Staying Honest

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>Cough Cough
>Nothing's changed...

>Even after becoming a school idol, I still catch colds.

>I can't say I want someone to come over.

>I...

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>How are you feeling, Maki-chan?

>Hanayo. Rin.

>I-I'm fine.
>My fever's gone down so I should be back in school the day after tomorrow.

>Then you should get plenty of sleep today!
>Y-Yeah...

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>Ah!
>I brought some flowers so you wouldn't get lonely.

>I'll borrow your vase.

>What's up -nya?
>N-Nothing...

>I was just...

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>thinking that nothing like this ever happened before.

>That's cos Maki-chan doesn't have any friends -nya~...
>Rin-chan!?

>That's right.

>I didn't have
>any friends.

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>O-Oh right, can I borrow your kitchen?
>I'll make some porridge so you can get better quickly.

>Thanks, Hanayo.
>Sorry to make you go through all the trouble...

>...You've changed, Maki-chan.
>You think so?
>Yeah.

>If even if you can't tell yourself,
>me and Kayochin can.

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>I've...
>Let's dig in.

>!
>This is good.

>They say rice has three gods in it.
>So you eat some gods and get well soon, Maki-chan.
>...That's pretty disturbing.

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>We need the gods to heal your throat
>so you can sing with that goddess-like voice of yours again.

>Dummy.

>I'm not the only goddess, y'know.

>You guys are goddesses (u's) too, after all.

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>Thanks forthe food.

>Honestly... I had just gotten my temperature down...
>and now it's gonna go right back up.

>Why would that be?
>It's cos... um... you two said stuff that make my temperature go up...

>Did we ever say stuff like that...?

>Then should we cool you down next?

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>Cooling me down isn't gonna help.
>Not that warming me up would help either.
>What's important is getting appropriate treatment.
>But getting warmed up feels better, right?

>See?

>Hanayo?
>...You seem happy, Maki-chan.

>How can you tell?

>Because...

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>you're smiling.

>It shows on your face right away, Maki-chan...

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>Could it be that... the entire day,
>I've been...

>No fair, you two!
>I wanna warm her up too -nya!!

>Wah!

>Geez... You too, Rin...!?

>...You don't like it?

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>I
>really like it.

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>I see...

>I really have changed.

>I'm getting kinda sleepy -nya...
>Maki-chan, can we sleep with you?
>Of course.
>I've become a little more honest... when it comes to smiling.

>And also...

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>I have precious friends.

>What's wrong, you two?
>Your faces are all red.
>Did we catch her cold...?
>It's because we were with her all night yesterday...

>Eh!? You were with them all night!?
>Don't phrase it like that!!


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>Maki. Give me your cold too.
>Quickly now.
>Uweh!?
>Y-You're not making sense...

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>Quit playing around, you two. We need to go to practise.

>I'm sure my
>BELOVED
>two people would listen to me, right?

>Eh!? What did you say just now, Maki-chan!?
>Again! Say it again!
>Yeah yeah. After practise, okay.