Do Your Best, Ucchi

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>Valentine's: Different Viewpoint

>Ooh!? You made these, Ucchi!?
>She really put her all into them~
>So cute!
>Ah, and they're tasty to boot.
>Are these made from the leftovers of your heartfelt chocolate?
>Ahaha. Of course not!!

>Home economics is my speciality

>Hmm...

>Shopping...

>Tasting

>Something like this?

>Hm Hm
>>Handmade chocolate

>I'll make a lot
>for everyone else too!!

>Wrapping
>Simple
>and not too flashy...
>Make it cute with stickers

>Done!

>I wonder if she'll like it...

p4
>Opening Ceremony: Different Viewpoint

>No!!
>I wanted to be in 3-5!!
>?

>Come on, Ucchi. We're over here...
>3-5!!
>3-5!!
>There there. Good girl...

>I'm Kuroki Emiri...
>It's Uchi Emiri!!
>It's Uchi!!

>Inage...
>Ucchi~ The train's here!!
>I'll see you home!!

>I don't remember anything since looking at the bulletin board...

>?

>I see...

>I was... in love...
>with Kuroki...
>...If only
>I had realised sooner...

p5
>After the Field Trip...

>Kuroki...

>Even when we're apart,
>even when we don't see each other,
>we're connected...

p6
>Make-up: Different Viewpoint

>Whenever Kuroki's with Katou-san
>she's always blushing...

>Is that what her type is...?

>The next day.
>...Well,
>it's not like I did it for her or anything...
>I just needed a change of pace...

>With this...

>...

>What...
>am I even doing...?

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>Kuroki!?
>Why!?

>My face looks terrible right now!!
>?
>I don't want her to see it!!

>Is she looking at me!?
>Now of all times...!!
>Please, just leave...

>...The emoji, huh?
>Her hair seems a little different today?
>She always looked like Yuu-chan from the back...
>I guess she has good style without any real reason...
>She's got nothing on Yuu-chan though.

>...
>K-
>Kuroki.
>You've been looking at me for a while.
>You need something?
>Crap!! She noticed me!?

>Well
>Um
>I need to deceive her..
>You looked pretty
>so
>I just kinda looked...

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>R-
>Really?
>I'm...
>pretty>?
>Yeah. You're pretty.
>I sound like a slt-mouthed woman.

>Um...
>Really?
>I can't show Kuroki my face...

>Y-
>Yeah.
>Is she concious about her new hairdo?

>The usual Uchi-san is pretty too,
>but so is today's Uchi-san.

>Hehe...

>!?
>Oh right!!
>I'm the one whose appearance is totally different!!

>U-
>Um...
>Is it... weird...?
>My make-up...

>Not at all.
>The Kuroki of today is just as cute as the usual Kuroki.

>That's right...
>No matter what the appearance,
>I'm me, and Kuroki's Kuroki...

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>3-4 Maid Café


p10
>Do your best, Ucchi~

>December 24
>So this is the end of the third year's second semester, huh...

>Only a little bit remains of my high school life...

>It's a little different from the high school girl life I imagined before enrolling...
>I guess... I can send off my high school life satisfied...

>I guess my one regret is that I never got to have any love affairs right until the end...

>Well, I'm not really thinking I want a guy at this point...

>!?

>?
>What's wrong? You going home with us?
>Ah, sorry... Something came up...

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>U-
>Um...

>Kuroki!!

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>Um... You said you had something you wanted to talk about...
>Yeah...
>Let's sit down for now.

>...
>Um...
>Y'see...
>I'm...

>in love with you, Kuroki.
>What do you think about me?

p13
>She just said that so suddenly that I'm the one getting embarassed!?

>I heard fellow cheery girls often tell each other they love them but
>I love you too, Ucchi~<3
>Is this one of those situations where I need to go with the flow and respond!?
>*image

>I mean, she's already got so many friends to do this stuff with, so why...?
>Seriously, why?
>She can get all chatty with those girls, right...?
>...Did she get in a fight with them?

>Looking up close, I get the feeling she's looking serious.
>And the tone of her voice doesn't sound like she's screwing around either...

>Cheery girls are lifeforms who'll die if they're not in groups...
>Did she end up along after fighting with her friends and now wants to be friends with me...?

>If it were the old me, I'd probably be thinking "serves you right"...
>But when I see her make that face...

>Whatever it is, Emoji's easy to get along with,
>she's surprisingly kind and attentive towards me...
>It's not like I hate her either...

>Erm...
>Um...

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>I think you're a very precious friend too, Uchi-san...
>Ah, this is so embarrassing!! It's just for today!! You owe me, Emoji!!

>...
>Friends,
>huh..

