei-kun isn't interested? Or did you already give up because she's out of reach?"

"Not really"

I have to agree, Natsukawa-san is very pretty indeed, but it has nothing to do with me. Besides, for some reason, I have a dislike towards her. Although I've had a few conversations with her.... it always feels like she's hiding something under her acclaimed looks. Should I say, I can't read her thoughts, or is she too unpredictable?

"Anyhow I don't really like her"

"....is that so"
Chiwa nodded a few times.

"Hoho, today's dinner tastes very good"

"Oh that. I just cooked it like any other day"

I wonder what the reason was that made her feel happy. Just bacon is enough to cheer her up?

After dinner, the two of us gathered the bowls and chopsticks. Afterwards I started preparing for tomorrow's courses while Chiwa took some manga from the mountainous piles stored in '''Saeko-san's''' room and started reading at the sofa.

'''Saeko-san''' works at some game production company. Occasionally she does work like writing scripts, drawing graphics, even coding and music. In short, she does a lot. The company makes galgames and love games directed to girls.

Perhaps it's because of work, '''Saeko-san''' acts like this at home
"Eita, mor~ning~! Are you used to highsschool life? Are there any cute girls you've fallen for?"

"No progress at all with Chiwawa? Settings like this kind of childhood friend is usually a highway to HAPPYENDs, what have you been doing all the time?"

"When you're in bed with a girl, you have to watch out for her impression-- If you focus too much on a single girl and forget about others, some day bad news will spread!"

Who would be in bed with a girl. You think I'm some oil monopoly king in Arabia?

--Anyway, don't pay too much attention to this stuff.

For the purpose of gathering information for work, '''Saeko-san''' has tons of bishojo mangas. Reading these mangas have recently become a daily habit for Chiwa.

"Hey, the tea's ready. I'll put it down right here"

"....."

Chiwa was motionless. She turns like this whenever in the world of manga.

Looks like she's especially focused today.

".....Sniff". Chiwa grabbed a tissue from the tissue box and wiped the corner of her eye with it while blowing her nose. "It would be nice if that happened to me just once."

"Happened like what?"

"A romance like this."

"How's it like?"

"You read, you read"

I flipped the pages of the manga Chiwa handed to me. The two childhood friends both had their own lovers, but one day both of them noticed their love towards each other, then after many many difficult obstacles, the two of them eventually became lovers forever-- you get the idea.

"How cliche." I commented. "Besides, childhood friends are pretty much like brothers and sisters, they won't become lovers"

"Is that so? I thought there's some fact to it."

"Only works in stories. Let's take us as an example; one look and you see that it's impossible in real life."

"................."

??

I was expecting a "You've got a point-- That is certainly impossible--" or some similar response..... but she turned out to be silent.

"Y-you've got a point-- That is certainly impossible--"

Ah, here comes the expected response.

Perhaps she's only too tired from her kendo exercise? Maybe I should add more meat in dinner next time.....

"Take... taking the childhood friend setting aside, this kind of romance, or I should say this kind of sweet, or wait, this kind of complete devotion in romance, doesn't seems so bad. Besides, I'm already a high school student."

So that's why.

It's a good thing to want to devote fully into something as replacement of Kendo, just that --

"So, what do you want to do then?"

"I want to become popular!"

....well that was direct.

"Fancied by many males, after experiencing many ups and downs, finally settling down with a normal male who has been supporting her silently all the time -- This is what I should experience at least!"

".....ha. Ohhh"

How should I put it, feels just like what a book called "Chihuahua Mood for Saucy Love" would be about.

It sounds a bit depressing coming from a friend who's been growing up with her since small, but....

"You should give up. It's still too early for you."

"Huhhhh?"

"First of all, just the word 'popular' is impossible. I've never seen you do make up. Moreover, I doubt you have lots of clothes?"

"C-clothes, I have a lot! I have 5 workout suits!"

I totally understand her anxiousness in wanting to refute my statements, but in reality, she's just digging her own grave.

