Minami-ke is not mine.
Here is part 2, the last part of this sequel :)
It was a lethargic morning for the Minami sisters the next day. The happy energy they had yesterday disappeared after what happened to them. The eldest was worried the most for her sisters' situation than her own; theirs were, after all, more serious than hers. Just when she thought it's a happy ending already; another problematic situation appeared. I wonder if this will end soon, Haruka thought as she set up the table for breakfast. She already woke up her sisters and just like her, they too don't feel like going to school. But they have to, they're students after all. Her thoughts were interrupted when her sisters went in the kitchen to eat, all dressed up for school. It was still early and they already looked stressed.
"Come on you two. Why such faces? Today's a new day," Haruka tried to cheer them up.
"It is a new day but Fujioka's rabid fans are still the same," Kana reminded as she and Chiaki sat at the table.
"Uchida and Makoto will remain narrow minded idiots no matter how many new days pass," Chiaki empathized with her sister.
"Geez, I turned him down for god's sake. I don't see how that rumor can even start," Kana said still puzzled and mad.
"I don't understand why they can't see what we see. I mean, it's so simple," Chiaki said further relating with Kana.
"*Sigh!* I don't want to go to school..."
Haruka looked at her sisters, amazed by their pessimism, but she can't blame them for feeling that way. "Now, now. Don't be so negative things might turn for the better today," Haruka smiled at her sisters trying to make them have a positive outlook.
"You're just saying that because what happened to you isn't really troublesome like ours," Kana said.
"What do you mean? It's problematic too. You don't know how many rumors have been following me since middle school and now there's a new one," Haruka defended herself.
"So what? At least people still like you despite all those rumors. Unlike me," Kana argued.
"That's only normal for Haruka-neesama, since she is very likable. You idiot," Chiaki said siding with the eldest.
"Geez, stop it already. Don't fight so early in the morning. Do you even remember what I told you guys to do today?" Haruka asked.
"Don't fight back and stay away from trouble…," Kana said who was against such demand.
"Good." Haruka then faced the youngest, "And you, Chiaki?"
"Make up with Uchida and Makoto…," said Chiaki having the same expression as Kana.
"Good, now be sure you two do it, okay?"
"But Haruka / Haruka-neesama!" the two sisters said in unison.
"No buts!"
The two younger Minami sisters were powerless against Haruka. Her commands are almost absolute and it's hard to oppose, otherwise there will consequences. The eldest would probably just scold them if ever they didn't do it, but nonetheless it scared them. The scolding is fine; it's the horrifying aura that Haruka gives off when she's mad that scares them. Even if she's not mad she still has that aura that people sometimes tend to feel when they're around her. Because of that, Kana and Chiaki knew that the rumor about Haruka being a banchou was true; in someway.
"So what about you? What will you do with those girls in your class?" Kana asked out of curiosity.
"Well, nothing actually. I'm sure it's just a 'one day' thing, I don't think they're really serious about it."
"You're pretty confident, aren't you? For all we know more than half of the girls in your whole school probably heard about that rumor, and started swinging the other way because of you. You might even get love letters in your shoe locker."
"No way that's going to happen," Haruka said and laughed.
*At Haruka's school
"Waaah!" Haruka surprisingly reacted at what fell out from her shoe locker.
Maki and Atsuko had the same reaction when they saw it too.
"N-No way…are those?…," Atsuko started but stopped half way because she already knew what they were.
"Yup." Maki confirmed upon picking them up from the floor, "…love letters."
"What?! Are you sure?!" Haruka asked having a hard time believing what her friend said.
"Well unless you have another explanation why this pink envelope is full hearts…"
"They're really love letters, Haruka." Atsuko said when she checked, "They seem to be serious."
"But I thought you said they weren't serious?" Maki gloated with a smug face.
"They shouldn't!" Haruka felt distressed again.
"Well…20 girls from different class and year proved you wrong. I guess it's not just our classmates anymore," Maki said after counting the envelopes she picked up.
