“I’m sorry, Ryuto.”
“I’m sorry too, for making you worried.”
Sure, a lot of coincidences had happened at the same time, but it was a fact that I had been the one who’d made Runa anxious about Kurose-san.
“I...love you, Runa.” It wasn’t my first time saying this, but it still felt awkward every time. “It will always be...just you, for me.”
I was an introverted virgin, and I couldn’t be smooth about this like Sekiya-san. But I hesitantly extended my hands, put them on Runa’s shoulders...and timidly pulled her toward me.
Showing no resistance, Runa leaned in close to me and buried her face in my chest.
This was our first embrace since that time at the inn in Enoshima.
It was my first time holding her by my own will.
I felt the shape and warmth of her delicate, soft body with the entirety of my own. Her floral-or-fruity scent filled my lungs, raising my pulse. My chest felt tight, and I had a hard time breathing.
“Me too,” said Runa, wrapping her arms around my back. “You’re the first one who made me really feel like I didn’t want to give up...” Then, she looked up and fixed her eyes on me. “Because it’s you.”
As she held me tight, my heart pounded so hard that it felt like my breathing would stop.
Enveloped in her scent, I buried my head in her hair and held her worryingly small shoulders carefully, but firmly.
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