Kapitel 277: The Ring.

The pain in my stomach made the rest of my body shiver. This pain was not caused by some form of external damage, but instead it was internal strife.

I can't believe what I just said. I…

I don't want to marry her. I'm only nineteen anyway, I don't want to get married anytime soon! I want to live my life! Adventure! Get drunk at the bar and then have to walk home while Kany bugs me about things and then Kenji carries Erana home on his back and tells us to knock it off or something…

Now that's… That's all going away…

Why would I say I would marry her? Was it just a spur of the moment decision?

I've never even MET her, let alone arrived at a point where marriage is even a possibility for me with her. Why am I throwing away my life?

...Kenji…

He's my best buddy. I call him that because I read that in a book once. The characters called each other their "best buddies" and that meant that they'd always look out for each other.