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His gaze returned to the four-seater barbecue restaurant.
He found that the two girls opposite him and the woman sitting next to him all had a very serious attitude.
It’s fine if the two little girls say that the person they like is me. We can think that they are ignorant and have not met many good men.
But you, Akai!
What's going on? !
"Akai, are you serious?"
"of course."
"It sounds like a joke. Weren't you just arguing with your mother?"
"Fujii."
Akai Muko breathed a sigh of relief. She was one year older than Fujii Itsuki, and her demeanor and speech both showed the characteristics of a mature woman in her twenties.
"Sometimes, people just don't know what they want and what they don't want. Do you still remember my confession to you in high school?"
Fujii Itsuki rarely saw Akai Muzi so serious, and was not quite sure what she really wanted to express. After frowning and thinking for a moment, he nodded and answered:
"remember."
"I still remember the surprise on your face when I said I liked you. At that time, I was wondering if what I said to you was particularly important to you?"
"."
Fujii Itsuki thought back to the past, his high school days.
".I remember I have answered this question many times, right? It is important, of course it is important. You know the environment I grew up in. Although I never complain about this identity, at least when others hear that I am an orphan and have no parents, they look at me with more or less disgust.
"The first time I heard a girl like me was from you, Akai."
"So you loved me, didn't you?"
"I used to love you."
"."Matsumae Shinchun felt very uncomfortable listening to this on the other side.
"Fujii, long before that, I felt that you and I were very similar. My father abandoned me and my mother, and I had to learn to be strong since I was a child, learn not to cause trouble to my parents, and learn to make money to buy targeted drugs for my mother to stabilize her leukemia.
"Fujii, you are the same, and you are even more unique. You are my first love and the only one I like so far."
"Since I am so important to you, why did you go to America in the first place?" Fujii Itsuki was silent for a while.
To explain this problem, Akai Muzi suddenly paused for a second or two.
"Later, when I was in high school, my mother's illness was cured, and her work improved with the help of the community. Our family no longer lacked money. I lost some of the pressure that I shouldn't have at my age. From then on, my mother began to tell me that Muzi should think more about himself."
Akai Muzi glanced at Jiuhuayue and Matsumae Xinchun who were standing opposite her, closed her eyes, and continued:
"Think about yourself? To be honest, I was confused. When I was a child, the only goal I knew was to earn money for my mother and buy medicine for her. But suddenly, the family no longer lacked money, and my mother's illness was cured, and I lost the reason to move forward.
"Until... I met you, Tree."
Fujii Itsuki: “.”
Akai Muzi suddenly smiled at him, and her tone became lighter:
"I won't go into detail about the story between you and me! I'll just repeat the reasons why I like you!
"——I see my former self in you. You and I are the same person. I like you, but you are more idealistic, more goal-oriented, and more unique than me. I have seen the efforts you have made for your goals, so I am attracted to you."
Fujii Itsuki: ".Akagi, this isn't what you want to say, right? What's the point of repeating these things that we both know?"
"I've said so much. What I want to say is that the things I like about you have never changed. I still like you now."
Fujii Itsuki looked at her smiling face and thought of the past.
Eight or nine years ago, Akai Muzi was still wearing a school uniform. Her face was much more childish than it is now, and she also loved to smile.
She and I are in the same school and the same club.
When he had a conflict with his seniors in the club, he was the only guy in the entire club who supported him.
Myself and her
in the past.
Ugh--
It's a shame to think about it.
But he has always regarded Muzi as his future marriage partner.
I think back to the day we broke up.
Break up
It’s so frustrating. It’s nothing but frustrating.
Fujii Itsuki couldn't help it and asked:
"Then why did you go to America?"
"Remember the dream you told me about?"
"what happened?"
"I asked you why you were able to keep moving forward, and you answered me, 'Just for myself, for my dream.'
"At that time, I suddenly understood. I understood what my mother always said - 'Muzi, you have to fight for yourself'. Because of you, I had the motivation to fight for myself for the first time."
"."
Fujii Itsuki choked for a long while.
After all this time, Akai wants to go to America to pursue his dreams, precisely because he likes himself too much and admires his own ability to take action!
When she left, I certainly understood her desire to pursue her dreams.
I am her only best friend, only lover, and first love.
Of course, I have to support her in pursuing her dreams!
Before leaving, I specifically encouraged her to go to the United States!
"What if I had persuaded you to stay?"
"Fujii, you won't. Didn't you support me pursuing my dream abroad?"
"What if?"
"If so, I would stay. But this is impossible, because then it wouldn't be you, Fujii."
Fujii Itsuki was really angry.
But there was nothing wrong with what Akai said.
I really wouldn't persuade her to stay just because I like her.
"Fujii, didn't you encourage me at the beginning and say, 'How can you know the result if you don't try hard?' Fujii, other than my mother, I have never felt that there is anyone who recognizes me and supports me so much."
Fujii Itsuki smiled bitterly: "I know your determination and don't want to ruin your future and motivation, so I advised you like this. But actually——"
Akai Muzi: "Actually, you still don't want me to leave?"
"nonsense!"
Fujii Itsuki said bluntly, as if his past emotions were brought back to him, and he was furious. "Do you know? After you left, I felt very uncomfortable. I always felt like something was missing in my life. There was no one to practice the saxophone with me every day!
“Even the sight of that thing upsets me and I just want to throw it in a corner!
“This incident led me to choose violin without hesitation in college!”
"Sorry." Akai Muzi said softly.
"Apologies are useful! It was because you suddenly said you wanted to go to America that I had no choice but to support you. I was depressed for several months and became addicted to smoking! I didn't recover during the entire summer vacation and even after I went to Kyoto to attend university! Later, I met a professor who took good care of my studies. Only then did I walk out of your shadow!"
"Feel sorry."
"Infuriating!"
"Feel sorry."
Only then did Fujii Itsuki realize that Jiuhuayue and Matsumae Shinchun were still sitting opposite him.
"Sorry, I lost my composure. Actually, when I think about it carefully, isn't this exactly what I expected at the time? Muzi, you are finally willing to fight for your dream."
"That's why I said, Fujii, you are the only one who is willing to support me." Akai Muzi said in a gentle voice.
After Fujii Itsuki calmed down, the atmosphere at the table suddenly fell into a strange state.
After hearing this, Jiuhuayue realized it.
The uncle seems angry, but in fact it is a manifestation of his nostalgia.
He still misses the past.
In other words, the uncle still has feelings for Akai Sensei!
If he had no emotions at all, then he would have truly forgotten Akai Muko.
Jiuhuayue clutched the skirt of her work uniform under the table.
This is not fair.
Why did another ex-girlfriend show up?
If the ex-girlfriend breaks up, then it’s a breakup!
It's really cunning to bring up past relationships!
Jiu Huayue didn't know what was wrong with the world. Why did she finally fall in love with someone, and finally have someone approach her and treat her so well, but there were so many people competing with her?
Or did I come too late?
Such a good man had actually been discovered by other women a long time ago, and they had already established relationships with him early on.
Whether it was Chitose, Xinchun, or Sister Muzi in front of him, they all had contact with uncles earlier than himself.
Jiuhuayue, ah Jiuhuayue.
Just you.
Only you are the last person to get close to him!