The Gyaru is Curious About the Otaku

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>Yamasaki the otaku keeps on doodling during class.
>The scribbling is so noisy that I can't concentrate.
>It's seriously a pain...

>Stand.
>Bow.
>I should tell her off...

>Whatcha drawing, huh~?
>Hey!

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>What the?
>This is me, isn't it?

>Eh? Not to mention two girls are...
>I love you.
>Love...!?
>What does that mean?
>Or rather, she's good at drawing.

>Hey!

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>Seriously, cut it out.

>Huh...?

>That was just... because you were so noisy.
>It was a real pain, y'know?

>Yeah, yeah, sorry about that. I'll be more careful next time.

>Hey, what kind of attitude is that!?
>Even though you were drawing such a creepy manga!

>The nerve...

>...

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>Afterwards, I became hopelessly curious about that manga.
>Of course I world.

>Upon asking my big bro, he said it was apparently a manga from a genre known as "yuri".
>So you've fallen too, huh...

>Without even being asked, he lent me some recommendations.

>Hmm.
>This is actually pretty good...
>...

>Wait, these drawings...
>Eh... It can't be...

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>Author! Zakki!!

>Twitter!
>There she is!!

>...!

>Wah... It's Yamasaki...
>Some characters I'm storyboarding right now. Twintails.
>This is definitely Yamasaki...

>So she was a mangaka...
>Heh~... Hmm...

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>Even though she's still in high school...
>she's pretty popular.
>How long has she been drawing for, I wonder...
>Maybe she'll be a full time mangaka once she graduates.
>Were those doodles part of her job too...?
>Heh~ I see~...

>Heh~~~~!

>Hey!
>This is you, right, Yamasaki?

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>So you're a mangaka, huh?

>...

>If you wanna spread it around, go ahead.

>Eh...?
>That's what you were gonna do, am I right?

>People like you always spread the word
>so they can make fun of me, right?

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>What the heck? Don't just decide that on your own...
>It pisses me off...!

>That makes two of us.

>After that,

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>we changed seats
>and the sound of scribbling wasn't a problem anymore.

>Yamasaki and I
>didn't speak again until graduation.

>She wouldn't even look me in the eye.

>Even though she made me her model without asking.
>Just what is with that attitude of hers...?

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>Four years later.

>It's a DM...

>I've bought all of your books, Zakki-sensei~! I'm a huge fan!!

>Fufu.
>Much thanks~

>Will you ever continue that manga with the twintail girl you drew four years ago? I've always wanted to know how it ends...

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>"I have no intention...
>of drawing that anymore..."
>And send.

>Fwah
>It just brings back bad memories.

>I just liked her face, that's all~
>Back to the manuscript...

>>I don't plan on drawing it. Sorry.

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>Dammit, Yamasaki~~
>Damn you~~~

>Ever since then,

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>I couldn't get that manga out of my head
>and kept looking at her account in case a continuation showed up.

>Every time I saw it, I thought to myself.

>Stuff like "did she get tired of continuing it?"
>or "her manga's gotten better"
>or "she must be busy with her serialization".

>"If only I didn't say that stuff back then."
>Creepy manga.
>That too...

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>That kinda thing
>always spins my head around...

>and I can't concentrate on anything.

>Me too.
>It's seriously a pain.