A Love That Ended Before It Began. (Thanks to Cheng Nan Hua Yi Kai Deng Jun Yue Lai Cai for the reward)

"What, is it that strange?" Seeing Shiro freeze, Mizuki tilted her head and smiled.

"Uh, no. It's just that I only said it offhand, and you actually agreed. It feels kind of odd."

"Does it? It's really nothing. I can use this chance to apologize to you, too."

"Apologize? Hah, did you do something wrong to me? How come I don't know about it?" Shiro asked as they walked toward the barbecue restaurant.

"Of course I did. Do you still remember the days before my graduation exam?"

"Graduation exam? I remember. What about it? You didn't seem to do anything that day, did you?"

"...After you comforted me, didn't you treat me to a meal?"

"Yeah. What about it? Was there a problem?"

"...A huge problem!" Mizuki rubbed her forehead. "Don't you think the bill that night was way too high? That day, I subconsciously ordered according to my usual habits, but for you back then, that amount of money shouldn't have been small, right? And you actually didn't feel anything?"

Shiro froze for a moment, then looked at Mizuki with a helpless, amused smile. "That's it?"

"What do you mean, that's it? This is important, okay?"

"Tch, enough. It's not as important as you think. My training really did cost money, but first, it wasn't that urgent at the time, and second, that amount of money wouldn't have helped much anyway, so I never cared about it. You, on the other hand, actually remembered it until now."

"You didn't take it to heart, but I kept remembering it. After that, I always wanted to find a chance to make it up to you, but unfortunately, I never found one. Now it's good. Even if it's a little late, I can finally make it up."

Looking at Mizuki's brilliant smile,