“Rinka-san! I like you! Please go out with me!”
The setting sun dyed the falling cherry blossoms in a deep crimson hue. The shy “girl” fiddled with her long black hair, her obsidian-like eyes widening in surprise as she looked at my face.
I said it. Behind the old gymnasium, I mustered all my courage and confessed to the most beautiful girl in school.
“Kai, I think it’s better if we stay friends.”
Her voice was delicate and clear, like the chirping of a bird, but to me, her words felt like the whisper of death.
I felt heat in my eyes, and tears began to well up uncontrollably. My thick glasses fogged up, blurring my vision.
Yeah, I got rejected… I guess I really wasn’t good enough for the school beauty… Even though I liked her so much…It was the first time I’d felt so strongly about someone, so why…
“Why…?”
When I realized I had unconsciously spoken my thoughts out loud, Tan Rinka, with her hands behind her back, had already stepped close to me—so close that I could smell her fragrance.
The “girl” reached out with her slender arm and used her sleeve to wipe the tears from my face.
“Silly Kai…”
She scolded softly.
“This is an all-boys school. I just like wearing girls’ clothes, that’s all.”