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“But after making her so angry, that’s a bit…”

　People who don’t usually get angry are very scary when provoked.

　Kasumi, who had experienced this firsthand, didn’t think she could get along with Marin after all this time.

　To be honest, she didn’t even dare to talk to her.

　Kasumi is a timid person who pretends to be cool, but she is actually a coward.

“I’ve only just met Marin-chan, so of course I don’t understand and know everything about her, but the fact that Yō-kun is trying to keep Marin-chan around is enough proof that it’s not too late. He’s a man who doesn’t waste time.”

　Nagisa dares to bring Yō into the conversation.

　It’s not an exaggeration to say that Kasumi is a big admirer of Yō, and she has a lot of faith in everything he does and says.

　Of course, not everything, but especially when he was acting for her, she had complete trust in him.

　Nagisa understood this, and that’s why she brought up Yō in order to connect with Kasumi so that she wouldn’t lose her mind.

“That’s true… but women are creatures that will change their attitude depending on who they’re with…”

“That’s only y―nevermind, it’s nothing.”

　Nagisa was about to make a comment, but Kasumi’s eyes sharpened and she hurriedly swallowed her words.

“Akimi-san is only like that because she’s talking to Yō, but if she talked to me, she’d probably get angry again.”

　Kasumi looked at Marin, who still had a happy expression on her face as her head was being stroked, and Kasumi’s mouth twitched in disapproval as jealousy flared inside her.

　Nagisa opened her mouth, half-heartedly wondering how much longer the two of them would be able to keep this up. 

“You really are a coward, aren’t you? Don’t worry, if it comes to that, Yō-kun and I will divert the conversation.”

“…………Weren’t you angry?”

　Nagisa’s unexpected comment made Kasumi look back at her as if she was surprised.

　Nagisa, on the other hand, opened her mouth, letting her gaze drift out the window in a slightly embarrassed manner.

“I was forced to do so because Yō-kun would be angry with me if I didn’t do it…. Well, it was my fault for upsetting Marin-chan, too.”

“I’ve always thought that Nagisa is a bit of a tsundere when she’s not being herself.

“You know what!? You were just about to make up with me, so why did you have to start a fight again!?”

　When Kasumi said what she genuinely thought, Nagisa screamed out loud.

　Her face was slightly red, as if blood was rushing to her head.

“―Oi, oi, why are you two fighting again…?”

　And, of all people, Yō and the others came back at this time.

(Why is this guy’s timing so bad…!? He was flirting with her just a while ago, but he suddenly returned! I’m sure he did it on purpose!)

　Nagisa cursed Yō for coming back at such a bad time.

“What were you guys talking about?”

“‘About Nagisa being a tsundere.”

“You’re not going to make up with me, are you!?”

　When Kasumi brought up a topic that Nagisa wanted to avoid, Nagisa started to get angry, pulling both of Kasumi’s cheeks as hard as she could.

　As Kasumi’s cheeks were being pulled, tears started to come out of her eyes from the pain, and she reached out to Yō for help.

　However―

“‘Hmm… well, I don’t know, but it looks like they’ve made up.’

　At first glance, the two seemed to be fighting, but Yō noticed that the atmosphere they wore around had changed.

　So he didn’t stop them, but let Marin sit down first, and then sat down in front of her.

　He then looked away from the two playing with each other and called out to Marin, who seemed to be in a slightly bad mood again.

“It’s okay, they’re not really fighting.”

“Is that so…? Umm, Nemoto-san seems to be in a lot of pain…”

“Nagisa is short, but she’s very strong. It would hurt if she did that to you.”

　Yō, who had actually experienced Nagisa’s strength, shook his head in agreement.

　Looking up at Yō’s face, Marin tilted her head and gave him a complicated look. 

“…Are you sure that we should just leave them alone?”

“If you stop them every time, they won’t be able to take care of it themselves. Instead, let’s talk about what we’re going to do when we get there.”

　Yō looked sideways to see that Kasumi had started to hit back at Nagisa, then pulled out his phone to check with Marin about today’s plans.

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Author’s Afterword:

Thank you for your support!

I’ve been busy with my day job lately, so I’m sorry I haven’t been able to update at all…!

I’ll keep working on the series, so I hope you’ll continue to enjoy it!