SS: Ruki's Christmas, Three Days Later (3)

I don’t know how long I closed my eyes after opening Nagisa’s present. I only came to when Akane gleefully poked my cheeks, waking me up from my stupor. When I glanced at her, she had this unpleasant grin that clearly stated how amusing it was to see me this torn at dealing with what was in front of me.

Ugh. That was making me want to rip those lips off and make her cry...

Cry, huh?

That girl. Did she fall in love with me as well? Why does she have to cry just because I didn’t give her my time of the day? All those times that I took advantage of her... shouldn’t she wish to be freed from me as well?

Haa. It’s hard to formulate a conclusion like this and it’s not like I needed to fully understand her reasoning. In the end, I’m a slave to my desire. Nothing’s more important than satisfying it.