Whispering You a Love Song ch6: Confessions and Bewilderment

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>>Intersecting emotions

>I love Yori-senpai.

>I really do
>want to go out with you, Kino-san.
>But
>Senpai's "love" is probably something different.

>Just
>what is "love", I wonder?

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>Is my "love" perhaps "romantic love"?

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>Himari-chan!
>I love you!

>Yeah!
>I love you too!

>Y'see, I...
>love Takaoka-kun.

>I love Takaoka-kun too!

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>Eh?

>Even though my "love" remained the same...
>?
>That's... a bit different.

>At some point, everyone else found a different kind of "love".

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>I love you, Ryou.

>I see.
>I'll also fall in love with someone some day
>and become lovers with them.

>Even though
>I had yet to have that kind of "love" inside me...

>Sorry for being so sudden.
>Think it over.

>a "love" that was directed towards me
>suddenly appeared before my eyes.

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>Right now
>I'm
>really bewildered.
>...mari

>Hi~
>ma~
>ri!

>Eh?
>Ah.
>What?
>You're spacing out again.

>I was asking you if you watched last week's Gold Law.
>Ah
>Yeah...

>I watched it...
>I think?
>You think? Whaddayamean by that?

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>You're acting kinda strange today, Himati!
>Wapu

>You haven't said a word about your date.
>My...
>date.

>You were so hyped up about going somewhere with Asanagi-senpai.
>Miki-chan! I'm going on a date with Yori-senpai this Sunday!
>I know! You've told me a billion times already!!

>You went, right?
>Yeah.

>Did something happen?

>Erm...
>Well...

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>I was confessed to
>by Yori-senpai.

>Eh?

>Eh?

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>EEEEEEH!!?

>Shh!
>Quiet, Miki-chan!

>Wait!
>Eh?
>Seriously!?

>She confessed?
>To you, Himari?
>Not the other way around?

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>It's so sudden it's unbelievable...
>I know.

>I've pinched my cheeks 300 times already.
>You didn't have to do it that much...

>So
>you gonna go out with her?

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>That's
>what I'm worried about...

>Hima...
>Kino~! Mizuguchi!
>This isn't break time, y'know!

>Yeah.
>Sorry.

>Himari, let's talk about this after school.

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>I see.
>On the way home...

>what did you say when she confessed to you?
>Senpai just went home at that point
>so I didn't even get that far...

>So,
>what do you want to do, Himari?

>I don't know.

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>Whaddaya mean you don't know?

>I really love Yori-senpai.

>Then there's nothing to worry...
>But...

>I love Miki-chan too.

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>...

>I've never experienced romance before.
>Ah~
>Yeah.
>I never did hear any tales of love from you, Himari.

>I don't really know
>what romantic "love" is.

>You're asking a loaded question there.

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>Hmm...
>Let's see...

>"I want to make this person mine!!"
>A feeling like that, perhaps.

>Make Yori-senpai
>mine...?
>>Himari's

>Well then, the simplest way to explain it...
>Eh?
>What is it?

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>How do you feel
>about hugging and kissing?

>With Yori-senpai...?

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>How about it? Wanna do that?
>I-I-I-I...
>I don't know!!

>But
>y'know...
>there are lots of people who try dating even if they're not in love.

>Even if they're not in love?
>Yeah.
>They date each other?
>Yep.

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>Stuff like that exists too.
>It does?

>...

>How was it for you, Miki-chan?
>Hm?

>You had a boyfriend in middle school...
>That I did~

>I...

>dated him cos I liked him.

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>That's right.

>You looked really happy back then, Miki-chan...
>Wah
>Shut up!

>I was lonely back then since you wouldn't give me much attention~
>Sorry! I'm going home with my boyfriend today!
>Hau

>...
>?

>I could say the same thing to you...
>Recently...
>What!?
>Nothing.

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>But well,
>there's also those who break up even though they love each other.

>Ah...

>S-
>Sorry...
>No, don't worry 'bout it!!
>I don't have any regrets or anything, okay!?

>At any rate, there's a lot of different approaches when it comes to dating!

>Is...
>that so?
>It is.

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>There's no right answer.
>There there
>You do what you want to do, Himari.

>Dating because you "love" her.
>Not dating because you don't "love" her.
>You don't have to limit yourself to just those options, okay?

>Right now,
>there's no need to force yourself
>to think about whether or not you "love" her.

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>Miki-chan,
>thank you!

>I'll have a proper think
>about Yori-senpai one more time!

>Yeah.

>Glad to see
>that you're back to your usual self, Himari.
>Hehe~

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>A~
>sa~
>na~
>gi~
>Yo~
>ri~

>We're having practise today. Wanna join us?
>Sure...

>Are you listening?
>Sure...

>Yori~ Can I kiss you?
>Sure...

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>Eh?
>You two... Eh?
>I was obviously joking.

>She's been like this all day today.

>I'm going to the rooftop.

>I'm worried about Yoriyori.
>Well,
>she should be back to normal by tomorrow.

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>I knew it...
>She's not coming.

>She didn't contact me...
>and she didn't come here after school.

>What am I getting worked up about?
>I'm the one who told her to think it over.

>Ah, geez...

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>Why did I go home before hearing her reply!?

>Ever since then,
>the expectation that we might end up dating
>and the worries about what'll happen between us if she rejects me
>have been crushing me from both sides.

>Somehow...
>I don't feel like singing...

>Is that Mizuguchi...?

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>Notification center
>Himari
>Yori-senpai!

>Yori-senpai!
>Could you give me a little more time? This kinda stuff is a first for me...
>I'll be sure to give my reply after giving it some proper thought in my own way. Once I've come to a firm decision, I'll head straight to the rooftop.
>I want to hear your song right away, Yori-senpai.

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>Ah...

>Oh man.

>Just from getting a LIME from her,
>I'm so happy I could die....

>It may not be mutual love after all.
>But
>she's really thinking about me seriously.

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>That kinda makes me
>really happy.
>I want to see you right away.