"Plus, you never really cared about how other males look at you. A while ago you were playing soccer with the males in the sports grounds without even changing to sports clothes. And you sit with your legs crossed, when you're in a skirt, you always shake your feet around"

Having her worst habit pointed out, Chiwa stopped moving her legs. Just so you know, she was moving her legs rhythmically all along.

"And I don't have to tell you about how you go on the rooftop in nothing but a towel on your body, hands on hips, gulping down milk in one go. The Asakura's auntie even jokes 'Chiwa-chan looks exactly like my father', so she said"

The two ponytails from the two sides of her head began trembling.

The Asakuras is our neighbour across the street. Their grandpa was a coach, sometimes even attending fitness contests. He's a bearded old guy covered in muscles.

"Anyway, you are a sports girl from head to toe, just like how they say 'Brawn but no brains'. In reality, the way you analyse things is by brute force, facing it directly, guided by power. In addition, you always think like a child, I can't really tell how you look like a high school student......"

"Idiot"

"......??"

"Ei-kun is a giant idiot!!!!!!"

Ah, there she blows.

"Ei-kun is a jerk! Jerk jerk jerk jerk! How would you know until I try! I'm not brawn but no brains! I'm not a child!"

"....."

Thrashing her arms and legs around on the sofa, I really want to see her to prove me wrong.

When I realised I did go a bit overboard, it was already too late. The damage is done.

"Forget it. I've decided," Chiwa stood up from the sofa, "From tomorrow onwards, I will become a person in love!!"

".....??"

"Not only will I be in love, I will become super popular! If Chiwawa-chan gets serious, even Natsukawa Masuzu won't stand a chance!"

Well good luck on that, I said.
"Do you know how to draw males' attention? Even abstractly?"

"I'll begin learning right now!"

"And where exactly will you be learning from?"

"With this!"
Chiwa held up the bishojo manga in front of my face.
"'''Saeko-san''' once said, bishojo manga is the bible of love. Therefore I must study well, remember it well, practice it all day long, and win a prize in a competition!"

"Competition whaa.....?"

The stance of a girl warrior.

"Let's say....this" Chiwa flipped to a heroine on some random page in the manga, "Look at the eyes of this heroine, look at them! Don't you find them adorable? If I make the same look, I will definitely become popular with males!"

".....Ummm......."

The heroine's eyes was half the size of her face.

And there was a lot of glitter in her eyes.

How the heck do you plan to imitate that.....

"A while ago, a girl next to my desk was reading a magazine 'Pachi Lemon'. It also wrote that 'if you look at boys from below, it will make you cute and popular!' It seems looking people from below is the secret technique. Oh, I'm very talented in hitting people from above in Kendo!"

"......"

Definitely brawny but not brainy.

"I won't tell you otherwise anymore. As for the things I said, I'm sorry. Please consider it again"

"What!? What are you talking about!? Besides Ei-kun has never been in love! You've never had a crush on anyone!"

"Oh? Do you?"

".....H-how's that possible! Ei-kun you big idiot!"

So I was scolded. What's wrong with this person?

"I'll begin practicing now. Lend me these books, will you?"
Chiwa carried a pile of Bishojo mangas with both hands.

"Ei-kun, bye bye~ around a week later I will become super popular and by that time you'll realise 'Chiwa-chan is such a perfect female', but it'll be too late!"

"What a pity-- What a pity"
And so, I sent Chiwa out of my door.

A week later.

In my class 1A, a rumour like this started to spread: class 1E's Harusaki Chiwa became super popular, and was called out by boys--

Like hell it is.

In reality, the rumour was that Chiwa was called by the school counselor's office. In short--
"She stared with bloodshot eyes at boys in her class"

"She'd sometimes stare with blank eyes"

"Nonetheless it's terrifying"

You get the idea.

I even heard that Chiwa's mother had come to school to talk as well.

I guess I should probably roast more meat for her tonight.

"Wahh.... I followed the instructions on the mangas, yet why am I not popular?" Chiwa swallowed the juicy meat with her own tears, talking to herself.

"--Ah!"

"What now?"

"Don't tell me.... I am too cute to handle?!"

