My Sister's Best Friend, My Lover ch5

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>Dazzling things become dirty...
>It turns into a mess and becomes suffocating...

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>Hey, Sena.
>Kiku and I have gone back to being friends.

>...Kiku is so kind.
>I think I've been too spoiled by her.
>Whether or not my sister really loved Mamiya-san

>is something I never asked her about.
>Your birthday's coming up, isn't it, Sena?
>Let's bake a cake together.
>Ever since back then, it took all I had to keep my own feelings hidden

>that I stopped looking at my sister.

>Sena-chan.

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>Ah.
>Sorry.
>You can keep sleeping if you want.
>Good morning.

>I need to head off to work.
>This is...
>I've left breakfast on the table, so feel free to eat it if you want.

>Mamiya-san's house...
>I ended up... spending the night...
>I'll probably be home in the evening.
>I don't think I'll be out too late,

>but here's a key, just in case.
>Use it if you feel like going home.

>...I might end up coming over to bring you dinner either way, though.
>It smells different from usual.
>...Are you listening?
>Still feeling sleepy?

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>I'm listening.
>...I'll wait here.

>...That so?
>Alright.
>...I'll be heading off then.

>If we're gonna see each other anyway,
>whether I go home or not makes no difference.
>...What a weird expression.
>Ah.

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>Sena-chan.

>If you end up talking with Yuuna,
>let me know.

>Just take your time.
>I'll... wait as long as you need.

>Later!
>I'm heading off!

>...
>What a weirdo.

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>She was already weird for asking her best friend and ex-lover's little sister to be her lover.

>...We ended up becoming lovers, but
>even if it was for the purpose of hiding my feelings,  accepting when I didn't even love her wasn't right.

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>What a pretty photo...
>Did that woman take it?

>Onee-chan...

>She looks happy...
>I wonder when this was taken?

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>I can't put a name
>on my feelings for my sister.

>Same with that woman.
>...She didn't deny it.

>That's why I'm fine with keeping things the way they are.
>...It's not weird.
>...I can just keep hiding them.

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>It's okay.

>Hah

>Hah...

>My memories with my sister
>fill with feelings of both joy and sadness.

>When I think of my sister,
>I feel like I want to be as dazzling as her.

>But when dazzling things mix together with dirty things, it turns into a mess
>and becomes suffocating.

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>These feelings will either disappear someday
>or stay with me for the rest of my life...

>Either way, it's fine.

>They're all mine, after all.
>They will always belong just to me.

>I won't tell anyone.
>It's fine...
>There's no need to tell her everything.

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>I will
>talk with Onee-chan.

>I'm handling it better than I expected!

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>I think my tongue's gotten used to it.
>Hah
>Yep. It's delicious.
>Really?
>You're not just forcing yourself?
>I'm fine!

>Also, I'm sorry
>for making you eat with me...
>I know you had just planned to do photography, Mamiya-san...
>It's fine. I have a taste for spicy things,
>and doing a review by yourself would be tough, right?
>Uuh. Yeah...

>I'm not really good with spicy stuff, so I wasn't very confident that my tongue would deal with it...
>The girls around me
>are all involved with making videos of it for their projects
>so I've ended up having to eat a fair bit of it lately...

>You're a lifesaver!
>But everyone wants a special edition on spicy stuff, so I'll do my best!
>How stoic.

>I showed Tachisaki-san a video of you eating spicy stuff the other day.
>She said it was cute.
>Eeh...?
>What's that supposed to mean...?

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>You're apparently her favorite MeTuber,
>Yuria-chan.
>That woman sure has a lot of faves...
>I appreciate it, though...
>Incidentally, Mamiya-san, she said you were her favorite camerawoman.

>I'll be getting more pages from now on, which means I'll be relying on your more, Mamiya-san.
>She got jealous when I said I'd be spending more time working with you.
>Am I her fave or not?
>Aah...

>Well, I still have high expectations for Yuria-chan the editor.
>So does Kashiwagi-san.
>I mean... I appreciate it, but...
>Ugh

>It really is spicy!
>I'm definitely doing an article on sweet things next time!
>Lots of people like sweet things too!

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>I prefer sweet things myself.
>So you've got a sweet tooth too, Yuria-chan?

>You too, Mamiya-san!?
>Not me.

>...Is it your lover?

