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He repeated her, totally unable to
figure out what was going on.\n\nā€œAnyway, why don’t you have
lunch with us?ā€\n\nShe asked him again. Today he had also
bought something from the convenient store for lunch. However, even
when he was buying it, he wasn’t sure if he should go to the park or not.
\n\n―I’m only here because I have business here, not because
I’m waiting around to see you.
Kusamakura’s words
from yesterday revived in his ears. Tatsumi bit his lip when his
throat tightened, and felt tears come. \n\n—……Right.
It’s not like we promised to meet or anything.\n\nWhen he
thought about his behavior yesterday, it became difficult to face
him. He had a feeling if he avoided him today, it may become more
difficult to reconcile their relationship, but it wasn’t like they
got along well enough to even have something like a ā€œfalling outā€.
Even if he never went there again, he doubted Kusamakura would be
concerned. \n\nā€œKonno-san? What’s wrong?ā€\n\nā€œā€¦ā€¦I’ll
go. As long as I’m not getting in the way.ā€\n\nThe three of
them laughed cheerfully at Tatsumi’s response. He felt nervous being
the only man among women, but when he expressed that, Shimura just
laughed. \n\nā€œThat’s because we don’t have any other male
coworkers, so there’s nothing to worry about.ā€