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“So, I have a question that I’ve been wondering about for a while,” Mizuki began, still chewing on a french fry. “How far have you two gone?”
“Mizuki, you can’t just ask people that!” Ena exclaimed.
“How far have we gone…?” Kanade tilted her head to the side quizzically.
“Yeah, like… first base? Second? Third?” Mizuki reached for another fry. “I mean, you guys have been dating for a while now, right?”
“Dating… like you and Ena?”
Ena turned bright red. “Wha- how did you know?” she sputtered, embarrassed.
“I wonder…” Kanade trailed off, staring at the other side of the table, where Ena was sitting in Mizuki’s lap with their arms around her. “Anyway, we’re not dating.”
“What?” Mizuki and Ena both looked shocked.
“How is that even possible? You guys are always, like, staring into each other’s eyes and going off into the SEKAI alone together and falling asleep cuddling next to each other. It’s literally so fucking gay. You’re even holding hands right now, with interlocked fingers too. And you aren’t dating?” Ena rambled on and on, looking genuinely disturbed by this strange development.
“No.” Mafuyu spoke up for the first time.
“We just do those things because it’s comfortable. Right, Mafuyu?” She nodded in agreement to Kanade’s comment.
“Well, if Mafuyu is agreeing, it must be true.”
“Wait, wait,” Mizuki cut in. “Do you guys like each other?”
“I don’t know what it means to li-”
“Yeah, yeah,” Ena interrupted Mafuyu. “We know what you’re going to say. I want to know what Kanade thinks.”
“Of course I like Mafuyu. I like all of you.”
Mizuki let out a sigh. “No, like- in a romantic way. For example, would you want to kiss Mafuyu?”
“I’ve never thought about it.” Kanade turned to stare at Mafuyu, who stared right back at her.
“Do you want to try?”
“I guess it wouldn’t hurt.”
“Wait, right now?” Mizuki and Ena looked on in complete surprise as Kanade and Mafuyu leaned towards each other, pressing their lips together. After a moment, they pulled apart, still staring into each other’s eyes. Kanade put her fingers to her mouth, as if trying to feel the sensation again.
“That was nice,” she murmured.
“I agree. It felt very comfortable.”
“Should we do it again?”
“Okay.”
As the two leaned back towards each other, Mizuki and Ena turned to look at each other with bewildered expressions.
“It’s like we’re not even here…” Ena muttered.
“Honestly. I didn’t realize they were so unbelievably pure. Totally unlike you, Ena~”
“Shut up. Everyone knows the person here with the dirtiest mind is you.”
“...”
“So… they’re still at it.”
“Maybe we should just go?”
“Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Never thought you could feel like a third wheel when you’re practically on a double date.”
“Right, it’s like they’ve got some spiritual connection or something. It’s making me second guess if I even know what love is.”
“Yeah, for real.”
“So, wanna come over to my house, then? My parents aren’t home~”
“Wh- don’t say that so loud! …But sure, let’s go.”
Ena and Mizuki got up to leave as quietly as they could, trying not to disturb the two lovebirds in the booth across from them. When Kanade and Mafuyu finally pulled apart again and looked up, they were surprised that the other two were nowhere to be seen.
“Did you see them leave?” Kanade asked.
“No, I didn’t notice.”
“Huh… well, if they’re gone, maybe we should go too.”
“Okay.”
“Would you come over to my place? I had some thoughts about the new song I wanted to discuss with you.”
“Okay.”
“Okay.” Kanade smiled in appreciation that Mafuyu had accepted her request. She made to leave, but Mafuyu stopped her.
“Kanade.”
“Yes?”
“Can we kiss more later?”
“I’d enjoy that.”
“...Okay.”
As the two of them made their way out of the diner, they thought of the new experience they had just shared, and a fluttering feeling began to form in both their chests.
I look forward to doing that again.