Utaha Kasumigaoka: #^_^
It was one thing for Sogo to say that, but what right did Yukinoshita have to say it? Besides, she didn't think the answer she had just gotten was wrong...
"What do you mean?"
"Cinderella's magic will always wear off someday. A lie will always just be a lie..." Yukino Yukinoshita said.
"Yet Cinderella got a HAPPY END!" Utaha Kasumigaoka retorted.
"The story abruptly ends at the wedding. Who can say whether it was truly a HAPPY END?" the second young lady said as well.
"Isn't Yukinoshita a little too gloomy? Cinderella is the dream of countless girls..."
"No, no..." Before Yukino Yukinoshita could respond this time, Sogo Doma shook his index finger. "I think what Yukinoshita means is that even if it's for the other person's sake, a lie puts you in a weaker position..."
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."
Indeed, a lie itself was leverage. If it was prompted by love, then such an easily exposed lie was absolutely a bad move. Even if the other person really changed because of it and even benefited from it, whenever the two had an argument, that lie would become a weapon of attack...
If the story was as Sogo had hypothesized, and Miyazono had been dying but claimed she was fine, then that lie might become a beautiful regret. But if it had merely been a misdiagnosis...
Miyazono, who could think of such a lie, was surely no fool.
Rather than saying she liked him, it would be more accurate to say that Miyazono simply wanted Kousei Arima to play the piano again. Calling her love-struck really wouldn't be unfair...
"I never considered whether it put anyone at a disadvantage..." Just as Utaha Kasumigaoka was about to convince herself, Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head.
Sogo Doma: "..."
Yukinoshita really