When she arrived at the agreed place, the boy was already waiting there. Punctuality is his strength, and it always has been.

His face was not pretty, a little blue, and a little cramped—just like many of the stunned characters he had confessed to before.

Since when did Yubihama become so timid in front of herself? When did the relaxed, self-confident Kazuya who she liked at first disappear?

Kogi Yukina suddenly found that when the wall between the two continued to expand, the tacit understanding cultivated between the two and the ease of getting along with each other were also disappearing, and she began to frequently express her thoughts with suggestive and unclear behaviors, and occasionally when it was clearly stated, it was when she couldn't stand Kazuya's passivity. Kazuya, on the other hand, began to think about his answer for a longer period of time, as if he would not dare to make every reply to himself without careful polishing.

Why is this happening? I just want to become more intimate, I just want to go one step further than the status quo, but why can't I maintain even the good things I used to have?

Or is this the real ending of Yukina Kogi and Yukihama Kazuya?

Before she could think of the answers to these questions, she had already walked in front of Kazuya.

"Seniors. The boy smiled a fairly normal smile and said—yes, that's true, he was nervous, he was cramped before he met him, but he wouldn't show that nervousness when he spoke to himself in person.

Yubihama is also very good at this seemingly calm disguise, and no matter how nervous he is, he can at least calm himself down on the surface—a long time ago, when they were still talking, they seemed to have discussed it.

"If I'm nervous, my teammates are even more nervous, right?" replied at the time, as if to show off his position on the football field, "and I'm actually a person who can be easily self-hypnotized, and a lot of times as long as I don't act nervous, then I can really calm down." ”

- So, that was his true state of mind during the two rejections of himself, right? Although he may be extremely entangled, he still calmly says "I'm sorry", and then constantly hints to himself that "he did the right thing".

She suddenly hated and was a little disgusted - she could have trusted herself more, she could have figured out a way with her as before, but he had to do it.

I know that rejecting myself will hurt me the most, but I choose not to care about myself for the sake of self-talking ideas such as "collective interests" and "relatively good endings".

Also, the fact that you have already refused, and now you are still showing up, does this clearly show that you were lying to me before, didn't you?

"Well, this afternoon, do you have something to look for me?" she replied calmly, as with the boys, hiding her complicated feelings.

"Well, sort of, right?"

"So, what's the matter?" she asked, squinting at Kazuya.

Of course she knew what it was, and she knew that Kazuya knew this, but she still wanted to ask the question, and she still wanted to see Kazuya's embarrassed look.

It's a little revenge on Yukina Kogi - revenge for your previous excesses.

Sure enough, the boy finally showed a tangled expression, but it seemed that after adjusting his mood, he still made up his mind.

"Senior, have you heard some rumors about you lately?"

"Well, but I have a lot of rumors!" she raised her eyebrows and looked at Kazuya with some haughtiness - at that moment, Yukina Kogi showed her reserved and conceited side as a school idol, instead of the tolerant and considerate appearance that she had always been in front of Yubihama Kazuya.

"I mean, it's not like the rumors, maybe it's something — well, no, it's the kind that looks like it's suspicious. ”

"Well, about Kitahara-san?"

"Hmm. The boy nodded quickly.

"Can you believe it?"

"I don't believe it. ”

"If you don't believe me, then what's there to ask? You know me better than those people, you know my thoughts better, and you know my relationships better?" she asked the boy casually with her hands on her chest.

"I don't believe it—"

"—I don't believe it, but I'm always worried, I'm always suspicious, isn't that right?"

The boy nodded wordlessly.

"So, why?"

"I know, I know I'm not qualified now, I know that after those two times, I'm still able to make these faux pas now. She looked at the boy and lowered her head in some confusion.

Really, what an embarrassment!

And there have been times when there is nothing to do, and there will be times when there is panic, she has seen such and many times, in the past, she will comfort him, will encourage him, in fact, and is not so fragile, maybe, he just needs a smile, or a word, let him be sure of his mind, this is enough.

She knew that as long as at that moment, she whispered "no problem", maybe all the contradictions would be resolved.