"20?!" Haruka said already feeling dizzy.
"Make that 27…," Atsuko added the ones she picked up.
"2-27?!" Haruka started to wobble.
It was totally unexpected for Haruka that Kana's deduction came true. She never really thought such possibility would actually be possible. The stress that the love letters gave made Haruka slightly light-headed – good thing her friends were alert enough to give immediate support. She didn't faint; she just needed some time to breathe and calm herself. It's true that getting a love letter or two from a girl would be surprising for the eldest but 27 love letters were too much for her. After a few minutes, Haruka collected herself and took the letters.
"What am I going to do with these?" Haruka asked while staring at the envelopes – very clueless.
"Well they're letters. Letters are meant to be read," Maki said.
"She's right, Haruka. It'd be rude if you didn't. Just give them an honest answer after you've read them," Atsuko suggested.
"Why don't you read them later, after school? We don't want you fainting in class," Maki recommended.
An overwhelmed Haruka just nodded and went to the classroom with her friends. The atmosphere in their classroom was awkward; it was obvious that the letters were from most of the girls in her class. As soon as Haruka thought she could relax, even just a little, when she sat in her desk; she saw something under her desk. More letters – 5 more to be exact. A total of 32 love letters…oh please let this be all of it.
*At Chiaki's school
When Chiaki arrived at school, the people that gathered at her desk lessened. And somehow it made her feel uncomfortable. She saw Uchida and Makoto talking on the other side of the room; completely ignoring her. For the first time, she felt alone – it's lonely. Well, that is until Yoshino and Touma approached her, her only friends at the moment.
"Chiaki! Good morning!" Touma greeted
Yoshino on the other hand just gave her usual smile.
"Good morning," Chiaki greeted back.
"How did you guys do with the math test yesterday?" Touma asked.
"I got a 95," Yoshino answered. "But as usual Chiaki was the highest in the class with 97 points."
"Whoa! I only got a 93. You're really smart aren't you, Chiaki?" Touma praised.
"Hey!" Uchida called out angrily.
"We already know you guys are smart; you don't have to show off!" Makoto said.
"Who said we were showing off?! We were just talking about our scores! Don't take it out on us if you two failed the test!"
"Ha! That's where you're wrong! We actually passed," Makoto said so proudly.
"Well barely," Yoshino said with a smile.
Chiaki remained quiet until she suddenly stood up. She looked at Uchida and Makoto; feeling a lot of hesitation. "Let's stop this immaturity already…," Chiaki said and then faced her enemies. "Makoto…Uchida…"
"Wh-what is it?" Uchida asked still surprised by Chiaki's sudden participation in the argument.
She stared at them for a few seconds before saying, "I insulted you too much yesterday, I'm sorry."
All four of them were dumbfounded. Chiaki humbled herself and apologized, when she's usually so egocentric. She doesn't even know how to apologize to her friends when she realizes her mistake. The sight of Chiaki demeaned and bowing before her friends were enough for her friends' jaws to drop and be speechless for one whole minute. It made them uncomfortable, especially Uchida and Makoto. It hurt Chiaki's pride but she's doing it for her beloved sister. She kept her position; determined not to move until Uchida and Makoto say something.
"H-Hey Chiaki! What are you doing? Stop that…," Touma asked and broke the silence.
Chiaki ignored her and waited.
"F-fine…we forgive you…," Uchida said obviously feeling awkward.
"So raise your head already," Makoto said empathizing with Uchida.
Chiaki did what she was told and raised her head.
"I guess we were at fault too, you know? Calling Kana-chan weird and all," Uchida admitted.
"So we're sorry too," Makoto apologized for both them.
"Well isn't this better," Yoshino commented. "We all just have different opinions about the subject; it's just a matter of respect and acceptance from both parties."
"Wow. That's deep," said Touma.