>...Sorry.
>I overheard you talking with Tachisaki-san the other day.

>I see.
>You've got a keen sense of smell.
>Yeah, something like that.
>...

>To be honest... I don't know what'll happen after she speaks with Yuuna,
>but for now at least, we're lovers... I think.

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>This weekend's location shoot!

>Going to a sweets shop isn't on the schedule,
>so let's buy a whole bunch of souvenirs!

>I'm also looking forward to it.
>They've got a hot spring too.
>We get to relieve the stress of our daily life in the name of work.
>I can shoot a lot of videos too.
>I want you to be in them too, Mamiya-san.

>I don't know what "waiting" will accomplish.
>All I can do... is watch over them for now.
>But, if there's even a little chance after this...

>I want to wait for Sena-chan.
>I'm looking forward to it.
>Yeah.

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>>Mamiya Kiku
>>Have you eaten lunch?

>Mamiya-san, huh...

>Phew...

>>Mamiya Kiku
>>Have you eaten lunch?
>>Sakikawa Yuuna
>>Get in touch once you've calmed down.
>Mamiya-san said I could take my time.

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>>Sorry for not getting in touch. If you've got time, Onee-chan, I'd like to talk with you.
>But I need to hurry up

>and resolve myself already.

>Hah

>>Sakikawa Yuuna

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>H-Hello?
>Hello... Sena.

>I got your text.
>Is... now a good time?
>...Yeah.

>Are you taking proper care of yourself?
>Yeah... I'm fine.
>What about you, Onee-chan?

>I'm doing well too.
>But I might've gotten a bit fat? I'm a little too healthy.
>Haha.

>Just a little, okay?
>Don't laugh.
>Yeah.
>Sorry.
>We've been apart for so long that it feels like a lie.
>It's just like it used to be.

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>This is
>"the Onee-chan that was always in my head".

>But...
>Hey, Onee-chan.
>There's... something I've been meaning to tell you all this time.

>Okay... What is it?

>I've... been taking a break... from my novel work.
>Yeah.

>I didn't get busy at all.
>But... I couldn't tell you...
>I'm sorry... for lying all this time.
>I can talk about myself properly now.

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>I won't tell her everything.
>I didn't want you to hate me, Onee-chan.

>Yeah... It's okay, Sena.
>Thank you for telling me.
>There's no way I'd ever hate you.

>I'm sorry... for not noticing...
>and not being there for you.

>I'm the one who put distance between us.
>I'm... sorry.
>It's all my fault.

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>Truth be told, the thought of you suffering over something by yourself,
>regardless of how brief it was... made me worried.

>I thought that the reason you couldn't tell me...
>was because of something that I did.

>I wondered... if you left home because you hated me.
>If that were the case, I'd be a failure of a big sister...

>That's not...
>I know... But
>I figured you wouldn't be able to talk to me about it.

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>That's why I asked Kiku
>to look over you.
>You're old acquaintances, after all.

>Kiku is... the person I trust the most.

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>...I was honestly surprised when I heard you two had become lovers.

>...
>Onee-chan knows
>about me and Mamiya-san.
>Hey, Sena.
>I'm planning on coming home for a bit this weekend.

>So...

>once I get back, I want the three of us to talk.

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>I'm home...

>Huh?
>Sena-chan?

>Were you
>about to head out somewhere?
>...

>It's... pretty cold outside without a coat.

>I wasn't... going out.
>That so?

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>I had forgotten something
>so I decided to take a quick break.

>Would you like some tea or coffee too, Sena-chan?
>...I'm good.

>I wonder if Mamiya-san knows that my sister is coming home.
>Mamiya-san.
>Hmm?

>About this weekend...
>This weekend?

>Ah.

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>Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you.
>I'm doing a shoot for work this weekend so I'll be gone for a day.

>It's relatively close by, but I figured I may as well spend the night...
>I'll be back by noon the next day, though...
>Eh...?
>Is something wrong?

>No...
>That so?

>...Call me if anything happens.

>The kettle's boiled.

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>...Sena-chan?

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>It's nothing...
>Sorry...
>I'm clinging onto her.

>I'm feeling like I was forgiven for yesterday.

>I'm trying to run away again...
>Sena-chan.

>Do you wanna come with me
>this weekend?

>>Will Sena accept Kiku's invitation?