Even, she didn't have to speak, she just needed to stretch out a hand to Kazuya and show a smile, and he could cheer up.

- As long as she can express kind words.

But why wouldn't she want to?

As long as you show the same kindness as your sister - as long as you are the same as your sister.

True, she immediately understood the reason for her hesitation.

If you reach out at this time, what is the difference between it and the past, and what is the difference between it and the past, when you played the role of Yuhihama Kazuya's sister, provided him with a gentle harbor?

If I were your sister, I'd forgive you, Kazuya—but unfortunately I wasn't.

Yukina Koki can be a gentle and kind big sister - she is also good at it, or she was born to be such a character. However, Kazuya Yubihama, whom she prefers, is definitely not the one who habitually asks her for help.

It can be the Yubihama Kazuya who was indomitable on the court when she first met him, it can be the Yubihama Kazuya who gives up her awe of her identity and complains about what she said without scruples, or even, it can be Yubihama Kazuya who makes some choices that she can't understand for the sake of his so-called bizarre logic.

That's right, she would even prefer to reject her own Kazuya than Kazuya, who is overwhelmed by her questioning and can only rely on her gentleness to save her.

"Not qualified—are you?"

"Well, not qualified, but-"

But?

Her eyes lit up.

Even if it makes sense to say, "Even if I don't have the qualifications, I want to know the news of my seniors," she would be satisfied.

Emotional things don't need so many qualifications and so many concerns - if they are impacted, and then express them, then it's okay. This is the idea of dealing with feelings that Yukina Kogi realized slowly.

"Well, but if the seniors could forgive me for my previous mistakes. The boy said slowly.

Her mood darkened.

"I mean, I did a lot of things to my seniors before, and I didn't know how to ask for forgiveness from my seniors, so I didn't know what capacity to use to speak. ”

Obviously, he could have behaved better, Mingming, he could have behaved more resolutely, Mingming, he could have behaved more excessively.

"If my seniors forgive me, I maybe, no, I should, I could give a better answer to the previous question. ”

"Previous question?"

"Well, not today's one, it's earlier, that. "The boy is obviously trying to express himself very hard.

"The earlier one?"

She was stunned, and then, she reacted.

"So, is that a confession?" she asked, pondering, tentatively.

"Well, rather, a correction answer, uh, or rather—"

She didn't quite know what Kazuya said.

In any case, although it was very clumsy, albeit very tactfully, maybe out of desperation, maybe it was impulsive, the boy who had rejected him twice confessed to himself again.

I'm really happy - that's how it should be.

But why is it so sad?

This is obviously the result I want, isn't it? deliberately vague about that scandal, just to let him know, make him angry, and provoke his reaction.

Now, isn't that a success?

As a result, it's the same reason as goodwill, right?

All the reactions were carried out at his own urging, and he did not take the initiative. He voluntarily rejected himself, but he didn't take the initiative to seek his forgiveness - if she hadn't done so many things, he would probably have persevered so much and parted ways with himself, right?

Really, why am I such a greedy and bad person?

I have done so much and have achieved the desired result, but after the result comes out, I want more.

Just like before, it's good enough to be an older sister, but I want to deepen the relationship even further.

But I can't stop!

"Kazuya, do you want my forgiveness?"

- As long as you forgive him, then you can cross over the past, right?

That's what she used to think, and that's what he thinks now.

However, this is not enough.

She was too gentle with him, she was too tolerant of him, so, gave him countless opportunities, so, when he begged for forgiveness, she could almost without hesitation agree.

However, this tolerance belongs to the sister - not to the lover.

Yukina Kogi wants to be Yubihama Kazuya's lover, and what she wants to have is not only the emotion of complete dedication, but she is also selfish and wants to reciprocate.

She wanted him to pursue himself on his own initiative, not to follow his own stimulus.

"I'm sorry, but you haven't been able to get me to forgive. ”

obviously likes it, he has rejected himself twice, obviously he likes it, but now she has to reject him.

Really, what a twisted feeling!

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emmmmmmmmm What should I say, okay, anyway, Yukina has the capital, so let her waste (laughs). After all, Xuena's habit of dealing with emotional problems is ** wave, and she habitually plays off (not)