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"I wonder how things are going?" Anna hugged the large pillow provided by the inn (for pillow fights), muttering distractedly.
"It seems like Anna-senpai is particularly concerned about Lemon-senpai's situation." Gokou Ruri watched her two younger sisters running around the room, clearly overly excited, and at the same time, she complained, "She usually doesn't seem very interested in anything besides eating."
"Just the words 'childhood friends' are enough for me to support Lemon-chan's romance!" Anna put on a teacher-like demeanor and said to Gokou Ruri, "Ruri-chan, you must remember, there are only two kinds of people in this world: one is childhood friends, and the other is a home-wrecker!"
"It seems all males have been nonchalantly excluded from the human category by Anna-senpai."
"Even just once, I want to witness childhood friends achieving victory!"
"It feels like in Anna-senpai's worldview, 'childhood friends' is a negative buff..."
The two chatted aimlessly when they suddenly saw a girl, not wearing a yukata but regular clothes, hurrying down the hallway.
"Huh, I thought the proprietress said we were the only guests these few days?" Anna said curiously.
"Maybe she's a young lady who suddenly wanted to go to a hot spring and came to play without a reservation." Gokou Ruri said indifferently, "Rich kids are all very willful."
"Ruri-chan doesn't seem to like rich people."
"To say ten percent is absolute, but wouldn't it be fair to say that eight out of ten rich people in Japan are parasites sucking the blood of ordinary people? How about Anna-senpai's view?"
"If I had to say, I actually kind of want to be like rich people, able to comfortably sit in one of those luxurious restaurants, pick up the menu, and calmly order, saying, 'This dish and this dish...'" Anna's eyes lit up with longing, "'Don't want these two, bring me one of everything else!'—lines like that!"
"No, no, even rich people generally don't eat that much in one meal..."
"Huh, they don't?" Anna looked shocked, as if her dream had been shattered, filled with utter despair.
"M-maybe?"
Because her expression was so impactful, even Gokou Ruri became a little unsure.
"What are you two still chattering about?" Yukino Yukinoshita, who had been reading a novel in the corner, suddenly closed her book. "That girl went into his room."
"Eh?" "What?"
Yanami Anna and Gokou Ruri heard this and looked towards Asakura's room, discovering that the sliding door, which had been closed, was indeed open.
But before they could do anything, the girl from just now ran out looking dejected, leaving the inn without looking back.
"Who exactly is that child?" "Doesn't seem like a thief..."
Yanami and the others looked at each other, unsure of what to do.
...
"That was really long." Ayano Mitsuki said with a relieved smile, "I almost gave up."
"Mitsuki?" Lemon Yakishio looked at him blankly, not understanding whether he had agreed or refused her.
"Lemon, actually, from a long time ago, I've thought you were especially dazzling... Enthusiastic and cheerful, generous, and with great athletic ability, running as fast as flying, and having so many friends and admirers at school."
Ayano Mitsuki said softly, "In comparison, I'm just an ordinary person."
"That's not true, Mitsuki, you're also amazing," Lemon Yakishio said somewhat flustered, "Look how good you are at studying! Your grades have always been so good since you were little!"
"It's just a little cleverness in studying, but even if I specifically went to cram school and studied desperately, there's no room for improvement in my grades..."
Ayano Mitsuki shook his head with a wry smile, "Your club president, Asakura Takuma, and that Yukinoshita... As far as I know, they haven't attended a single day of cram school, but their grades are always ranked above me, like two great mountains, standing there heavily and distantly, making people despair and also allowing me to fully realize that I'm not a genius, just a mortal."
Lemon Yakishio's lips moved slightly, not knowing what to say.
Rather, before Ayano Mitsuki said this, she didn't even know that her cheap club president, Asakura Takuma, was so amazing...
"So I've always been inferior, feeling that Lemon is so amazing, I'm not worthy of her. Even if I try hard to study and be the top student in everyone's eyes, it's only to close the distance between me and Lemon."
Ayano Mitsuki continued.
"Too hard to understand!" Lemon Yakishio scratched her head, saying loudly with an expression that seemed like giving up, "What you're saying is too hard to understand, Mitsuki! I'm an idiot and can't understand at all! Please tell me more clearly your answer to my confession!"
Ayano Mitsuki couldn't help but laugh.
"Actually, when I was at cram school, a girl confessed to me, but at that time I didn't directly agree to her, but wanted to consider it further." He said softly, "I was happy when I was with her, but I always felt that it was somehow different from what I thought love was..."
"And now, I can be sure. That's right, that's definitely not love, because the frequency of my heartbeat is completely different from now," Ayano Mitsuki took a deep breath, "Lemon, regarding your confession, please let me put it aside for a moment, I have something to say before that."
Lemon Yakishio's expression froze instantly.
Failed, failed, failed...
Dark negative emotions instantly engulfed the girl's heart, making her feel like she was sinking into a bottomless sense of loss.
"Lemon Yakishio, actually, I've liked you since a long, long time ago, please go out with me!" Ayano Mitsuki said with utmost sincerity.
"Eh?" Lemon Yakishio stared blankly at him.
"I clearly liked you first, but it turned out that Lemon confessed first, as expected, it's still a bit strange... Confessing, it's better for boys to do it, isn't it?" Ayano Mitsuki winked at her.
"I, I was rejected by Mitsuki, and then confessed to by Mitsuki? Can I understand it that way?" The girl asked timidly.
"Not rejected, just 'shelving the dispute and jointly developing'." Ayano Mitsuki said seriously.
"Pfft..."
Lemon Yakishio was amused by his expression.
Under the clear moonlight, their faces were reflected in each other's pupils, then constantly magnified, magnified...
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