“So you want to break up with me?”

“Maybe you don’t like that I’m the one dumping you. So why don’t you say it then?”

“That I want to break up?” Yuichi glared at Kanae. Kanae nodded.

“…I don’t like sharing. I’m not suited to that kind of love. If you’ve got someone else then I think we should stop dating.”

“Love? Us?” Yuichi snorted. “You’re the one who said that I didn’t like you. So does that mean that you don’t like me? That there was no love here?”

“…I suppose so. We started dating because…”

“I’m dating you because I like you…”

Yuichi’s eyes were scary. They were angry. Really angry.

But…

Wait a moment! Back up a second! What did Yuichi just say?!

“What makes you think you can decide how I feel?! Why did you jump to the conclusion that the girl I was walking with was a new girlfriend?! You should have asked! If it pissed you off, you should have asked. If you didn’t know if I liked you or not, then you should have asked! Don’t just assume you know me! You have absolutely no idea how I feel!”

“…but, you…”

“You think you know everything, don’t you?! Did you ever once ask me how I felt?! Why would I lie to you? Did you think of me at all?! You’re so selfish! Ask me! Ask me who that girl was!”

“No!” Kanae screamed. “No! No! I don’t want to ask!”

The world was twisting, spiraling downwards. Something was overflowing.

Even though he had promised himself that he wasn’t going to cry, tears suddenly came flooding out of its own accord.

“NO!”

“Shut up! ASK ME!”

“WHY? I don’t want to hear about your new girlfriend!”

“I didn’t say I had one!” Yuichi screamed.

“You don’t have to! Don’t play with me anymore!”

Yuichi grabbed Kanae’s jaw.

“You’re crying, so you must care for me! Yesterday you only had sex with me because you were jealous! SAY IT! If you didn’t love me, then you would have never been so passionate. You have to tell me!”

“Wh…”

Kanae looked up and then shook his head. He had decided not to say anything. He had vowed to never tell Yuichi. But, why? Why had Yuichi said that?

“SPEAK!”

“NO!”

“WHY NOT?!”

“No, I…”

Kanae’s vision was a blur of tears.

“…if you dumped me, there’s no way I could get over it. Without you, I think I’d die. I don’t need to hear that you’re not serious. I don’t want you to get bored of me. I didn’t know what to do!”

“I’m not dumping you. I’m not going away. I’m not bored of you.” Yuichi’s eyes were full of rage. “Is that it?! Is that all you have to say?! I told you I loved you! Didn’t you hear! You asshole!”

“You liar!”

Kanae’s ears stopped hearing.

He didn’t want to hear anymore.

He couldn’t hear anymore.

“You lie! It’s all a LIE!”