Kazuya definitely didn't believe that Kato's arrival was just a coincidence, but what he couldn't believe anyway was that Kato was able to find exactly the date place proposed by Shiyu.

However, before he could figure out why Kato was here, Kato had disappeared in the blink of an eye. If it weren't for the fact that he had seen the other party unmistakably just now, Kazuya would really feel that the Kato he saw seemed to be a phantom.

"Kazuya-kun, what's wrong?" Shi Yu's slightly nervous voice came, and it was clear that she was a little unsure if her joke had gone too far.

"Nothing," Kazuya said, turning back and casually, "just thought of something else." ”

"So, is it a matter of Ying Lili?" Shi Yu took a deep breath and asked.

Shiyu knew that maybe at this time, it would be a better choice for Kazuya not to mention the matter of Yingli Pear, but her self-esteem would not allow her to do so, Kasumigaoka Shiyu is still a very proud person after all, although she is already a little compromised now, but on some matters of principle, she is particularly sharp.

"I'll take care of the matter myself." Obviously, he didn't expect Shi Yu's sudden one-on-one topic, and Kazuya was a little cold, but, in the end, he still said heavily, "I'm just a little unclear about the situation now." ”

"So, since you don't know the situation, you're trying to use me as a safe haven?" Shi Yu's voice slowly cooled down.

Kazuya looked up at Shiyu in surprise and tried to defend something, but in the end, he lowered his head a little indifferently and said, "Of course, if Shiyu-senpai thinks so, I will agree, right?" ”

"Don't you even need the last cover-up?" Shi Yu's suppressed tone, looking at Kazuya, who had unmistakably exposed his emotions in front of him, said with some anger.

"If you disguise it, do you think it will turn out better? Sister Shiyu, if I tell you that I have no problem now, and I am not coming out with you now because I am trying to seek comfort from you, but just an ordinary social event, will you believe me again? Kazuya raised his head and looked at Shiyu with a straight face.

Kazuya knew that he might be able to express this point of view more softly, but after Shiyu suddenly broke the previous harmonious atmosphere with such a single knife, and picked another problem to the surface, Kazuya became more direct.

Maybe he would have tried to solve the problem in a softer way before, but after suddenly seeing Kato's sad and helpless eyes just now, Kazuya had an urge to try to expose all his emotions.

Shiyu looked at Kazuya, who was seriously questioning herself, and was a little speechless for a while, she was very dissatisfied with Kazuya's naked way of showing his attitude. However, as Kazuya said, if Kazuya used another word, she would not believe what Kazuya said in her heart.

"But, at least, you can give me a little hope-" In the end, Shiyu still smiled bitterly and gave Kazuya such a reply, "Even if it is false, I hope that you can at least say something that can give me some peace of mind, right?" ”

"But, Senior Sister Shiyu, do you think that now I am qualified to say such things to you?" Kazuya held his forehead, hid his eyes under the palm of his hand, and said, "Now after I have announced my break with you again and again, and rejected you again and again, do you think that I am qualified to say such things?" ”

Silently stood up, and as he had done a week ago, Kazuya forcibly turned his body in another direction.

Probably, that's enough, right? As a result, in the end, it's the same result again, every conversation with Senior Sister Shiyu, it seems to be friendly at the beginning, but in the end, it can't be exchanged for a satisfactory result, isn't it?

In the end, you can only aggravate your own wounds and those of the other party, right?

Therefore, the best way is to never meet again in the future. This rejection, hopefully, is it also the last time? And also looked at Shi Yu in front of him a little helplessly, his face was a little pale.

It's only one step away from making a mistake, and the last step will make me sober up, right? You just looked at me at that time, but you didn't stop me, and the purpose was also for this, right? Kato?

Kazuya suddenly understood the meaning of Kato's presence here, and gently stroked his chest, and Kazuya showed a happy expression.

However, at this time, Shi Yu's faint, but very firm voice came: "Of course, Kazuya-kun, you are qualified, you are always, you are qualified!" ”

Finding that he seemed to be a little unable to move forward, he also turned his head to look at Shiyu behind him in shock, and saw that the other party was holding on to the corner of his clothes tightly and did not let go.

Although Kazuya felt that he could break free of the other party as long as he used his strength, he couldn't do this, and he could only continue to listen quietly to Shiyu's words behind him.

"Kazuya-kun, why do you think you're not qualified? Why do you agree to contact me every time you break with me? That's because you're hesitating and regretting, right? I know, I'm stubborn, I'm a little too proud. So, the previous few times, I was just like you, competing with you, but what's the point of competing? At the end of the day, it's just enforcing one's own behavior in a way that doesn't fit one's own ideas, right? I've done too many stupid things, and this time, I don't want to be so stupid anymore. ”

"If you didn't answer my call last night, maybe I could try to keep working hard for everything I've done before, but, whatever the reason, Kazuya-kun, you answered that call yesterday, right? And taking that call, do you know what that means to me? Before coming here today, do you know what I'm ready for? ”

Kazuya was sensitive to Shiyu's current state, and he tried hard to break free this time, but Shiyu, who usually looked weak, had burst out with a huge amount of energy that made it difficult for him to break free.

So, he could only watch Shi Yu get closer and closer to him.

"That's right, I'm ready to be a demon. If I follow my original idea and become a demon, then I can only do this, then, Kazuya-kun, now, I hope you will give me an answer, right? ”

In Kazuya's pupils, Shiyu's face continued to expand.

