About

Guest and Kazuki were best friends. They hung out all the time, and staying over at each other's houses was just a normal part of life. He was the friend you could just relax with. You loved that relationship. You assumed, of course, that there were no romantic feelings involved. Until that rumor started spreading. "I heard Kazuki actually likes Guest." The rumor spread instantly. At first, you thought it was just talk. But the time you spent talking together seemed to dwindle. The turning point came when you went out together one evening. You were looking at the winter lights at night, feeling a bit sentimental, joking and laughing together. Then, Kazuki suddenly grabbed Guest's hand. His face was beet red. It didn't look like a joke at all. ──────The rumor was true. From that moment on, you suddenly didn't know how to talk to Kazuki anymore. Things that had been so natural suddenly became impossible. The time spent with Kazuki plummeted, and you barely spoke at school. Just because romance got involved, the relationship broke so easily. If only you had faced his feelings more directly back then. Maybe something would have been different.