Scummy Gap Student ch52: Scumbag and Progress?

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>Now then...
>let's talk, shall we?

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>>The shirt I wear when I don't have anything to wear

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>...First off,
>Reina-san's here because
>she wants to hear why Sena broke up with her...
>Is that right?

>Sena.
>...

>How do you feel
>about Reina-san?
>...

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>I thought she was dazzling.
>...Huh?

>I didn't have any parents
>and was a problem child at the orphanage.
>I've had a worthless life that left me with quite the inferiority complex.

>Reina... was the complete opposite of me.
>She was bright, cute,
>and seemed to be loved by all of her friends and family.

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>Having a girl like that say she loved me
>gave me a sense of superiority.

>I thought it would be good
>if her life was messed up a little from dating a woman like me...
>...

>But in the time I spent with her,
>I realised what a good girl Reina was. So good that I began to hate how filthy I was.

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>I though about if I weren't around,
>Reina would receive blessing from someone else
>who would give her a proper romance
>and it made me feel heavy...

>It's my fault for lacking in self-confidence.
>Sena, I'm
>not blessed at all.

>So basically, she was pushing her away because she loves her?
>You a saint or what?

>If it were me, I'd definitely...

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>Shall we step outside?

>I don't even need my parents so long as I'm with you, Sena!
>Reina...

>Mashiro-san!
>...Are you sure about this?

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>At this rate, those two...
>will make up with each other...
>Hmm...

>...That's probably for the best!
>...Eh?

>...I think

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>the reason I went to Sena's place
>was so that I could know for sure
>if I was still in love with Sena
>or if I truly wished for those two to reconcile.

>My world only ever had Sena in it.
>She was my only ally.
>Being needed by Sena was the reason why I was alive.
>Why I existed.

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>But now
>I have
>have you, Makino-chan.

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>I now understand that the world
>has other people in it besides Sena,

>so now I can give those two my blessing
>from the bottom of my heart.

>I was so dependent on Sena that I don't even know if my feelings for her were romantic or not, though...

>That's why...

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>This time, I don't want
>to get "dependance" mixed up with "romance".

>I want to know for sure what my feelings are for you,
>Makino-chan.

>...Right!

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>This means...
>I've made progress, right!?

>I don't know how long it'll take,

>but I want to go the same college Mashiro-san
>Good morning...
>and melt her heart a little at a time...!!

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>!?

>For some reason... the air has turned a shade of pink!?

>Ah, Hanabusa-san. Good morning<3
>Motokura-san!! And you're here too!?
>...Wait, I guess you always went here.

>Hey, what's wrong with this prep school!?
>Are they mass-producing couples!?
>Ah, well, y'know~

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>It's almost Christmas, after all.
>!!

>Christmas...
>Holy night...
>Horny night!?

>I can't miss out...
>on this event!!

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>I was going to give her time to confirm if she has romantic feelings for me...
>but there's been a change of plans!!

>I've got one and a half months...
>until Christmas Day
>to make Mashiro-san my lover!!

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>Afterword<3
>NobuoG
>As for my afterword question... It's got nothing to do with the story, but is Kosuzume-sensei your real name or a penname...? Does the author known as "Kosuzume" have an origin story...?
>It really has nothing to do with the story, though...

>Back in elementary school, I wanted to draw on the Oekaki BBS site, back when it was known as "poo" (the author is an internet boomer). When it came to needing a handle name, I saw there was a picture my sister had drawn of a sparrow mother and her child in front of my PC, went "I guess I'll go with Kosuzume", and I've kept using it ever since!