"Forget it," Su Yang said. "Maybe I just wasn't meant to have it."
"No." Ichika shook her head. "There'll still be chances in the future..."
"No," Su Yang said. "Once this half hour is over, there won't be another chance."
"It seems we really weren't fated to be together," Su Yang said.
"..."
Ichika.
That was a strange way of putting it.
It sounded as though, once the next half hour passed, Su Yang would completely ignore her.
"Then I'll carry you back to the infirmary first," Su Yang said.
Although time would reset shortly anyway, so it would not matter if he left Ichika here, doing that would make him seem like a scumbag.
Su Yang still could not bring himself to do it.
"..."
Ichika.
"..."
Ichika.
"Then..." She looked at Su Yang, who had completely lost interest. "I'll give you a little something here as a down payment."
"My foot can't exert any strength. It hurts whenever I move it."
"..." Su Yang said nothing and merely looked at Ichika.
The instant his gaze fell on her, Ichika averted her eyes.
What she said was probably true.
It was a little different from what he had expected at first, but it did not seem like too much of a loss.
"That day, when May helped you, I saw it."
Ichika said this with a flushed face.
"Oh."
Su Yang remained calm. "Then let's begin."
"You do it."
"M-Me?"
For Ichika, taking the initiative was not only something she had never experienced before, but also incredibly embarrassing.
"Do it. There isn't enough time," Su Yang urged.
"I-I understand."
Ichika forced herself to suppress her embarrassment.
"F-First time, first time meeting..."
Creak—
A few minutes later, Su Yang noticed a sound nearby.
So who was it this time?
Su