So, this is how it's like (Mayumiko)

Part 8: Another one bites the dust

Hori was exhausted. He threw his hand over his forhead while he lied down in Nozaki's couch. His other arm dangled from his side, almost touching the floor.

Nozaki seemed to be taking notes while Hori ranted.

"And I dunno, man. I'm glad Kashima and I get to act in a play together, but she keeps interrupting her lines whenever a girl shows up to worship her. It's driving me nuts!"

"Uh huh... tell me more" Nozaki said. One would think he was being a psychologist giving advice, but he was in fact, drawing a whole page of Mamiko and her friends complaining about their boyfriends.

"Nozaki-kun, we need to talk!" Sakura slammed the door open and busted into the apartment.

"Not now, Sakura. This is important"

"Oh, wait till you hear this. Bathroom" she said and left to the bathroom.

"Oh no. Whenever she summons me to the bathroom, things get dirty" Nozaki said.

"Dude, don't say it like that" Hori complained.

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"I don't know, Sakura. Can we trust Seo?"

"She's my friend. Of course I trust her. Besides, Wakamatsu-kun was with her. He said it was the truth"

"My little brother, in love with Mikoshiba?" Nozaki still processed the whole thing. "I guess it makes sense. Why else would Mayu still be pretending to be a girl in that blog?"

"That's another thing. Mayu hasn't told Mikorin about it yet. This got from bad to worse"

"What are we gonna do?" Nozaki asked. He hasn't yet told Sakura how he feels about her, yet he was gonna fix his brother and his friend's romantic crisis.

"I don't think we should fully get involved. I can just talk to Mikorin and find out whether he's sure or not on how he truly feels" Sakura answered. She knew how to be persuassive, so he trusted her.

"Alright. Meanwhile, I'll just keep inviting Mayu over. They can't avoid each other forever. He'll have to get used to it" Nozaki determined and Sakura nodded.

Once they were out of the bathroom, Hori seemed to have calmed down and began drawing backgrounds.

Suddenly, Wakamatsu slammed the door open and came in stressful.

"Nozaki-senpai! Thank God I can finally come into my safe haven. Seo-senpai keeps insisting that we are dating. Like what? Since when?" he threw himself on the couch.

Nozaki sat down and took out his pen and notepad. "Tell me more about your problems"

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"IS IT TRUE MAYU-KUN CONFESSED?" Kashima shouted, making other schoolmates begin to whisper.

"Wait, how do you even know aboit this?" Mikoshiba asked, sweat dripping down his forhead. He was just walking down the hall in school when Kashima abruptly ran to him.

"I heard it from Hori, who heard it from Nozaki, who heard it from Chiyo-chan, who heard it from Yuzuki-chan and Wakamatsu, who were in the sweet shop you and Mayu were in!"

"THEY WERE THERE?!?!" Mikoshiba yelled in horror and crawled into an embarrassed ball. "Gossip sure runs fast"

"Why didn't you tell me?" Kashima asked. She frowned. That was very unusual.