The problem was that knowing the truth wouldn't automatically fix everything that had happened between us.
If anything, it might make things even more complicated.
Even before Tsubasa died, our relationship had already begun to feel like it was hanging by a thread.
There were things I should have said.
There were things I should have done.
There were feelings I should have admitted much earlier.
If I had realized my own feelings for him sooner, perhaps I could have changed everything.
Maybe Tsubasa wouldn't have died.
Maybe I could have stopped myself from pushing him away.
Maybe I could have prevented our relationship from reaching that point where neither of us seemed to know what the other was thinking anymore.
If I had simply accepted his confession...
If I had been honest with myself...
Maybe things would have been different.
Maybe I wouldn't still be carrying all these regrets around with me.
"Kaori?"
Ayaka's voice suddenly pulled me back to reality.
