My Sister's Best Friend ch17

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>>All these feelings feel like they're burying me.

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>Phew...

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>Even though I'm not doing anything... the time keeps on passing...
>!

>Can I give you a call, Sena?

>Sure.

>Sena.
>Long time no hear.
>You doing well?

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>We haven't spoken since I was last in Japan, after all.

>Yeah, I'm doing fine.
>And you, Onee-chan?

>Thank goodness.
>I'm doing well too, of course!
>It was really busy until just recently, but things have finally calmed down.

>I'm planning on returning to Japan around April.

>I see.
>Good for you.
>...Are you going to stay in Japan once you get back?
>Speaking with Yuuna

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>is a lot easier than I feared it'd be.
>Yeah.
>That's the plan.

>I guess you're living by yourself, Sena?

>Yeah...
>I see.

>Yeah. That might be good.

>...How about living together with Kiku?

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>No...
>No?
>...

>I don't really know.
>The key to your house or something.
>I see.

>Oh yeah. Hey, Yuuna.
>Kiku's probably already told you this,
>but you know that she and I used to date, right?

>Y-
>Yeah...
>That was, how should I put it...
>It wasn't because we had romantic feelings for each other or anything.

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>She simply went out with me because of my selfishness.

>The last time I was in Japan, I spoke with Kiku
>and apologised to her...

>She was faithful to me despite how I am.
>...Yeah.

>That's why I'm sure Kiku be faithful towards you too, Sena.
>Yeah.
>You probably didn't need to me to tell you that, huh?
>Just thought I'd check.
>Yeah.

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>I should've told you about this sooner.
>Sorry.
>It's fine.

>I acted half-heartedly towards Yuuna, after all...
>That was a rather serious topic, huh?

>Oh yeah! There's lots of things I wanna talk about with you.
>I wanna talk about what's going on
>with both of our lives at the moment.

>Also, I've been worrying about what hairstyle to go with lately...
>So I'd like your advice...
>Ah, but I wanna hear about what's happening with you first!

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>Yeah...
>Um.
>I've started doing work again.
>Eh!?

>That's big news!!
>There are probably still "unnecessary feelings" inside of me,

>but all these different feelings are piling up,

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>as if they're burying me.
>It's gotten dark...

>But...
>I'm glad I got to talk so much with Yuuna.

>All kinds of feelings...
>Feelings towards Yuuna as a precious family member.

>Feelings of love.

>And then...

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>>Strawberry Shortcake

>One day,

>that woman suddenly appeared.

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>Are you awake?

>Do you remember me?

>I'm Yuuna's best friend, Mamiya...
>Well,
>I believe I introduced myself as her lover back then?
>Things are different now.

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>Well?
>Do you remember?

>I don't.
>Why...

>I didn't want to see her.
>Well, now that I've introduced myself,
>can I turn the heating on?
>Don't have it.
>In this room.
>Eh?
>Because it would mean having to face my own feelings.

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>Guess I'll take a bath...

>It's hot.

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>She was different from Yuuna.

>She had a gentle scent.

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>Yuuna asked me to check up on you.
>I'll probably come by again, so let's get along, Sena-chan.

>She made a direct connection with me
>rather than an indirect one through Yuuna.

>I never thought that connection would be as her "lover".

>How long has that woman been in love with me?
>Why did she fall in love with me?

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>Even though I never trusted that woman's "love",
>why does it bother me so much...?

>That woman puts her feelings into words,

>but it also feels like she's keeping an appropriate distance from me,

>as if she could turn back at any time.

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>It might be because our relationship is half-hearted.

>Because she's half-heartedly tied down to it.
>In which case, maybe we should stop dating for now...

>...

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>I don't understand.
>What do I want to do...?

>I often rewatch
>my own videos.

>I reread the pages that I've edited too...
>What about you, Sena-san?

>I don't do that.
>There's your problem!


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>I'm my own fan, so I keep on doing all kinds of things
>to fill me with a desire to make all kinds of things.

>So if you become your own fan too, Sena-san,
>it might make it easier to write, y'know?
>I see...

>She has a point. Until now, I've always wrote novels as a means of escape.
>Maybe I should change how I interact with people.

>How I interact...
>...
>Sorry, Sena-san. I need to get going.
>Thank you for joining me for lunch.

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>Yeah.
>Good luck with your work.
>You too, Sena-san!
>Let's have fun some other time!

>I should follow Yuria-san's example...

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>Will I be able to become my own fan?

>Come to think of it, I wrote this book back when...
>>The Sunflower Bends Down

>There it is.
>The photo Onee-chan gave me...

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>I guess I can try... for a little bit.

>>Little by little, her awareness is changing...