Chapter 3
U~hm, at this moment, Mika-nii~chan... Yea~h, writing's pretty hard after all.
(Mitsuru-kun, it looks like yer concentratin' real hard. Like this, even if I move a lil' loudly, I won't be noticed.)
(An' even if I don't catch Mitsuru-kun, Ran-senpai will be lyin' in wait at the entrance of the library.)
...Is this one finished? All right, lemme reread it again!
(At any rate, I'm the one sneakin' up behind Mitsuru-kun this time. It's been the other way 'round 'till now, so this might be kinda interesting...)
(Or maybe it's more like I'm shakin' with nervous energy. I wonder if Mitsuru-kun has been feelin' the same way when followin' me around?)
(Tch, no good, no good! If I think about too much stuff, I'll mess up again.)
(This time, I'm here t' set things straight! Get ready, Mitsuru-kun. Today's the day all our runnin' after each other ends.)
Mitsuru-kun! Today, I'm gonna have a chat with ya fer sure—
Yippee~! I'm finally done~♪
—Gwah?!
Huh? Mika-nii~chan, what're ya doing here?
Owie... Ya standin' up so suddenly scared me an' I fell right onto my back.
Sorry, Mika-nii~chan. It would've been really bad if you got hurt.
I'm completely fine, so please don't worry 'bout it. I was the one tryna sneak around in the first place...
Nnah~! That's right, I was hidin' in secret so that ya wouldn't get away, Mitsuru-kun!
? Mika-nii~chan, do you wanna play hide-and-seek?
Ah, if that's the case, then I have more to write! I gotta hurry and add it!
...Huh? Whaddya mean by addin' more? Or actually, why aren't ya runnin' away?
Huh? Why would I wanna run away from you, Mika-nii~chan?
Oh, 'cause of hide-and-seek? In that case, I want you to count down!
No, that's not it... Huh?
...Apparently, it seems that there was no need to take such measures from the start.
Oh, Nagisa-senpai! Hey there!
...Hello. I'm relieved to see that you're as lively as always, Tenma-kun.
Yeah! I'm full of energy today too! Since I finished my book report assignment, I feel really great now. ♪
...So that's why you were in the library. Mika-kun mentioned that it's unusual for you to be here.
Y-yeah. Ya don't seem like the type t' ever stay still. Anyway, that ain't important right now!
Mitsuru-kun, ain'tcha gonna run away from me again today? Oh, an' I'm not sayin' that 'cause I wanna play hide-and-seek.
Hm~m... But if that's the case, then there's no reason for me to run away from you? Since I already finished writing the book report~?
Book report? Does that have somethin' t' do with me?
Yep. I've been watching you and wrote down my thoughts and observations!
...Uhm hu~h? Nn-huhh?
'S no use, I don't get it. Whaddya mean by that?
...I wonder why Tenma-kun wrote about Mika-kun in his book report. I think you normally write about your thoughts on books you've read.
At first, I thought about doing that. But no matter what I read, it made me sleepy...
So I looked online to see if there were any books with idols that I could read, and there was a short story with Mika-nii~chan as the main character!
Huh~, fer real? A story where I'm the main character...
Nnah? A... story? Where I'm the main character?
...
Uh, yer jokin', right? There's no way a story like that exists in this world.
No, there really is. If you look it up online, you'll find it!
...If that story really does exist, why were you investigating the real Mika-kun?
Ehehe... To be honest, I couldn't really read that story either. I only read the first part but still ended up being sleepy!
That's why I investigated what Mika-nii~chan does on a daily basis and wrote my book report based on that!
After all, isn't it a story with Mika-nii~chan as the main character? If that's the case, if I write about Mika-nii~chan, then the book report will definitely be good!
...I see. If written originally with rigorous research, Tenma-kun's report may certainly become a nonfiction story about Mika-kun.
Can ya hold on a moment? I really can't catch up t' where y'all're at right now...
...By the way, what kind of story is the one featuring Mika-kun?
Lemme see, if I remember correctly, Mika-nii~chan becomes a god and saves the world... or was it a subjugation? It might've been destruction.
I dunno the rest since I only read the beginning, but it was about that kinda thing!
Now 's super unbelievable! Me as a god... How the heck does that kinda thing even happen?
Nope! I can say for sure that you were a very important god! You were a god like in my and Nagisa-senpai's "God Team!"
...I see. I never expected Mika-kun becoming a god. I would also like to read that story.
Y'all're way too invested in this! Nnah~, what the hell's really goin' on?!