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GUZDO

A family restaurant on New Year's Eve.

There...

Awaited hell.

Were you two in the same class?

I guess...

Huh, is that true?

Hey, Icchi.

Let's switch places.

Anyway...

I wonder where Yamada-san is.

It all began four days ago...

Our annual tradition of going back to Akita.

Can you believe this year is supposed to warmer than usual, dear?

Oh my, Kyo-chan, how big you...

Haven't gotten.

Being in Akita isn't actually much of a change from the usual.

The one problem is...

Sharing a room with my sister.

Hmm? Too early to be laying out the futon?

That's not it.

Come on, don't give me that look!

We were together last year too!

That's right, it was the same last year.

What's different now is...

Yamada.

YUMMY

Again with the food.

That reminds me...

Akita, huh?

Both my parents are from Kanto, so I'm jealous.

I'd love to see everything covered in snow.

Ah, then... I'll send you a photo.

Of snow everywhere.

Really? It's a promise.

Where are you going?

A walk.

Complete silence.

Kyo-chan!

Kyo-chan!

How far did you go...?

Kyo-chan! Are you okay?!

Yeah, just taking a nap.

Don't be ridiculous!

Can you stand?

And so...

I ended up like this immediately after coming here.

Why did you go near that cliff?

Dunno... I got a little hyper.

No way that's true.

In fact, I'm a little overcome with joy at the moment...

But you know, thinking about it,

this might the first time Kyo-chan's gotten hurt by misbehaving.

I wasn't misbehaving.

Parents can, of course, immediately pick up on those feelings.

It also feels like dinner is kind of on the fancy side.

Here, open wide.

Stop that.

Look at me, taking a selfie, and then sending it.

How funny.

A video call...

ANNA YAMADA

Hello?

Glasses! Nightwear?!

Hello? Can you not hear me?

I can't do it today!

What's this all of a sudden?

I should be asking that.

What happened to your arm?

Well, I had a bit of a fall...

It doesn't hurt or anything.

You had me scared there.

And so, I'm going to be heading right back to Tokyo tomorrow.

I see... that's a shame.

It is what it is.

Then... once you get back...

Hello.

I hung up...

She's cute.

She's from my class.

Wait, sorry, I must have been too loud.

Huh? She's not a streamer?

I messed up!

She's super cute.

Um... I mean...

I'm sure you have friends of the opposite sex as well.

No, I don't.

My bad.

Well, but... are we really friends?

I'm not sure.

Damn it, stay composed!

If she realizes it...

So, do you like her?

Are you going out?

Can I meet her next time?

She'll be annoying for sure.

Oh... I see.

Hurry up and go to sleep.

I'm tired.

You're not gonna pry?

That feels wrong in its own way.

VOICE CALL ENDED

UWOHHHH

That's not how you use that sticker.

-SORRY, MY SISTER'S THE ANNOYING TYPE -WHAT DID YOU TELL HER?

THAT WE'RE FRIENDS, AT LEAST FOR NOW

At least for now...

"Friends"...

A word so foreign to me that my phone didn't autocomplete it.

ON MY WAY

What is that sticker trying to convey?

DID YOUR SISTER GO TO SLEEP? CAN I CALL?

A phone call?

That was fast!

Is your sister asleep?

I'm out in the hallway.

It should be fine.

I see.

Is your arm okay?

Oh, yeah.

It's just inconvenient.

I see.

In that case, and you don't have to if you can't,

but do you have a drink with you?

A drink?

Oh, I do.

Can you take it out?

Yeah, I have it.

Then, drink it.

Is there a window?

Look outside.

Outside?

TEA

I can't see the moon.

Wait, what was the meaning of all this?

Who can say?

I WANT TO BE WITH YOU

Sorry for calling you so late.

No, I haven't been able to sleep lately.

Then try putting your free hand on your head.

Then move it from top to bottom.

Repeat that three times.

What?

A trick to help you sleep.

Girls are really into stuff like that, huh?

Talk to you later, then. Good night.

Ah, g... good...

She's fast.

Why was she remotely controlling me?

GOOD NIGHT

And with that, in the end...

Kyo-chan...

You've grown up before I knew it.

-He still looks the same, though. -Shut up.

I ended up heading back to Tokyo after one day.

I still need to buy souvenirs for everyone.

So, will three of these do?

Oh yeah, Yamada likes dogs, right?

Oh, cute!

Should we get matching ones?

Huh? No way...

Yes way! I'm getting this!

Why are you creeped out?!

Nothing wrong with a souvenir for a friend.

You know, she may be cute,

but she's a bit flirty, or should I say lacking inhibition...

In other words, looks are not what's important.

Women are all about affection.

She must think I have a hopeless one-sided crush.

Well, maybe she's not wrong.

My sister is like me in a way,

and wants me to give up early on things I can't have, before I get hurt.

That's the kind of person she is.

