Chapter 5.5 (Omake)
Aria: Hey guys! This may sound sudden but Rina-chan wanted to hear answers…
Kuramochi: Answers?
Aria: Yep, answers.
Rina: Aria-chan, wait a minute…
Aria: Hm? But you said this has been on your mind lately.
Rina: Yeah well… But then I realized how embarrassing it is to ask them.
Ryosuke: Can you two ladies enlighten us with what you're talking about?
Aria: Ah! Ryo-chan-senpai… Sorry, sorry :P
Rina said she just wanted to know why you guys agreed with Rei-chan's request regarding her.
Ryosuke: Well, mine would be obvious. I thought it would be interesting to observe her… She actually exceeded my expectations.
Kuramochi: …
Miyuki: Ah! I'm the same as Ryo-san.
Jun: It was because Takashima-sensei asked us to.
Tetsu: We couldn't turn down her request so easily.
-Rina gets slightly depressed.-
Rina: Haru-chan said the similar thing before as well. T_T
Chris: But we were really caught off guard. You did too well in hiding your injury from us.
Rina: Chris-senpai… I'm sorry.
Chris: Just promise you won't push yourself too hard. I don't want you to go through anything I went through.
*Pats Rina on the head.*
Rina: Chris-senpai!
Aria: (Actually a brother-sister sort of relationship blossomed between them. Having gone through similar situations and spending time training Eijun and Satoru together, a special bond is undeniably there.)
Aria: But well, I know very much you feel Rina-chan so don't worry. Let's work hard together! I'll even treat you to ice cream.
Rina: Rather than ice cream, please continue on with the story… =_=
Aria: I can't help it. I'm stressed with my real life. But fine, I'll try to make an effort and release new chapters as soon as possible. Till then, bye~!