After waiting for around five minutes, Ichika stared at her phone screen, only after he noticed someone approaching her did she let her ocean blue eyes shine brightly again.
"Miku~ I'm sorry for calling you here suddenly." Ichika looked around again, she asked casually, "Where is Yotsuba?"
Miku didn't answer her directly. She lowered her head and answered softly.
"…As you said, I came here alone."
Ichika looked at her confused.
"What's wrong with you? Do you want to wash your hair when you go to the toilet?"
For some reason, the cuffs and collar of the jacket Itsuki provided were stained with water, and the ends of her hair were still dripping with water.
(I just thought the weather was so gloomy and Shinichi-kun and the others weren't nearby, so why was she wearing she hat when she had nothing to do... I guess she didn't want others to see her hair wet)
"How old are you? You still act like a child…" Ichika took out a handkerchief, intending to help her clean it. "There must be a hair dryer in the rest area. But it's quite far from here. For other reasons, you have a cold or..."
Miku shook her head and took a step back.
"The one soaked in Yotsuba... I won't bother you."
Miku also leaned against the railing, facing the people coming and going and mumbling faintly.
"So, Ichika... You specifically asked me to come here alone. What do you want to say?"
Ichika put the handkerchief back with a smile.
"I feel that you are not in a good mood, so I won't talk nonsense."
With her hands pressed against the wooden fence, she looked up at the sky covered in gray clouds.
"Miku, you'll meet Shinichi-kun later to see if he really likes Nino, right?"
Miku hesitated for a moment: "...Right. What is it?"
Ichika looked depressed.
"Suddenly I felt like we were all stupid for thinking like this."
Miku looked at her.
"What does it mean..."
Ichika tucked her hair behind her ear, facing the vast view in the distance with a light smile.
"Don't tell anyone else about this. That's the unique secret of our 'rival in love'."
The tone is even light enough to be a joke.
Preventing Miku from building a psychological defense, while she was confused, Ichika spoke.
"Well, whether it's towards me or Nino, Shinichi-kun has such a close attitude. If Yotsuba and Itsuki wanted to go on a date with him, hold hands and so on, he definitely wouldn't refuse."
After those words were spoken and the atmosphere was silent, Miku's voice changed due to excessive surprise.
"I-Ichika, what are you talking about and what does this have to do with Yotsuba..."
Not hearing the soft whispers behind her, Ichika answered.
"I don't believe it either. From the morning I found out Shinichi-kun was going to date Nino until now, I finally managed to sort out my complicated feelings. When I talked about this with everyone, I almost mentioned this matter several times."
Speaking half-truthfully, she lowered her head, twirled her messy bangs, and let out a soft sigh.
"Oh, I was stupid... I didn't want everyone's image of Shinichi-kun to be ruined, and I didn't want Shinichi-kun to be hated by everyone."
"Therefore, I will only tell you this matter, Miku. If I have the chance in the future, I will tell Nino too."
"…"
"...Sure enough, you wouldn't believe it if it was just nonsense."
Seeing Miku looking dazed in disbelief, Ichika took out her cellphone.
Then in front of her, she opened the screen, entered the wallpaper, and clicked on the photo album.
Photos full of beautiful memories recorded with Shinichi.
Too bad...
As Miku stared at the photo, her fingers tightening on the railing, even to the point of shaking, Ichika tried hard to maintain a disappointed expression.
Hiding everything beneath her acting skills, she sighed inwardly.
Photos containing beautiful memories like this should not be used for this kind of thing...
If all this didn't happen too hastily Ichika didn't really not want to do this.
However, what should she do if Shinichi is persuaded by Miku to change her mind, or if Miku accepts Shinichi's changes and starts having the same thoughts as him?
In that case, couldn't she have waited until the day everyone left Shinichi to be her only one?
Therefore, Ichika decides to tell Miku directly before she goes to see Shinichi.
After that, from the perspective of being a "victim", and guiding Miku's thoughts, the passionate feelings that were no less than hers slowly turned into indifference.
In this way, the possibility of the plan being affected can be minimized, the biggest love rival can be eliminated first, and Miku can continue to be a good sister, it can be said to kill three birds with one stone.
Ichika didn't know she was so smart.
If only she could think so quickly during the exam, Shinichi would definitely look at her differently.
But school hasn't started yet, so there's no point thinking about it, the most important thing is whether Miku can leave here.
"…"
Eyes tinged with paranoia. Ichika looked at Miku's appearance with her head lowered.
(I finally found a way to achieve happiness without hurting anyone. How could I let you cause trouble here?)
(Miku, you don't need to forgive Onee-san...)
(Because it wasn't me who made a mistake this time)
Ichika spoke again, breaking the silence.
"Miku, although you might not believe it, it was only yesterday that I truly realized it..."
"Shinichi-kun's way of responding to our feelings is to be gentle with everyone and accept everyone's feelings."
"How? Too much, right?"
A mocking voice rang in Miku's ears.
"Fortunately, we thought not to lose to each other beforehand. I didn't expect Shinichi-kun to be so generous. Since he can't choose, he wants it all... No, or should I say, he is just a good guy?"
"Because he never liked us from start to finish, actually thinking highly of us."
As Ichika spoke, Miku's fingertips were so hard they turned white.
Ichika put her phone down, gently holding her hand.
Ichika put words together in her mind, she continued to deepen Miku's impression of the matter.
"I didn't tell you the truth yesterday because I didn't know how to tell you about Shinichi-kun's transformation... Did you know? His expression when he held hands with me yesterday and his smile when he saw something interesting were all exactly the same as when he faced Nino earlier."
(That's why I don't want that kind of equal happiness.)
Ignoring the discomfort in her heart, Ichika maintained her normal expression and increased her tone.
"It's time to wake up, Miku! In order not to hurt us, this is the choice he made—"
"Enough..."
Miku held her hand with the back of her hand.
Ichika was stunned.
"What is it?"
She stopped talking, feeling the force of her hand that was so hard that it hurt.
"Miku, you..."
"Miku" spoke in a hoarse voice.
"...Why are you saying this to Miku?"
"!?"
Ichika's eyes suddenly widened, her breathing and heartbeat froze for a moment.
"This voice, you are..."
The other party's hands became harder, but Ichika didn't have time to care about the pain. Seeing her, panic spread throughout her body.
"Ichika, answer me..."
Her voice is so unfocused that it's hard to distinguish the authenticity of her performance.
"I thought you were strange since morning, and now you are deliberately trying to sow discord between Miku and Asada-san..."
The title directly proved her identity.
Ichika raised her hand and removed it with a slight tremor.
After seeing the figure in front of her clearly, her expression froze.
"Miku" continued talking.
"But there must be a reason, right? Did you say those words out of necessity?"
"Because Ichika is everyone's older sister!"
A green, rabbit-eared headband hung from her head lifelessly.
Under the slightly damp neck-length hair, there was Miku's headphones hanging.
"You definitely didn't do anything bad, right? Ichika."
She asked cheerfully.
"Yotsuba..."
Ichika's voice became hoarse.
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