Chapter 138: Snowfall Under the Moonlight, and the Kiss That Melted It All
"You... How did you find this place?"
Yukino's voice was calm, but the storm inside her was anything but.
Dozens of questions clawed at her thoughts — all the words she'd planned to say — but in the end, she asked something entirely unrelated.
"Your sister sent me the location," Yukima Azuma replied. His expression subtly shifted, the kind of look someone wore when carrying complicated feelings.
Haruno had informed him. She had sent him the restaurant details — the name, the room number, even a note attached.
Azuma knew why she did it. Maybe part guilt, maybe mischief, maybe something deeper. But the reason didn't matter anymore. All he saw was a debt being repaid — not to Haruno, but to Yukino.
They stepped out of the restaurant hand in hand. Summer night air greeted them with a surprising chill, and Yukino instinctively shivered. Azuma pulled her closer without a word, their bodies leaning into each other as though to share warmth — though neither could admit it was already there, burning between them.
Inside Yukino's car, they sat quietly. The engine remained off.
She looked at him.
Her heart swelled, eyes brimming with emotions too deep to name.
"So... Azuma-kun has actually known me since back then?"