Moe.

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Pachi Lemon's April Edition, Special Support for freshmen Guide

Cuteness & Popularity measure of female High School students!

Reply to student "Cute Chiwawa"

*Q1: You wake up in the morning and greet yourself in the mirror. What did you say?
*A1: I'm hungry!

*Q2: He laughs at your new haircut! What do you do?
*A2: Cut Ei-kun's eyebrows off as revenge

*Q3: Your male friends tells you about his troubles about love. How did you encourage him?
*A3: Let's run 50 laps around the sports ground!

*Q4: You have a date at the restaurant with your boyfriend. What did you order?
*A4: A big piece of meat!

*Q5: You accidentally overslept. Although in a hurry, your hair keeps curling up and won't stay flat~ (tears). What do you do?
*A5: Instead of this, what's for breakfast??

Your Cuteness & Popularity score: 5/100

Editors of Pachi Lemon: There is still a long way from being cute and popular. Why don't you try going on a diet?

OreShura: Volume 1 Chapter 1

2013-08-04T20:55:18Z

OmgNoPls:

===Chapter 1: High school Life begins in Mayhem===

Harusaki Chiwa.

Freshman. Childhood friend of Eita.

A bit dumb. Was in the kendo club.

Favorite line is "feel free to eat as much as you wish."

It wouldn't be quite suitable for me to say this, but I am "anti-romance".

Romance, this sort of thing, is nothing but a mirage. It's a disease. If you don't believe me take a look at couples giggling every now and then in front of everyone. It's annoying to whoever sees them, praying for them to leave. As for their reasons to flirt in public? That's because this is the real romance, unmasked: Morphine emitting everywhere in the brain, making them lose their shame and all. My attitude towards these people? I always put up with it because I don't care. But when it comes to myself, it's another topic. For me, even if it were not in public, I will never do such shameless moves.

Of course, if I told anyone about my thoughts like this, they would probably chuckle and reply
"There's no need to pretend to be strong"
"Is this the excuse of an unpopular person amongst females?"

Huh. Me, unpopular amongst females? What a joke. I have a history of being confessed to. Nostalgic, those times in the kindergarten..... Forget it, those past glories? Who cares.

But really. If other people gave me a reply like this, I would fully understand. It sounds just as bad as college dropouts saying "schedule my a**" - lack of persuasive power. Not having a single bit of romance in my entire life so far, saying anything casually like that would sound nothing more than the sour grapes of jealousy.

Which pretty much sums up why I don't tell anyone about it, but it IS truly how I feel. And the people who taught me to think like that were my parents.

The story of how my parents got together: they met; they fell in love; they got married. Just like every other love dramas on the television. Throughout childhood I was bombarded with them talking about the ups and downs of their love story. Then in junior high, I was subjected to their endless fights. One day as I was about to go into high school, they both left to seek the "real one" for them and disappeared forever from my eyes, leaving only a letter entrusting me to relatives and a power of attorney to their house as funds for unsettled expenses.

- You - Are - All - Bastards

Me and my hatred to my parents and romance itself was to the degree of using "Hakata Salt's" advertising techniques.
(Note: Lyrics in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99PeKqs81Ak Hakata Salt commercial] are sang syllable by syllable.)

Of course, my sensible logic tells me not all parents are like mine. On the contrary, people falling blissfully in love and getting married form the majority. Though I say my logic is sensible, I still would not "fall in love blissfully just to show you!" or any other kind of similar urges. After all, without romance, life can still go on. Won't make much of a difference not doing pointless stuff. Besides, I don't have the time either.

I have my own ambitions. My target is to get into National University's medical faculty and become a doctor.

Getting into the medical faculty would mean a considerable amount of expense, and I simply cannot give any more trouble to my current guardian '''Saeko-san'''.

'''Kiryū Saeko''' is my father's sister; in other words, my aunt. She is my benefactor who takes care of me, here to clean up my parent's mess. Originally she thought of selling this tattered house to raise money, but putting my feelings of attachment in this house into account, she eventually moved in and settled down with me together. If it weren't for '''Saeko-san''', I would have been moved else where to some unknown relative a long time ago. Therefore, I have decided to repay this debt to '''Saeko-san''' one day, definitely.

