Hey, Do you have somebody you like, Akiho?

N-no...

Really?

Really. I don't know much about that kind of stuff...

Hmmm...

And what about you? Don't you have a person you like, Tamaki?

I do...

Huh? Who? Who is it?

It's you, Akiho...

...Ah

Ahaha That's cheating...

Haha...

Sooo... seriously, who is it? Somebody from our class?

On that day, Akiho's innocent laughter felt painful.

Even though Akiho wasn't to blame for anything, I went as far as to feel hatred towards her.

The Queen and a Pierced Heart Final Part

A few years had passed since then, and I found her blog by chance on the internet.

It seemed like she was ignored by one of her classmates.

She had been her friend since elementary school.

She was smart, beautiful, popular with the boys, and had long hair.

Every time she made an update about me

I felt as if I could reach inside her, with whom I got separated on that day.

Gouging out bits of her...

And through the wounds...

I wanted to reach inside her heart.

She was the person I once liked.

Huh? Tamaki's absent again today?

She also wasn't in school yesterday, right?

Probably.

Ah! You've bought this...

Heheh, nice isn't it?

Hey, lend it to me for a while...

Okay.

By the way, after the lessons end...

Hey

Can you tell me... Tamaki's contact information?

Eh, what do we do?

Tamaki said to ignore her.

But she isn't here today.

It should be alright.

Don't tell her that we've told you.

Don't tell the queen.

c l a p .

The queen? That's funny.

The boys also call her that. Her eyes are scary.

And all she does is order people around.

You must think the same, right, Akiho?

j i n g .

Sending

Receiving

She's...just a normal girl, really. She just feels confident about herself.

She just feels confident about herself.

Aren't you being bulied by her?

But, Akiho...

...Ah Umh

We haven't stopped her either, but...

...Yeah.

You're right.

But I don't hate her for that.

Calling her "the queen" also isn't pleasant, right?

None

You've been together with her after all.

Well, if we really hated her

we wouldn't hang out with her and so on...

Yeah

Tamaki is a little selfish, but she's also a bit kind, huh?

Are you complimenting her?

B r r n n n n g

Sixth grade of elementary school was the first time a boy confessed to me.

I thought that it's very hard to give a reply when somebody you don't even like confesses to you.

Even though that person is brave enough to convey their feelings,

I am...

As far as I'm concerned...

BRRNNNNG

BRRNNNNG

click

click

Shut up already.

It's even an address I do not recognize.

Hey, Akiho

Hiroyuki confessed to me.

What should I do? What would be the right thing to do?

... Right.

As long as you like him too

it's fine I think.

Hiroyuki's popular.

You'll be a perfect match to him.

...I see.

I was bringing that up only to attract her attention.

Eventually, we graduated with barely any reply on my part at all.

I knew that he was the boy Akiho liked.

You've been absent from school for a long time, so I've been worried about you. Is everything all right? We had a self-study hour once instead of English, so we haven't progressed very much. Sorry for mailing you all of a sudden, I've asked your friends about the address on my own.

click

Is that a boy?

...who could that be?

I've been grumbling on my blog that I've been ignored and talked ill behind my back recently. However, I grew more and more sad, and I wanted to be friends again with you, Tamaki, but I didn't know what to do... I was happy earlier that we could talk like in the good old times. I was surprised when you started crying though, Tamaki.

I'm sorry that I didn't know what you were talking about there. But I was wondering if that single person besides me who visits my blog isn't perhaps you, Tamaki. I wrote that I don't like PE before noon because I'm not a morning person. And that's why you said those things the following week, am I right?

Tamakiii, what should we do when it comes to splitting into teams?

There's an odd number of girls.

Are we also using that court over there?

Ah, Then...

Let's play without Akiho...

Yes, that's what'll do! It will be perfect.

whisper whisper

Ah, she's always alone anyway.

It's decided then...

Let's put up the net!

The team which loses puts it away later!

I didn't want to tell anybody that I didn't feel well, so I was grateful to you.

Huh? What's that... ?

You're grateful that you were left out?

That would be bullying if you looked at it from the side.

Even though I wanted you all to myself and did lots of horrible things to you...

Stop thanking me.

Just a few words for the end: sorry if I misunderstood something. Are you going to come to school tommorow? Please, don't push yourself, okay? Akiho

Stop it.

Ah Good morning, Tamaki!

Good morning.

Did you have a cold?