"I guess it can't be helped also if you guys find it weird, because you really don't understand anything about it. Aside from what I said," Chiaki explained. "Even I, don't fully understand it. But I do understand that Kana had Haruka-neesama and me in her mind the whole time. So I guess it ticked me off when you were talking badly about her."
"Yeah, I know. Sorry," Uchida said feeling more remorseful.
"Well it's rare for you to speak favorably about Kana-chan," Yoshino pointed out and slightly teasing her friend.
"After seeing Kana sacrifice her freedom to be happy just to hide it from us and other people out of fear that our image would be ruined because of her – she gained a tiny speck of respect from me," Chiaki said.
The five friends started talking normally like always; now that they learned to accept and understand each other's opinion.
*At Kana's school
Kana's usual sleepy walk in morning at school was replaced by 100% alertness. Since she knew that she's being targeted, she got her eyes open for any prank to humiliate her. She was like an intruder hiding from the guards of the school. She was almost at her classroom when she spotted the girl she fought yesterday.
"You!" Kana shouted and got in her karate stance.
"Minami-san, good timing…," the girl responded nicely. "Actually, I wanted to apologize for what I did yesterday."
"I'm not falling for that!"
"No it's true! Actually, Fujioka-kun cleared up the rumor. He went to all classrooms and told everyone that you two aren't together."
"Oh…I see," Kana said lowering her guard.
"So I'm really sorry about yesterday."
"Well as long as you understand now, then it's fine."
The girl happily waved at Kana as she walked away to go back to her classroom. "Well that was easy," Kana said to herself and started walking to her class. That morning was good start for her, maybe Haruka's right, I should look at it more positively. She was such in a good mood that she entered the classroom the same way like yesterday. Only this time, "GOOD MORNING!" she greeted everyone in the room enthusiastically. And surprised them, as usual.
"Minami!" Fujioka immediately approached her.
"Oh! Fujioka good morning!"
"I'm really sorry about the rumor! I already cleared that up so don't worry."
"It's fine, it's fine. Thanks for that," Kana smiled at him so happily.
Kana went to her desk and hummed happily as she sat down, while Fujioka was called by his guy friends.
"U-um…Kana?" Riko approached her with Keiko beside her as always.
And just like last time, Kana just stared and didn't say anything. This time Keiko was able to realize it and was able to spark her curiosity. Could it be?! Keiko though recalling Hiroko's words the day before.
"Stop staring already!" Riko said.
"Oh! Sorry…what is it?"
"Um I just want to apologize. I think the rumor started with me; I thought you and Fujioka-kun were going out. Someone must've heard and misunderstood me when I was talking to Keiko about it."
"Oh is that so? It's alright…"
"Really?"
"But as punishment, buy me a pudding," Kana grinned at her friend.
"What?! *sigh* Fine, I'll buy you one later."
"Yay!" Kana said happily and threw her hands in the air.
"Kana?" Keiko finally spoke.
"Hm? What is it?"
"Is it true that you're in love with girl?" Keiko's straightforward question caught both Riko and Kana off-guard.
And instantly Kana's enthusiastic expression changed back into the serious one she had two weeks ago. "Who told you that?"
"H-Hiroko-san…" Keiko stuttered.
Kana suddenly ran out the classroom and searched for the so-called observer. I can't believe I got careless Kana thought blaming herself that her friends found out. She wasn't ready for them to know. Luckily she didn't have to search long and far; she found Hiroko with Yuu going out from the restroom.
"Oh Kana-chan!" Hiroko greeted when she saw her heading towards their way.
Kana suddenly grabbed her by shoulders and looked straight in to her eyes, "What on earth did you tell my friends?"
"Whatever do you mean?" Hiroko asked sarcastically.
"Don't play dumb!"
"Hey Kana, calm down," Yuu said. "Hiroko what did you do?"
"Nothing, I just told them that Kana-chan's in love with a girl," said Hiroko feeling proud at what she did.
"What?!" Yuu surprised at what she heard.
"Wha – How did you…Why?!" Kana didn't know what she wants to know exactly.