But...

Even now, I'm looking back on our LINE conversations.

I can't get Yamada out of my head.

And so, the girl you were talking with yesterday...

Yamada.

Yamada?

Wait, the one who came to visit by themselves when you caught that cold?

No way, that was her?!

The handwriting sucked, so I thought it was a guy!

There might be hope after all.

No way.

I mean, she's super friendly with you!

Hey, introduce me next time!

Hey, Mom, wake up!

Stop it!

Look, look!

The matching keychains we got.

Gonna have it on for my New Year's shrine visit.

Where are you going?

Just... returning some books.

Technically not a lie.

The manga, the scarf I forgot to give back on Christmas...

And a souvenir from Akita.

I thought we were meeting up.

Well, I thought about it...

And you're injured!

You can't ride your bike!

Ah... but since we happened to see each other...

Feels like... it's been a while.

It's been five days.

This is Wantaro.

He's a dog.

Spin!

Thinking about it again, does a trinket come off as too serious of a souvenir?

It's creepy too, that I remember that she likes dogs.

I should have played it safe and gotten her snacks.

It is Yamada, after all.

Lately, I've been acting rashly too often, without considering things.

This is the result.

I need to watch myself.

Here, I opened it for you.

Thanks.

Hey, Ichikawa, you try giving a command.

What?

Spin.

Down.

Shake...

He was going to do it.

You think?

Her hand is cold...

Aren't you cold?

Yeah, a little...

Oh, that's right, your scarf.

This, right?

I put it in a bag so it wouldn't get dusty.

I actually meant to give it to you.

But maybe... you might not like it... or...

Maybe... maybe...

I see.

What?

Nothing...

Akita Inu...

Think of it as a souvenir.

Hey, stop!

Thanks!

You too.

Since he's an Akita-ken, I'll call him Akita Kentaro.

You suck at names.

It's Akita Inu anyway.

Oh, yeah.

Ichikawa, do you do shrine visits on New Year's?

Ah... I do.

With my family always...

Really? Alright!

Then I'll send you the place and time later.

A few days later...

Before I realized it, I ended up using LINE with Yamada every day...

WHAT ABOUT SEKINE?

Wait, no,

it's creepy to ask about other girls.

I should go with a safer answer.

Maybe I was pushing my luck...

DECEMBER 31ST (TUESDAY)

It's cold...

Huh? For real?

-Yep. -That's so wild!

I guess it is New Year's Eve.

I should just buy a drink and get out of...

Oh, Bicycle-kun.

What was his name again?

Beats me, I don't know him.

Um... I think it was Ichi... Ichi...

Ichihara.

That's it, Ichihara-kun.

And so...

I'm here now.

Did you hear me?

I wonder where Yamada-san is.

I knew it. He's just using me to...

Do you have Yamada-san's LINE?

LINE? Huh, no.

She told me she communicates via telepathy.

She refused to tell me.

Ichihara-kun, you're in her class, right?

Huh? Is that right?

Pretending not to know me?

Well, it makes sense.

Saying we know each other would make things worse.

Wait, he was the one who Yamada-san was...

Ah, sorry.

Anna Yamada.

So you do have it.

You're making me sad.

Ah, um... this is...

Don't be like that to your underclassman.

You're bothering him.

Sorry to ask, but can you get me some coffee?

I'll go and get a refill too.

Finally resorting to brute force?

I won't tell her that I got it from you,

and I'll tell the other two that I didn't get to ask you for it.

I won't cause you any trouble.

Still gonna say no?

Not happening.

Why? What's your reason?

My reason is...

I don't have one.

I just don't want to.

I should get going.

Come and see me home, Ichihara-kun.

The streets are scary at night.

Ah, then want me to come?

No, it's fine.

We're friends, you see.

COIN LAUNDRY

Oh no, don't make me like you...

Well, Icchi, you did your best.

But you suck at lying.

No, I just panicked.

You should tell him clearly next time.

He does have the wrong idea about me and Yamada...

The wrong idea?

In that case...

Doing this is fine, right?

What?!

I didn't know you could move that fast.

Well, um, I said "the wrong idea"...

But well... I'm in love with... Yamada... maybe...

Uh...

Well, duh!

Well, duh... duh... duh...

I'll be honest, it's totally obvious, you know.

Well, see ya.

Um... thanks.

Don't sweat it.

Anyone would do the same in that situation.

No, I didn't mean that...

Wanna stay for a bit?

Well, have a good New Year's.

Just when I thought better of her!

I said that I love her out loud.

Doing so makes me really...

Hello?

Hey.

What's wrong?

You're usually not the one who calls.

It made me really want to hear her voice...

Happy New Year!

Huh, is it already?

I wanted to say it first...

Hey.

Ah, Moeko's here.

Well, I'm hanging up now.

One day I'll tell you...

I love you.

Anna, have you heard of trash cans?