Once upon a time, Friendship had a simple definition... No, it should be the definition from a teenager. A pin connection with someone, paying yourself to maintain a retionship, and receiving support from the other party. It was also a pce where we could share many things that you didn't want your parents to find out. It should be so, but also naive.

  Behind that ingenious definition, it had a sophistricated web, embellished by many lines but having simple vocabury. Benefits and harms...When you're in despair, you only know who they are behind the masks.

  I was once an extrovert, having many friends and a huge circle of retionships. However, I lost everything. I should've hated it, the hypocritical friendship, hated it...I shouldn't have a single friend in this life. Perhaps the gear of destiny or Kami-sama pyed a joke on me. Somewhere inside my heart, I've yearned for it...When did it happen? I didn't know.

  Hating it but still yearning for it...Becoming what you hate the most was so ironic...Why did I make friends with the trio? At first, my retionship with them was just a tool to survive, a pn established by me and Hyouri. How come? Their sincerity and care once again opened my unreasonable heart, letting them infiltrate my life. Maybe, we are all from wealthy families, so the so-called 'benefit' and 'harm' have been blurred? Or was it just my imagination?

  'Girl party... no Omega party...' it should be a girl party in my previous world. Even though it has been held many times, rather than excitement or anxiousness, I just felt confused.

  "Yeah, it's omega time"

  Aoi yelled excitedly while performing a strange pose as if she were about to save the world.

  "Is it good? I'm new there, not close enough like you guys"

  Komi's expression dropped a little, but I could understand her mood. Being a miko in the temple, then becoming friends with us, a gap in our family must have been the main concern.

  "Mah, we will accompany each other through high school anyway"

  Hanae comforted gently. Good job, Hanae, you were such a gentle Gal. I must say that Hanae had waifu materials on her.

  "So what're we talking about?"

  Nagisha pondered on her chin as she hummed a little.

  "Isn't it obvious?"

  "In omega time, we must talk about love"

  Aoi jumped into a futon and rolled up and down like a sushi roll. She was as energetic as ever.

  "You see, my family, Moeni's and Hanae's don't have any business marriage but support us to choose a partner ourselves"

  "It's obvious that I can't choose one, as those predators in school are quite bad"

  "Mio-senpai is full of herself, despite being perfect in a sense"

  Aoi compined, but she hit the main point. Pride was the correct noun to describe that girl.

  "Wow, you have an eye for her?"

  I didn't know if I heard wrong, but Hanae's voice seemed to relieve. Now, it has turned to a square-angle retionship? I knew Hanae's feelings for Moeni, but Moeni was like a mom taking care of Aoi a little by little.

  "Guh, just liking but not in my liking. It's just an admiration because I haven't seen her weakness yet"

  "Nobody's perfect, huh?"

  Komi chimed in.

  "As long as we're human, we will have fws. Even the perfect Suiri in the past didn't even st long"

  'Guh'

  I groaned lowly.

  Hearing Aoi speaking about me, I was like 'Weird, weird'. They didn't know that I had cheated in the past, did they? It was just the middle-school knowledge, but I lost my No.1 position because of being an idiot in math and chemistry...It was a huge shame for transmigrators. If others found out, they would tie me on the cross and burn me alive because of rubbing their face on the ground.

  "What? Don't look at me. I'm a miko, still don't know what love is!!"

  Komi realized the stares of many people, waiting for her shared story.

  "So you're on the same boat with Sui-chan?"

  Aoi narrowed her eyes slightly.

  "You, useless"

  Aoi took a pillow, aiming at Komi's head. Of course, Komi dodged in time as the pillow battle between the two ignited. Hanae wanted to stop them, but a stray 'bullet' hit her head, making her blood boil. And then, the minimized world war happened. Even I couldn't be spared.

  The pillow battle started, and the alliance against the extremist Aoi was born to besiege her.

  "Hah, you guys thought your world will be in peace after I pass away. No, you all put yourself in a new war!!!"

  The st words of the extremist caused a stir inside the alliance.

  *bonk*

  My head was hit by a pillow behind. I turned around and saw Nagisha revealing a strange smug.

