Translator: Soafp
Daiki had regained his relationship with his family and was able to live his life with a new feeling.
Before he knew it, it was December.
He has not been in touch with Wakaba at all.
After Ren warned him that he should not contact Wakaba, Daiki did not contact her at all, and Wakaba did not contact him after she came once.
Although it was Daiki who told Wakaba not to contact him, he still wanted her to contact him.
In fact, he wanted to get in touch with her.
He wanted to tell Wakaba that he and his family had become a real family.
However, she was dating Ren, and if Daiki contacted Wakaba, Wakaba would be suspicious of him.
He could not do anything as long as he was told by Ren not to contact her either.
All he could do was wait for Wakaba to get in touch with him.
Chika also told him about Wakaba’s current situation, but he didn’t understand it well. The story was different from what Ren had told him, but since he said he had gone out with her, he was sure that was the case, and he did not want to hear any more about it.
About Wakaba, he felt anguish and tightness in his chest, but when he was with his father, mother, and Tsukasa-san, he felt warmth as he did when he was with Wakaba in the past.
It was the complete opposite.
When Daiki was getting back together with his family, Wakaba wanted to clarify her relationship with Ren and was about to tell him how she felt about him now and respond to his confession.
She was getting more and more attracted to him day by day, and Wakaba couldn’t stand it any longer.
Wherever they went, Ren would try to be alone with her, and even when they were with others, he always tried to be next to her.
If she had not been aware of her feelings for Daiki, she might not have cared, but now that she is aware of her own feelings for Daiki, she can clearly reject him.
She can refuse, but when she tries to talk about the reply, Ren desperately tries to change the subject or won’t let her talk about it itself.
She thought about telling Ren in a message, but thought it would be rude not to tell him seriously and wanted to tell him when she met him, but he would not let her tell him.
She has also talked to Chika about it, but she told her that it would be better not to try to force Ren to say no because it would be too dangerous for her to do so.
She also told her what Daiki had told her, but when Chika contacted Daiki, he said the same thing, and she thought Ren had told him something, so she said Daiki was just misunderstanding and that it was dangerous if she did not focus on Ren right now.
Wakaba also sensed this fact day by day.
Even so, Wakaba herself was becoming impatient and felt she had to tell him as soon as possible.
She was afraid of what might happen if they were alone together.
She doesn’t think Ren would go that far, but looking at him lately, she can’t help but think about that.
She was afraid to contact Daiki because she thought that he hated her as well as Ren, so Wakaba was living a depressing life.
All her friends were asking about the reply, too, at first, but that’s when Ren,
“I’m not getting an answer this year, but instead I’m having her respond to me next year!”
The truth is not that she doesn’t want to reply, but rather that she isn’t given the opportunity to. Ren is currently discussing things with everyone, so even if Wakaba wants to consult with him, she would just be told,
“Just go out with him already!”
and the conversation would end there.
She can only talk to Chika about it.
By the middle of December, Wakaba still hadn’t gotten a reply to his confession.
Ren became more forceful than before and did not want to leave Wakaba.
Everyone except Chika, who was beginning to notice that Ren was becoming too attached to Wakaba, thought they were getting along well.
However, Chika alone was trying not to let Wakaba and Ren be alone together.
She felt that Wakaba would be in danger if they were alone.
A vague feeling of uneasiness was beginning to creep into her mind.
In the morning, Chika would pick her up and make sure she and Ren were never alone.
On the way home, on days when club activities were in session, she would go home with the students with whom she had club activities, and on days when club activities were not in session, Chika would stay with her.
On days when no club activities were going on, Chika would stay with her. Ren tried very hard to be alone with her, but she could not be forceful when she was with everyone else, and his grumpy face often came to the surface.
Even when she went home, she received phone calls, so Wakaba had no time to rest.
Her phone calls were always about asking for dates and talking about himself.
In the past, she would have been able to have a normal conversation with him without bragging, but now all he does is brag.
He never listened to what Wakaba had to say and hung up the phone when he was done talking.
“I couldn’t say anything today either…”
Wakaba was tired.
She had to wait until she had a chance to say something.
“I wonder if I will be able to talk tomorrow…”
She fell asleep with a depressed feeling.
