The so-called divergence of fate is not able to become a divergence point in many cases, and there are some options for choosing one or the other, one of which is destined to be black and cannot be considered, representing a mood that cannot be considered.

If possible, I don't want to live up to Isshiki's persistence, but I don't want to miss this opportunity given to me by Kogi Sao's seniors.

That's right, even if you meet, the final answer will be to continue to refuse, which was decided from the beginning, and if you don't meet, this also expresses my firmness from the side - so, according to the logic of rational behavior, not meeting with seniors is the best choice.

On the other hand, the road to a tacit understanding with his predecessors has been sealed in advance by Isshiki.

So, what exactly am I expecting after rejecting rational judgment?

By the time I got to the riverbank near the school, I couldn't get the answer to my question.

Winter is not the season to walk along the riverbank, so in the sparse flow of people, I easily saw Kogi Senpai sitting on the rocks on the shore with his knees crossed and looking into the distance.

She wore her favorite pink knit sweater and wore the pink scarf around her neck that had been given to me before, but had changed hands many times. With some dry rivers and lifeless branches, she is the only living force in this landscape. Although I don't know if it's because of my delusion, the vitality of my predecessors has decreased a lot compared to the past.

It wasn't until I walked up to her and sat down that Kogi turned his head as if he had just woken up from a dream.

I came here after participating in club activities.,And there are no club activities anymore.,I guess I'm waiting here after school.,In this cold weather,It's not a good thing to sit by the river for a long time.。

"I'm sorry, I just saw the note left by my senior. ”

"Well, it's okay, I didn't wait long here. He patted his somewhat pale face slightly, and then blew a breath of hot air into his hand, and said with a smile.

At this time, the gentleman's behavior seems to be to untie something to cover the girl, I hesitated, and was about to untie my own scarf, but the senior stopped me: "There's no need to do this, I'm not such a delicate girl!"

"But—"

To make such an ambiguous move towards a woman who has already rejected it will make the other party feel misunderstood, and yes. The simple but somewhat distant words reached my ears and made my hands freeze.

Before I could get used to the new way of getting along, the other party was already telling me to distance myself.

"What's the matter, if you refuse, you can still be good friends, or sisters and brothers who talk to each other, and do you really believe that this situation exists?"

Kogi's senior eyes didn't look at me, so I didn't know the true meaning of her words—it was a feeling of deliberately distancing herself and not wanting to be completely separated.

"Of course it would be nice if it existed—but, if it did, I don't think I would be satisfied—I'm still very greedy, as long as I stay next to that person, I don't want to think about other things, this kind of humble feeling, I don't like it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to confess to you from the beginning. ”

"Well, so, Kazuya, I've said so much, why don't you say anything?"

- I really don't know what to say, do I? Anyway, I was called here by Kogi Senpai, and even I don't know why I chose to come here and let me take the initiative to speak.

However, feeling the cold gaze of my predecessors for the first time, I still had a hard time speaking.

"If, I mean, if I don't come, how long do you think you'll wait?"

"Sa, who knows—maybe he'll leave when he thinks he can't wait?"

"Well, that's no different from no answer. ”

"What's the matter, do you think that Kazuya thinks that I'm the kind of person who will stay here until midnight, and if Kazuki doesn't show up, then I won't leave, I think you're really overestimating me, right?"

"Uh-"

Actually, after that, I went back and thought about it for a long time, and I found that I was not as a person who could persist as I imagined, the so-called liking may be a kind of attachment, but once I really gave up, it didn't seem so difficult. ”

I don't know if my predecessor's words are the truth or a lie, I only know that when I face my senior's words, the sourness in my heart is constantly rising.

- So, are we going to dump each other?

Maybe this is really the mutual relief for both sides.

"But if it's today, just today, I'll wait. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Because, I can't accept it! If I just express my liking for Kazuya normally, and then Kazuya refuses, then adjustment is my problem, but I think I can also feel that Kazuya's feelings for me are definitely not just the kind of respect for my predecessors that you said. ”

Is it too easy to be seen through? No, it's too easy to be seen through, right?

