“TEGOSHI!”

I panted. The convenience store was kind of far…but I don’t care. I’m sweating a lot, but it’s getting cold. Where is he? He said he’s going to be here!

…

I disappointed senpai. I hurt his feelings. Who knew the two of us were mutual after all? How ironic can fate be?

“TEGOSHI!!! Baka!!! Where are you?!”

…I sat on a bench and started to shake because of the wind. I took Claire out from my bag. “…I thought he was waiting for me. …”

What’s with him…? But…what’s with me…?

Everything was so unexpected. Senpai and I were mutual…the whole time. Yet…it didn’t go as planned. Tegoshi was there. He was always there for me…to the point that he became insecure of us.

I hurt him.

I hurt the two of them.

I hurt Tegoshi.

And he said he was going to say something to me. He said he would wait. I always made people wait. Even my parents are waiting for me. My stepdad, was waiting for me to accept him.

“Claire…” Tears fell from my eyes. “Why do I always have to cry?”

“So warm…”

I looked to my left. We both looked at each other in surprise. “Tegoshi…” “Maki-chan.”

But in the end…he was always there.