Revenge of the Fallen Angel Soprano-chan ch7: Keep Looking After Me From Now On

Seeing this face right after waking up is bad for the heart...

Good morning.

Eeeep!!
Mirei-chan, I'm about to go home, y'know?
You're such a sleepyhead.

You got everything?
Yes. Thank you for having me.

Today's Sunday,
so you could've chilled here a little longer~
No... I can't intrude upon you any further...!

Besides...
I want to tell Mom about my stay here right away.

The time I got to spend with Mirei-chan and her family
was filled with so much happiness.

Uuh...!!
Such a good kid...!

You can eat anything you want from our shop's menu next time...!
Mirei will pay for it.
Just ignore her...

I'm sorry
for all the nuisance Onee-chan caused...
It's fine. I had fun.

In fact...
I'm very much grateful towards her.

Th-That so...?
She looks awfully refreshed...
Mirei-chan.

This secret relationship
isn't too shabby either, is it?

...Our secret relationship. To us, it's a relationship
where we're neither friends nor lovers.

It probably won't last very long.

I'm sure that... even if I don't give an answer,

Soprano-chan will try to close the distance between us.

As for the choices I have left...

I don't think the me right now would be able to choose...

In which case,
should I just take responsibility for letting her do as she pleased...?

!?

Eh...?
No... That would be...

Woah...! Emi-chan!
You're all flustered again.

Worrying over something stupid again, no doubt.
It's not stupid or anything, but...

Come to think of it, it's rare to see you around at this hour.
No morning training today?
Yeah. They're doing construction work on the grounds today...
She changed the subject again...

I dunno what to do with all this free time...

Oh yeah, Mrs. Donut's doing a Pachimon collab right now.

Wanna go there when school ends today?
I'll treat you.

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I-...!!
I'd love to...!!!

Pfft
!!?

Ah, sorry.
Your reaction was just so good, Mirei.

Hamster shocked by time difference
Eeeeh?
You're like a small animal. Every little movement of yours is hilarious.
I dunno if I should feel happy about that...
They are cute, though...

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No...
Actually, I think I am happy.
?

Erm... Whenever I'm worried about something,
you always try to cheer me up, Emi-chan...

I'm happy that you're with me like this.

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I just get worried from looking at you...
You become completely useless when left on your own, after all.
...I see.

...In that case, please keep looking after
this useless me from now on, okay?

Thanks for everything, current best friend representative.
Shut up~

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Today's class was hard, wasn't it?
Guess we should go check out Mrs. Donut.
No treating.

Ah, Mizushima-san. Perfect timing.
About the future career survey we put out this morning...

Wait here a moment.
Sure.

Mirei-chan.

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Soprano-chan...
So this is where you were.

Shall we go home together?
I wanted to talk about reenacting those photos...

Staff Room

Aah... Erm...

Are you waiting for someone?
Ah... yeah. I'm going to Mrs. Donut with Emi-chan today...
...Sorry.
...

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I see... Alright then.

I hear they're doing a Pachimon collab right now.
Go have fun.

Y-Yeah...
See you tomorrow...

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Soprano-chan...?
...Sorry, Mirei-chan.

I'll have to trouble you for a moment.

Sorry to keep you...

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...Huh?

Are you for real...?

Love vs friendship.

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