Morning.
I was waiting at the entrance to the school.
Earlier then others.
And when I saw her, my heart started beating faster.
Miyako was walking alone. Gradually. She stared at the ground.
I took a step forward.
"Miyako, please."…
She looked up.
She didn't say anything.
"I wasn't avoiding you. I wouldn't... I wouldn't let her..." he stammered.
"It looked different,— Tycho said.
"But it wasn't real." I wanted to explain myself, but you…
"...you could have stopped her.
"I tried!"
"But I couldn't.
— Because everything happened too abruptly!
She stopped talking.
She looked right through me.
"I do not know, Kurume. Now is not the time.
And she walked past.
Later, in class
Sayo sat down next to him again.
It was as if nothing had happened.
As if she hadn't heard me call her a liar.
It was like it was a game.
— Is there any progress? She whispered, nodding at Miyako.
"Go away, Sayo.
"Again?" She pursed her lips. "But I'm not done."
I stared at her.
"If you don't want to, don't listen,— she continued with a fake smile. "But if you hurt me again."… I can tell someone what really happened on the roof.
"Tell me." Let him know.
— Ah, but if I tell you that you came up to me, took my hand... kissed me?
I froze.
—Will Miyako believe you?"
She was still smiling.
The eyes are icy.
"You're completely…
"I'm just tired of being in the shadows."
"...Sayo, you created it yourself.
"I just want you to understand who you're losing."
"I don't feel anything for you."
— Not yet.
In the evening
Miyako didn't answer again.
But I knew she was still reading.
Which means she still hasn't crossed me out.
I typed in:
"I don't care what she says. I won't let her come between us. To nobody. Period."
Send.
Even if silence is better than falsehood.