Chapter 103
Minami Yuuki looked down at Ibuki Yuko. The girl’s small frame was tightly pressed against him, her slender arms wrapped around his waist. She looked up at him with her doll-like, expressionless face, her deep eyes reflecting the moonlight.
Memories and sensations from the free simulation quickly resurfaced in Yuuki’s mind. He recalled his experiences and instinctively reached out to touch her cheek.
He quickly suppressed this impulsive action.
Now was not the time. If romance were a singing competition, this was still the preliminary round. He couldn’t hastily choose a champion and award the trophy.
“I wasn’t planning to jump,” he told her.
After he said it, he found himself puzzled.
He had thought that the key moment was the truck during summer break, when they both ignored it. Simple thoughts of death and mere companionship hadn’t worked before.
The green truck, barreling towards them under the glaring summer sun, had cast them in the same shadow of death. His presence, borrowing the power of death, briefly intruded into Yuko’s tightly closed inner world, leaving a clear mark that sparked her interest in him.
Now, he had to doubt himself. Just standing by the river had drawn her concern, much like that truck incident.