Truth.

''Please...'' Azura used her puppy eyes.

She and Ichiro were sitting on the bed in Ichiro's room. They were watching movies from Azura's laptop.

Ichiro sighed, ''No.''

''Pleaseeeeee...'' She lied down on the bed and put her head on Ichiro's lap, ''Pleaseeeee.''

''Nope,'' Ichiro replied and kept watching the laptop.

''I want to come with you!'' She hugged Ichiro's waist and inhaled his scent, ''I can only stay in the Fortress, I won't enter the Island!''

She couldn't see Ichiro's pained face.

He told her that he needed to return to the Fortress month later. Since then, Azura has begged him to take her with him.

But he isn't going to the Fortress. Instead, he must return to the shithole, where final matches will be held. Taking Azura with him would be the last thing he would do.

''Why not!'' She sat down on Ichiro's lap and looked at him with her bright blue eyes, ''Do you not want to be with me...''