mandytl | romantic comedy - ( dilemma of love, chapter 3 )

Location: Hallway

< A Few Minutes Later >

Kaoru: ( ..... that sure was a lecture. )

Kaoru: ( And a pretty indifferent-sounding one that might've cut me real deep. It really reminded me of the men in my family, Sakuma-san. )

Kaoru: ( He can tell I can't usually handle stuff like that, so he's been looking out for me up until now, but without being overbearing about it. )

Kaoru: ( Which means this time it's the real deal, since he went with the most effective way to scold me. )

Kaoru: ( Think on what I've done without dodging the issue. All of that was so that I'd consider my plans for the future more from now on, I guess? )

Kaoru: ( The kids looked really shook up back there. I guess because with me there, they couldn't really get in the mood to do their lessons... )

Kaoru: ( I said that I had some urgent business to take care of and escaped from the classroom, at least. )

Kaoru: ( What now, though~? I've really gotta think on this and come to my own conclusion here. )

Kaoru: ( Then I'll tell everyone the reassuring "answer" I found, and they can finally go back to enjoying their idol activities. )

Kaoru: ( Though it seems like Sakuma-san pretty much crushed that whole scandal article thing. )

Kaoru: ( I'm a little scared of what it'll be like to owe him one after this, since there's no way the resolution will be basic -- )

Kaoru: ( I've just got to do something before things get worse. )

Kaoru: ( I really don't know what to do, though. I mean, I've been living a life where I just pretend not to notice anything that seems like it'll be a pain. )

Kaoru: ( .... hm? )

Kaoru: ( Huh? Is that Anzu-chan sitting down on the staircase over there? W-What's wrong? Is she feeling sick again.... ? )

Location: Staircase

Kaoru: Yoo-hoo, Anzu-chan. ♪

Kaoru: What're you up to way over here~?

Kaoru: Ah hah. You knew I was going to pass by and decided to wait here to ambush me, right? Did you miss me that bad? I'm so happy~ ☆

Kaoru: ( Phew... good. Seems like she's feeling all right. She's giving me a sour, dubious look for teasing her. That kind of cold reaction is just like Anzu-chan~ ♪ )

Kaoru: ( Hm? Some sort of data was sent to her phone in the middle of walking so she wanted to check it out? )

Kaoru: ( And since being a smartphone zombie is pretty rude, she decided to go out of her way to sit down on the stairs where there's less people...? Always a busy bee, huh. )

Kaoru: ... hm? What's up, Anzu-chan? The way you're staring at me... did you fall in love all over again? I'll welcome you anytime ~ ♪

Kaoru: Eh? I look kind of down? You're worried about me.... ?

Kaoru: Ahahah. You really keep your eyes open when it comes to idols, Anzu-chan.

Kaoru: You don't pay enough attention to yourself, though~. You're the only one who hasn't realized how charming you are, you know? ♪

Kaoru: Eh~? Quit fooling around so much and... tell you what's on my mind? I'm always totally serious when it comes to girls, though?

Kaoru: .... mhh~. All right. I'll take this seriously. So don't frown at me like that. A smile's way cuter on you. ♪

Kaoru: .... okay. Not that it's anything that major, but I'm kind of in trouble right now~.

Kaoru: This-and-that happened, and so then a pretty careless scandal article about me emerged.

Kaoru: Uh, what's with your response? It's fine, it's fine. Sakuma-san's already hushed the whole thing up, so...

Kaoru: But if I don't reflect on what happened and clean up my act, I'm just going to repeat the same mistakes all over again, right?

Kaoru: So that's why I've been thinking reeeally hard on what to do. Small stuff, right? But it's actually a pretty urgent problem for me.

Kaoru: I mean, I straight up wanted to be an idol just to get popular with girls.

Kaoru: But since it's prohibited for idols to get way too friendly, I'd just end up causing trouble for everyone doing their best in UNDEAD --

Kaoru: My whole philosophy's going to become a drag on their career, so I'm at a fork in the road here. Really, I'm at a loss no matter where I turn.

Kaoru: This wouldn't have bothered me so much in the past. If you'd told me to choose between being popular with girls and being active in UNDEAD, I feel like I would've definitely picked the former without hesitation.

Kaoru: But lately I've been having a lot of fun with UNDEAD, too... like after all this time, I'm finally getting to have a fulfilling, youthful time as a third year in high school.

Kaoru: It's just about as fun as playing around with girls, even. Something inside of me's saying they're both just as important, and now it's getting hard to decide between the two.

Kaoru: Heheh. That's a secret from the rest of UNDEAD, though. That I feel that way, I mean.

Kaoru: I don't really like being all suffocating like that~. That, and it'd make me look totally childish.

Kaoru: Hm? There's no need to be embarrassed? You think it's a good thing? Thanks~ ♪