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Koga’s original fear back before they cleared up the boy/girl misunderstanding was that Aya, who she knew was romantically interested in “Onii-san”, would be disappointed if she knew of the real her. She's the gloomy kid from school AND a girl. Not the "guy" she heard Aya crush about... even if it was her interests and personally that was winning her over too.

*flashback*

Koga was flirting with her that whole time fully aware they were both girls. Which...fruity. She liked being close to Aya in that way.

Their falling out was mended with Radiohead and resetting things to a new beginning where she could risk being herself. And while Aya has seen more sides to her they still haven't talked about the mutual attraction from before though.

*flashback*

Aya has spent all vol 2 getting comfortable with the heart flutters around Koga even at school, but they've still never had that talk.

Aya is worried she's possibly annoying Koga by wanting to be so close all the time. She day dreams it being girlfriend close. Meanwhile Koga's original fear has been triggered again.

Back when this all started Koga was not trying to pick up girls as "Onii-san" or even to pass as a dude outside of the stray "boku" after it started. It came as a surprise to her when Aya set her sights on her and fell in love with the shop "guy" because of their shared interest, her appearance, AND mutual attraction.

At the moment it seems like a simple thing to her. It's because it's cool. She's just being herself. She's Joe's mini-me. And while it's been a firm, non-negotiable thing since she was little it also doesn't seem like something she's uncertain about at the moment either. "But I'm just me..." Self-esteem issues aside, she knows who she is.

Wanting to be enough (*cough* Kenough) for Aya when she is competing with an imagined "Onii-san" is a unique way of having a love triangle. She got an earful about Aya's feelings for Onii-san while in school... she knows Aya's type in detail from back then and hasn't gotten the updated Aya OS that includes all of her.

Oh, honey. (Aya is so cute in Koga!Vision.)

Koga feeling things is actually good, but she noped out of feelings for about six years and she's a teenager so this is now DRAMATIC. And possibly a medical episode. Or maybe love. Or she needs to drink some water.

Aya fending off her brother with the reverse face palm / phone grip. What a pro. It's interesting this "Onii-san" came up with her brother in frame. Her brothers both have to be reminded Koga is a girl and she's had to tell her mom that too. She is fine with Koga being a girl. She's not trying to pass Koga as a boy at home even if her family instinctively knows the place Koga is fitting in Aya's life is like one.