"Well that's hard to explain. Our conversation just lead me to tell them about it."
"But I wasn't ready to let them know yet!"
"So who is it?" Hiroko asked ignoring her friend
"What?! I'm not telling you!"
"Oh come on! Tell me who's the girl that set your heart in ablaze?"
"I'm not telling you!"
"Mi-Minami...?" Fujioka happened to hear about Kana called out to her.
"Fu-Fujioka…um…this is – "
"So that's why…," said Fujioka and ran away.
"Wait! Fujioka!"
Fujioka had both hands on his forehead as he sat in his desk. He had mixed emotions about what he found out; heck he didn't even know what to think about her. He somehow felt that Kana lied to him. No, no, no. She said she wasn't ready to let us know yet, that's why she kept it from us. Was that her problem? But I still can't believe it…a girl? A girl was able to capture her heart before me? Who is it? At that point Fujioka didn't know what to do.
*During lunch at Haruka's school
Haruka ate her lunch with her friends looking very bothered. She continuously hoped that 32 letters wouldn't turn into 33 or even more.
"Well it's not like you could stop them, Haruka" Maki said.
"Yeah. I guess it can't be helped that girls can find your qualities attractive when they take the time to look at you and get to know you," Atsuko added.
"It is your first time to get love letters from girls so we understand why you're flustered," said Maki while patting her friend on the back.
"Haruka-senpai!" Hitomi suddenly called out from their classroom door then walked inside.
"Oh Hitomi, what's up?" Maki greeted, "Good thing you didn't yell out any weird news again."
"I'm really sorry about that, Haruka-senpai…,"
"It's fine Hitomi," Haruka smiled at her junior.
"Well because of you Haruka got 32 love letters today, all from girls. Now it's troubling her," Maki said.
"Really?! Well…then…please don't hate me, Haruka-senpai. But…," Hitomi hesitated so she just showed her 3 letters that was addressed to her. "My classmates asked me to give these to you…"
"That makes a total of 35 love letters," Atsuko said.
"Amazing! That could be some kind of record," Maki praised.
"I'm not aiming for any record!" Haruka clarified.
"Haruka-chan," Hayami came in and happily called her name.
"Hayami-senpai!" Haruka suddenly stood up from her seat, " Hayami-senpai! I'm not gay!"
"You're not?! I thought you were, I heard you say it."
"It's not her, she was talking about Kana-chan," Maki explained.
"Oh! So Kana-chan's gay. I see, sorry about that," Hayami just smiled and casually apologized.
"Geez, because of that I received a lot of love letters from different girls I don't even know," Haruka said.
"35 to be exact," Hitomi added.
"Oh really? Then make that 40," Hayami happily showed them 5 more letters from girls in her class.
Haruka stared at the 5 letters and just sat back down, "I give up…"
Maki and Atsuko tried to cheer up their friend by promising to help her deal with the letters after school. Which made Haruka feel a little better. "By the way I heard Hosaka-senpai went to the hospital yesterday, did something happen?" Maki asked looking at Hayami. But Hayami was surprised to hear that and she pretty much had an idea why. "I don't know…or better yet…I don't want to know…"
*During lunch at Kana's school
Kana had her forehead on her table that lunchtime feeling confused and depressed. Her friends know about her already, and she doesn't want to face them. She has no idea what they're thinking right now and she doesn't want to know; she wasn't ready to know. Especially Fujioka's – she can't imagine what's in his mind when he found out that she was gay.
"Kana-chan!" Miyuki called out.
"Whaat?" Kana said sluggishly keeping her head on the table.
"I heard you fell for a girl. So who is it?" Miyuki asked so happily.
"You knew too?!" Kana suddenly looked up to her friend.
"I do. So who is it?" Miyuki asked again.
"Wait! So you're fine with that?"
"Huh? Why wouldn't I?"
"Because I'm a girl who fell in love with another girl."
"I think that's something new and interesting, so I'm totally fine with it."
