Chapter 3 - 87: Annoyed Rize
My new favorite quote: "Someone spent days mass reporting this book, only to find it on top ranking again" — Correal.
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Nashiro stared at Ryoma, eyes wide and searching. She waited for his answer.
Her heart already knew what she wanted to hear. In that moment, she wasn't the shy, quiet girl she'd always been. But as silence dragged on, her nerves returned. She looked away, her cheeks tinged with red.
"I mean, do you even need to ask?" Ryoma said without hesitation. "I didn't want a cute girl dying in front of me. That'd be way too depressing."
He said it simply, directly, with no attempt to hide his thoughts.
He meant every word. The memory of Nashiro's tragic death in the original timeline had always stayed with him. He changed that future because he could. That was it.
When Nashiro heard the words "cute girl," she instantly buried herself deeper beneath the blanket, hiding everything below her eyes. Her ears burned.
Kurona's blush deepened too. Ryoma was looking right at her, and she had no way to hide.
She opened her mouth, tried to say something—maybe ask how he really felt about her and Nashiro—but the words caught in her throat.
"Forget it. It's nothing," she muttered, retreating from the question.