My high school is called Haneyama Public High school (short form Hane High). In this school, we have one policy that goes like this: the school will award talented students with good conduct a place at National University (with scholarship). And That's what I'm aiming for.

After entering high school, for the first semester I have already been ranked the first in my year. To a person whose results were in the fairly low district for the entire junior high, this is a staggering feat. I have no intent to slow down, and will continue working hard to keep my grades up.

Which is why, I have no time to spare on romance.

Therefore, I have sworn myself to the following laws:
#Studying comes first!
#No romance! Romance alert!
#But don't let others believe I'm gay because of the 2nd rule

As long as I follow these laws, my high school life will be perfect!

Yet.

Yet, even for a person like me, have an attached girl. The so called fate of a childhood friend.

Well, why shouldn't I begin the story from her then?

It was the end of May, an incident that happened some day when students were about to change into summer uniforms. Because of work, '''Saeko-san''' is often away from home. A reason why I have to do all the housework alone. Dinner; vacuuming the floor; hanging clothes dry; all part of my work. In the eyes of others, this may look very extraneous. True. But only at beginning. But now, chores have even become one of my hobbies. Especially making dinner, not only can it directly reflect your results, it is also an useful skill in life.

It was almost dusk, half past five. I threw all the washed clothes into the dryer, about to step outside for ingredients for dinner. Before that, I have to prepare rice and started pouring rice into the cooker, when suddenly, short energetic cries of "Urg!" and "Hah!" came next door.

"What the heck? Hmm....?"

After finishing last touches and setting the rice cooker into position, I walked down the hallway into the courtyard. Not very big, around the size of the area of 3 hanging racks, less than ten or more steps to my neighbour's fence. Across the short fence separating both houses, I could see a person dressed in sportswear and skirts, waving her bamboo blade around. I called out and greeted "Hey-- Chiwa--"

Chiwa stopped her exercise and turned around, sweat sparkling in the sunlight of what was remaining of the sun.

"Hi--Ei-kun! What's for dinner?"

Heh, thinking about food from dawn til dusk.

"Why are you doing practices with your sword?"

"I guess because there was a sword lying around?"

"....."

According to my calculations, this person will become addicted to mountaineering activities in the near future.

"I thought you gave up a long time ago?"

"The Kendo club was what I gave up. Despite many persuasion from my seniors, I finally severed my ties with them."

"Did you give up because of your health conditions? Now you're practicing again, won't it...."

Harusaki Chiwa smiled. "No problem. I had a body check last week and my doctor said if it were exercises, then I'd be fine~"

"....really?"

"Really~ really, Ei-kun loves to worry~"

Chiwa had been practicing kendo from elementary school up til the 2nd year of junior high. Instead of practice, one could say, buried her head in kendo. She even came 4th in the province-wide group competition, 2nd in personal competition. Her unfavourable height and strength didn't have much affect on her performance, even aiming for the national-wide competition next summer.

But then, the 3rd summer of junior high.

Just as the date for the competition was approaching, Chiwa got involved in a traffic accident.

While the Kendo club was jogging for training, a cargo from a passing by truck coincidentally fell off, crushing Chiwa below it.

Her whole body suffered serious injury, the damage to her waist was even worse.

After a large surgery, Chiwa spent her last summer of junior high in hospital.

Although after this Chiwa have worked hard for rehabilitation, now that the after effects does not affect her daily life, extreme social activities like kendo is out of the topic.

But Chiwa didn't complain at all, accepting everything silently.

To a person like me who never joined much social activities, I won't be able to imagine what it feels like for Chiwa. But in my point of view, Chiwa definitely lost an important part of her life.

".....Don't push yourself too much. The waist, like how it's written, is the most important part of the body."
(Note: In Japanese [and Chinese], the word waist is combined from two parts: body and important)

"Eh--?" Chiwa winced her eyes as if contemplating something, "Ei-kun seems especially kind today? Don't tell me it's because you want to see my underpants?"