"Actually, us too," Riko said while Keiko nodded beside her.
And once again Kana caught herself staring at them.
"It did surprise us, but overall it's fine." Keiko said.
"Me too, Minami…" Fujioka suddenly approached her.
"Fujioka…"
"It surprised me earlier that's why I suddenly ran away, but if that girl makes you happier than me then…I'm totally okay with," Fujioka said with a smile on his face.
Kana took a few seconds to look at her friends; who accepted her for who she is.
"So? Who is it?" Miyuki went back to her question.
"Yeah, who?" Riko asked too.
"W-wait I'm not telling who it is!"
"Eeehh?! Why not?!"
The quick interrogation ended when the bell rang ending their lunch break. Saved by the bell, Kana thought. I'll just have to make a run for it later when school's over, she planned to avoid her friends' questioning.
====THAT AFTERNOON====
Kana managed to escape her friends at school. She ran her fastest out the school building the moment the school bell rang; not looking back even to some teachers who were telling her to stop. She caught her breath when she reached the park and sat at a bench. She took her time resting and just stared at the clouds passing by. She never thought everything could go smoothly with her friends, but she definitely cannot let 'her' know. Not yet, at least. Kana sat at the bench for 5 minutes more and relaxed her eyes. Unconsciously, she started to think about 'her' and automatically smiled. Still never understanding why and how that happens but she's fine with not knowing. She's happy and her sisters are fine - that's all that matters. And she could've had more thoughts about 'her' if she didn't remember Haruka's errands for her. It was a pleasant rest but she has to go to the supermarket or else the eldest might scold her again. As she looked around the supermarket for what she needed, she bumped in to Keiko.
"Oh…sorr – Keiko?"
"Kana! What a coincidence."
"Y-yeah…," Kana said looking away.
"Don't worry, I won't force you to tell who she is," Keiko reassured and gave a warm smile.
"Really?! Thank goodness," Kana let out a breath.
"Is that why you suddenly ran away earlier?"
"Yeah."
"The teacher actually got mad at you for doing that, you know?"
"Well, he doesn't know my situation."
"That's true," Keiko said after giving a chuckle. "Say, Kana…"
"What is it?" Kana asked as they started to shop together.
"Riko has feelings for Fujioka-kun…"
"Really?!" Kana suddenly looked at Keiko very surprised.
"Yeah…I think she's the one you have feelings for, right? I just thought I'd let you know."
"What?! What made you think it was Riko?"
"Well I noticed that everytime she calls you, you just end up staring. So it's not her?"
"No! Of course not," Kana said and laughed.
"So who is it?"
"It's you," Kana said smiling while holding a carrot and slowly realizing that she slipped.
Kana froze in her spot and dropped the carrot she was holding. She surprised herself with that slip up, and she was certain her heart stopped beating at that moment. She didn't look at Keiko, she couldn't – uncertain of her reaction. The two of them remained silent for a moment. She's not prepared for her friends to know about her yet and she is most definitely not prepared for something like this. She didn't know what to do, she felt like she was trapped in a corner. There is only one thing I can do now, Kana thought and quickly tried to run away again. But Keiko had quick reflexes and was able to grab Kana by her skirt to stop her. "I know you'd run away," Keiko said.
"I get it. Let go already, people will see my underwear," Kana said with her face red while holding her skirt down.
Keiko then let go of her afterwards. Now I know why they would always grab my skirt. She was able to stop Kana from running away, but she still won't face her. Kana's slip up confession caught her off guard as well. She blushed and didn't know why. Keiko didn't know what to do in that situation herself. She didn't even know what to think, she's feeling confused and clueless about it – Kana must be feeling worse. I didn't really intend to make her tell me, now Keiko felt kind of bad.
"Kana?" Keiko finally said breaking the awkward silence between them.
Kana didn't respond.
"Kana? Will you look at me?"
"No…" Kana said with a voice that slightly trembled.
