Chapter 67 The End of First Love

The End of First Love

“——Don’t be silly!!!”

As if to make up for my inability to say anything.

Her voice echoes across the hotel lobby.

“…Huh? Who is this girl? A junior high school student?”

Kaori, who doesn’t know her, is confused by Ichika’s appearance.

However, as if to say that Ichika doesn’t care, she approaches Kaori and stares at her.

“Answer him properly!!!”

“Hey, what? This has nothing to do with you——”

“Yes, it does. I have something to do with it——I liked Takumi-nii! And yet you…you…”

Ichika cried.

But she didn’t wipe away the tears. She is so angry with Kaori that she doesn’t care.

“Don’t play with people’s feelings…You’re Takumi-nii’s girlfriend. Then you should be more understanding of his feelings!”

“Ugh! I’m so annoyed. Just like Takumi, you’re a real pain in the a🬀s. I hate that kind of heavy talk.”

“…Annoying? Heavy? No, it’s not. The truth is, you’re just scared.”

Ichika is undaunted by Kaori’s words.

She takes them directly and clearly says them back.

That is the difference between her and Kaori.

“You are just afraid to face him seriously and to be rejected, right?”

“——”

With these just spoken words, Kaori’s expression freezes.

The thin smile that had been on her face disappeared, and now…the anger in her heart came out.

But still, Ichika didn’t back down.

Instead, she looked directly into Kaori’s eyes.

“Think about Takumi-nii’s feelings properly…How much he thinks of you…and how badly you treat him, yet he’s still——trying to help you.”

It’s no longer a scream.

It’s a voice that sounds like a heartbreaking sob…it’s painful just to listen to.

“Because you live your life with such a light heart and randomness, you do things like that. Even though you are like that, Takumi-nii still tries to help you. He’s a kind person at heart, so he wants to do something about it, so why can’t you understand that?”

“…”

Kaori doesn’t say anything anymore.

No, she can’t say anything anymore.

When she looks at Ichika, she is speechless.

I wonder if maybe…Ichika can reach her.

Kaori, who never tried to listen to my words…Maybe she listens to Ichika’s.

Maybe Ichika’s pure feelings moved Kaori’s——

“So? So what?”

——And I was a fool to expect that.

“I don’t know who you are. You’re such a pain…I’m giving you Takumi, so get out of my way.”

No matter how seriously she tries to face her, Kaori casually tramples on her feelings. This is how she has lived her life.

There is no way to save her.

It was a mistake to try to save her in the first place.

Kaori is the same type as Takeshi…

“…Um, excuse me. Our facility is strictly forbidden to minors…”

It was probably because of the loud noise she made earlier.

Before I knew it, a person who seemed to be an employee had arrived in the empty lobby.

The middle-aged man who was with Kaori…seems to have already left and is nowhere to be found.

“Tch…so annoying!”

Kaori seemed to have noticed this, clicked her tongue, and walked away.

This is how my first love ended.

This was…my and Kaori’s goodbye——