--?!

"Wh-who wants to see yo-your u-u-u-"

Such a failure. Stumbling over something so trivial.

"Oh my. Ei-kun must have reached the age where he is interested in these things. Is the word 'underpants' too stimulating for you?" Chiwa giggled happily.

Chiwa took a twirl like a ballerina. The short white skirt was lifted by air, revealing her long, slender, healthy legs. Of course, the underpants stayed out of sight. .....But still I couldn't help but get slightly exicted. Such a failure.

"Wh-who wants to see your childish underwear!"

"Huh, you don't have to insist, you know~"

Curse her.... such a fun-loving little kid. A mature grown up like me have no common language with her!

"Forget it. I'm going out to buy ingredients for dinner."

"Oh, wait! I'm going with you!"

"Don't. If you go, you always make additional expenses."

"I won't nag for snacks this time! I promise!"

Lies....

Every time she sneaks chocolate and gum and whatnot into my shopping cart.

Whatever. Even if I refused, this kid will tag along.

"....you have 3 minutes. Hurry up!"

"Yes, sir!"

Really. How can such a small little body be so energetic...

From our home to the "'''Marutoku'''" shopping mall is around a ten minutes trip.

Chiwa was dressed up in jeans skirts and a sleeveless shirt.

It's only May yet already sleeveless.... I don't know whether to call her out-going, or lack of a sense of seasons.

"And, Ei-kun, what are you having tonight?"

"Hmm? Um..."

Through the intelligence received from the flyers this morning, the recipe is all set.

"Japanese-styled taro with fish miso soup and Soybean Sargassum salad"

Chiwa made an expression as if the end of the world have come "Wh-what about meat?!"

"Don't you know? Beans are called the 'Vegetarian's meat'."

"....Lately Ei-kun and my mother sound alike"

Chiwa's parents are workaholics, plus their workload is heavy, usually they don't come home until late night. Since my aunt '''Saeko-san''' also seldom comes home, dinner is almost always eaten between me and Chiwa.

Entering into the shop, we quickly grabbed all the special priced objects. A sudden scent of curry came from the corner of the shop. Looks like they're trying to sell a new instant curry.

"Oh, siblings shopping together? If you don't mind, would you like to try some?" Wearing an apron, the saleswoman showed a professional smile.

Since small, both of us have always been mistaken as siblings. Although only during Grade 3 to Grade 4 did Chiwa's height exceed mine, I have always been taken as the younger brother in our pseudo sibling relationship. Between you and me, I have always taken this as the shame of my life. On the bright side, Chiwa's height also stopped growing since grade school.

"Then, excuse me~~"

Well, no thanks for me. Chiwa, of course, couldn't care less about me, and reached out for the paper plates. Though her arms look short, they can extend to an incredible length when reaching for food.

"Here you go. There's two tastes here to try out, heavy and light!"

I guess there's not much choice but to taste as well.

.....Well, that wasn't so bad.

'''Saeko-san's''' snacks storage is close to going out of stock. Why not, I thought. Two would be too many though.

"May I ask which flavor is more popular?"

"Huh?"

"Which curry sells better? I'll have one of that."

With a slightly awkward expression, the saleslady pointed to the light curry, whereas Chiwa placed a heavy tasted curry into my shopping cart.

"Hey, Chiwa"

"It's for '''Saeko-san''', right? This one tastes better~"

The saleslady made a muffled laugh.

Huh. Who made you my mother.

On the way home after lining up and paying, I couldn't help but say
"Chiwa, please don't interfere with my logical decisions"

"Lo~gi~cal Decisions?"

"Compared to your tongue, I'd rather trust the choice of democracy"

"That won't come into use at all. My taste is the same as '''Saeko-san's'''."

"You won't be able to prove it"

Chiwa shrugged exaggeratedly
"Ei-kun surely changed a lot in this field. In junior high you weren't so addicted to talking sense."