Keiko suddenly grabbed Kana by her face with both hands and forced Kana to face her way. But Kana quickly closed her eyes, still too afraid to look at her. That was the first time Keiko seen her blush like that, Kana's face was probably redder than hers. "Open your eyes, Kana," Keiko said gently.
And Kana, being stubborn as she is, just said "No."
Keiko let out a breath and said, "Look at me or else I'll get mad."
With that Kana chose to open her eyes and finally looked at her. Keiko saw Kana's face turn redder than before and she felt her face gradually become hotter. She looks like she's going to cry, after a few seconds Keiko slowly let go of her.
"See? There's nothing to be afraid of," Keiko said smiling at her.
Kana kept silent and just looked at her.
This is the first time I've seen her this...timid, Keiko thought. "Now that you're looking at me, first thing first. I didn't mean to make you tell me that, so I'm sorry."
"Ah! No, no, no, no. It's not your fault I'm the one who slipped and sort of, suddenly confessed to you."
"Okay…now that's done. Is it alright if I ask you some things?"
"Of course! Why wouldn't it be?" said Kana feeling tensed despite smiling, which Keiko noticed.
"Um…so…since when?"
"I don't know. I just realized it not long ago."
"Two weeks ago? So, you got depressed because of me…"
"What?! No, no, no!" Kana quickly said. "It was because of my fear, if people found out they might say bad things about Haruka and Chiaki – knowing that they have a good image with our teachers, neighbors and friends...you know? ," Kana explained herself.
"Oh okay. I understand," Keiko said admiring Kana's love for her sisters. "So...w-why me? What did you see in me?"
"Honestly...," Kana paused for a while, "I don't know…I want to know myself. Everything about you just started to become perfect to me. And before I knew it, I've started to feel happy when I'm with you and thinking about you. Then I realized I've fallen for you already."
"O-oh…,"Keiko got embarrassed with what Kana said.
"I'm sorry if I can't give you a specific answer."
"Ah! No, it's fine."
Kana fell silent once again after that.
"Um…," Keiko started not letting the conversation die.
"Y-yes!"
"The truth is, I don't know if I can give you an answer right now. Well, not like it was your intention to confess but still...Is it okay if we stay as we are for now?"
For now?! Kana immediately analyzed her words and forgot to give an answer.
"Kana?...Are you listening?"
"Huh? Oh yes! Absolutely! It's okay, no problem at all," Kana happily said.
"Thank you Kana."
"Um…so...do you…want to come over? Haruka's suppose to bake a cake today. If you want, you could join us," Kana shyly invited.
"Sure," and Keiko happily accepted the invitation.
The two of them finished their shopping and went to the Minami household. That day was full of surprises but Kana enjoyed every one of it; especially the last one she had with Keiko. She feels 200x better than before; she was smiling all the way to their apartment.
*At the Minami household
Kana and Keiko arrived just in time for snack time. As they entered the apartment, Kana suddenly stopped and had a very suspicious look.
"What's is it?" Keiko asked.
"Something's not right here."
"What do you mean?"
"Haruka should be done baking by now, but I don't smell any cake."
"Your nose really can smell sweet things can it?"
The two of them then went to the living room and saw her sisters with their friends. There a lot of envelops and papers on the table – it looked like they were busy doing something.
"What are you guys doing?" Kana asked as she walked in with Keiko behind her.
"Oh, Kana welcome back," Haruka greeted looking stressed.
"Help us!" Chiaki said with Uchida and Makoto.
"Sure. But what are those?" Kana asked again.
"These, my friend, are love letters to Haruka from her female admirers," Maki answered with a smug face.
"Really?! But I thought you said they weren't serious and you won't get love letters," Kana said to the eldest.
"That's what I said also!" Maki gloated once more.
"Geez, I know what I said and I didn't think they'd really be serious. I was wrong okay?" Haruka said.
"How many did you get?" asked Kana feeling curious.
