Karen smiled with her hands behind her back.
"Your goal is Kyoto University, right?" Kiryu Hina said, "With your grades, it shouldn't be a problem."
"Yeah, thank you!"
"Good luck."
"Yeah!"
"..."
The atmosphere gradually turned silent.
The three of them felt at a loss for words.
After a long while, it was Karen who first broke the silence in the air.
"I wonder what Kagura is doing now."
She spoke with a tone of concern, "I hope his illness can be cured."
"It's a mental illness; it's not that easy."
Ayakoji Chiyoko replied instinctively.
Then silence fell again.
Kiryu Hina snorted softly, crossed her arms, and looked away without speaking.
Her exposed profile was heartbreaking.
Everyone remembered what happened that day.
Christmas Eve.
They stopped Kagura Hikaru.
Karen confessed her feelings to him.
There was no response, because after that, Kagura Hikaru fell ill and was taken to the hospital.
