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Revealing eyes of a hunter, they took aim at their pitiful prey. Just when Ami was chuckling joyfully,
The flames of the bonfire looked as though they're shooting through
the night sky as it cackled loudly. Ami was standing before it, "GOTCHA! We got Ami! YAY—!"
oblivious about what was to happen.
"KYAAA!? Wha? What's going on!?"
"Kawashima-san, you're really beautiful."
The four of them have successfully captured Ami. Scaring away
"Are you sure you haven't got a boyfriend? You're kidding, the surrounding boys, they dragged the surrounded Ami back in front
right?" of the bonfire.

"That must be because everyone thinks you're unreachable, "Heh heh heh! Ami you sure look happy!"
right?"
"Have you forgotten about us?"
"Eh~~? T, that's not true~~! I'm really not that popular!"
"That's how I was caught just now..."
"Oh, come on, you can be quite dense, you know?"
"What's with that chuckling of 'hohoho' just now? How gross!"
"That's right, and that's why you're cute that way."
Ami continued to struggle with her arms and legs, attempting to
"No way!? And how can you say I'm dense!? Oh man~~ why escape from the four people surrounding her.
does everyone call me dense!?"
"Let go, like I said let go! I don't want this! It's such a fine night,
She seemed rather pleased with herself. I don't want to spend it with people like you!"

Wearing her happiness on her face, she pleasantly handled Yet her struggles were futile. Ami's hands were held on by Ryuji
everyone's flirting. She was currently surrounded by boys from other and Minori, forcing her to become part of the large circle. Even if
classes, they all had good looks, and all looked at least 500 times she squatted she would quickly be yanked up again.
more intelligent than Haruta.
"Oh, come on, aren't we supposed to be childhood friends?"
Kitamura, Minori, Ryuji and Taiga quietly crept behind Ami,
slowly raising their arms, which was formed into a large circle. "As if we are~~! Who wants to be childhood friends with an
exhibitionist like you~~!?"
"I really don't know why~ just why~ everyone thinks I'm
dense~~? It's strange~~" "Isn't Bakachi the exhibitionist around here? Just where'd you get

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that perverted dominatrix costume for the Campus Queen 301
competition anyway?"

"Wha~!? I did that to drive up the atmosphere for you, you
ungrateful midget tiger!"

"Wow! Even a pretty girl's fingers are this smooth~~!"

"Kyaa~~! Minori-chan, stop fiddling between my fingers~~!"

"Stop struggling and join us in our game of 'best friends'!"

"Eww~~! Takasu-kun's fingers are wet~~!"

"What's there to scream about...!? That's the way my body is
built!"

And so the five of them spun around the bonfire and laughed
merrily, yelled and shouted. In the end, they all revealed smiles on
their faces. "A bunch of brats!" Under the laughter of the
surrounding students, the flames gave warmth to the five of them.

This night was special.

At this moment, everyone had momentarily put aside the secrets
within their hearts, for memories of this night will always hold a
special place in their hearts, and they would spin and dance until the
very end.

After the event of the night has ended, Class 2-C held their
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celebratory party, even their homeroom teacher was invited, and
everyone turned up at the family restaurant to enjoy themselves.
They then formed circles and began spinning and chatting merrily.

Whenever I laugh I would feel pain, but as long as I endure it for
this night, so maybe, perhaps, definitely... I think it'll be fine.

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Author's Notes continue to give me your support and energy, I'm counting on you
guys!
Lately my bank gave me a acupuncture massage rod as a gift.
There're many acupuncture massage rods in this world, but this one Now let me update my readers on my current goings... I bought a
is especially good. Whenever I feel like it, I would use it to press the few bonsais, but they all die one by one as soon as I bought them!
areas around my neck, it feels so good I can't stop. I was so addicted
to it that I gave it a horrendous nickname — the "Toxic Rod". A while ago, I read a book called Botanical Life written by Itou
Whenever I feel pain when going out, I would take out my Toxic Seikou-sensei. It mainly covers the details of growing bonsais in the
Rod and massage away, but the stares of people were always strict. balcony. After reading it I was greatly affected, and felt like turning
When I was young, I felt I was so normal no one would care, but this into a hobby. And so I bought all sorts of bonsais to try out, but
now they were all looking at me with strange eyes, how sad... This is they all end up dying, and not one survived. It would start to wilt the
Yuyuko (aged 29) Even though it's no longer monsoon rain season, moment I bring it home, its "countdown to death" was unstoppable.
I'm still sleeping in a quilt normally used during winter, and I'm The spirited looking rosebud shooting upwards in the flower shop
thinner at last. was now a charred black carcass. The parts known as petals were
dark purplish on the sides, shriveled up and disintegrating. This
Back to topic, much thanks to everyone that bought Toradora! wasn't what I had hoped to see. I watered them regularly, but why
Volume 5! Before I knew it I discovered that this is already the fifth did it turn out like this? Just what did I do? The sickly plants now
volume of the series. Thanks to everyone's support that we're able to emit an aura of death in my home, and right now my place is
publish this far. Is everyone having fun reading this? Have I awarded completely covered in a depressing melancholy, full of "negativity".
everyone enough for their support? I'm very happy that you're How did it come to this... Damn... And I had wanted to obtain some
willing to read my work, and I'm thankful for it. So I hope to of the life force from these plants and live energetically...
continue repaying everyone's sincerity with my work, and continue
to march forward in romance novels (even if it means forgetting to Anyway, many thanks to everyone who read till the end, as well
replace my blankets)! No sense of season, you say!? My life doesn't as to my main editor and Yasu-sensei, and please don't give in to my
need that sort of thing! I hope to be able to get Toradora! Volume 6 aura of "negativity"!
published by the end of this year (2007). If you're willing, please
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