I Don't Know Which is Love ch41

I'll stick with you until the very end.

Today, I'm going on a date with Chiharu, the girl I loved back in high school...
With Chiharu...

And her boyfriend.

A double daaaaate

I don't wanna meet the boyfriend of the girl I loved...
But it's my fault...

for sending Chiharu that message...

Chiharu: How's it going with that someone you like?
It's mutual.
Chiharu: Let's go on a date!

It's because I was so merry about Maria-sensei...

I wanna see if this person is worthy of you, Mei, so let's go on a double date!

But I couldn't exactly invite Sensei...
so...
Mei-chan.

I'll be in your care today.
Minato-senpai!

Sorry for forcing you to come with me today...
I had nobody else to turn to...
It's fine.
I'm quite skilled
at playing the one-day lover.

Um! I'll work hard on a situation voice pack for you!
I'll lick your ears or anything you want!!
Anything!
No... I don't need you to go... that far.
Yet.

Um... I want to reassure Chiharu...
my friend that I have a wonderful lover.
It is partly so she won't pry any further into my love life, though...

Leave it to me. I'll be sure to play the part
so the girl you loved with approve of me.

Okay, let's say I confessed to you at the beach!
!?

There.
A lovers' handhold<3
!!

There's still some time, so how about we look over there?
Sure!

Hey, this is actually kinda fun.
Mei!!

That voice is Chiharu...
Soraike-san! Long time no see!

And... her boy-...
Uuh...

Don't worry. I'm here for you.
That's right. I should be able to face her now.

Just gotta be brave...
Theeere~

...
You got here so early, Mei~

Cune Beam

Hm?

Nice to meet you. I'm Chiharu. Sorry for making you come all this way today.
Nice to meet you too.

I'm Mei-chan's girlfriend,
Minato.
Girlfriend!?

Mei told me all about you.
I'm glad to meet you too, Chiharu-san.

This is my classmate from high school, Tomioka-kun.
I'm Tomioka~
I've met you a few times before, Soraike-san. Do you remember me?

You were in the advanced class, so you'd often come to the general department to see Chiharu, right? There's where...
I don't remember him at all...
Who is he!? My memories...

Sorry, Tomioka-kun. Back in high school,
I was the only who had Mei's attention.
Heh!?

...

Tomioka-kun, that T-shirt
is Dengeki Cune, right? From that streamer group.
Eh!?
You know about her!?

I watch her horror streams from time to time. They're great, huh?
You bet they are!
They're doing a collab event at the amusement park right now!!
My main objective today is to go there and...

She seems like a good girl...
but I'm gonna probe her thoroughly.
Haha...
Yeah...

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It's a miracle!!!

A complete set of bromides from the stamp rally! Thank you!!
Sorry for making you go along with him.
It's fine.
We had fun too.
Well then, let's check out the actual attractions.

Looks like the merry-go-round is doing a voice actress collab.
Eh? We gotta check that out!
Strangely enough, I don't feel jealous.

It must be cos Minato-senpai's with me...
I guess...

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Wah~

Here you go, my princess.
Thank you.

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The temple fair looks fun too!
Hah!? That's!

Tin Can Alley
Pistol Darts

A special acrylic panel~!!
I gotta get my hands on that!!

Too bad, Mister.
Maybe I'll give it a try.

Amazing! You get the special prize!

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Here... She's your oshi... right?
Ooh... You goddess...

Special prize!

Special prize~!

You're amazing, Minato-san!
Haha.
I'm good at this thing for some reason.
Once again, I can see why Minato-senpai has so many fans...

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Food - Gift Shop - Milk Hall

Are you jobhunting, Minato-san?

Nah. Once I graduate, I'm gonna join a theater group as their sound person.
It's nice and easy.
Heh~ So you've already decided, huh?

How about you and Tomioka-kun, Chiharu-san?
Is it still a while off for you?

I want to become a childcare worker, so mine's a two year course.
I'm taking a special course in judo therapy,
but I also wanna keep coaching the boys' soccer team, so I'm having trouble deciding.

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What about you, Mei? Have you settled on anything yet?
Heh!?

Eh~...

...I guess I might become
a teacher or something...?

That sounds great!
You're good at teaching after all, Mei!

Heh...?

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You'd often help me study for tests
and made them easy to understand~
Is... that so...?

Back then,
I just wanted to spend more time with Chiharu...

Looking back on it now, I feel kinda hot...

I wanna eat some shaved ice, so I'm gonna go buy some!
You go with her, Tomioka-kun.
Eh!? Me?

I want to talk with Minato-san,
so make sure nobody weird approaches Mei.

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Chiharu is still as overprotective as ever, I see~
I'll come with you!
Sorry about this...
...

It's finally just the two of us.

I'll just ask you straight up.
Can you really treasure Mei?

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I did a little research...
It seems you been doing concept cafés, hug sessions...
and all kinds of activities.

So you think I'm deceiving Mei-chan?
Those were because my friends asked me, and it was before we started dating...
I don't want Mei-chan to be hurt any further.

You must love Mei-chan too, huh.
I love her.
I love her way more than you do!!
...

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But I couldn't make Mei happy.
In fact, I ended up hurting her.

If you don't mind,
could you tell me about it?
...

Before our high school graduation,
we were studying together...

I'm so worried about some guy stealing your juicy lips in college that I can't study properly~
You're supposed to be mine~
What the heck... In that case...

You should just do it yourself, Chiharu...
Kiss me, that is...
Eh?

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How cute<3 You want one?
There's nobody else around, so I really will do it.
It's fine

if it's you, Chiharu.
I love Mei,

and Mei wanted it, and yet
...
...

Just kidding!
I couldn't kiss her.
That was a joke!

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Even though it was mutual, even though our hearts were connected...
I couldn't do kissing or stuff like that with Mei.
There's something wrong with me...

That's why...

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Thank you for telling me something so important.
Would you entrust me with your feelings?
I'll do anything I can to help.

Take this. I've got two spare handkerchiefs handy.
Uuh...

Be sure not to make Mei sad.
I'll be watching you!
Yeah. I promise.

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It's getting dark
and we need to take a different train!

We'll leave you two to have fun!
Thank you very much.
Sure!
See you again, Chiharu and Tomioka-kun!

Chiharu... Are you sure this was for the best?
I'm sure Soraike-san would accept your feel-...
It's fine.

I'm okay with this.
Thanks, Tomioka-kun.

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For going along with me.

Hah~
I managed to get through it
thanks to you, Minato-senpai...

Are you taking the train too, Senpai?
I'll check the times!

Erm...
Mei-chan.

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I still want to be with you.

Would you listen
to my confession?

The one-day lover relationship isn't over yet...