どうせ、恋してしまうんだ。 Series by Haruka Mitsui

Mizuha's 17th birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the sempai she likes isn't interested in her. But when her longtime childhood friend asks her out, Mizuha has to sort out what this change in relationship could mean. And her feelings may not be the only ones changing...! A brand-new school love story from the author of I Fell in Love After School!

Mizuho's been thrown into a huge fluster after getting an impossible confession from Saito-sempai, whom she admires... and having little to no experience in love, she ends up bedridden with a fever. While Kizuki and her other childhood friends take care of her, their emotions also run high and won't calm down. In the midst of this, Shin, who's always calm and collected, skips class to invite Mizuho to go to the beach... moreMizuho's been thrown into a huge fluster after getting an impossible confession from Saito-sempai, whom she admires... and having little to no experience in love, she ends up bedridden with a fever. While Kizuki and her other childhood friends take care of her, their emotions also run high and won't calm down. In the midst of this, Shin, who's always calm and collected, skips class to invite Mizuho to go to the beach. Mizuho laments that, "Now that I've been confessed to, I don't understand my own feelings anymore..." To which Shin says, "Just reaffirm your own feelings!" and suddenly embraces her! less