Mount Kurama Tengu 4

"Seele, don't you like him?"

The noise at the venue was so loud that Aso Yuna was afraid Seele would not hear her, so she braced her hands on Seele's thighs and leaned her little head close to Seele's ear to ask softly.

Perhaps unintentionally, Aso Yuna's words carried a warm breath that brushed against Seele's ear, making it itch.

"No, don't overthink it... Just watch and enjoy yourself." Seele whispered back into Aso Yuna's ear.

"Oh, I thought Seele didn't like him! If Seele hates him, then I won't like him anymore either."

"..."

"Yuna is such a good girl!"

Hearing Aso Yuna's words, Seele was a little moved. Just because Seele did not like him, Yuna was willing to stop following a celebrity she liked without hesitation. She had not taken this apprentice-slash-little-sister in for nothing!

Aso Yuna's words warmed Seele's heart, and her gaze toward the girl became even gentler.

Meanwhile, Hoshino Anko watched Seele and Aso Yuna whispering so intimately to each other. For some reason, she felt sour inside, as though she had eaten dozens of pounds of lemons. It was an awful feeling.

Hoshino Anko had started following this singer because of Aso Yuna. Wanting to remain best friends with Aso Yuna forever, she had secretly observed many of Aso Yuna's hobbies.

Even if she did not like something, she forced herself to like it because of Aso Yuna, so that they could share the same interests and Aso Yuna would not dislike her.

But now, with Aso Yuna's former favorite idol right before her eyes, Yuna did not even look at him. She left Hoshino Anko to shout along with everyone else while seeming to have cast her aside entirely, focusing only on whispering with Seele.

This gave Hoshino Anko a sense of