Apologize?
Half an hour later, I left the house after finishing what I was doing and informing Akane where I was going.
I arrived at the train station and got myself a seat before the rush hour fully settled in. The call with her barely took a minute. Her mood immediately became uplifted when I said I was coming and from the noises I heard on her end, she’s already rushing out to close up her shop and go home to prepare that dinner.
Am I anxious? Probably not. I didn’t think twice when accepting her invitation. But at some corner of my mind, I’m already weighing my choice of whether to tell her everything about our complex relationship or continue with my original plan to slowly reveal it to her.
I know it will be the moral choice to just drop everything to her. That way, she can make an informed choice on whether to continue our relationship or not… In a way, I was still being selfish about keeping it from her as opposed to my promise to take care of her.