章 78: The Reason (2)

"Ah. I'm showing an unsightly appearance. Where's the tissue?"

Miwa-nee, noticing her tears, tried to wipe it away with her fingers.

Then she looked at me again, still with flowing tears.

"You can guess it now, right? Maybe I loved you before, Ruki. And I put that away when I made that decision. I never thought I'll be looking back at it again. But here we are."

"That night, even when you're asleep, I kept on talking to you. I did it with an almost silent voice. I don't want anybody to hear it but you. Even if you're sleeping."

Soon, Miwa-nee finally controlled her tears making her voice clearer. Neither Akane nor I talked and just waited for her

"I whispered how I came to start looking at you differently, how I tried to always take your attention, separating you from Akane."

"I whispered all those while you're asleep. Then I told you how I wanted to see you grow up to be something great. At some point, I started venting out all my frustrations."