Of course, Kato didn't know the route of Kazuya when the two fell off the cliff at that time, although he walked out a little recklessly at first, but after a while, he obediently hid behind Kazuya and let Kazuya lead the way. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, Kazuya was not familiar with the path he had inadvertently found at that time, and at that time, he was almost in a state of almost helplessness, looking for a way out by looking at the sky, so now he really wants to "revisit the old land", except for the sporadic impression in his mind, he can't do anything else.

"Aragaki-san, you don't remember the way, do you?" Looking at Kazuya's expression of hesitation at the fork in the road no longer knowing how many times, Kato also asked with some amusement, "Don't get lost again!" ”

"You've mapped me to where we fell off the cliff in the first place, you should be far more familiar with this place than I am, aren't you? Why are you still lost? Then again, have you been here after that? ”

"Yes, I've been here a few times, and I'm alone, and I miss this place a little, and then, just walk around."

"Really?" Kazuya was silent for a moment, and now he couldn't ask stupid questions like why Kato would miss this place.

"If you come alone, don't you worry about getting lost? There's no cell phone signal here. ”

"I'm lost, are you looking for me?"

"If you had informed me that you would have come here, it would have been, and if you hadn't informed me beforehand, I wouldn't know where to look for you when I realized you were missing. Under normal circumstances, if someone is missing, it is impossible to deliberately come to this kind of place to look for it, right? ”

"That makes sense, if I get lost here alone, I may not be found for the rest of my life, and then die here pitifully!" Kato squatted down, showed a somewhat boyish smile, and said.

"Don't tell me you didn't think about that when you were mapping here."

"I haven't thought about it."

"It really doesn't fit your style! Your style should be the one that plans and then acts, and this kind of reckless situation rarely appears in you. ”

"Once!" Kato said quietly, "I remember, I appeared once. ”

"Really? I don't remember, it feels like your style hasn't changed, hasn't it? ”

"Don't you remember? Is it? You don't remember! ”

"Maybe I'll remember you when you say it, or sometimes your own decision to ignore it is still a manifestation of planning and then acting in my heart." Kazuya said casually while trying to distinguish the road in front.

"Forget it, if you can't remember, you can't remember, it's normal." However, Kato didn't try to explain anything, she just shook her head and continued to keep up with Kazuya.

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Searching for the road was a tedious task, and Kazuya only remembered that he had been walking roughly along the small lake at the bottom of the mountain, and after barely finding a stream that seemed to lead to the bottom of the mountain, he gave up looking. But now, after walking for a long time without seeing the stream, he began to realize that he had finally gone in the wrong direction.

Of course, this time, the two of them have done a good job of signposting, and the tools in their hands are also much richer, so they can't find their way back now.

"I'm sorry, but I didn't find the path I was taking, and I went the wrong way!" Kazuya showed Kato an apologetic expression, "Do you need to go back and continue looking?" Time is still enough. ”

"No, that's enough, it's already satisfied!" Kato closed his eyes lightly and said lightly.

"What do you mean by 'enough'—"

"yes, that's enough! Do you think that I asked you to come here just so that you can accompany me to re-walk the road that you can't even remember? The date I want, just looking for this kind of thing? This isn't an adventure game! ”

Kazuya suddenly understood what Kato was trying to say.

"Of course I know you can't find the original way, of course I know you don't remember the original way, so, in a sense, you're looking for a way out with me now, it's a new experience, right? So, it doesn't matter to me which way you find, what matters is that you are looking with me, and I am with you, slowly, here, looking for that unknown exit - it's just that it seems that we searched together this time, but in the end we failed! I don't know, what is the meaning of this failure? ”

Kato squatted down, seriously waved the road mark he had just made by the lake, and continued to ask, "Aragaki-san, I said that I did a thing before that I acted without thinking, do you really not remember?" ”

"I don't remember—"

"Of course you should remember, because that incident happened right here!" Kato interrupted Kazuya's words and said solemnly, "If you don't remember, you're not the Aragaki san I know, you're not so ruthless, or rather, you just attach too much importance to feelings, and you value everyone's feelings too much, so in the end, you want to make everyone happy - but how is it possible?" It's impossible to make everyone happy, right? Until you realize this and want to say no unequivocally, everyone is already bruised! ”

Kazuya remembered, and he finally understood what Kato was talking about.

That day, in the camp after the rain, he saw Megumi Kato, who was dressed neatly, her face was red, and she obviously looked like she had a fever that had worsened.

"I'm sorry, Aragaki-san, I may have to waste the opportunity you found, because my body seems to be a little uncomfortable right now!"

"There's no way, but I believe in Aragaki very much! Obviously, Aragaki tried so hard to get me to recover before, but this time, I was a little willful! ”

- "I'm sorry, this time, I chose this place, Aragaki-san, I'm a little willful!" Kato turned her head, her face and the face of Kato, who was waiting for her at that time, strangely coincided, the situation at that time was completely different from the current situation, but I don't know why, Kazuya felt that there were many similarities between the current situation and the situation at that time.