"Well that's normal isn't it. We are high school students after all"

"ehh, but I like the clumsier Ei-kun better-- you were hilarious"

"You." Slightly pissed, "You never change, still at the stage of junior, no, no difference from a grade school child"

"Wh-what? I've grown" Chiwa puffed out her chests.

.....Umm, that? Nope. Not so far, at least.

" 'The late growth of breasts due to immaturity' -- If I became a doctor, I would definitely invite you as a test subject for my thesis "

"P-pretending to be very smart! I'm still 3 months and 10 days older than you!"

"It only further proves your immaturity if you even think that matters"

"S-such arrogance! H-how, how dare you, Ei-kun!!"

Haha, a complete victory from my side. Sadly, defeating Chiwa isn't exactly something to brag about.

And so, we returned home and I began preparing dinner swiftly. Fish itself is sold in slices, so roasting it shouldn't be too hard. More importantly was the Japanese styled taro. It needs to be kept shaking such that it won't get burnt.

As for Chiwa, she pouted on the sofa hugging her knees, calling out "Ei-kun is an idiot", "Stupid", "Muffled pervert" and all sorts of names.

I can't believe such a sporty girl can take these things so personally. Looks like there's only one thing to do.

"Hey, Chiwa"

"Hmph. I hate Ei-kun the most"

"There's some bacon in the fridge, do you want me to fry it in soya-sauce?"

"Yay! Ei-kun I love you!"

"....."

Love bought with 100 grams of bacon.

If treated specially, it only costs ¥59.....

I mixed all the vegetables into one big bowl and placed it on the table. Although it looks less attractive, we seldom separate the vegetables into single dishes, but instead we eat it directly from one big bowl. Soon it became a habit. Moreover, I have less plates to wash this way.

The two of us ate, going through all sorts of unimportant subjects.

"That reminds me--"

"Reminds you of what??"

"In mangas or in drama TVs, female childhood friends tend to cook"

"That's right"

"Then why is our characters switched?"

Chiwa looked at me a bit confused "Eh? Did you want to eat my cooking?"

"......N-n-n-never mind."

I was suddenly reminded of myself collapsing from the food she made once. That was a bubbling roasted steak sweetened to the fattening degree. Because we didn't have red wine, we had carbonated grape juice (0% natural) as substitute. When asked of the motive for her crime, Chiwa replied "they both look pretty much the same anyways" and "Besides, I'm sure it would taste better with something carbonated"

The less a person knows how to cook, the more likely he would be to invent crazy recipes.....

"Say," Chiwa garbled while chewing bacon, "There's a girl called Natsukawa Masuzu in Ei-kun's class?"

"Oh, I guess"

Then with a sudden spurt of energy "That girl is incredible! Just like a princess! Even boys in our class are talking about her, so I took a look today. I was shocked! Her hair is silver, her eyes are blue, like some European offspring or somewhere else! I also heard she is super rich!"

"Umm, I guess--" I answered vaguely.

"And she's super popular! Only two months into school, already according to sources, the number of confessions she's had have already exceeded two digits! I originally thought it was a made up story from a nosy person, but after seeing her today, I am almost certain of it! Two digits!"

"Ohh--" I agreed vaguely.

"Oh, Ei-kun isn't interested? Or did you already give up because she's out of reach?"

"Not really"

I have to agree, Natsukawa-san is very pretty indeed, but it has nothing to do with me. Besides, for some reason, I have a dislike towards her. Although I've had a few conversations with her.... it always feels like she's hiding something under her acclaimed looks. Should I say, I can't read her thoughts, or is she too unpredictable?

"Anyhow I don't really like her"

"....is that so"
Chiwa nodded a few times.

"Hoho, today's dinner tastes very good"

"Oh that. I just cooked it like any other day"

I wonder what the reason was that made her feel happy. Just bacon is enough to cheer her up?

After dinner, the two of us gathered the bowls and chopsticks. Afterwards I started preparing for tomorrow's courses while Chiwa took some manga from the mountainous piles stored in '''Saeko-san's''' room and started reading at the sofa.

'''Saeko-san''' works at some game production company. Occasionally she does work like writing scripts, drawing graphics, even coding and music, in short she does a lot. The company makes galgames and love games directed to girls.

