Tokyo: My Girlfriend

While Kana Sato was still pondering, Rena Kitagawa had already frowned.

For some reason, I find this whole thing incredibly annoying.

Boys always seem to like older women, but what's so great about older women? Aren't cute, cuddly, and affectionate younger sisters always better?

"Do you have a picture of that annoying woman?" Kitagawa Rena asked.

"You hate women?" the short-haired girl asked, puzzled.

"It's the older sister you mentioned."

"Oh, yes, I do!" The short-haired girl took out her phone, found a photo in her album, showed it to Kitagawa Rena, and explained:

"Actually, I don't dislike that older woman. According to him, she's really good to him. I just want to know about my relationship with him..."

Rena Kitagawa coldly replied, "How can you not hate your love rival? You should hate the person who takes away your happiness."

One sentence left the other person speechless, even Sato Kana was stunned for a moment, and she felt that Rena's aura had changed for some reason? She seemed a little angry.

Rena Kitagawa took the other person's phone and saw the photo of her older sister. To her surprise, she discovered that even her outfit was so awful: high heels, a knee-length skirt, and long hair.

Although she is completely different from Haruhi Hina in appearance, height and temperament.

But the similar high heels and long hair alone seemed to have already ignited Kitagawa Rena's anger several degrees.

After looking at the photo, Kana Sato commented, "Huh? I feel like this older sister isn't as cute as you at all, is she?" Kana Sato then looked at the comparison between the short-haired girl and the photo:

"I even feel that you are much prettier than her. Based on my experience with boys, under the same conditions, boys will definitely prefer girls who are pretty and have good figures. You are also his childhood friend, which gives you a natural advantage. So you just said that this older sister is very good to your childhood friend. How are you usually to your childhood friend?"

The short-haired girl blinked: "He and I are just normal childhood friends. We take care of each other when something happens. I think I've treated him pretty well."

Rena Kitagawa looked at Kana Sato.

Kana Sato nodded, the two of them unusually in agreement, and said, "In this situation, if you still intend to win her back, there's only one way: confess now."

The short-haired girl blushed: "Confessing my feelings ahead of time?"

Rena Kitagawa also said, "He's going to be with another woman this afternoon. What are you thinking about if you don't confess now? It'll be too late once they're together..." She thought of something and said, "No, it's still possible, but it will be much more difficult then. Basically, the only way is to confess in advance. We'll prepare for you now."

Rena Kitagawa got up to look for some information: "What kind of confession do you want? Kana has a lot of examples here, you can choose one you like."

The short-haired girl sat on the sofa with her head down, her hands nervously clenched together. Hearing the confession, she seemed to have second thoughts: "But...but I feel like I can't say it..."

Rena Kitagawa stopped in her tracks, puzzled. "Why? Why can't you say it? Don't you like your childhood friend?"

The short-haired girl hesitated, then said with difficulty, "Because I know I'll fail. I know I'll fail. I know he doesn't like me very much... So what's the point of doing it if I know I'll fail? It'll only make me look bad."

Rena Kitagawa suddenly saw the image of Shinichi Kitagawa before her eyes, and she gritted her teeth:

"How do you know if you haven't even tried? Didn't you say you've been together since you were little? So he definitely doesn't dislike you, right? And what do you mean by not liking you? Liking is liking, and disliking is disliking."

The short-haired girl looked up at Rena:

"Relationships between people aren't just about liking or disliking, right? There's also something in between. Maybe he does like me a little too. We used to be in a very ambiguous relationship, but it was obvious..." The short-haired girl lowered her head again:

"It's obvious that he likes that older woman more after meeting her. She might actually treat him better than I do. According to him, she even hugs him and comforts him when he's sad, easily doing things I can't do... I feel ashamed of myself, so I can't bring myself to confess my feelings..."

"Feeling inferior?" Kitagawa Rena stared blankly at the other person, and the joy and state of mind when Kitagawa Shinichi chatted with Kasuga Hina in the past unconsciously reappeared in her mind.

I unconsciously clenched my fist.

Hearing this, Kana Sato was at a loss. Although the short-haired girl's words sounded like a conflict between her left and right brain, this is often the case when it comes to emotions, especially for girls. They always want to move forward but can't, and can only stay in one place, even longing for help from others.

