"Ko—maru..." Unable to keep making things up, Erina Nakiri finally said, "Was it because I knew you were Komaru...?" Even saying it was a tongue twister.
"How could that be?" Umaru Doma understood what she meant. "I didn't deliberately hide something like that because I wanted to be friends with you, Erina." Erina must have thought they had become friends only because she had accidentally discovered Umaru's ability to change size.
"Uh..." Sogo Doma also explained, "That is true. After all, Erina, you and Umaru don't even attend the same school, and you normally wouldn't have any contact with her. So even if you found out, it wouldn't have been a big deal..."
Erina Nakiri: -_-
How realistic!
"Well..." Umaru said, "Come to think of it, before Erina found out that Umaru was Komaru, you took really good care of me. You prepared desserts for me, fanned me, and you even—"
"Stop!" Erina Nakiri couldn't take it anymore. How had she been fooled by this dried-up little dumpling back then? Well, all she could say was that Umaru had been far too cunning and shameless, actually deceiving and setting traps for a middle schooler in her teens. "You kept calling me Sister Erina back then!"
"Uh..." Umaru's expression stiffened. "That's why I couldn't help exposing my identity. We were clearly the same age..."
Erina Nakiri: -_-
"Don't you call other people 'sister' all the time now too?"
"Tsk, tsk..." Umaru chuckled and wagged a finger. "Erina, saying something like that just proves how immature you are. You have to know that adults weigh the pros and cons. Unlike you, Erina, whom I used to see all the time, I don't meet those 'sisters' very often...
If calling them 'sister' a few times gets everyone to take care of me without