Girl Friend BETA (ガールフレンド（仮）)

Kokomi, you have practice this morning, right?

Wake up.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning, Kokomi.

You'd better eat quickly or you'll be late.

Thanks for breakfast.

You have practice this morning?

Is there a tournament coming up?

She's hoping to place in the prefectural tournament.

You'll have to work hard.

Right!

I'm going now!

Take care!

Our First Promise

Good morning!

Good morning.

Morning!

I'm going to need to add more fertilizer soon.

That's right.

Tachibana-sensei!

Good morning!

Good morning, Kamijou-san,

Shigetou-san.

Good morning, Tachibana-sensei!

Good morning, Shiina-san.

Oh, good morning.

Keep at it, Kumada-san.

Harumiya-san!

Good morning!

Good morning, Shiina-san!

Good luck at practice!

Right!

Ah, Shiina-senpai.

It's almost time for your rhythmic gymnastics tournament, right?

It's the Sunday after next.

There's not much time left, so I'm a little worried.

You'll be fine, Shiina-senpai!

I'm rooting for you!

Thank you, Hazuki-san.

All right.

Good morning, Shiina-san.

Good morning.

That was close.

Mochizuki-senpai.

Sorry about that...

Did I distract you?

Sorry, I'm not good with having my picture taken while I'm practicing.

But you were just so cute, Kokomi-chan.

Senpai...

Could you pose like that again for me?

Huh?

Those things are "clubs," right?

It looked really pretty when you were tossing them around.

Could you do it one more time?

Um... Mochizuki-senpai...

You're so adorable, Kokomi-chan.

Um...

I can't focus when people are watching me...

I'm sorry.

Really?

It'll be even better practice for your competitions, then.

Huh?

I'll watch you.

That way, you can practice your concentration.

No, that's not what I...

Non, non. Erena-san, that's no good.

Who's there?

I'm Chloe Lemaire.

Practice is a sacred thing.

No one should interfere.

I think your request is extremely selfish.

I can't?

No.

That's too bad.

Fine.

Hm?

Next time, let me get some pictures of you

when you're done with practice.

Huh?

See you later, Kokomi-chan.

Erena-san is just impossible.

I'm sorry.

She just really likes girls.

I don't think she means any harm.

No, not at all.

Thank you, Lemaire-san.

I know of you.

Huh?

Kokomi Shiina-san.

A second-year.

A cute and pretty girl.

Th-Thank you.

Oh, yeah.

Do you know what this means?

"Mimi in the wall, Mary in the door."

Mary?

Are they sisters? Friends?

And why is Mimi in a wall?

Um, the "Mimi" isn't a girl's name. It's the Japanese word for "ears."

Oh!

And "Mary" is "me ari," which means "have eyes."

Oh, my!

So it's "The walls have ears and the doors have eyes."

It's a Japanese idiom that means you never know

who's listening to you or watching you, even if you're being secretive,

so you should be careful what you say and do.

Oh, très bien!

Wonderful.

What a wonderfully literary expression.

Now I can add something new to my Japan notebook.

Thank you!

Um, you're welcome.

Will you teach me more things, Kokomi-san?

Sure, if I can.

Merci, Kokomi-san.

Let us meet again.

This is...

Hm? Kokomi-chan?

What's wrong?

Um, have you seen Lemaire-san?

Lemaire-san?

The third-year girl?

I just got here, so I'm not sure.

Hm?

You better get changed, or you'll be late.

Oh, yeah!

I made it in time...

Sorry!

Good morning, Sagara-san.

Practicing your juggling?

Thanks.

I can do four balls at once, but...

It's always hard to handle props in gymnastics.

Yeah, clubs are really hard, too, right?

How do you do it, Kokomi-chan?

I think the trick is to make use of their centrifugal force.

Centrifugal force?

It's a snap of the wrist.

I get it.

A snap, huh?

But if you try to catch their weight with just your wrists,

it's easy to hurt yourself, so be careful.

Got it!

How is that finger you jammed the other day?

Saeki-san took a look at it for me.

It's fine now.

Looks good to me.

It doesn't feel feverish, either.

That's good.

Marika-chan, you're like the nightingale of Seiou Academy.

I'm on the health committee.

I have to know this stuff.

Um, I have a question.

Hm?

Do you know Chloe Lemaire-san, the third-year?

Of course.

She's famous throughout the school.

I only know she's a French exchange student.

Yeah, so she's living in the dorms.

Apparently, she's really interested in Japan.

The other day, she came to the nurse's office

and took pictures of the eye chart.

She said it was different from French ones.

She's even interested in stuff like that?

Yeah.

Do you know what class she's in?

Class A, I believe.

Why?

There's something I'd like to return to her.

Good morning, everyone.

Good morning.

It's almost the season for fall tournaments,

the cultural fair, and other events,

but I want you all to make sure you're careful

not to injure yourselves.

S-Sorry!

I was spacing out...

Oh, I'm sorry, too.

The student council president!

My name's Kanata Amatsu.

And you're... Kokomi Shiina-san, correct?

You know who I am?

Yes.

You're famous.

You're the ace of the rhythmic gymnastics team.

I've seen many of your performances,

and they were all wonderful!

Thank you very much.

President, where are you going?

You still have all this work left to do.

Oh, my. What a problem.

You promised to read over this material by the end of today.

Can't I just leave that to you, Mutsumi-chan?

No, you can't.

I'm just the secretary.

But...