Am I About to Join a Kill-Or-Be-Killed Love Triangle? ch20: Closing Ceremony

Without even realising it, the scenery she once dreamed of is in her hands...?

Aiko-chan, you're going home for winter break, right?
Ah.
Ah~ Yeah.
The dorm doesn't have a kotatsu.

...That, and I've started feeling
that spending New Year's by myself would be lonely.

Is that so?
She started feeling that...?

Have you seen Ema?

Eh? Ema-san?
...Kirara.

So you can come in without an invitation even though you're a vampire?
We overcame that limitation just recently!
It was just annoying~
They're gossiping...

Hah...
So she's not here either, huh~
All I could find was this letter she left behind~

Ema - Please don't look for me.

I-Is she gonna be okay!? I'm worried...
Eh...?
Ahaha.
It's only natural she'd go this far.

It's your fault, Kirara.
She loves you so much that she's avoiding you.
Ah~ I see. Ema's so cute.
Resorting to something so childish<3

If that's what it is, then we should search for her~
Leaving her be is a valid option too, though.

Any idea where she is?
The closing ceremony's about to start.
Waaah
I'll search too...!
Thank you~

You're such a tsundere, Aiko~
We should be able to make it in time if we split up.
Ah.
Maybe she's...

It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay. It's okay.

I'll be able to talk to Kirara again soon enough...
and be able to kill her...
But right now, I need time...

E-
Ema-san?

Are you... not feeling well?

K-Kohaku-san.
If it's a place with no other people around, I can think of that easily...
I've wound up here myself.

Wh-Why are you...
No.
It's the closing ceremony, right?

I'll be there in a little bit...
I just want to be along for a moment.

She wants to be alone?
So she has thoughts like that...
Ah.
Is this about Kirara-san?

Eh?
No way! K-K-K-K-
Kirara has nothing to do with this...!

Huh?
I thought this was related to Kirara-san, but I guess it isn't?

No.
You're right.

I'm w-worrying over Kirara.

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Eh~? Which is it?
I'm... i-

in love with Kirara...

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Aah!
Kirara-san said that she
loves you too, huh!
It's mutual!
Mu-

So you're officially lovers... Amazing.
As far as my knowledge of human relationships go.
L-L-L-L-L-!

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Lovers...

I'm scared.

As family, I could feel a definite connection,
but if we become lovers, we might fall apart.
I'm scared of changing
our current relationship.

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Ema-san.
She's worried about that?

Is that all?
You got all uneasy thinking about that?

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I don't think my emotions change at the same speed as humans~
To put it on your humans' scale...
I'll love you for eternity, Ema.

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There~
Now we're lovers.

P-Please don't do that in front of someone!

So she's okay doing it if they're alone, huh?
Of course she is. They're lovers, after all.

Wah~ Flirting already I see.
You're so hopeless, getting scared over something like that~

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You could've at least come to us for advice.
Right, Kohaku?
Ah, right!

Aiko-san. Kohaku-san.

Ah. The closing ceremony
just ended~

What say we just go hang out somewhere,
like a café?
We'll be yelled at if we go now, though.

Eh?
Is that alright?
Skipping...

p17

Yeah, it's fine~

Doing somewhat naughty things with friends is the privilege of students, after all.

p18

It's sweet and delicious.
Hawawa...
I-It's so delicious...!
Is this your first time drinking this, you two?
I'm surprised you like this jumbled up mess...

I can't believe I'm a high schooler going to a café...
I never could've imagined I'd be doing this back when I enrolled!

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And when you factor in middle school too,
it's like a miracle.
Huh?

Kageyama-san?
Tanaka-san!?
Who?
Sh-She was my classmate in middle school...
Wah... She's kinda pretty.

Long time no see! I was suprised when I heard
you went to a high school far away...
Hyeh!?

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You came here to a far off high school
because you were a loner, right, Kohaku?
Happens all the time, right?
Those high school debut things.
A-Aiko-san! Hey!

Eh? Loner?
Ugyaaah! I'm gonna be killed by my unerasable past...!

Kageyama-san was the hidden class favorite.
Eh?
Eh?

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She's being weirdly considerate...

Kageyama-san never rejected or approved of anything.
She just listened to you...

That's just because I was so bewildered and couldn't say anything...

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Middle schoolers
are still kids, I guess?
Everyone loved Kageyama-san
for quietly listening to others.

Eh?

High schoolers are kids too, though~
But I know what you mean~ Kohaku has that side to her.
When her emotions get the better of her and she says too much, she pauses in order to correct herself~
Huh?
You're a high schooler at the moment too, Kirara.

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I...
may not have thought of you as my best friend, Kageyama-san,

but when you went to a far off high school without saying anything,
I did feel lonely.

So I'm glad I got to see you again.
See you later!

p24

I thought nobody even acknowledged my existence.

But it turns out
I'm the only one who thought that way.

p25

Hm? Huh?
Did Tanaka-san just say I was her friend...?
Whaddaya know.
Kohaku the self-proclaimed loner had a friend after all.
Aiko-san! You're being
way too blunt this whole time!

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Eh?
Ah.

I guess so.

If they

think I'm their friend...
then I just needed to believe them.

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At first, I thought that becoming friends with these three
was an impossible task,

but now that we're laughing together like this,
I guess I can be just a little more confident in myself.

p30

By the way, I heard that next year's school trip will be to Okinawa.

Eh~ They should've stuck with Kyoto like they did this year.

I heard a werewolf senpai ran around Kiyomizu Temple.
What a moron.

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I don't need to get a commitment from them.

Because we're already...

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Should we have come along on your first date~?
D-D-Da...!
I've been on thousands of dates, though~
Wah~ Kirara. You shouldn't do that.
I'll kill you. I'll kill you today.
Kohaku~ Help me~
Ahaha.

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