Nakano Yuu said.
"..."
Kushida fell silent at once. She didn't want to say anything, either. She had probably realized that Nakano Yuu was different from everyone else. He was actually very rich.
Although she didn't know how he got his points, Horikita's points were definitely connected to him!
She had let him do that sort of thing to her, while Horikita probably hadn't had to give up anything. At most, they had probably just held hands.
Classmate Kushida suddenly felt the difference between them.
"Th-then..."
Just as Nakano Yuu thought she wasn't going to say anything, she suddenly lifted her head and looked at him as though she wanted to say something but couldn't bring herself to. "I mean, if I—"
If you?
"If I—"
Nakano Yuu noticed that her emotions seemed to be showing through.
"If I—"
Nakano Yuu turned to look at her.
Her smile seemed to have vanished from her face.
Nakano Yuu noticed that Kushida's emotions seemed to be showing through.
"If I—"
Nakano Yuu turned to look at her.
"No, never mind."
But Kushida shook her head and then hurried off.
What a strange girl.
Only after Kushida had run away did Nakano Yuu suddenly remember that he had asked her to come out so he could improve her opinion of him and get her to cooperate with him during the VIP Exam.
In the end, she had simply run off.
As expected.
He shouldn't have let what Kushida said about Ichinose taking his picture distract him just now.
But Nakano Yuu felt that when Ichinose had appeared, she really had looked in his direction.
He remembered the look in her eyes.
It had been as if she knew him—as if she had a lot to say, but was holding herself back.
Still, he