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This Week in Anime - Can the Villainess Find True Romance?

The first one, macarons!

(Book Girl & the Wayfarer's Lamentation; P.244)
Tohko broke off for a moment and gazed kindly at Miu, who wore a suspicious expression. ¶
"Miu Inoue's novel ends at the point where, early in the morning in the school yard, Itsuki is trying to express her feelings to Hatori." ¶
[...]
"But if you read what the judges say at the end, you notice something strange. ¶
"The four judges unanimously complain about the ending. ¶
" 'It's too sweet', 'extraneous', 'Tells too much, a trap that beginners fall into', 'Doesn't reverberate' ─ but the conclusion of the novel that was published has transparency and beauty, and it reverberates. It stirs up the reader's imagination. From these facts, you can imagine that when the prizewinning story was published, the ending was revised. ¶
"So what was the original manuscript like? ¶
"What was written in the last scene that was cut as extraneous?" ¶
My heart sped up, and my cheeks burned. What ─ what was Tohko going to say? ¶
With a shining smile, Tohko informed us, "Miu Inoue's lost ending. That is my ─ the book girl's ─ special gift to you." ¶
Miu Inoue's first draft?! What was she saying?! ¶
I gulped reflexively, but her gentle voice flowed outward, like music pouring down from the sky. ¶
" 'You're exactly like a bird, Hatori. ¶
" 'You have invisible wings on your back, and you can fly free, anywhere you want.' " ¶
Still gripping Miu's hand's, Tohko closed her eyes. A smile came over her lips and she whispered in a clear voice. ¶
A shock like I'd been hit by lightning shot through my entire body. ¶
It was Itsuki's confession, which I had written long ago on a sheet of paper as my heart raced. ¶
Incredulous, I listened to those words that I'd thought were lost, her confession, as they flowed smoothly from Tohko's lips and were reborn. ¶
" 'You know, Hatori. ¶
" 'I want to be a tree. ¶
" 'You laughed when I told you that before, but it's still the truth. ¶
" 'I really do want to be a tree. ¶
" 'If I were, when you fly through the sky, I would be in the place that's closest to you and be able to look up at you. ¶
" 'And when you looked down at the ground, you might catch sight of me.' " ¶
How?! How could Tohko recite the lines that I'd written in my submission ─ before the revision ─ so flawlessly from memory? ¶
With her imagination? ¶
Surely that was impossible, even for Tohko. ¶
So had Tohko read Miu Inue's first draft, then? ¶
Had she asked Maki as usual? ¶
But how could she have gotten her hands on a manuscript from nearly three years ago ─ one that had been submitted even! ¶
How did Tohko know the words that were written in my manuscript?! ¶
"Well, they're all stories you wrote for me. I remember all of them. I would never forget a single one." ¶
So Tohko had whispered with a smile like an immaculate flower as she gently squeezed my hands while I hung my head and wept on the sofa in the karaoke booth. ¶
[...]
In her gentle voice, Tohko was giving my confession to Miu.
" 'That's why I want to be a tree. ¶
" 'I want to be a huge tree with its green leaves brilliantly lush and its limbs spread wide so that you'll find me. ¶
" 'And when you get tired, I hope that you'll stop and rest on my branches.' " ¶
[...]
Her eyes still closed, Tohko brought her face toward Miu's and cheerfully told her the final words. ¶
The words I had wanted to say all along. ¶
The words I hadn't been able to say. ¶
The simple, obvious important words.
"'I love you! I love you so, so much. I'll love you forever and ever, Hatori.' " ¶
[...]
Then she looked kindly over at me and smiled. ¶
As if to say, "All right, now it's your turn." ¶
[...]
Miu, her face soggy with tears, looked down at me uneasily. Without hesitating, without embarrassment, I told her my "truth." ¶
[...]
"I wrote the words of my confession at the end of the manuscript that I submitted." ¶
[...]
"Miu, I loved you. You gave me so many stars. You made my world beautiful. Thank you for making me happy." ¶
[...]
"I'm so happy...I've always wanted...someone...to say that to me...That they were happy...happy because of me..."
Book Girl & the Wayfarer's Lamentation (Vol.#5) by Mizuki Nomura, Translation by Karen McGillicuddy; 2012, July; Hachette Book Group (Yen Press), NY, NY

Dang, starting to think I'm the only Keith fan. (Character only. Don't really like him as a romance option.)