Chapter 99
Now that he thought about it, it did kind of feel like he’d tattled...
While Kiaros sat in embarrassed silence, unable to respond—
“He was first place, yeah.”
Namia’s casual reply made Kiaros’s heart drop with a thud. A tingling sensation even spread to his hands and feet as she spoke indifferently.
“Because back then, I didn’t even have a second place.”
“...Pardon?”
“I had no friends, no family, nowhere to put my heart. Senior Victor liked me, and there wasn’t really anyone else who thought I was special, even to that degree. If he’d confessed to me then, I might’ve said yes.”
Namia spoke with a composed expression.
“But I knew he wouldn’t confess. I think he wanted me to desperately cling to him first. But you know, I had no reason to indulge that kind of selfish wish...”
Kiaros clicked his tongue inwardly. That was so like Namia.
She’d notice other people’s intentions, but not particularly care...
“But since Victor was still my senior, it would’ve gotten awkward if I rejected him without even getting a confession. I liked him well enough, so I just stayed quiet. And then today, he did something kind of like a confession.”