Am I About to Join a Kill-Or-Be-Killed Love Triangle? ch16: Disaster Prevention Practice

Her summer break was like a dream, but...

Kohaku~
It's time to leave! (Mom)
...

I...
I don't wanna go. I don't wanna go to school!

The four of us are friends!?
Besties.
If that was all a dream...

I'd like to take today off.
You not feeling well?
No... erm~

You haven't seen your friends in a while, right?
Get going.

I'm heading off!
It wasn't a dream!

Today marks the beginning of my high school friend life♪

Huh?

Could the teachers please
announce the roll call.

You're so cool to the touch, Kirara~
Don't get so close.
Humans have such high body temperatures...
It sure is hot, huh~

Why do we have to do disaster prevention practice
on such a hot day?
I know it's important, but still.
Phew~
The first day back is disaster prevention practice, huh?

It's my first time going to school since I've made friends,
so I though something more sparkly would happen...

Aiko-san!

Let's head for the hosedown practice!
I've been waiting for this!

They came prepared.

How do high schoolers have so much energy...?
Shouldn't you go too, Kohaku~?
Ah.
I don't have a swimsuit.

In this heat, you'd probably dry off right away even in your uniform~
ahaha
That's true...

Hah...

Idle chatter...!
It's okay since we're friends now, but...
What should I do
to open a path to the ultimate school trip?

Hey, Kohaku.

Why do you want to make friends?
Eh?

Since we're now friends and all,
we should enjoy it together.

You can tell me anything, okay?

Erm...

I wanted friends for the sake of the school trip.
I didn't even think about anything else.
I haven't really had the chance to...

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Why don't you try
drowning me to death!

Eh?
I'd remain submerged underwater...
and be in a perpetual cycle of death or something!

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Eeh!?
I asked Ema before, but she gave up after 3 days.

It seems she couldn't bare
to watch me keep dying.

Ema has erratic behavior, after all. But you might be different, Kohaku!

I wanna die, remember?
If you think of me as your friend,
you'll want to grant my wish, right?

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I'll remain submerged for years and decades on end.

And as long as you keep submerging me, Kohaku,
we'll remain friends forever.
Eh?
Eh?
That's the relationship you want, right, Kohaku?

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Is that so!?
I don't understand!

We're friends, so I can't refuse!?

She'll do anything if she loses her control like this.

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Stop having secret discussions!
I was wondering why you've been acting so weird lately, Kirara!
You've been having alone time with Kohaku-san's!
That's right, that's right!

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Awawa...
Kohaku-san's the only one I splashed.
Wah~ I'm soaked...

Hah...

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S-Sorry!

There's a lot I still don't know about having friends.

This is the best I can do right now.
This amount of water is nowhere near enough to drown you to death, huh?
We can't go to the school trip together if she drowns to death!

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Come over here, you two~
They're gonna turn on the sprinklers!

C-
Coming~

Indeed.
This isn't remotely enough.

Is her innocentness seeping through...?