He had only hoped for a short time, but now he dared to hope for something longer.

He’d started to delude himself that they might be real lovers.

He had to stop it.

If he got dumped, he would never be able to get over it.

After they broke up, he wanted them to stay as friends.

He wanted them to be the same, just without the sex.

He accepted that they might break up at any time.

What am I going to do? Every day, I like him more and more.

His mind was so full of Yuichi that he thought of nothing else.

In his happiness time had flown by.

Can I let go of this now?

Can I spend time alone, without Yuichi?

I never knew it was going to be like this… He had no idea that he was going to be the one to end it.

At school the whole thing had finally started to calm down. Everyone decided that it was all a joke on Yuichi’s part. This was in part thanks to the fact that the outward appearance of their relationship seemed unchanged.

“I don’t really mind,” Yuichi said in the school cafeteria, sipping away his usual cup of coffee. “I don’t really like it, but it sounds like everyone’s decided that there is no way you would be dating an asshole like me. I mean, I’m not that bad a guy, am I?”

“Physically anyway.” Kanae smiled. Yuichi didn’t look pleased, however.

“Really? I thought I wasn’t too bad.”

“A wife who decides to divorce her husband… does it matter who was actually in the wrong? The person who does the breaking up is always going to look like the bad guy.”

Yuichi waved his hand dismissively and pouted.

“But he married his wife because she had some good points. If she doesn’t have them anymore, then there’s no point in dating.”

“The conclusion of a scoundrel.”

Well, my good point is that I haven’t dated anyone else. Kanae sighed. He really didn’t understand why Yuichi had been dating him for this long. Maybe it was as Yuichi said. Because he had an amazing body.

Well, I guess that’s good enough, he thought to himself.

If Yuichi was staying on because of his body, then it could still be a while before they broke up.

“Hey, Yuichi!”

Coming towards them was a group that Yuichi had hung out with a while back. Kanae didn’t really have anything to do with them and he didn’t really want to either. You could almost say that he and these people came from different worlds. They were the playboys.

“What’s up with you! Haven’t been getting any lately?”

“People have been saying you don’t have any girlfriends now.”

“We’re holding a singles party today, wanna come?”

What should I do? Should I get up? It’s kind of difficult to have this conversation with me around.

Yuichi looked up at them and was quite annoyed.

“Oh? Why are you inviting me all of a sudden? I thought you didn’t want me hanging out with you guys anymore?”