Perhaps it's because of work, '''Saeko-san''' acts like this at home
"Eita, mor~ning~! Are you used to highsschool life? Are there any cute girls you've fallen for?"

"No progress at all with Chiwawa? Settings like this kind of childhood friend is usually a highway to HAPPYENDs, what have you been doing all the time?"

"When you're in bed with a girl you have to watch out for her impression-- If you focus too much on a single girl and forget about others, some day bad news will spread!"

Who would be in bed with a girl. You think I'm some oil monopoly king in Arabia?

--Anyway, don't pay too much attention to these stuff.

For purposes of gathering information for work, '''Saeko-san''' has tonnes of bishojo mangas. Reading these mangas have recently become a daily habit of Chiwa's.

"Hey, the tea's ready, I'll put it down right here"

"....."

Chiwa was motionless. She turns like this whenever in the world of manga.

Looks like she's especially focused today.

".....Sniff" Chiwa grabbed a tissue from the tissue box and wiped the corner of her eye with it while blowing her nose. "It would be nice if that happened to me just once."

"Happen what?"

"A romance like this."

"How's it like?"

"You read, you read"

I flipped the pages of the manga Chiwa handed to me. The two childhood friends both had their own lovers, but one day both of them noticed their love towards each other, then after many many difficult obstacles, the two of them eventually became lovers forever-- you get the idea.

"How cliche." I commented. "Besides, childhood friends are pretty much like brothers and sisters, they won't become lovers"

"Is that so? I thought there's some fact to it."

"Only works in stories. Let's take us as an example, one look and you see how it's impossible in real life."

"................."

??

I was expecting a "You've got a point-- That is certainly impossible--" or some similar response..... but she turned out to be silent.

"Y-you've got a point-- That is certainly impossible--"

Ah, here comes the expected response.

Perhaps she's only too tired from her kendo exercise? Maybe I should add more meat in dinner next time.....

"Take... taking the childhood friend setting aside, this kind of romance, or I should say this kind of sweet, or wait, this kind of complete devotion in romance, doesn't seems so bad. Besides, I'm already a high school student."

So that's why.

It's a good thing to want to devote fully into something as replacement of Kendo, just that --

"So, what do you want to do then?"

"I want to become popular!"

....well that was direct.

"Fancied by many males, after experiencing many ups and downs, finally settling down with a normal male who has been supporting her silently all the time -- This is what I should experience at least!"

".....ha. Ohhh"

How should I put it, feels just like what a book called "Chihuahua Mood for Saucy Love" would be about.

It sounds a bit depressing coming from a friend who's been growing up with her since small, but....

"You should give up. It's still too early for you."

"Huhhhh?"

"First of all, just the word 'popular' is impossible. I've never seen you do make up. Moreover, I doubt you have lots of clothes?"

"C-clothes, I have a lot! I have 5 workout suits!"

I totally understand her anxiousness in wanting to refute my statements, but in reality, she's just digging her own grave.

"Plus, you never really cared about how other males look at you. A while ago you were playing soccer with the males in the sports grounds without even changing to sports clothes. And you sit with your legs crossed, when you're in a skirt, you always shake your feet around"

Having her worst habit pointed out, Chiwa stopped moving her legs. Just so you know, she was moving her legs rhythmically all along.

"And I don't have to tell you about how you go on the rooftop in nothing but a towel on your body, hands on hips, gulping down milk in one go. The Asakura's auntie even jokes 'Chiwa-chan looks exactly like my father', so she said"

The two ponytails from the two sides of her head began trembling.

The Asakuras is our neighbour across the street. Their grandpa was a coach, sometimes even attending fitness contests. He's a bearded old guy covered in muscles.

"Anyway, you are a sports girl from head to toe, just like how they say 'Brawn but no brains'. In reality, the way you analyse things is by brute force, facing it directly, guided by power. In addition, you always think like a child, I can't really tell how you look like a high school student......"

"Idiot"

"......??"

"Ei-kun is a giant idiot!!!!!!"