"Let see in the morning, she received 27 from her shoe locker then 5 in her desk, at lunch she got 3 from Hitomi's classmates, then 5 from Hayami-senpai's class, then afterschool she got 30 more from her shoe locker and 10 from the volleyball club," Atsuko explained.
"A total of 80 letters?!" Keiko quickly equated.
"Enough chit chat help us already," Chiaki demanded.
Kana and Keiko then took a seat at the table.
"So what are we going to do?" Kana asked.
"Here you handle this batch. Haruka's done reading them so you'll just have to write down her name and from what class she's in. After that, write the schedule of when, where and what time that girl wants to meet up. You don't have to read it 'cause Haruka already did and underlined the needed details," Maki explained.
"Then we'll compile all of them later according to the schedule," Atsuko added.
"Are you freaking serious, Haruka? You're going to meet up with all of them?" Kana asked.
"Well I feel bad if I just ignored them. I mean they all made the time and effort to write these letters."
"But what if the schedule overlapped?"
"I'll just have to meet up with her earlier or during class or whatever."
"You really have it tough."
"That's why start working already, you idiot!" Chiaki yelled at Kana once again.
10 minutes have passed and everyone is still not half done. They have to wait for Haruka to finish reading before they could do any work. And the problem with some letters is they're 3-4 pages long. She already lost count on how many times she read the phrase 'I love you.' or 'I like you'. Most of the letters the eldest have read pretty much contains the same thing and all the other ones probably have the same content. Despite that, Haruka still patiently and sincerely read them one by one – full of curiosity. As if the letter she's going to read next is the first one she ever received in her whole life. She didn't think that way at first of course, if she did she knew she wouldn't last long. Her solution was Kana – Just think of how I want the girl that Kana loves would treat her love letter. And how I want that girl to give her rejection to Kana, in case she is going to be rejected. Hopefully she doesn't. Haruka's thoughts suddenly reminded her of something.
"By the way Kana, did you have a good time with 'her' today?" Haruka asked after reading a letter.
"Huh? Yeah I did," Kana said casually.
"Who are you talking about?" Uchida asked sparking her curiosity.
"Yeah, who's 'her'?" Maki asked as well.
"The one who made Kana discover who she truly is," Chiaki explained.
Instantly their friends stopped working and got interested. Except for Keiko who knew and felt uncomfortable.
"Hey, Kana who's 'her'?" Makoto started questioning the middle child.
"Come on! Tell us tell us!" Maki did the same.
Kana remained silent with a poker face and continued writing.
"She didn't tell us, so what makes you think she'd tell you guys? You idiots!" Chiaki pointed out.
"Fine! Then did you confess already?" Maki suddenly asked.
Haruka chuckled and said, "Of course she haven't ye – "
"I did…sort of," Kana suddenly said still keeping her poker face.
"EH?!" everyone said in unison including Keiko.
"So what did she say?" Atsuko got curious herself.
"It's neither a yes nor no. We're friends."
"Ooohhh!"
"I want to meet 'her'," Maki said.
"So when are you going to introduce 'her' to us?" Chiaki asked.
"Yeah Kana we all want to meet 'her'," Haruka said excitingly.
"Fine," Kana said casually surprising them again including Keiko.
"Um…K-Kana?" Keiko wanted to stop her but it was too late.
"Everyone, this is Keiko…," Kana said presenting the girl beside her. "Keiko…everyone. There."
The room suddenly fell silent and only Kana's writing can be heard. After a few seconds, the friends of the Minami sisters immediately bombarded Keiko with questions as if she was a transfer student. Of course, not excluding the sisters themselves, they wanted to get to know the person who made Kana be someone she's not for two weeks. There were a lot of series of unexpected events that tested the Minami sisters and their relationship with their friends. And after everything, they got through all of it with a stronger bond with each other. Future hurts and problems are waiting for them, but the sisters will face them together with their friends. And who knows probably with the girlfriend also, Haruka couldn't help but smile at the thought. As long as we're together and happy nothing else matters.
The End
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