If You Can't Be Nice

Xue: Here, tissues.

Ramona: You’re not going to leave, huh?

Xue: If you really want me to leave, I will.

Ramona: .......

Ramona: ......Sorry.

Xue: I didn't ask you to apologise.

Ramona: ......Thanks.

Xue: That's a cheap thank you.

Xue: So, are you ready for a heart-to-heart conversation?

Xue: I'd like you to thank me for my kindness in not having me make you do a public announcement in front of the whole group.

Ramona: Heh heh. That’s......I really appreciate it. You saved me. I'm not good with making everyone worry about me.

Xue: I guess so. You're a lot like Koyomi-san in that way.

Ramona: I'll take that as a compliment.

Xue: My compliments are expensive.

Xue: So, what's with the paper?

Ramona: Really, it's not much.

Xue: Is that the attitude of someone who doesn't think it's a big deal?

Ramona: That’s…...it just stuck with the current situation.

Ramona: ......That paper itself just says 'the desire to be pampered'.

Xue: 'The desire to be pampered'?

Ramona: When I was in Germany, I had a kouhai who was terribly spoiled. She was the youngest in the troupe, but she was always pushing herself too hard and standing up too tall.

Ramona: No matter how much I reached out to her, she would say, 'I don't know how to be pampered’, so I said, 'Then I'll lend you my pampering skills’.

Ramona: With a letter in an empty box saying 'I will return what I borrowed,' I wondered if it was that. But I said I would lend it to her, I wasn't going to ask her to give it back.

Ramona: Now that I've been given the answer again, I'm just not sure.

Ramona: ......When I was in Germany, I wanted to be like my fine parents, I was desperate to be the 'strong Ramona' who reached out to everyone.

Ramona: So I'd rather have lost it.

Ramona: I wanted to lose my desire to be pampered, and my inability to be strong.

Ramona: ......I wanted to be strong. I didn't want to destroy who people thought I was.

Xue: ......And now?

Ramona: Well, I wonder.

Xue: Are you running away at this stage?

Ramona: Heh heh, Xue is tough.

Ramona: ......People don’t change that quickly.

Xue: .......

Xue: And?

Ramona: And? .......That's it. Not a very interesting story, sorry.

Xue: I'm not asking you to apologise. I'm just asking what you're doing now. Do you want to be pampered or not?

Ramona: Dunno......

Xue: No one will laugh even if you are pampered.

Ramona: .......

Ramona: No......I'll laugh at myself on the inside.

Xue: Get rid of that boring pride. You're wasting space.

Ramona: Haha, that’s very like you.

Xue: There are a lot of people out there who would like you to be pampered.

Ramona: There are many who want me to be strong.

Xue: You're so stubborn! I'm saying that I want you to be pampered!

Ramona: I’d have to pay to be spoiled by Xue, wouldn’t I?

Xue: Then you’ll just owe me later!

Ramona: Heh heh, that's a big service for Xue.

Xue: ......You've changed me like that.

Ramona: .......

Xue: So it's okay for you to change a little, too.

Ramona: .............

Ramona: Hey......sorry, give me a minute. I'm about to cry.

Xue: Youe really bad at being pampered. You should be grateful that I'm being nice today.

Ramona: Thank you, I've been pampered enough by you now.

Xue: You owe me a big favour, I'll have to figure out what you’re going to pay me back with. I'll see what I can get from you...... Heh heh heh.

Ramona: Well, while I'm on the subject of favours and repayments, I'd like to talk about-

Xue: Confidentially, right? That's a charge, extra charge.

Ramona: Then how about all the ends of this stollen?

Xue: That’s pretty cheap.

Xue: It can't be helped. I forgive you.

Ramona: Thank you.

Xue: Well, it's about time that Hikari got hungry for some stollen-

Hikari: Ramo-san! I'm still worried, are you okay!? Xue didn't extort you, did she!?

Koyomi: H-Hold on Hikari-san! No matter how Xue-san is, she wouldn’t try to take money from someone who is crying......

Xue: Who's stealing money!? Hikari, I told you to wait outside like a big girl!

Hikari: Because, you haven't come outside for a long time, so Koyomi-san and I were worried about you......

Hikari: Even Lilja-san says she's getting sleepy......

Ramona: Pfft......haha, haha!

Lilja: Ramo, are you okay?

Ramona: ......Yeah, I'm fine now. Thanks for worrying about me.

Hikari: Really? She didn't do anything terrible to you?

Xue: What the hell do you think I am? Come on, eat your stollen.

Hikari: Ah! Yeah!

Hikari: Ramo-san! Lilja-san! Let's go!

Xue: ......Koyomi-san, too. Here.

Koyomi: Y......Yeah.