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part 10

The students gaped at the screen.

The girls felt their respect and impression on the boy grow. It is true that people have a hard time expressing their feelings to another person, let alone saying 'I like you or I love you' to the opposite sex. There is always the fear of rejection. The idea that the person you love does not reciprocate your feelings must have scratched them for who knows how long. A truthful answer only seemed appropriate in response to a sincere confession.

"What great advice, Ayanokoji-kun." Sakayanagi smiled genuinely and praised him, 'Despite not being in the outside world for a long time and having no experience in that regard, he gave them perfect advice. I really respect and admire you more, Ayanokoji-kun.'

"I just told them what I honestly thought was best in the situation." Ayanokoji shrugged,

"W-wow. Amikura stammered.

I think my heart is beating fast." Nishikawa muttered to herself. What is this feeling?'

"That's great advice, kiyopon  Haruka smiled at him.

Many students and teachers also gave their praise. They were amazed by his love advice for both of them.

Hmm. I never took you for being an expert in love." Horikita said.

"I'm not. I just said what was in my

mind".

"Oh..."

Ichinose had probably never experienced falling seriously in love with someone before. Therefore, she really didn't know what to do, or if she was doing something wrong. Trying to prevent someone's pain was useless. If you reject someone, their feelings will inevitably be hurt.

Well, if you managed to come up with a suitable excuse, you could probably make things a bit easier. An excuse like "I want to focus on my studies" or "There's someone else I like." Or, like what Ichinose had tried here: "I'm already seeing someone." But no matter what answer you gave, the other person would definitely feel hurt. Even more hurt if the excuse was based on a lie.

"I'm sorry, Chihiro-chan." Ichinose said quietly. Shame filling her inside.

Chihiro waved her arms frantically, "Okay, Ichinose-san!" Forcing a giggle, she smiled at Ichinose.

"The best way to reject them is to tell the truth." Sakayanagi spoke quietly. SHe warmly looked at Ayanokoji's fihure.

"Hoh? I never considered you the type of girl to have those kinds of feelings." Ryuuen laughed. Sakayanagi smiled at him, but his eyes speak of his true feelings about the accusation.

I left without waiting for Ichinose's response. I went back, but I didn't go back to the bedroom right away. Instead, I stopped on the tree-lined path, leaned on the railing, and sighed as I looked at the green leaves. About five minutes later, a girl ran past me. There were tears in their eyes. Despite that shocking image, I stayed there a while longer to kill time. Around sunset, Ichinose returned from the gym and walked towards me.

"Ah..."

Seeing me, she looked a bit uncomfortable and lowered her head. But then she immediately looked at me.

"I was wrong. I didn't respect Chihiro-chan's feelings. I just wanted to avoid hurting her and run away. That was my mistake. Love is really hard,

huh?"

Ichinose muttered as she leaned on the railing next to me.

"I asked him if we could carry on as usual, but... I don't know if we can go back to the way things were."