Kokoro Toshokan

The Secret Ms. Kirin

Kokoro and Iina's prior knowledge of Aruto's uncanny intuition about the logistics of catching forty winks after a nocturnal composition session does very little to prepare them for the half-asleep Aruto to French-kiss them when they solicit her assistance; while Kokoro and Iina are comparing notes about their love lives, Aruto wondering how they can have a boyfriend when they live in a remote library in the mountains sets the stage for Kokoro to hold up a Kirin Himemiya novel and generally muse about the mechanics of romance oblivious to the fact that Aruto and Kirin Himemiya are one and the same person. Later that night, Aruto finds that the mirage is more trouble to maintain than it is worth; if the half-asleep Kokoro wandering in on her looking for the toilet and the fast approaching deadline is not enough, her editor Sarara Saeki has set up an author's interview with Kokoro and plans to pick up the manuscript of the novel. Her protests falling on deaf ears, Aruto has no choice but to prosecute the interview in which she almost gives herself away; after Aruto explains the rationale behind the subterfuge, Sarara finally decides against blowing the whistle if Aruto successfully composes another title in a month's time.