Because… You’re a Hardcore Masochist? – Part 02

“There’s one thing you’re missing,” I said.

“What?!” Short-haired Haruna recoiled, holding her breath.

“I’m glad to learn that the original Haruna is good by nature.”

“H-Hey, hold on! You can’t just decide she’s the original like that! I demand an explanation!”

“You don’t have… a cowlick.”

Boom. Long-haired Haruna looked completely shocked, as if struck by lightning.

Indeed, there was one decisive difference between the two of them.

Haruna had that signature feature: the cowlick that sprouted on top of her head. Sometimes it even moved with her emotions, like a dog’s tail.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Haruna’s true self lived in that cowlick. Actually, I was sure of it.

And only the long-haired Haruna had it.

Short-haired Haruna laughed. “That’s right! I, Dark Haruna, am not the original. I kinda suspected it, though!”

I thought she didn’t know. So she was baiting me.

She