So, I think the reason why I can't accept Kazuya's refusal is that Kazuya didn't give me a sufficiently reasonable reason – if I was given a sufficiently reasonable reason, then I could accept it. ”

"What do you mean by the reason for the seniors?"

"For example, you accept other people's favors and so on. Kogi Senpai stared straight into my eyes and said, "This is understandable, there are many excellent girls around Kazuya, and I know it." At the end of the day, what I can feel is Kazuya's feelings for me, I don't know Kazuya's attitude towards other girls, and if Kazuya chooses someone else in the end, then I can accept it. For example, if Kazuya tells me that you and Sugiura-san are back together, I can understand. ”

"Koharu is impossible, I've already refused. ”

"So, since I have already refused, is the reason for rejecting me the same?"

- Of course it's not the same! But I can't answer that anyway.

I felt the expectant gaze of my senior, and she was expecting me to give an answer.

If the answer at this point is yes, then perhaps this is my last and most decisive refusal. If the answer at this time is no, it means that I still have to be stuck in an endless entanglement with my predecessors.

What are my options?

"Kazuya, you know, right? The most important thing right now is that Kogi Senpai must fully believe your lies. "As if to retaliate for not going to karaoke with her today, Isshiki's words, like a curse, jumped out at the most critical time.

I feel like I understand why I'm here.

It is not to refuse by evasion, but by the way of one's own decision, to cut off the last possibility of the resurgence of the problem.

Although, one lie needs to be covered up with the next lie, which in itself is an extremely bad cycle, but this lie should be the last lie, right?

"Senior, it's really sharp!"

"If that's the case," Kogi Senpai's eyes looked at me with a complicated look, "Can I know that girl's name?"

"A girl's name?"

"Kazuya shouldn't have a reason not to tell me, right? and, you know, if I hadn't told me, I wouldn't have believed it so easily!"

The scope of the lies is getting bigger and bigger.

"Can I talk to her about this before I tell you?"

I could only reluctantly respond.

"Do you need time to prepare?" The wry smile made my voice hesitate to respond.

"Well, that's right. ”

"Well, I'm going to give you this time, and I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer. ”

- Surely it won't be a satisfactory answer, right?

Looking at the back of my predecessor leaving, I left my last doubt in my heart.

A lie can never be a satisfying answer.

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When I took out my phone, I was greeted by a few emails from Isshiki.

Compared to the emails my sister sent me when she couldn't find me, Ichiki was more restrained, but, even so, the number of emails she sent me in this period of time exceeded the number of emails we had contacted before.

"Hey, where did you go, this guy? Did you run away so quickly to prove that my previous care for you was ineffective?"

"Okay, I'm throwing in the towel, I can't find you, or would it be better to show up?"

"Hey, Kazuya, are you sure you're just going to let me go like that?"

"Even if it's a pigeon, you're going to tell me your reasons - we can go together if you can come back in time, it's boring for me to be alone at school now!"

"In order to find out your whereabouts, I need to peek into your shoe cabinet, if you don't come back, the consequences will be serious!"

"I see, in fact, I can understand this if you explain it to me, isn't it?Why don't you trust me, I also expected this situation - by the way, you guys don't dispose of the evidence, it's really heartfelt!"

"If it's over, I'm hoping for a result, I know you're not the kind of person who would do stupid things that would make your own previous efforts go back to nothing. ”

"Also, I just want you to believe that even so, I'm still your back, that's all. ”

Hey, hey, hey, Ichiyu-san, you've done too much. Compared to what you've done, my previous help to you is already too insignificant. If you do this, I won't believe that you are simply reporting to me, I will be a little moved, I will be misunderstood!

The gentleness generated by the misunderstanding at this time is a poison that makes people want to immerse themselves in it!

"I'm ready to take the car home now, nothing else, I just hope that if I can see this email......"

If I could see the email—the second half of the sentence was not said at all.

I called her.

"Isshiki-san, although it's a little late, but our karaoke agreement is still counting, right?"

Although there are too many dangers hidden in this kind of gentleness, at this time, I have no resistance to gentleness.

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The option is malicious, and the expansion after selecting the option is also malicious.