"Forget it, as long as everything's out in the open..." Realizing she had set herself up, Sogo Doma swiftly changed the subject. "So, Kazusa, do you still want to compete with Mashiro? At painting?"
Kazusa Touma, who had been playing innocent, twitched at the corner of her mouth. She'd have to be insane to compete in painting with a super-high-school-level artistic genius like this. If she had the guts, she should compete in piano! Still, after seeing Mashiro's résumé, Kazusa couldn't bring herself to say it. The other girl had devoted herself to painting since childhood—how could Kazusa ask her to compete in piano?
"No."
"You're not competing?" Mashiro Shiina seemed rather disappointed upon hearing that. Ever since coming here, she really hadn't properly painted an oil painting in quite some time.
Kazusa Touma: "..."
Disappointed my ass! She didn't know how to paint at all, okay? Was crushing beginners that much fun?
Fortunately, Umaru Doma beside her didn't know what she was thinking. Otherwise, that little dumpling would definitely have said, "Of course it's fun. You can't even imagine the joy of crushing beginners!"
"So-Sogo, you clearly know what I mean. I wanted to compete with your imouto in piano..." Kazusa Touma tried her best not to let Mashiro affect her as she fixed Sogo with a stare.
"Compete with Umaru in piano?"
Umaru, who only wanted to watch the drama unfold: "..."
!!! O_O
She had already been keeping such a low profile, so why was someone still dragging her into this? She just wanted to quietly be a couch potato. How about competing in games instead?
Kazusa Touma turned and glanced at that tiny little lump: "..."
C-compete with someone who might not even be ten yet? Did they think she was an idiot? If she won,