“No… Yuzuru-san can go first… It was you who called out, right?”
“…That’s right.”
Yuzuru nodded.
Once he looked up to the heavens and then turned again to Arisa and…
“I’m sorry, I didn’t properly attend to your feelings.”
He apologized.
“Well… I really wasn’t trying to force you to do anything, and I really don’t think you have to do anything if you’re afraid… Well, it’s just that I wanted to make a little recommendation…”
The words of apology, which should have been prepared in many different ways, had already fallen out of Yuzuru’s mind.
He just kept making excuses to explain himself, and his thoughts…
Yuzuru thus tried to express his desire to make up with Arisa.
Arisa, on the other hand…
“No, I too …am sorry.”
She bowed her head.
“You know, I was thinking how embarrassing it is… to be afraid of injections even in high school… How should I say it, I felt like I was being made fun of… I’m really sorry. I sulked for a troublesome reason… it’s like I’m a child, right?”
Arisa said shyly.
Yuzuru shook his head in response.
“Nothing like that”
“…you really think so?”
“Er, uh, no, not that I don’t think so, but…”
Yuzuru’s eyes swam slightly.
“But I thought you were cute in that way too…”
“…Are you making fun of me after all?”
“No, no …that’s not what I meant…”
“Fu fu…”
When Yuzuru looked impatient and tried to make excuses, Arisa put her hand over her mouth and laughed happily.
Realizing that he had been teased, Yuzuru was a little miffed.
“…but well, I wonder if it’s fair to say that you’re afraid of injections even though you’re in high school?”
“I don’t want to be told by someone who can’t clean up his own house even though he’s in high school.”
“N-no… Lately, I’ve been doing it right, haven’t I?”
“You’re full of lies. I’m sure you threw everything in the closet right before I came over.”
“T-that’s not…”
He would force the clutter into the closet, and then vacuum it up as needed to cover it up.
This is Yuzuru’s cleaning method.
He thought he was able to deceive since it was so clean in appearance…
it seemed that she saw right through him.
“It seems Yuzuru-san can’t do without me.”
“W-well, I don’t deny it… but, even I think I’m making more progress than before….”
“Well, let’s go check it out now, shall we?”
“Eh? N-now?”
“Can’t we?”
“Not that we can’t… um, it’s just enough…”
“….by the way you say that it is messy after all.”