"Do you remember? Aragaki-san? I really didn't think about anything else that time, and I just waited for you there, didn't I? ”

"Yes, I remember."

"So, do you want to know what I really thought at the time?" Kato asked, rubbing his eyes, wiping away a trace of imperceptible tears.

"Is this important to you?"

"Of course it's important! Next, Aragaki san, I hope you listen carefully and think carefully, because, these thoughts of Megumi Kato should not have a chance to tell you a second time. ”

Kazuya looked at Kato in a daze, watching her speak like this.

"When I fell off the cliff, when I was separated from you, it was when I regretted it the most, and I kept thinking that if I could follow you and find the way with you at that time, it would be better than waiting in vain where I was. But, at that time, while I was waiting for you, my only thought was that I would just wait until you. Whatever it may be, I'll just have to wait until you. You see, didn't I wait for it in the end? Although I caught a cold from the rain, I still waited for you. Although I have been hiding my feelings, I still wait for your confession. Actually, there's really not much I want to do, there's really not much I want to do, as long as I wait until you. Even if it's covered in bruises, I just have to wait for you, and that's it, you know what I mean? ”

Kazu didn't speak, of course he understood what Kato meant, Kato was used to waiting, and Kato was also used to getting what he wanted in his own way. What she was waiting for, what it was, and was very clear. However, at this time, he knew that he could not give the answer she wanted.

"Looks like you don't understand what I mean!" Kato said softly.

"You can't get it, do you?" Looking at Kato's expression, as if he had misunderstood what she meant, Kazuya said with some excitement, "I know what you're waiting for, and I'm trying hard to tell you the answer-"

"So, I never wanted an answer!" Kazuya saw Kato say so calmly, "I said, I've been waiting for it, what I want, it's okay." ”

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Before Kazuya opened his mouth to reject her, Kato first rejected Kazuya. Of course, this can't be said to be a refusal, she just used her own unique way to stop Kazuya from continuing to reject her possibility.

Although I really want to hear that final answer with my own ears, Kato will still know rationally that he has no chance of winning, and it can be seen from Kazuya's hesitant look at her that she has no chance of winning. If Kazuya chooses her in the end, then he should be very relaxed about inviting himself. Only when she rejects someone, that guy will hesitate and be entangled, so when she hears Kazuya open her mouth to invite herself, the answer has already been determined.

Then, as she had estimated and arranged, the two came to this place that meant a lot to her, and the two talked, and she said what she thought.

Voiced his thoughts of waiting. She told Kazuya that what she was waiting for was actually just Kazuya's response to her feelings, and with that response, even if she didn't choose, it didn't matter.

Kazuya understood, he understood apologetically, and then, she freed him from herself.

- But she still lied, or rather, she hid half of the truth. Because, although she has been waiting, although she feels that it is okay to wait for the emotional response, she has never admitted that she does not expect his final answer, and she has never expressed that she does not attach importance to the final result.

How can this be? How could you not want that last promise?

- But she can't get it! It was precisely because she couldn't get it that she didn't want to hear the final refusal.

Of course, she also thought about exploding, and she also thought about pouring out all her feelings at the end of the day, and perhaps, when he would see his feelings, and then he would have the opportunity to make up his mind to make a final effort, and that's what she thought - when she thought so, she understood that this opportunity might have been lost. When she decided to bet on her feelings as a bargaining chip, then this kind of feelings can already be measured by reason, and feelings measured by reason cannot overcome reason in the end.

She's even starting to hate her sanity a little.

So, she didn't break out in the end. Because she had already exploded, when Kazuya confessed to herself, she had already exploded, and all her feelings that could be poured out had already flowed out at that time.

Then, all that was left was the emotion she was accustomed to, silently waiting, silently enduring.

If it erupts, it will be rejected in the end, and there will be no room for maneuver. However, if it doesn't all erupt, maybe, things will turn around, right?

Of course, it may be a long, long time later, and when I will think about myself again.

Perhaps, I didn't like him at that time, maybe, I still liked him at that time, but Kazuya didn't give himself this opportunity to think of himself after all.

However, none of this matters anymore.

From the window of his house, Megumi Kato looked out at the sky.

She still remembers that when she was very young, she also looked out the window at the bright light in the boy's room next door, and observed the child very carefully.

After a long, long time, she confessed to the boy who had grown up to be a boy, and then, she knew he would reject her. Therefore, before he completely rejected herself, she first tried to block the road of complete rejection.

It's like when the earth perished, she found herself a ticket to Noah's Ark - although she may not survive with a ticket, but with a ticket, there is always a glimmer of hope for the future.

She felt that if she liked to control the field, then this should be her last and hardest time to control the field?

As for the result, who knows?

At least, I kept the last spark of hope in a somewhat despicable way that only I knew!

And just like that, she smiled warmly.

She knew that this kind of smile should be the kind of smile that the boy wanted to see herself.