>After saying all that, she's making some indecipherable expression...!! Can't you show your delight or anger more simply like an Emoji should!?
>>Happy
>>Angry
>>Sad
>>Cheerful

>Kuroki,

>you're so kind.

>During the school trip...
>No... Even before that...

>Even though I was always so rude towards so
>you consider someone like me as you friend...

>I thought I should treat my bond with you with more care.

>I've been wanting to apologise all this time.
>I'm sorry.

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>What's going on, Emoji!? You gonna give me a life sentence!?
>I've been about ready to die from embarrassment for a while now!!

>N-No... Don't worry about it...
>Seriously! Don't worry about it!! I'll be your BFF or whatever, so  give me a break already!!

>Y-You must be popular with lots of friends, Uchi-san, so hanging out with me must've been rough, huh?
>Why am I apologising for the school trip after all this time...?

>...
>!?

>Oh crap!! Wasn't she fighting with her friends? Did I just step on a landmine!?
>Ah
>Um
>Erm

>I'm not...
>popular at all.

>Y'see
>today...
>I confessed to the person I've been in love with all this time and got rejected.

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>So that's why she's been acting weird all this time!!
>I guess she wasn't giving me a life sentence, but...

>It doesn't look like they hate me, but it seems they think of me as just a friend.
>I guess I wasn't romance material.

>I couldn't tell anyone that I was in love.
>I worried by myself all this time...
>I guess even Emoji puts on airs around her friends.
>I suppose there are things you can't tell others because you're close with them.
>I wonder if I'm distant enough that she can tell me about it.

>Just saying all this must be troubling you too, huh, Kuroki.
>Ahaha

>Haha...

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>The mood has become unbearable...!
>U-
>Um
>They like you as a friend, right?

>After being confessed to, they might start thinking of you as more than a friend.
>Should a virgin really be giving a slut love advice!?

>Also
>y'know
>You're cheerful and popular, Uchi-san...
>What else...
>Erm...

>Kuroki!!

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>Heeeeey!! E-E-Emoji!! C-C-Calm down!!

>Kuroki...
>Kuroki!!

>I can feel her heartbeat directly like this.
>Also, Emoji's got a pretty lewd body... She smells nice...

>So Kuroki was this thin and small, huh...
>Kuroki's scent... It's exciting yet calming at the same time...
>And the sound of her heart... It's the same as mine...

>Can I stay like this...
>just a little longer?
>Sure...

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>Kuroki.
>Thanks for today.

>S-
>Sure.
>Cheer up, okay...

>Well then, see ya...

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>Kuroki!!

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>K-Kuroki, even if you only think of me as a friend,
>I still love you.

>"They might start thinking of you as more than a friend."
>That's what you said, right, Kuroki?

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>That "love" you said before... and that stuff about you being dumped...
>You don't mean...
>Took you long enough...
>Since... when...
>I don't know.
>By the time I realised it, I was in love.

>...
>Ah

>U-
>Um...

>Fufu
>You don't have to force yourself to reply.

>I'll wait

>for the day when you think of me

>as more than a friend...

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>Eh
>Erm
>Well, I'm going home...
>Sure.
>Later, Kuroki.

>Y-
>You should really be walking forwards.

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>Ucchi!!

>Ucchi~
>Ucchi~
>!?

>Natsu...
>Calm down...
>Ucchi~

>Erm...
>Haha...

>...
>Why...?

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>Well
>Um
>How should we put it...
>We knew from the start.
>That Kuroki Emiri thing was a bit...
>Eh!?

>We had planned to watch over you until you could learn to be honest, but...
>This girl!!
>I couldn't take it so I rushed out...
>Sorry...

>You guys...

>Ucchi.

>You did your best.

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>Erm..
>How about we change today's Christmas Party to an Ucchi Comforting Party?
>I-
>I didn't get rejected!!
>Then it'll be an Ucchi Confession Memorial Party.
>Ahaha

>That other girl... No...
>Tell us about Kuroki-san from the very start.
>...Um.

>Sorry about this sudden turn of events.
>It's fine.
>I fell... refreshed.

>Where should we go?
>Karaoke?

>You guys.

>Thank you!!
>The end

p29
>Another Perspective

>Is Ucchi there?
>You're late!!

>Do your best, Ucchi!!

>Ucchi...
>I can't watch...

p30
>Afterwards...

>Alright! We're gonna party tonight!!
>Yeah!!
>We're gonna barrage you with questions, Ucchi!!
>Yeah!!

>U-...
>Um...

>I also... um... wanted to be with you guys but
>I kinda have plans for today after this...
>Kazuki-kun?
>It is Xmas Eve, after all.
>Yeah...
>Ah!!
>No!
>You're wrong!! You've got it wrong!!
>It's my family!! I'm spending Christmas with my family!!
>Girls with boyfriends are on another level...
>Even though Ucchi's crying from her rejection...
>I wasn't rejected!!
>This calls for a serious swastika...
>Yeah... A serious swastika...
>Eep!!
>Wh-What's that!?

