Convenient Semi-friend ch32

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I feel like I had people to hang out with whem I was little.

But

as I grew up,

I somehow found myself alone most of the time.

What you're hearing is the voice of that girl, who was a friend, losing someone.

p3

People did talk to me, but...
Would you like to join us for the group assignment?

Did you change your makeup? Cute~
Thanks~
Ah
Makeup, huh! I thought your eyes had swollen. Thank goodness for that.

I'm wearing perfume today~
Ah, i-
It smells nice. I have an air freshener at home that smells just like it...

?
for some reason, I had trouble becoming friends with them.

Kuruma-san's crazy, isn't she?

You give her the slightest chance to speak and she goes too far.
She's so insensitive. She seriously needs to read the room.

She doesn't seem to have any ill will, though.
That just makes it even worse.
True lol.

I more or less understood why we weren't getting close at all.

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But even if I understood,
I just need to not say everything that's on my mind.

Kuruma-san, here's the photos from the town pilgrimage the other day.
Th-Thank you.
it's not a habit that can be fixed just like that.

I should say something good...
Y-You're really photogenic, Satou-san...!

In the end, I don't think I ever managed
to fix my bad points from back then...

That's why
"...I'm"

"serious when I say"
"I like Suuna-san....!"

I never thought I'd see the day when someone would say
something like that to me.

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What's more...
Ruka-san.

Sorry for the wait.
Sora-san laid out a futon just now,
but are you okay with me sleeping in your room, Suuna?

Y-Yes, it's fi-...
No, it isn't!!
Eh?

I couldn't possibly make you sleep in a futon, Ruka-san...!
Please use the bed!
Oh, that's what you meant...

You don't need to be that considerate of me...
Ah, but you probably don't wanna sleep in a bed that I've used every ince of, huh...!

I-I'm sorry for saying such weird stuff...
Haha
It's fine.
If anything, the fact it's Suuna's bed is what makes it great.

Uuh, I did it again...
Suuna.

I wanna talk with you for a bit.
That cool with you?

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The air feels unusually heavy...!

D-D-Don't tell me Ruka-san's gotten sick of my mannerisms and wants to quit being sefure...
Say, Suuna.

What do you think "sefure" are?
I knew it~

E-Erm...
Semi-friends.
Like half-friends? Or something...

Also, I guess you could say... they use each other for their own convenience?
Like for holding hands
or k-kissing...

In exchange for being able to t-touch me, Ruka-san...
...
you promised to not invite other girls to our room...

I guess it's something like that?
She's not that far off.

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...That's... right.
My relationship with Ruka-san began simply because it was in our own self-interests...
I'm sorry.

I actually
lied about that.

From where to when...??
What even is this friendship...?
Sorry. I should explain things in order.

...So like, I went and said "sefure" just like that,

but it felt awkward explaining it to an innocent girl I had just met,
so I came up with a fake meaning on the spot.

I see... That's what it was.
So what does it actually mean?

...Lend me your ear.
? Okay.

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So all those times I said "sefure" in public were really bad...?
...Pretty much.

I-I wanna die...
Pretty much everyone knew that you didn't know what it meant when you were using it, Suuna!!

I'm really sorry.
I deceived you without thinking of the consequences...
...

No... Thank you
for telling me.

I'm just happy that you're not breaking things off with me.

Phew

Breaking things off? Why?

...Um.
Is the reason you're telling me this

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because...
w-we're gonna be doing that kinda thing...
from now on...?

...No.

That's
not it.

I-It's... not?
Well...

...I guess I'm out of your league?
Woah.
I mean, you do, um... "that" with Kaneko-senpai, right?

....You're different from that woman.
Different how...?
Like I said, I l-like you, Suuna.

I-I l-like you too, Ruka-san...
....Not like that.

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My "like" and your "like"
are probably different.

Y'see,
when it comes to you, Suuna,
...What's more,

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I never thought someone would convey good will towards me
...I-I like you the most... in the entire world.
this directly.

She never imagined the say someone would say they "like" her would come.

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Pub: 08 Aug 2025 13:09 UTC

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