Chapter 8

内緒の気持ち (Naisho no kimochi, lit: Secret Feelings) is the eighth chapter of the Tensei Pandemic manga series.
==Plot==
Yurina stares silently and expectantly at Hinata after her sudden proposal to kiss. Hinata, lost for words, silently pleads for her to speak again. Eventually, she breaks the silence, admitting to the weirdness of what she had said, given their prolonged separation. Yet, she expresses happiness in finding Hinata unchanged. Despite the transformations that he has undergone, Hinata too is glad that they could meet and talk again.
Yurina confesses to feeling a racing heartbeat, a sensation that Hinata also admits to feeling. However, when Yurina moves to feel his heartbeat, panic sets in for Hinata, fearing his gender change will be discovered. In a desperate move, he redirects her hand, inadvertently drawing her even closer.
The intensifying proximity stirs an internal struggle in Hinata, not wanting to refuse a kiss with the person he likes, despite knowing that he must avoid it. Amidst this turmoil, Sawashiro Akira — a figment of Hinata's imagination, intervenes, questioning the implications of Yurina's affection for Hinata as a boy and whether she would accept him now, and warns Hinata to to consider if he'd be okay with turning Yurina into a boy.
Ultimately deciding against involving Yurina in his complicated circumstances, Hinata pushes her away, leading to a swift apology from Yurina for her forwardness as her phone interrupts with a call from home. After another quick apology, she urges Hinata to forget about this evening's events and hurriedly departs, leaving Hinata in a whirlwind of emotions. Arriving at home, despite her brother's probing, Yurina denies any link between her lateness and Hinata, yet she finds herself consumed with thoughts of him in the solitude of her room.
The following day at school, Akira notes Hinata's weary look, and is perplexed by Hinata's mention of his untimely appearance the night before — an encounter that Hinata has yet to realize was imagined. Meanwhile, Hinata dreads the awkwardness of facing Yurina again, only to find her greeting him and Akira as if nothing unusual had transpired. Hinata's attempt to broach the topic is met with feigned ignorance from Yurina, compelling him to also dismiss it when questioned by Akira.
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