We're going out now!
Chapter 10: Little Brothers' Circumstances
Okay.
Later.
Those two always get along so well.
Yeah, it's great.
Really?
Huh?
I'm a bit worried about something...
What?
Do you think Chika-kun has a girlfriend?
I don't know.
If he does, I haven't heard anything about it.
What about Mao-kun?
He doesn't talk to me about that kind of stuff.
They probably don't want to tell their sisters.
I'll dig the info out of Chika-kun,
and you pry it out of Mao-kun!
Then we'll tell each other what we've learned, okay?
Okay!
This seems like it'll be fun!
Girls have an abnormal fondness for other people's love stories.
We're back!
Chika-kun, come here.
Let's go, Mao-kun!
What's up?
Is something going on?
So this is Chiko-chan's room...
Your room's really neat.
There's some things I'd like to ask, is that okay?
Eh... What?
There's something I've been curious about for a while now...
Don't worry.
I won't tell anyone what you say!
Oh... Okay...
Sure, what is it?
She's lying... ...Definitely... ......She's lying...
It's abnormal how little people believe these girls when they say those words.
Do you have a girlfriend, Chika-kun?
Not right now.
But that means you've had one before, right?
Isn't that normal?
So why did you break up with them?
Well, listen to this!
Go on, I'm listening.
It's always for the exact same reason!
Really? What reason?
They'll say,"Do you like Saitou-kun more than me?"
Sounds tough.
They won't allow him to walk to school with Mao-kun.
I don't blame him for breaking up with them.
Are you interested in someone now?
Ah, nope.
Though, I recently met someone who's really my type!
Oh, what's she like?
Want to see a photo?
Definitely!
It seems she's a friend of Chiko-nee.
The picture taken during Winter Comiket.
This is...
Isn't she pretty?
And so amazing!
It was a fateful meeting!
Sure, she's really pretty...
Absolutely!
It's amusing, so she didn't tell him the truth.
Excited
Hey, hey, I've really been wondering, do you have a girlfriend?
Excited
Why are you suddenly asking me that?
Did Mako-chan put you up to this?
What are you saying?
She didn't have anything to do with my asking.
Really, she didn't...
She's so easy to figure out.
Truly, she's not involved at all.
Well, it's not like I actually need to hide anything.
I don't have one.
What? Is that true?
Yeah.
Truthfully, I haven't been in a relationship so far.
Huh? Why is that?
Haven't you gotten a lot of confessions?
I did, but I turned them down because I didn't feel the same way.
What? You never played along to make them happy?
But that'd be rude to them, wouldn't it?
Good point.
Hmm... I see...
Somehow, you seem a bit dull.
A shocking evaluation.
I-I'm dull?
I can't tell Saitou this kind of story.
A shocking statement contradicts an earlier one.
No,
what I meant earlier was...
I have someone I like.
It's one-sided though.
You have a one-sided love?
What kind of girl is she?
She's...
She's...?
kitto dare mo ga naritai
I'd really like to be someone different
watashi ni nara ma ii ka wa
If I had one wish, that's what I'd pick
tsukamanai hoshikage no
Thanks to this falling star
kotoba de yume wo miru
I can see it happen in my dreams
demo hontou wa dare mo ga
But back in reality,
naritai mono ni nareru
we get used to who we really are
dakara watashi ashita mo made
That's why I always
watashi wo ikerunodesu
live my life to its fullest