>SERIOUS
>sWASTIKA

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>Close

>Look, over there.
>There she is.

>Kuroki-san.
>You got a minute?

>...Who!?

>E-
>Erm
>Do you not remember us?
>cough
>ahem ahem
>We were in the same class in year 2.
>And we went to the open campus together.

>Her skin's so white...
>What the!?
>She's so small and skinny...
>What do they want!?
>Ahi
>Her voice is so alluring...
>Her eyes are huge...
>She's shaking like a tiny animal...
>Also, aren't these guys a bit too close!?

>>Alluring
>There's no doubt
>why Ucchi fell for her!!

>!?

>Wh-
>What are you guys doing!?
>Well
>Um
>We wanted to get acquainted with Kuroki-san too.

>Are you okay, Kuroki!?
>Ah, yeah.
>So these are Emoji's friends.

>...

>Aaaaah, sorry, Kuroki!!
>How nice...
>Ufufu...
>D-D-D-Don't worry about it...

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>Silence

>After school, I went to play with everyone.

>Even though I've been hanging with more people lately
>it still makes me nervous hanging with total strangers...

>Emoji barely qualifies as friends, so it's awkward being with her in a completely different way...

>Wait, why has no one said a word this entire time!?
>You guys are always much noisier than this, right!?
>Is the mood worse because I'm here!?

>Calm down. Calm down...
>Now's the time to think about all the hardships I've been through...

>...!?

>Ah
>U-
>Uchi-san! Sorry!
>Don't worry about it...

>I did it without thinking...!!

>Oh man!!
>So precious!!
>So lewd!!
>So filthy!!
>Do you best, Ucchi!!
>They continued not to say anything for a while.

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>Repetoire

>We went to karaoke.

>Ucchi, you were looking all over for Kuroki-san during the second year party, right?
>You can duet to your heart's content.

>K-
>Kuroki, you don't have to sing if you don't want to.

>No... I may be bad at it, but...
>When I tried doing make-up and fashion, it was surprisingly not boring.
>Blushing like a sour grape wasn't boring either...
>When I did karaoke with Yuu-chan, I was so embarrassing I couldn't sing...
>It was only roundabout during the second year, but this time it feels like taking a step forward won't be so bad...

>Hmmm...
>I'll sing something too.
>!!

>Kuroki-san's singing!
>I wonder what she'll sing?

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>Additional Time

>Ah
>It's my station next...

>Kuroki.
>..Later.
>Yeah...
>I'll see you later...

>Ucchi.

>Make sure
>you see Kuroki-san home, okay?

>Later, Kuroki-san.

>U-
>Uchi-san.
>Let's go...
>...You sure?
>Yeah...

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>Uchi Emiri

>Kuroki... Um... You didn't dislike being dragged around by everyone, right?
>No... Well... It was fun.
>It was exhausting and nervewracking... but I'm not lying when I said it was fun too...

>Em..
>U-
>Uchi-san, give my thanks to everyone.

>...No.
>Eh!? Why!?

>Tell them youself, Kuroki...
>I want you... to be friends with them... Not just friends of a friend...

>Friends...
>huh...

>Also, were you about to say Emiri?
>Is that what you've been calling me in your heart all this time?
>Since when?
>Crap!! She heard me!!
>Or rather, this pattern feels familiar!!

>No, you're wrong...
>Y-
>You might have just misheard things...
>I really wasn't trying to say "Emiri" this time!!
>It was "Emoji"!!

>I see...
>Sorry for saying something weird.

>...
>Like this...
>I could become honest...

>...
>J-
>Just now...
>I really didn't say it...

>Emiri...
>...san.

>>Once again, the end!

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>Miyazaki-san

>I'm happy Ucchi's so cheerful now, but...
>it feels a little lonely....

>Let's eat lunch together.

>Ah
>Don't you want to go over to see Kuroki-san?
>I'm sure she's waiting for you!

>...

>Puheh!?

>We're eating lunch with everyone today.

>I was always sneaking off and hiding from both you guys and Kuroki,
>but there's no need for that anymore.

>I want to be with you guys
>just as much as being with Kuroki.
>Ucchi...

>...Hey.

>I spy an insensitive someone giving a backwards glance to this beautiful friendship as she sneaks off to see her boyfriend...

>No, no, no!!
>I wasn't thinking "I don't really have to go, do I?" at all!!
>and I definitely didn't make Kazuki-kun a bento!!

>CROSS BOMBER!

>>Thank you for buy and reading!
>Also, guys, it's fine to make fun of Natsu-san, but please go easy on her spine!