C4 Part94

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He repeated her, totally unable to

figure out what was going on.

“Anyway, why don’t you have

lunch with us?”

She asked him again. Today he had also

bought something from the convenient store for lunch. However, even

when he was buying it, he wasn’t sure if he should go to the park or not.

―I’m only here because I have business here, not because

I’m waiting around to see you.

Kusamakura’s words

from yesterday revived in his ears. Tatsumi bit his lip when his

throat tightened, and felt tears come.

—……Right.

It’s not like we promised to meet or anything.

When he

thought about his behavior yesterday, it became difficult to face

him. He had a feeling if he avoided him today, it may become more

difficult to reconcile their relationship, but it wasn’t like they

got along well enough to even have something like a “falling out”.

Even if he never went there again, he doubted Kusamakura would be

concerned.

“Konno-san? What’s wrong?”

“……I’ll

go. As long as I’m not getting in the way.”

The three of

them laughed cheerfully at Tatsumi’s response. He felt nervous being

the only man among women, but when he expressed that, Shimura just

laughed.

“That’s because we don’t have any other male

coworkers, so there’s nothing to worry about.”