Convenient Semi-friend

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>>What does Suuna see on her first day of her exciting dorm life...!?!

>I, Kuruma Suuna, have no friends.
>On top of that, I don't stand out.

>Starting today, I'll be living in a dorm,
>so obviously I'm worried.
>I hope my roommate is nice.

>...Wait, huh? The door's open.
>...Are they... already here...?

>P-
>Pardon the intru-...

>??
>Shall I touch it then?
>Yeah...

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>Eh...? What is this?
>Did I get the wrong room?
>No, this should be the right one...
>They're ki-... smooching...?
>...Are they lovers?

>Or rather, they're not stopping even though I've entered the room.
>Did they perhaps not notice me...?

>No no no no. I'm aware that I don't stand out...
>U-Um...
>but surely I would've been noticed by now...

>Because if they haven't, I'd die of shock...
>Woah. How long have you been there?
>I didn't notice you at all.

>Congratulations on enrolling, new students.
>Maybe I'll become a ninja or something.
>Now that you're high schoolers, you'll gain new experiences and open up new opportunities...
>High school...

>New experiences...

>Don't tell me.
>D-Does everyone do that kinda thing once they get into high school?
>Pyaaa~<3
>Is the girl in front of me okay...?

p3
>I was so focused on what happened earlier that I didn't hear a word of what was said...
>What if it was something important...?

>At this rate,
>I'll be put on the blacklist as a "horny woman who won't listen"!!
>>No.666 Kurumi Suuna
>>Won't listen to people
>>Cut her bangs
>>Has a hard-to-read name
>*There's no such thing.

>Is this a harsher path than that of a gloomer...?
>Be seated.
>It's all because of these worldy desires...

>At times like these, I should meditate to clear my thoughts...!!
>Hrmmm...
>Hey, you over there. Pay attention.
>Don't fall asleep.

>I'm sorry.
>Yep. I'm on the blacklist for sure!!
>...If you're feeling unwell, maybe you should go to the nurse's office...?
>My mind's in bad condition, so I think I will go.

>...

>What do I do... I stepped outside,
>...but won't I just shame myself further by going to the nurse's office...?
>The class has already declared me as a freak. If the nurse sees me that way too...

>I'll be that the girl who disgraced herself on the first day and confines herself in the bathroom...
>This always happens to me...


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>...-san, wanna go home together?
>Sure~
>The sound of students talking... Must be leaving early because we only have homeroom today...

>Which means I can finally go home!
>Wooooah
>Ah, starting today it's the dorm, not my house.
>...Dorm...

>Dorm...

>No.
>I won't lose to a cheery girl!(?)
>Ow...
>I can do it if I try!!(?)

>E-
>Excuse me~~~~?
>Speak in a loud voice so I won't be looked down on!!
>Oryaaaaaa

>Your face is all red, Senpai.
>That's...
>It's perfectly fine. I love girls with high body temperature.

>Aheh.
>>Sorry for getting full of myself.
>Woah, you surprised me.
>You again?

p5
>Sorry. My roommate's back.
>It's fine. Don't worry about it.
>She's doing something with a girl again...
>Deja vu...
>Bag Guard

>...Wait, huh? I think it's a different girl from the one she was with this morning... Is she two-timing!?
>She's way too impure! Scary scary scary!

>Kuruma-san... right?
>Hyesh...
>>sound of bag dropping
>I'd say nice to meet you... but we already met this morning, didn't we?
>Hyesh...
>...

>I don't taste very good.
>I'm not gonna eat you.

>Or rather, how did you know my name...?
>Oh, that?
>It was on the nameplate next to our door.
>E-
>Excuse me!
>I didn't see it!!!

>Huh? How do you read your first name?
>Ah... Suu.... Suuna...
>>If I ruin her mood, I'm dead. If I ruin her mood, I'm dead. If I ruin her mood, I'm dead. If I ruin her mood, I'm dead. If I ruin her mood, I'm dead.
>Ahaha
>Sorry for having such a hard-to-read nae. I'm always thinking that it's weird myself. (fast speak)

>You think so? I think it's pretty.
>Like a drop of ocean.
>I'm Hamanasu Ruka by the way.
>Just Ruka is fine.