Then, a cold, but sweet touch bloomed on Kazuya's lips.

Shiyu took the initiative to kiss Kazuya, the space in the cake shop is not large, in fact, the conversation between Shiyu and Kazuya just now, as long as some people pay attention to it, they can hear it clearly, and Kasumigaoka Shiyu did not hesitate, in this small space, under the eyes of everyone, took the initiative to stand on tiptoe and kissed Kazuya's lips.

"Not yet, fully accept it?" After a long time, in Kazuya's almost dull eyes, Shi Yu said softly.

"Do you want me to accept it?" Kazuya touched his lips a little tremblingly, and there seemed to be the sweet touch of Shiyu on his lips.

"Why not? However, I am also prepared. Shi Yu showed a confident smile and said, "Perhaps, you can't decide now, but, Kazuya-kun, my choice has been put in front of you." This time, Kasumigaoka Shiyu will not wait passively, will not passively escape, but will, take the initiative to attack! ”

"I feel that the emergence of this long-lost Shiyu senior's vitality, I really don't know, how to evaluate it." Kazuya closed his eyes and said helplessly.

"Withdrawing all the time, retreating to the point where there is no way back, humans always burst out with unexpected energy, don't they?"

"I understand, Shiyu-senpai," Kazuya nodded and said, "But, I still don't want you to talk to Eiri about this, if you have to make a decision in the end, I hope that it will be me who will confess to Eiriri." ”

"So, is this your last tenderness? Kazuya-kun? Shiyu opened his eyes wide, looked at Kazuya seriously, and said.

"Well, it's up to you how you interpret it, right?" ――

Dividing line-

After making such an upright declaration, Kazuya's unjustified date with Shiyu can't continue.

Compared with Kazuya, who is already a little distraught, Shiyu's mood seems to be much more relaxed. Perhaps, now that she has fully expressed her suppressed feelings, Kasumigaoka Shiyu has more charm than she used to be.

"Kazuya-kun, I think you're really lucky!" At the time of farewell, Shi Yu said this and also, "I think that if it were me now, it would be absolutely no problem to write a romantic comedy, so your debut was successful, and thank me for not saying these things to you earlier!" ”

"However, if I hadn't made a successful debut and hadn't forced Senior Sister Shiyu to such a desperate road, maybe Senior Sister wouldn't have this kind of awareness, right? After all, being forced to a dead end is the one who has unexpected energy, isn't this sentence what you said? ”

"Maybe?" Shi Yu gently stroked the long hair on the back of his head, and said calmly, with a calm expression, as if he had already included the fruits of victory in his bag.

And looking at such Shiyu, such a Xiagaoka Shiyu who let go of his psychological pressure and move forward bravely, Kazuya couldn't help but be a little dazed.

The way people look when they are weak and hurt may make people feel pity and sympathy, but a kind of self-confidence that is different from everything else is also attractive.

"You really are, completely fought a beautiful turnaround, Senior Sister Shiyu!" Looking at Shiyu's departing back from a distance, Kazuya said with a wry smile.

Then, his expression became heavy.

If you can make Shiyu give up with her words to Shiyu, Kazuya may still have a lot of psychological pressure now, but there won't be too much guilt for Ying Lili. But now, at the moment of kissing with Shiyu, at the moment when Shiyu provoked this war by acquiescence, Kazuya didn't dare to think so.

Moreover, this sense of guilt is not only for Eiriri, but also for Kato, who has been trying to stop all this.

Kato's words, Kazuya still remembers very clearly: "When you fail, let me be your retreat." ”

However, Kazuya never dared to regard Kato as his real retreat, and only Kato himself was trying to help Kazuya solve some problems. The question of Ying Li Li is like this, and the same is true about the matter of Shi Yu. Kato, always knowing everything, is working hard in his own way.

Therefore, now he is actually living up to Kato's efforts.

With this feeling of guilt, Kazuya dialed Kato's phone.

"Aragaki-san, how was the meeting with Kasumigaoka-san?" On the other end of the line was Kato's voice that seemed unaware.

"Kato, are you in Waai City now?"

"No, I haven't been out at home all day!"

Is it? At this time, are you still unwilling to admit your efforts?

Kazuya sighed lightly, and then, as Shi Yu did to himself, he said straight to the point: "Just now, Senior Sister Shi Yu and I kissed. ”

There was a brief slight exclamation on the other end of the phone, and then, after a long silence, Kato's somewhat trembling, but not too many other waves, came over: "So what? Did Aragaki-san decide to tell me that you were going to break up with Eiri Riri? ”

"No, although it's a bit bad, I didn't answer Shiyu-senpai," Kazuya vetoed, "I called you, I just wanted to say sorry to you, I know, you've been working very hard for me to do a lot of things." But it's still happening, right? ”

"Yes." Kato nodded silently and said.

"So, what I want to say is," Kazuya took a deep breath and said, "Kato, you don't have to work hard for me anymore, I don't know if I can persevere, but then, even if I have to make mistakes, I will bear it alone, so you don't have to prepare for me anymore for the so-called retreat." ”

After saying this, without waiting for Kato's reply, Kazuya resolutely hung up the phone, so he naturally didn't see that on the other end of the phone, Kato Megumi's eyes were filled with tears of sadness in the whole person.

"Aragaki san, whether it's for Yingli or for myself, I have to work hard! It's already, it has nothing to do with you, you know? ”