In an open space not far from the second sports field.
Ichinose Honami was pacing back and forth anxiously.
It wasn't until she heard the sound of rapid footsteps that her somewhat uneasy heart finally calmed down.
Because she saw that familiar figure.
"Amane, you're finally here."
Ichinose quickly stepped forward and greeted Amane.
"What's so urgent that you needed to secretly ask me out?"
Although Amane had run a considerable distance, her breathing was very steady, not at all like the breathless state she was in when she ran with Horikita.
This showed that she was only pretending to be weak because she wanted a lap pillow.
"Look at this."
Ichinose showed a troubled expression, and finally simply handed a letter directly to Amane.
Clearly, Ichinose also didn't know how to describe what had happened this time.
Amane took the letter and looked at it.
Heh.
It looked like a love letter.
Damn it!!!
Was Ichinose planning to show off the love letter someone gave her?
"You scared me, I thought something had happened to you. Isn't a love letter a good thing? It means Honami, your charm has captured someone's heart... Could it be that the person who wrote this letter is harassing you?"
Amane quickly thought of another possibility.
Love always makes people lose... lose their minds.
There are always some extreme individuals who, with the extreme thought of 'if I can't have it, no one else can,' then do extreme things.
If such a thing happened, it would indeed be quite troublesome.
A gentle girl like Ichinose would have no way to protect herself.
But Ichinose's expression was very subtle.
"Not really, Amane, look at the name of the sender."
Ichinose seemed to have something difficult to say.
Amane, prompted by Ichinose, glanced at the sender's name.
Shiraha Chihiro.
???
"If I'm not mistaken... Shiraha-san is a girl, not a boy who looks like a girl, right?"
Amane asked hesitantly.
"Shiraha-san is definitely a girl, sigh. Shiraha-san said she would confess here at one o'clock, but I... I really don't know how to face Shiraha-san."
Ichinose Honami lowered her head, looking troubled.
"How to face her? Eat her, of course. In this day and age, there are still idiots who deliver themselves... Ahem, I mean, if you reject her, Shiraha-san will be very sad. Can you bear to see her cry? Most importantly... once the news that she confessed to you and was rejected gets out, she won't be able to survive in this school. Maybe..."
Amane leaned close to Ichinose's ear.
"Shiraha-san might suffer a mental breakdown due to public opinion and drop out because you rejected her, you know."
Amane's words made Ichinose's face turn pale.
"Then, then I should accept her, right? But, but I've never been in a relationship, let alone with a girl..."
Ichinose started to speak incoherently.
This showed how much impact this incident had on her.
Amane looked at the time; there were less than five minutes left until the time Shiraha had written in the letter.
If Ichinose couldn't make up her mind now, she might fall into an even longer period of indecision later.
"That depends on you. If you accept, there's no doubt that, from your current performance, you're not at all prepared for this. But if you reject her, you also have to face the potentially negative consequences that might follow, such as Shiraha turning love into hatred, targeting you, or retaliating against the class. You need to consider all such possibilities."
Unlike ordinary people.
As the leader of Class B, Ichinose also needed to consider the stability of her class.
"Shiraha-san shouldn't be that extreme, should she...?"
Ichinose seemed to disbelieve that Shiraha would do such a terrible thing.
"She was rejected after confessing, and she confessed to a girl and was rejected, you know. Who knows what she might do? You can't just gamble on her being able to calmly accept being rejected, can you?"
Amane's words also made some sense.
Ichinose felt her head beginning to throb.
Why did she have to encounter something like this?
Ichinose's gaze turned to Amane beside her.
"What if you, Amane, encountered such a situation?"
Ichinose was somewhat curious how Amane would handle it if someone confessed to her.
"First, eat them up. Then keep the good-looking ones, and break up with the not-so-good-looking ones."
"Uh..."
Amane's words completely stunned Ichinose.
So Classmate Amane was that kind of girl?
But what counted as good-looking?
Ichinose was curious, but she couldn't use other classmates as examples, and she knew very few classmates around Amane.
So Ichinose simply used herself as an example.
"Amane, what is your definition of good-looking? For example, do I count as good-looking?"
Ichinose was a little insecure.
She thought her looks should be quite good.
But looking at Amane, she always felt that she was still quite lacking in temperament.
Amane's eyes lit up when she heard Ichinose's question.
"If you, Honami, confessed to me, you probably wouldn't be able to escape."
Amane's frank words made Ichinose's cheeks quickly flush.
She should have known better than to use herself as an example. Classmate Amane was still a bit mischievous, but she was very reliable when it mattered.
Just as Ichinose was still thinking about Amane, Shiraha's figure in the distance became clearly visible.
It was then that Ichinose suddenly remembered that she had been so engrossed in talking with Amane that she had forgotten the most crucial thing.
"Amane, what should I do?"
"Just deal with it. I'm leaving."
"Don't go! Stay with me a little longer. I don't dare face Shiraha-san alone."
While the two were still bickering, Shiraha Chihiro had already walked up to them.
"Classmate Miyako is here too. Are you looking for Ichinose for something?"
Shiraha became a little nervous when she saw Amane was also there.
After all, she had heard a little about Amane's rumors.
Her own level was simply no match for Amane.
If Amane were to confess to Ichinose first... Ichinose might choose Amane, it's not impossible.
"I was just passing by here and happened to meet Classmate Ichinose."
Amane's words brought a smile to Shiraha's face.
As long as Amane wasn't confessing to Ichinose, whether she was passing by or whatever didn't matter.
However, there was still one situation.
How could she get Amane to leave so she could confess to Ichinose?
"I told Amane everything."
Ichinose, fearing that Amane would leave her alone, immediately chose to betray her teammate the moment she spoke.
Amane glared at Ichinose, annoyed.
Damn Honami! She actually learned to betray her teammate!
"Eh? So, Classmate Miyako knows about my feelings?"
Shiraha's face instantly turned bright red.
She had never imagined that her intention to confess to Ichinose would actually be told to Amane by Ichinose.
What should she do next?
Shiraha gritted her teeth.
It had come to this; no matter what happened, she couldn't back down now.
"I like Classmate Ichinose. Please, please go out with me."
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