It was boring without you, Tamaki.

But good thing you were able to come today.

It's your birthday, right, Tamaki?

Oh, you remembered?

Maybe you've pushed yourself to come today because you wanted to celebrate?

No, you're wrong...

Ummm, is there something you'd like to get?

Akiho

Good morning.

Good morning.

Happy Birthday.

I remembered that yours is on the same day.

I always have.

But, Tamaki...

You stopped wishing me happy birthday throughout those years.

You even stopped talking to me that much.

If I said something to you, you would always run away.

I wondered if...

I did something that made you hate me...

I...

I like you, Akiho.

Really?

Thank goodness.

I like you too.

I'm really happy to hear that from you...

When I say I "like" you,

I mean that I want to kiss you, hold hands with you, or so on.

It's that kind of "like".

I don't think it's the same as your "like".

Sorry.

Tamaki...

I...

I also... liked you a lot...

I've admired you since we were little...

But

by now

you must hate me, right?

Sorry, I won't do anything that can make you hate me anymore.

Sorry

I've caused you so much worry.

Tamakiii, they've hung out the test schedule!

Let's go and see!

I'll be right there!

Tamaki...

Couldn't you...

be friends with me once again... ?

Not that soon... I've just been rejected.

The expression "friends" feels painful to me right now.

One her former friend

and the other one the person she once liked,

On that day, both of us lost somebody.

Huh? There's English on the first day.

It's nice for scientifically oriented students... they don't have anything in the afternoon on the last day.

Umm, about what does the test cover...

Huh? Isn't that material for the next test?

No! It's on this one!

Uhh, seriously?

Ah, geez, I'm totally going to get red points. Failing mark.

Whatever, I've given up on the classical Japanese anyway.

I'll be only able to write the modern part.

Nothing nice happens to me lately.

Ahahaha Same with me.

What about you, Tamaki? Did something happen to you lately?

No, in my case nothing new either.

Nothing at all.

Right? Aaah, It's all so boooring...

Ah! Can we go to a karaoke bar today?

What about studying for the test?

It's too late for us by now.

✉ Tamaki _____________________ To Akiho Thanks for that email earlier.

I haven't been looking at your blog since the day I started crying in front of you. If you can see the number of people visiting, you should know it. I had no idea you were aware. I freaked out a little.

When I heard that you can still think of me as a friend, it was very unexpected, and I got really surprised, but in the end, I was more happy than ever. Still, it was sad, just a little bit. That was the first time I've felt so much about something and my feelings were so mixed.

And so, I'd like to say sorry to you for the things I said earlier. I tried to push you away, even though I was the one confessing. I've never really thought that we could be going out with each other like a couple, so I'll be fine.

It must have been a great shock to you that I said all those things so suddenly. Sorry for everything.

CLEANING DUTY

CLASSROOM

BREAK

OUTDOORS

OUTDOORS

TOILET

CORRIDOR

BREAK

MUSIC ROOM

YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THEM BEFORE THE DEADLINE!!

MODERN JAPANESE

ENGLISH

MATHEMATICS

HOMEROOM

MODERN JAPANESE

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

USIC

EOGRAPHY

If you want to start being friends once again, like the time when we were in the elementary school, could we please have a friendly talk?

If I can like you as a friend, I can surely stop loving you then, I think.

Tamaki, how many points did you get? Wow, as I thought...

Mathematics I

Kogure Tamaki

Why are you so able?

I'm sick of you...

That's pretty normal. The average was high.

When is the make-up test?

Next week, right?

How many points did you have?

Tamaki

Aaah, I somehow realised that I don't really know what is the most important thing I should write to you about.

Ninety-eight...

You can calculate very fast, huh.

You always could...

...Yeah.

That's because I like "arithmetic".

You're so cool.

Could you hang out with me as a friend, again?

And how many did you have, Akiho?

Average amount.

Around sixty?

Even a little less.

And when I fall in love with somebody again, could you give me some advice?

Your email was childish, Tamaki.

I-I don't think so.

There were a lot of simple words.

But you know I'm not that good at vocabulary.

Tamaki is talking with Akiho.

Huh? Aren't they on bad terms?

Really? Then...

...maybe they started to like each other.

See you later in school, then. P.S. I get nervous when I have to send large emails.

The Queen and a Pierced Heart The End

The Queen and a Pierced Heart

Thank you very much for reading!!

Tamaki

Akiho

For reeeal?

Haha.