"But you can be jealous. Just don't let jealousy drive you to do something you'll regret."
"Do you like Chu Kexin?"
Xiao Xiao changed the subject and asked Anna a question that was not difficult to answer.
It should have been that simple...
"..."
Anna opened her mouth.
But no sound came out.
She wanted to say that she liked her.
Of course she liked Xin Xin...
But she found that... she had suddenly become mute.
She clenched the hand hanging at her side.
"If you truly can't accept the fact that Chu Kexin has become a trainee... if you've decided that you won't keep in touch with Chu Kexin from now on..."
"You can choose not to apologize."
Xiao Xiao did not criticize her. Instead, he said something like this...
The girl froze.
"...Can I?"
A glimmer of hope flashed across Anna's eyes.
She could choose not to apologize?
"Whether you can or not is up to you."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "After all, this is your business."
"But no matter which choice you make, you must be prepared to bear the consequences that come with it."
"Don't make yourself regret it."
The girl fell silent.
She knew.
If she did not apologize, if she grew distant from Xin Xin because of it, if they no longer kept in touch...
She would definitely regret it.
"Looks like you already have your answer."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"...Yeah."
Anna nodded.
"Actually, I already had my answer from the beginning."
It was just that her jealousy and cowardice had kept her from putting it into action.
The girl suddenly smiled.
"...From the first time I met Xin Xin, I thought... her name was beautiful."
"It's not like mine."
"It's practically everywhere."
"Maybe I'm just as ordinary."
The girl's voice