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When he replied to the words that
finally came from Kusamakura, he got quiet again. Maybe he had
noticed his ulterior motives and was upset. That suspicion arose as
he swallowed down what he was chewing. He didn’t think it was
possible, but he couldn’t deny it for sure either. How could he make
the excuse that he wasn’t aware of it himself? It would be great if he
just laughed it off, but there was a possibility he was holding on to
those suspicions. \n\n“Tatsumi, you know,”\n\n“—Um……I’d
like to thank you for last night!”\n\nAs if to interrupt
whatever he was going to say, Tatsumi opened his mouth.
\n\n“Thank?”\n\n“Yes. Um, why don’t we go out to eat
tonight?”\n\nSince I have no preference, and don’t normally
spend much money, even somewhere expensive would be fine. \n\nHe
tried joking, but Kusamakura didn’t reply.\n\n“Um……?”\n\nWhen
he opened his mouth to ask him a little frantically if he were still
there, Kusamakura finally responded with a yeah. \n\n“—I