"It's not "okay." ... And you guys started dating over spring break, for real?"
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. It's just that I have a lot going on. I had circumstances"
"Circumstances, huh? Well, there are a lot of rumours about Karuizawa-san, so I guess I can understand that, but ・・・・・・"
She had been dating Yosuke for the time being since she entered the school, and she herself had fabricated her past. It is inevitable that they would have such a perception.
"This is real, isn't it? It's not like it's a joke or anything."
"It is."
"Ha... I see. That's right. I'm so confused too... No, no, I had it in my imagination that Kiyoponwas seeing someone, or that he was in love with someone who wasn't Airi. ・・・・・・ No, no, I couldn't guess it would be Karuizawa-san."
She lamented as she held her head in her hands that all her predictions were wrong.
"I talked to Yukimu and Miyachi for a bit, and they felt the same way I did. I haven't heard directly from them, but I think Airi's shock was more than ours."
I guess so. I can easily imagine that.
"I mean, what's the story? You didn't seem like you had a lot of connections at all."
It's no wonder.
"I was in the same group as Megumi in last year's zodiac exam. From there, we gradually had more and more opportunities to talk, and when Yosuke and Kei decided to split up, our relationship started to take off."
In February of this year, the fact that their relationship had ended reached the ears of some students.
"So you've known each other for a long time? You didn't seem to talk to her much."
"We were mostly communicating on our phones."
"I'm going to ask you a lot of questions, but which one of you confessed?"
As Airi's guardian and spokesperson, She wanted to know more about it.
"It's me."
"... So. If it was at least from Karuizawa, I thought I might still be right, but I didn't expect it to be from Kiyopon. ------ I'm overwhelmed."
She slaps her forehead and raises her hands in surrender.
"It's time. There's so much information, I'm going to lose track of what's going on. I'm sorry, but can I stop by the convenience store?"
Just as we were approaching the convenience store, Haruka suggested that.
"Yeah, I'll wait outside."
Apologizing lightly, Haruka rushed off into the convenience store.
In the meantime, I took out my phone, which had been shaking in my pocket several times.
[I'll meet you at the mall after this. I had a hard time telling the answers.]
There was a message left behind from Kei inviting me to join her.
[All right. I'll call you before we get there.]
I replied and put my phone back in my pocket after confirming that it had been read.
After a brief minute or so, Haruka came back with a croquette in her hand.
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