"Why, after seeing that... did I really almost think Sayo had been NTR'd?" Jiu Ming pinched his chin, his expression deeply peculiar. This brown-haired boy who had suddenly appeared seemed to know Sayo well. Judging by Sayo's disbelieving look, she clearly had never expected him to stand against her.
"Now that you mention it, this really does seem like a rather complicated love triangle." Haruhi calmed herself down, her expression turning equally subtle. Was this the legendary love-and-kill relationship!?
Haruhi narrowed her eyes slightly as she watched Sayo and Tatsumi face off against each other. The expressions on both their faces were quite spectacular.
"You're actually protecting her!?" Sayo waved the fruit knife in her hand, staring in utter disbelief at Tatsumi, who stood in front of the short-haired blonde girl. "Move! If you keep blocking me, I can't kill her!!"
"...Wait, Sayo, why are you doing this?" Tatsumi said awkwardly. "After we got separated, I'd been looking for you all this time. Miss Aria was even kind enough to help me look for you."
"Hah? Looking!?" The fury and shock on Sayo's face intensified. "Do you know what she did!?"
"..." There was no hatred without cause. Having grown up together, Tatsumi naturally understood Sayo. For her to hate someone this much, there had to be a reason. "Miss Aria?" "I don't know anything!" She shook her head rapidly. "I had only just arrived when she suddenly rushed at me... urgh!?"
"The last one, laid to rest!"
With a swish, the sound of a sharp blade slicing through * rang out. Tatsumi stared in shock at the short-haired blonde girl behind him as blood sprayed from her and she collapsed. "Y-you-you-you... you actually killed her!!?"
"...Uh." Jiu Ming was likewise rather speechless as he looked at the black-haired, red-eyed