Wataten ch50

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>Invitation to Play

>So on the day after tomorrow, Valentine's Day, we'll all have Mya-san teach us how to make chocolates and exchange them with each other.
>Sure!
>Kay.

>Please take care of us, Mya-san.
>Leave it to me~
>Hm?

>You don't have classes tomorrow, right, Miyako-san?
>Mind if I come over to hang out?
>>Matsumoto Koko
>...

>What's wrong, Mya-nee?
>No... It's nothing.
>...But well, it's perfect timing.

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>I'm always looking at you

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>Together with Matsumoto

>The next day.

>Thanks for today, Miyako-san.
>It's nothing, really.

>Are Hinata-chan and the others at school?
>Eh? Yeah.
I see.

>Then it's just the two of us here.
>I-I guess so...
>That should sound like a normal phrase, but...

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>Mixed feelings

>Erm... What brings you here today...?
>Another random anniversary?
>?
>I just came here to hang out normally.

>Eh...? I would think hanging out with me would be a bit boring, though...
>I have fun just from being in the same room as you, Miyako-san.

>Matsumoto-san...
>What's this feeling...
>It's like...

>a fierce battle between feeling happy and feeling scared...!

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>Laughing by herself

>Fufufu.
>Sorry, Miyako-san.
>Hmm~...
>What I just said wasn't exactly a lie, but I do have one other very important objective in mind.

>My true goal is to receive chocolate from Miyako-san.
>Here's some chocolate...
>But these two years of investigation have concluded that Miyako-san has no interest in Valentine's.
>Just getting Valentine's chocolate from her normally would be difficult...!

>But this year, she's made plans to teach Hinata-chan and the others how to make chocolate...
>Which means there's a high chance that she'll prepare chocolate for it the day before...!
>In other words, if I meet up with her the day before, I can get her leftover chocolate!

>Ufufu
>ufufufufu
>...!?

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>Unexpected

>By the way, Miyako-san,
>do you know what day tomorrow is?

>...Valentine's Day?
>That's right!

>According to my calculations, this is where she'll bring up chocolate!
>Ah, come to think of it...
>!
>What is it!?

>I-It's apparently also Dried Sardine Day?
>I saw it on the web.
>You sure do have a wide range of knowledge, Miyako-san.

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>Pushing her good will

>I was gonna give this to her after getting some from her so it wouldn't look like I was demanding it,
>but since it's come to this, I should give her mine first...

>Here, Miyako-san!
>I'm not sure it'll match the level of your snacks...
>but I made some Valentine's chocolates. It's a day early, but please accept them.

>Wah
>Th-Thank you...
>...

>...
>Huh~???

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>Firm

>...I want to receive them from Miyako-san naturally if possible, so asking her directly is a last resort...
>...Hah!

>Hmm...
>Miyako-san?
>What is it?

>Sorry if I'm being rude, but...
>I'm kinda hungry... I don't suppose you have something I could eat, do you?
>Ah, well I do have something from yesterday.
>!

>This curry.
>Curry!?

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>Homemade curry

>G-Go ahead.
>Thank you for the food, Miyako-san.

>By the way, Miyako-san.
>Hm?

>Does this chocolate have added chocolate for extra flavor, by any chance?
>Chocolate? I wonder.

>My Mom's the one who made it, so I wouldn't know.
>I just helped her out a little.
>It wasn't Miyako-san's curry.
>But her mother's curry is really delicious.

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>Confusion

>No, wait. Miyako-san ate this curry yesterday, too, which means this curry was exceedingly close to Miyako-san.
>This might be even better than chocolate!
>Ah, there's something else, Matsumoto-san...

>Valentine's chocolate
>for you and Yuu-chan.
>I made them this morning and was chilling them in the fridge.
>They're just about finished...

>...?

>Eh? Chocolate?
>For me?
>...Eh?

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>Return

>For me...
>Ah
>Do you perhaps not like chocolate?

>You were worried about it being in your curry...
>Do you have allergies, perhaps...?
>Eh!?
>N-No, it's fine!
>Thank you!

>...
>Valentine's chocolate that Miyako-san made while thinking about me...

>I'm ready to die at any time.
>As always, the way she phrases things kinda scares me...

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>The cool and collected Miyako

>The homemade Valentine's chocolate that I have dreamed about receiving from Miyako-san for the past two years...<3
>Two years...

>...Erm, Matsumoto-san.
>I've been meaning to say this for a while, but...
>What is it?

>During club activities, you saw me making clothes by myself
>and um... admired me for it, right...?
>Yes, that's right.

>What about it?
>H-Hold on a sec...
>Saying it herself was more embarrassing than she thought.

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>Miyako otaku

>Yes, that's right.
>Miyako-san was so cool back then...
>Just thinking about it makes me...
>...

>Erm...
>A-Actually, the reason I made clothes by myself was because I didn't have any friends...
>I wasn't cool or anything like that...
>I only joined that club because I couldn't just not join one...

>That's why I don't really deserve your admiration, Matsumoto-san.
>Miyako-san.
>?

>Not to boast or anything, Miyako-san, but I'm pretty confident that I know more about you that you yourself do.
>What's with that suddenly creepy speech?

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>Direct feelings

>It's true that seeing your cool and collected figure was the trigger,
>but even after learning all about you, Miyako-san, my feelings haven't changed.

>I thought of you as a rival I wanted to surpass some day.
>I always wanted to become friends with you.
>Th-Thank you...
>But someone like me is just...

>For every ten bad things you say about yourself,
>I'll tell you twenty good things about you, Miyako-san.

>Don't worry, Miyako-san. Even as you are right now, you're plenty wonderful.
>So don't say "someone like me", okay?

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>Friends

>...

>Th-Thank you...
>...K-

>Koko...
>chan.
>!

>Fufu...
>You're welcome, Miyako-san.

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>Eat me...

>Fuhihi
>Koko-chan...
>No, calm down, Koko.
>If you act like you did before, she'll just go back to calling you by your surname again.

>Ah.
>I know. Why don't we eat each other's chocolate?
>S-Sure.

>The taste might be so-so, but I think the shaping turned out well.
>Heh~ What's it shaped like?
>I'm intrigued.

>It's me.
>Eat up.
>Hweh...!?