Fuyu's Request

Having seen Fuyu jump into my embrace, even if we tried to wave it off as an awkward situation that we smoothened out right away, I could already sense Futaba and Eri communicating through their eyes.

Who is Fuyu to them?

Their loveless best friend who has never been involved with any other guy. True. They probably heard her criticizing me for Akane’s sake many times before. But for the girl to hug me due to happiness from winning, that’s not just new. It was unnatural.

Most likely their mental conversation was already going in this direction:

“So, we’ll pretend Fuyu didn’t exhibit an unusual reaction there, right?”

“Eri. Just shut your mouth for a moment. It was an accident. Didn’t you see Fuyu turning around right away?”