Like it's in your nature to ever accept something like that.
[It's not just years of knowing Masaomi that has her respond that way, but also because they have that in common: The need to have everything of a person or an ideal.] Honestly, if you make it into a competition doesn't that mean I end up having more fun?
[That's an awful joke, and the truth is that two men fighting over one woman isn't anywhere near as enjoyable as romance novels make it sound. Nariko's incredibly aware of that, which is why she isn't being serious.]
What I'm suggesting is that whatever it is will run its own course, but in the meantime it isn't any more or less valid than being with you.
[There's a vague sense of hesitation on her end, but Nariko works out the thought carefully, because she's genuinely concerned it'll upset him. But she also can't help saying it.] Besides, even if it's confusing doesn't this end up working better for you, too?
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[It's not just years of knowing Masaomi that has her respond that way, but also because they have that in common: The need to have everything of a person or an ideal.] Honestly, if you make it into a competition doesn't that mean I end up having more fun?
[That's an awful joke, and the truth is that two men fighting over one woman isn't anywhere near as enjoyable as romance novels make it sound. Nariko's incredibly aware of that, which is why she isn't being serious.]
What I'm suggesting is that whatever it is will run its own course, but in the meantime it isn't any more or less valid than being with you.
[There's a vague sense of hesitation on her end, but Nariko works out the thought carefully, because she's genuinely concerned it'll upset him. But she also can't help saying it.] Besides, even if it's confusing doesn't this end up working better for you, too?