I Don't Know Which is Love ch56
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Riri-chan suddenly proposed to me.
Please marry me!!
My
brain has...
stopped working...
She went to college to get a lover... and got proposed to instead.
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I'm sorry that this is so sudden.
I know that it's a difficult thing to accept.
Even so,
this is what I must do right now,
so please let me tell you.
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I
love you, Mei-chan.
Please
marry me!
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Pretty...
How is she this pretty...
Ah!?
This is...
the past...
me?
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That day one year ago, after my graduation ceremony,
I tried to confess to Chiharu.
There's something I need to tell you no matter what.
In the end, the me that day
couldn't even tell her that I loved her...
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But those feelings of heartbreak weren't all bad.
I'm sure of it.
I'm sure
all of it is...
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I... like you, Riri-chan.
But...
I can't marry you.
My heart's set on someone else.
R-Right...
I had a feeling...
that was the case...
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I'm glad I met you, Mei-chan!
Now I can fully devote myself to my work.
Farewell.
Eh?
...Ng.
Wait!
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Can't we
just be friends?
We can't.
I mean...
I mean, would you want your friend to kiss you?
There's no way you could think of someone that indecent as a friend!
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Then instead of normal friends,
we can be friends who are so special that they want to kiss each other!!
Back during that sleepover, I thought about wanting to kiss you!
I even thought about going even further...
and I'm really sorry about that!
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But if you're okay with a friend like me,
then I want to remain your friend...
I like you, Riri-chan!
And Kaoru-senpai,
and Minato-senpai,
and Karin-senpai too.
I don't know if this is romantic love,
but the feelings I have for everyone are kinda like love.
I always thought it was wrong to feel this way, but it's actually fine.
I'm sure of it.
So I want you to accept my feelings, Riri-chan,
and I want to accept yours too...
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So it's okay for me to think about wanting to touch you, Mei-chan?
Yeah!
It's okay to think about wanting to touch you all throughout my gravure shoots!?
Yes!! Of course!!
You're okay with a friend like me?
Yes.
Please be my friend!
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I'm so happy
that I can be your friend...
Mei-chan!!
I'll do my best in showbiz!!
Ah... also...
can I ask you
just one last thing?
?
The one you have your heart set on is Kaoru-sama, right?
!?
Th-
That's...
Riri, it's time!
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I'll see you back too, Soraike-san, so hop in.
Right!!
Let's talk again at our next sleepover<3
Sure!
I'll get in touch later<3
Good grief.
...
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Hey~<3
What's with the serious look?
Did something happen?
Maria-sensei!
I was just thinking about how I wanted to see you,
and you showed up.
Were you perhaps looking for me?
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How was your date with Shirosawa-san?
All the seminar students were talking about it on campus.
Riri-chan...
is apparently going to quit college to focus on her showbiz career.
I figured I needed to do my best too...
That's why! So that I can do my best again,
Sensei... I...
want you to pat my head!
Please! I just need a little headpat right now so I can do my best for the next three years!!
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Eh?
I-I don't give that kind of service...
Please, just this once~
I guess... it can't be helped.
Mei-san.
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The way you're always working so hard
is what I
love about you.
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That's all you're getting for now.
Sensei...
That's just...
"for now", right?
Geez!
I've got another lesson to go too!
...
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I...
I wanna hug her so badly!!!
Hearing Riri-chan talk about marriage got me thinking again.
I can't put a name like girlfriend or marriage partner on it yet,
but for Maria alone, I am the one and only
woman-who-wants-to-chase-after-her-and-hug-her!!
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I want to support
that back of hers!!
Maybe Sensei will find someone else to love in the future...
and maybe it won't turn out like I want it to,
but like Riri-chan said,
I need to do what must be done right now.
And for me,
that's keeping my promise with Sensei
and graduating with three years worth of top grades.
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Okay, I'm gonna do it!
I'm gonna race through these three years!!
No more hesitation. For the one she loves...