Ah, there she blows.

"Ei-kun is a jerk! Jerk jerk jerk jerk! How would you know until I try! I'm not brawn but no brains! I'm not a child!"

"....."

Thrashing her arms and legs around on the sofa, I really want to see her to prove me wrong.

When I realised I did go a bit overboard, it was already too late. The damage is done.

"Forget it. I've decided," Chiwa stood up from the sofa, "From tomorrow onwards, I will become a person in love!!"

".....??"

"Not only will I be in love, I will become super popular! If Chiwawa-chan gets serious, even Natsukawa Masuzu won't stand a chance!"

Well good luck on that, I said.
"Do you know how to draw males' attention? Even abstractly?"

"I'll begin learning right now!"

"And where exactly will you be learning from?"

"With this!"
Chiwa held up the bishojo manga in front of my face
"'''Saeko-san''' once said, bishojo manga is the bible of love. Therefore I must study well, remember it well, practice it all day long, and win a prize in a competition!"

"Competition whaa.....?"

The stance of a girl warrior.

"Let's say....this" Chiwa flipped to a heroine on some random page in the manga, "Look at the eyes of this heroine, look at them! Don't you find them adorable? If I make the same look, I will definitely become popular with males!"

".....Ummm......."

The heroine's eyes was half the size of her face.

And there was a lot of glitter in her eyes.

How the heck do you plan to imitate that.....

"A while ago, a girl next to my desk was reading a magazine 'Pachi Lemon'. It also wrote that 'if you look at boys from below, it will make you cute and popular!' It seems looking people from below is the secret technique. Oh, I'm very talented in hitting people from above in Kendo!"

"......"

Definitely brawny but not brainy.

"I won't tell you otherwise anymore. As for the things I said, I'm sorry. Please consider it again"

"What!? What are you talking about!? Besides Ei-kun has never been in love! You've never had a crush on anyone!"

"Oh? Do you?"

".....H-how's that possible! Ei-kun you big idiot!"

So I was scolded. What's wrong with this person.

"I'll begin practicing now. Lend me these books, will you"
Chiwa carried a pile of Bishojo mangas with both hands.

"Ei-kun, bye bye~ around a week later I will become Super popular, by that time you'll realise 'Chiwa-chan is such a perfect female', but it'll be too late!"

"What a pity-- What a pity"
And so, I sent Chiwa out of my door.

A week later.

In my class 1A, a rumour like this started to spread: class 1E's Harusaki Chiwa became super popular, and was called out by boys--

Like hell it is.

In reality, the rumour was that Chiwa was called by the school counselor's office. In short--
"She stared with bloodshot eyes at boys in her class"

"She'd sometimes stare with blank eyes"

"Nonetheless it's terrifying"

You get the idea.

I even heard that Chiwa's mother had come to school to talk as well.

I guess I should probably roast more meat for her tonight.

"Wahh.... I followed the instructions on the mangas, yet why am I not popular?" Chiwa swallowed the juicy meat with her own tears, talking to herself.

"--Ah!"

"What now?"

"Don't tell me.... I am too cute to handle?!"

Moe.

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Pachi Lemon's April Edition, Special Support for freshmen Guide

Cuteness & Popularity measure of female High School students!

Reply to student "Cute Chiwawa"

*Q1: You wake up in the morning and greet yourself in the mirror. What did you say?
*A1: I'm hungry!

*Q2: He laughs at your new haircut! What do you do?
*A2: Cut Ei-kun's eyebrows off as revenge

*Q3: Your male friends tells you about his troubles about love. How did you encourage him?
*A3: Let's run 50 laps around the sports ground!

*Q4: You have a date at the restaurant with your boyfriend. What did you order?
*A4: A big piece of meat!

*Q5: You accidentally overslept. Although in a hurry, your hair keeps curling up and won't stay flat~ (tears). What do you do?
*A5: Instead of this, what's for breakfast??

Your Cuteness & Popularity score: 5/100

Editors of Pachi Lemon: There is still a long way from being cute and popular. Why don't you try going on a diet?

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