"Th-then what about you, Amasawa? What do you do when someone confesses to you?" Ichinose Honami turned the question back on him. "You're so handsome, and your family's well-off, so I'm sure lots of girls have confessed to you, right?"
"Hmm... Now that you mention it, I'm not sure I can offer much help with that."
He'd only ever been confessed to by Tsubaki Yuki, but his relationship with her was too complicated. Even without a confession between them, they were deeply entangled.
Ichinose was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing. "What? Looks like you and I are the same type, Amasawa."
"Looks like neither of us has much experience with romance."
"What about Tsubaki or Classmate Sakayanagi? They're both beautiful girls, and they've known you since childhood." Ichinose Honami started picking out a match for Amasawa Yuto instead. "Don't you know, Amasawa? You're every boy in school's sworn enemy."
"Please spare me. I'd rather not make enemies of every boy in school."
"Actually, I did some asking around, and I found that saying, 'I'm already seeing someone,' is the excuse least likely to hurt the other person." Ichinose continued, "So I was wondering if you could pretend to be my boyfriend?"
Ichinose looked a little nervous.
"Ichinose, you know that once you tell one lie, you have to cover it up with countless more." Amasawa Yuto replied, "I think you can imagine how much courage it took the person who wrote that letter to give it to you, can't you?"
Ichinose bit her lip and nodded.
"So we can't use an irresponsible lie to deceive someone whose feelings are so sincere and intense. I think the right thing to do is give them an honest answer."
"If I turn them down, will I still be able