>My surname's got a pretty weird reading.
>Don't worry about it.
>What a nice person!!!
>Scary.

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>...You're so kind, Ruka-sn.
>Isn't that normal?
>I thought you'd be scarier...
>Aha. Is that so?

>I mean, you've got pierced ears, you're not wearing the uniform,
>and you're even two-timing.
>Don't say that with such a cute face.

>And like
>I'm not two-timing or anything, okay!?
>You're not...?
>Then who were thoese girls...?
>They're...

>Hmm...........
>...Sefure?

>No!
>I say that, but we're not actually doing it for real or anything like that!
>It's just the easiest expression to explain it with! Honest!

>What's
>...a sefure?

>Ah... You don't know...? Well, I guess you're more wholesome that way...
>It's an abbreviation anyway...
>Then what's it an abbreviation of?
>>Dug her own grave.
>Eh!? ...Erm. Se-... Se-...
>Semi... friend?
>It's like a "half-friend" or something... Ahahahahaha...

>Cicada (semi)? That a weird expression.
>You're pretty relentless, aren't you...
>And here I thought it was clever.

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>Ah! S-S-S-Sorry! I got all relaxed because I thought you were a good person.
>Th-Thanks.
>Don't eat me.
>I won't.

>Erm... Don't worry about it. I'm just bad at explaining it.
>...Thank you...
>What a good person...

>Hmm... It's pretty lame, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone else...
>Um...
>I yearn for human warmth... or something...

>That's why I call out to girls who seem frustrated?
>And I do a teeeensy bit of touching with the girls that bite?
>They're that kind of friends(?)
>A good person?

>She's not as scary as I thought... but...
>That aside...
>she's probably not gonna stop bringing girls over, is she...?

>It's... impure.
>Ah~ I thought she was feigning innocence~
>I've pretty much told her everything, haven't I~...?
>I'm bad with strangers, so I honestly want her to stop.

>But...
>forcing my own circumstances on her would be wrong too...

>Ah... I've got it...!!
>Eureka
>...Got what?
>Ruka-san.

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>H-How about making me
>your "sefure"...!?

>...Huh?

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>Hold on a sec.
>I thought you said you didn't know what sefure means!?
>Erm.
>They're people who touch each other when they crave human warmth, right...?
>Hmm, that's kinda right but kinda not.

>?
>Erm... um... in your case, Ruka-san...
>thoughtlessly i-inviting other girls... is

>really bad for my fear of strangers!!
>Can you really say you have a fear of strangers when you're asking to be sefure with someone you've just met!?
>Apologise to all the people in the country with stranger anxiety!

>But this propasal would be b-beneficial to both of us!!
>Don't get all hyped up like you're negotiating a business deal!

>I...
>I don't want you bringing other girls to this room,
>and you want someone to touch.

>I didn't d-dislike it when you stroked me, Ruka-san.
>I think I understand... what it means... to crave human warmth... just a little.

>Besides,
>we're sharing the same room,
>so, um... it'd be convenient in many ways.

>I-...
>In other words,

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>This is
>the most logical option for us...!

>H-How about it?
>Eh~... Wait... Don't push-
>Ghh!!?

>Hey... alright already. Just back off for a sec.
>Your knee's... hitting me...
>Have... you...

>Huh?

>H-Have you
>figured... something out...?
>*She's just desperate for a peaceful future

>Th-
>That's...

>I-It means I'm on board
>with your proposal.

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>R-Really?
>What good would lying do me?
>Th-

>Thank goodness~~~~ Ah?
>Ah?

>I-I-I-I-I'm sorry! That was too close, right!?
>You should be apologising for pushing me down.

>Ah, I'm sorry about that too! That must've spooked you.
>Au
>...

>Uuh~ I did something rude again.
>I got desperate all of a sudden...
>Forgive me...
>...What was that just now?

>Hah
>Alright, I forgive you.
>So stop saying sorry all the time.
>You'll make me feel sorry for you.
>!! Really...!?
>You really are kind...
>Hah

>I-I may be inexperienced, but please take care of me...!
>...Yeah.
>I made my first sefure (friend).

>A logical(?) semi-friend life begins!