  "Now, no one can stop me from bringing down Sui's era"

  Oh, the greatest anime betrayals...But I felt nothing stirred up but quite fun.

  After that, the greedy Nagisha was taken down by Komi's rebellion with Hanae, the greatest adviser.

  The great time passed away without looking back. Everyone was all drained from fun with their exhausted bodies. The five of us lies in our respective futons.

  "Nehh, Sui-chan"

  A soft voice called out.

  "Hmm?"

  I hummed back as I tries to identify the voice. To be my surprise, the energetic Aoi has been shut down, while Nagisha and Komi were still awake. Perhaps Komi found it strange when sleeping at the other pce; she must've not have gotten used to it.

  "Do you have a marriage business?"

  She asked softly, but she knew the question was sensitive. Therefore, she expined more.

  "You know, music can represent the emotion of the vocalist and composer. You're in a hurry, so I guess it must've had something with it"

  "You yearn for the love in the Pgiarism album..."

  "Even Charlotte-san and Otonashi-san arrive at your house..."

  Hanae spoke her thoughts without hesitation.

  "Is it obvious?"

  I murmured in a low voice, afraid of waking the speaker sleeping soundly.

  "Yeah, senpai...we're your friend so long, not a simple netizen being led on the Internet"

  "Even Komi-san has guessed somehow"

  Nagisha giggled strangely.

  "Don't make me your shield, junior"

  Komi-san retorted angrily.

  'Friends, huh?'. I had underestimated them...I thought they would be like those who abandoned me, but I couldn't equate like before.

  "In my circle, I'd heard someone mention that you would have a fiancée. That friend must have heard from their parents"

  "I'm just curious"

  Hanae confessed the truth immediately afterward.

  "Um..."

  I easily admitted. There was nothing to hide now. Since it has been leaked, they would know sooner or ter.

  "No wonder...Otonashi-san and Char-paisen are so cringey today"

  Nagisha spoke.

  "So do you know what love is?"

  This was the question that had been bothering me since Rei's birthday party.

  "I heard it may be painful, but some say it's sweeter than dessert"

  "Even taking away the other's reason to live...I'm afraid of this unknown"

  Before writing 'Pgiarism', I couldn't be obvious about stealing music but borrowing another topic reted. Tada, it was about love. With the love songs overflowing the market, I wrote this Pgiarism. Being inspired, Youth thief was also born. Strangely, it was also well received when I changed my style by using the lowest pitch. Mei-obaa-san told me to record the MV 'Youth Thief' tomorrow.

  "Ah, Sui-chan, whoever marries you must have been blessed with 9 lives to have you. If it weren't for my gender, I would've taken you down"

  "But without this gender, I wouldn't know you enough to like you...It's a pity"

  "???"

  My eyes went wide when looking at the blurred face hidden by the darkness. Weren't you supposed to like Moeni? My brain almost got shut down like the speaker sleeping next to me.

  Hanae liked me? Were you kidding me? But when she said that, she was a straight girl for sure.

  "Knowing that it's impossible because at that time, I was a beta as the alpha gnd didn't even appear"

  "But everything changes when Moeni turns into an Alpha..."

  "..."

  Here we go again. She took a long road to lead to her problem. Perhaps liking me was just an excuse. Otherwise, I would find it hard to associate with her in the future.

  "Ah, I don't know what to say again..."

  Hanae let out a helpless ugh. I guessed that her courage was extinguished by this speaker.

  "Let time speak. Maybe your future will know. Anyway, I'll sleep first"

  Komi gave an obvious advice. It was vague, but my psychology calmed down. Just that, Komi also went offline next to the speaker. Nagisha also didn't say anything after that. She must have fallen asleep.

  "Good night, Hanae"

  "You too, Sui-chan"

  The moon outside still shone through the window, illuminating the scary darkness. Somehow, I didn't feel sleepy. The bck and white of the piano revealed itself, glistering under the moonlight. Were they bathing? An ignition as an artist urged me to leave the bed and approach this tempting piano, as if it were linked to inspiration inside me, forcing me to stay awake in the middle of the night. However...

  My mind went bnk...Perhaps the silence of the night was also an intoxicating melody.

  Me of the tomorrow. Could you answer me what love is? Who would be your partner in the future?