She told him the answer: "But if you don't confess, there's nothing we can do for you, because time is so short. Isn't your childhood sweetheart going to confess this afternoon?"

The short-haired girl had tears welling up in her eyes, which she wiped away. "You're right. I know that even though I came to discuss solutions with you, it's probably not very helpful in this situation. I'm sorry to have taken up your time."

"Wait!" Kitagawa Rena stared at the other person: "Tell me that boy's name, and I'll go ask him myself if he's interested in you. Do you think that's okay? If he says he doesn't like you, then you don't need to confess. If he says he does like you, then go for it."

The short-haired girl exclaimed "Ah!" and Sato Kana also turned her head, curious as to why Rena was being so proactive today. In the past, when dealing with student troubles, she would usually just stand aside and listen without saying a word.

At noon, at a flower shop outside the high school.

A boy with dyed yellow hair was picking out flowers inside, preparing for his confession that afternoon.

Behind the bushes, Kitagawa Rena looked at Kana and the short-haired girl beside her: "Is that the blond guy?"

The short-haired girl nodded: "It's him, but what are you going to do then? Don't give me away..."

"I'll definitely be tactful, so he can't guess who I'm asking on his behalf."

The short-haired girl trusted the members of the social club because the club was well-known at school for resolving relationship issues; many couples would reconcile through the club after arguments.

Rena Kitagawa left the bushes and walked straight over.

The blond boy quickly caught sight of the silver-haired girl approaching out of the corner of his eye. His eyes widened, and he thought to himself, "What a beautiful girl!"

"You're Kudo?"

The boy asked in confusion, "I'm Kudo. Are you talking to me? Who are you...?"

"Never mind who I am, I have a question for you: do you prefer your senior or your childhood sweetheart?"

"ha?"

The short-haired girl and Kana, who were hiding in the bushes, both gasped in surprise, wondering why it was so direct.

The boy asked, confused, "What do you mean? Who exactly are you...?"

Rena Kitagawa stared coldly at the other person: "Are you deaf? Can't you hear me? I'm asking you, do you prefer your childhood friend or your senior? You're buying flowers now just so you can confess this afternoon? Tell me which one you like."

After hesitating for a moment, the boy realized something: was this silver-haired girl... sent by his senior to investigate him? Or was she sent by someone else?

"You... Of course I like my senior."

The short-haired girl in the bushes was stunned. She hadn't expected to get an answer so quickly, and it was exactly as she had imagined.

Kitagawa Rena was furious. She reached out and grabbed the other person's collar, slamming them against the wall menacingly: "Why?!"

This action startled the boy, who exclaimed that the girl was terrifying.

"What?! Who are you?!"

"I just want to know why you like your senior. Your childhood friend has been with you the longest, so it's impossible that you have no feelings for your childhood friend. If that's the case, why did you choose another woman you haven't known for very long? Are you so sure you won't regret confessing to your senior?"

"What are you talking about?! Who told you I have feelings for my childhood friend? I..." He looked around to make sure no one was there:

"I don't know who sent you here, or it's you... but is liking someone just about time? It's not like who spends the most time with whom will necessarily be together. I just like my senior! If anyone asks me, I'll say I like my senior."

"You bastard!"

Kana, hiding in the bushes, wondered what Rena was doing. She frantically pulled out her phone and called Rena. Now that she had the answer, why did she have to keep asking?

The telephone rang in the distance.

"Rena? What are you doing..." But the sudden voice interrupted the atmosphere. It was Haruna Kasuga's voice. She had also happened to be passing by and saw Rena Kitagawa seemingly bullying a boy on the roadside.

Kitagawa Rena looked in the direction of the familiar voice, and anyone could see the annoying gaze she was being given: "So it's all that simple?" Her eyes reddened, and she said something Haruhi Hina didn't understand:

"Just because you exist, I'm destined to fail. Why... why, just because of this, can I never get what I want no matter how hard I try?"

Rena Kitagawa let go of the boy who had been completely baffled, and turned to leave.

Kana Sato, who was in the bushes, comforted the short-haired girl and wondered what was wrong with Rena.

And then there's Haruhi Hina; she always feels, almost by coincidence, that Reina dislikes her again.