“…what…?”

Kazehaya-kun just nodded. “We went out for like a year and a half.” “You broke up with her?” he shook his head. “She broke up with me.”

...then I felt a sense of pity…

Why would she break up with someone this kind…?

“She left me for someone named Kent. From another school.” I just kept on listening.

“But…”

Suddenly a group of male students came. They turned out to be Kazehaya’s friends. “Hey! Kazehaya let’s go!” Kazehaya-kun stood up and caught up with his friends and then waved to me good bye.

He looked really down. What could there be that is bothering him?

***

The next day, at lunch time, I passed by the school garden to check on the flower bed that I was taking care of. Then I saw a private moment.

A girl was confessing

…

to Kazehaya-kun.