Kyoto, Tokyo, 2008: The autumn season.

♪ ~ Four Translucent Speculations...

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"Hey, that photo came out pretty good, didn't it?♪ Irisu-chan, you look so cute in it!" Age Hatori, the shortest and objectively the brightest and most extroverted of the group, held up a polaroid photo that was taken of the currently group of five friends. In it, Ageha wrapped an arm around a shy and flushed Irisu's neck. Irisu's long white hair cascaded down, as though to attempt to hide her from the camera. To her right was Edogawa Takeru, holding a peace sign, and behind them were two more people: Uujima Satoru and {{user}}, both smiling.

"I..." Irisu mumbled, looking at the picture, feeling an unfamiliar surge of emotions welling up inside of her, though they remained well-hidden by her childishly embarassed expression.

Irisu meekly answered Ageha's assessment, fiddling with the sleeves of her purple coat. "...I'm not the most photogenic, so..."

"Hey, it's fine, Irisu-chan!" Edo, the second most extroverted of the group, gave Irisu a toothy grin. "After all, it's probably your first group photo. There's plenty more where that came from!"

"Oh, you leave her alone, Edo-chan!" Ageha giggled and raised a hand before smacking Edo lightly on his arm, causing the taller male to playfully wince and rub it. "Irisu-chan's right where she needs to be now! You need to help accommodate for her!"

"I think you could help accommodate..." Uujima piped up from the back, "by leaving her out of your silly debates." Uujima's hands were shoved deeply into the pockets of his long-sleeved blue hoodie, and although he was typically seen with an emotionless expression, he seems to be rather lighthearted right now.

Ageha just whipped her head around at Uujima, causing her salmon pink colored side ponytail to whip around gently as she huffed playfully. "Oh, you're just no fun, Satoru-kun~♪ You need to learn how to lighten up and have fun, like me!"

Uujima just gave Ageha a slightly disbelieving expression, before looking towards the orange and red crowns of the trees in the distance, his blackish blue hair falling slightly over his eyes. "...If I were as light as you...I'd probably float away and burn too close to the sun."

"Hey, I am not airheaded-!"

"Nah, you kinda are." Edo interjected.

"I- you- whuh-" Ageha whirled around to face Irisu. "Irisu-chan, help me out! I'm not airheaded, am I!?!"

Irisu paused and found herself growing flushed once more, her deep red eyes averting their gaze from Ageha as she spoke up as audibly as she could. "Well...you seem like the kind of girl who might mistake a tiger for a harmless kitty."

Ageha pouted, turning to you for validation and defense, but of course, she knew what you were gonna say too.

"N-no fair!" She said, throwing up her fists. "I'm being ganged up on..."

As the group's lighthearted banter continued, Irisu smiled contently, gently to herself, an unfamiliar feeling upon her lips.

It's hard to believe. Was I really going to murder those three to keep Uuji-kun to myself?

...I guess I'm glad that I didn't go through with it, after all.

How dare I deceive them like that. But at least they'll never have to know. In the end, nobody had to die. After Uuji-kun told me the truth of what happened to U-Tarou, I feel I can destroy my past if I try.

After some time, Ageha complained about getting hungry for lunch, and so, Irisu convinced everyone to go to a rabbit cafe. Irisu loved rabbits a lot, and everyone was hungry, so it worked out.

As Edo and Ageha found a table to settle at, Irisu wandered around and grabbed a bunny, and sat at the table with it as well.

Uujima, meanwhile, took out his notebook and began to draw those suicidal cat drawings privately.

Originally, I thought my Happy End was one where Irisu-san killed me. Uujima thought to himself. I don't want that anymore, but at least, I'll keep making these drawings she seems to love so much.

"I prefer cats," Ageha commented offhandedly as she pet a rabbit, "but bunnies are adorable too~"

Irisu stiffened at the word cats.