I can't believe I did that. Why did I say yes? I love Yui-sempai, and now I've gone and arranged to meet up with her childhood friend? Hey wait, are they even friends? What is their relationship like anyway? They never even talk about it; Kyoko-sempai does something stupid and Yui-sempai berates her, or hits her. What kind of relationship is that?
It was way back in Christmas; Kyoko-sempai did that lottery thing, and everyone got mixed up. Oh, how I wished I were with Yui-sempai that time; she ended up pairing with Sugiura-san. My pairing was with my own mortal enemy, Kyoko-sempai. But we did have fun…the cinema, the arcades, she even bought me that cute toy. And I couldn't believe that, after we all met up at the park, she asked if we could do something like this again. Whether I was getting incredibly bitter about not spending the afternoon with Yui-sempai, or maybe it was that I genuinely did enjoy myself then…well, I couldn't believe I said yes. Her face just lit up and she attack-hugged me. And what did I do? Go bright red...and hug back.
Christmas was over now; the second day of term. We were at the clubhouse and it was only me and Kyoko-sempai. Oh why…? I wanted to avoid this.
"Hey, Mirakurun-chan!"
"Don't call me that! It's embarrassing! What if Yui-sempai hears?"
"But…she went home already…so it's just you and me…"
"Kyoko-sempai, I don't want to think about it…" She looked hurt. Okay, she was my mortal enemy. But was she really? Oh, I feel crap.
"…n-n-not that I didn't enjoy myself, I did. It's just that…"
"…Just what?"
"I-I-I love Yui-sempai. So it's like we're on two totally different worlds." As I was saying all of this, she was crawling over to me. It was getting a bit creepy. Was she going to attack-hug me again? And what would I do then?
There was some silence. Then she looked up at me and asked:
"Hey, Chinatsu-chan, I like Yui too!" WHAT? I DID NOT WANT TO HEAR THIS!
"…but I don't love her. She's just a childhood friend to me, always has been and always will be."
Made me feel a great deal better. So she's not my mortal enemy. But I did wonder, why was I getting all flustered when we were close?
At this point, Kyoko-sempai had made her way over to me and was hugging me again; that same kind of hug that last Christmas. And now she was giving me a funny look.
"W-w-what? What's wrong?"
"Can we…kiss?" Kyoko-sempai was obviously not feeling well, asking for something like this. But the Chinatsu Yoshikawa before Christmas would have socked her, so why was I not bothered this time around? Last year we were talking, laughing, hugging, holding hands, having fun, the kind of things girlfriends do…
"J-j-just this once, okay?" She placed one hand on my cheek, and went in. She tasted so nice; like she was wearing fruity lip balm or something. I wrapped my hands around her neck; we were already on the clubhouse floor. Our tongues were in each other mouths now; it felt so strange, but I didn't care.
It lasted a good 30, maybe 40 seconds. I didn't go looking for the nearest sick bag or go run off crying or anything. We just stared at each other, not saying anything. We were both beetroot red by now. I just stayed in her arms.
I was just kidding myself; Yui-sempai couldn't give me this.
