Accepting a Bitter Reality

It was the middle of the night. Kai was inside his bedroom in the academy’s boy’s dormitory, looking up at the moon.

“Luna… the moon.” he muttered. “In the memories I received, you were the moon that shone in the darkness and the one that led us against the demons. In this timeline, we somehow fell for each other, but… among the things the me of that future gave is his feelings for somebody else. And right now… I’ afraid I… I can’t accept your feelings as long as his feelings for that person still lingers. That’s just wrong of me.”

Kai was really frustrated. He liked Luna, that one was for sure, but his feelings had been pretty messed up ever since he received the memories of his other self. After all, that person had loved the fallen fox goddess Nyxtriel. He felt like he would be cheating Luna if he accepted her confession.

“But I think I hurt her even more with my response.” he murmured to himself. “I’m really an idiot.”

"That you are."