toshizou

You’d do that for me...?”

“You said it yourself—in for a penny, in for a pound, right?”

“Right... Right!” I said.

How is she this nice, anyway? I thought to myself. She was giving me a look of pure, earnest attentiveness, and it hurt to know that I’d have to bend the truth and keep secrets from her, but I also knew that it would be way better for both of us than telling her the complete truth. Fortunately, I knew just what to do.

“S-So...a friend of mine has a problem!!!”

“Huh?!” Koganezaki gaped at me. “Oh...oh, of course. If that’s how you want to do this, then by all means, go on.”

“My friend has sisters, right? Two of them!”