Acceptance
“I’ll answer that with another question, Onoda-kun. Do you want me to give up on you?”
Faced with that counter question, I found myself defeated. She got me there. It’s really an idiotic question to ask when, deep inside me, I was hoping for here to choose to stay.
And stay, she did. I dangled a way out to her earlier and Eguchi-sensei staying should be enough answer.
What am I doing, really? I could argue that I wanted her to be certain, however, was there even a need for her to prove that?
Her own interpretation of my situation already says it all. While it sounded a little icky to what the real deal is, it’s not without truth. Falling out of love was irrelevant to me. I can keep falling in love with another girl without leaving anyone behind.