1. I'm scared of not know-ing
2. and scared to know.
1. "You guys haven't talked it out yet, right?"
2. "Make up soon, okay?"
3. She was worried.
4. I've always known.
5. "Shizuku"
1. A day has passed. I've been thinking in circles this whole time.
2. That would be the best outcome.
3. Asaka-san won't get hurt
4. and I won't have to be afraid anymore.
5. We won't meet again until second term
6. and it'll be like this week never happened.
7. If I throw away this letter and keep ignoring her calls and messages
8. I wonder if Asaka-san will eventually stop coming to my house.
10. But then I still wouldn't understand her...
1. Would I really be okay with that?
2. I wanted to let her know what kind of person I am
3. so I talked about my past.
4. I didn't want to lie
5. I didn't want to hide what I did in the past from Asaka-san
6. But...
7. I thought Asaka-san would despise me and distance herself.
1. Asaka-san approached me having known all along.
2. Was she among them...?
3. If what's written in this letter is insults toward me...
4. If Asaka-san hates me
5. and approached me to get revenge...
1. "You can lean on me if you're having a hard time."
2. I've been with Asaka-san for a little over a week.
3. When I opened up about my past, what did she say?
1. ran away as soon as she opened up about her side of the story.
2. "I..."
3. "Thank you for telling me."
4. "You've been holding that in for a long time, haven't you?"
5. "I..."
6. slapped her hand away.
7. Yet she came yesterday again.
8. And gave me this letter.
9. She looked hurt.
1. I didn't try to hear Asaka-san out at all.
2. I've just been thinking about myself.
3. Even though Asaka-san has always faced me head on.
4. I ran away because I didn't want to get hurt myself.
1. I need to know the words she wrote for me, even after I pushed her away.
2. I need to face her words.
4. In order to be sincere to her.
6. I'm scared of not knowing
7. and scared to know.
1. Even so
2. I can't
3. keep running from Asaka-san
1. Yesterday you opened up to me,
2. But I ended up frightening you. I'm really sorry.
3. The reason I stayed quiet about the past until now
4. is because I thought you would avoid me
5. And I thought it was a past you didn't want brought up.
1. I secretly admired you.
2. Until that incident in fifth grade
3. I had never spoken to you
4. but you always seemed so confident, and you were surrounded by others.
5. You were a dazzling presence to me.
6. I found out about the bullying incident from the rumors that were spreading around the school.
7. I don't know anything beyond that.
1. If possible, I'd like to talk to you in person again.
2. -Asaka Kaori
3. "Onee-chan."
4. "I'm not sure."
5. "Are you going out today?"
6. "Hm..."
7. "Really?"
8. "Someone gave it to me."
9. "I know, right?"
10. "...That's so cute."
1. "Onee-chan?"
2. "...Sorry, Shio."
4. "I'm going out today too!"
1. "..."
1. "...I see, that's good."
2. "Y-Yes..."
3. "...Is your fever better?"
4. "..."
5. "Let's talk in my room."
6. "...Asaka-san."
