Thank You for Your Kiss! I Thank You Too!

After coming to an empty part of the hallway.

Saionji Nanase felt nervous, her cheeks flushed red. Her hands unconsciously clutched at the hem of her clothes as she looked up at Natsume Chikage.

Just as she wanted to say something, looking into his eyes made her even more bashful, and her gaze flickered uncertainly.

"Natsume-kun... um... what I wanted to talk about was... about how we accidentally... last time..."

As she spoke,

her voice grew quieter and quieter.

"The accidental kiss..."

Natsume Chikage swallowed, unable to hide his nervousness and embarrassment.

So we're finally talking about this?

That made sense.

Even if it had been an accident, they had still kissed.

It was hard not to care about something like that.

"Sorry."

"Sorry..."

Both of them thought it was their own carelessness that had caused it, so they both began apologizing.

Yet they spoke at the exact same time.

Hearing each other, they both froze.

Saionji Nanase hurriedly said, "No, no, no, this isn't your fault, Natsume-kun. It was all my fault."

"If I hadn't dropped my keys, I wouldn't have gone back to your room. I wouldn't have accidentally knocked over your drawings either, and the accidental kiss wouldn't have happened..."

Natsume Chikage shook his head. "No, it really was my fault."

"I should have noticed what was happening, but I didn't react in time. It was entirely my fault."

He felt that, with his stats being so high across the board,

he should have reacted when he turned around.

But he had never expected something like that, so the thought had not even crossed his mind.

That was why it had happened.

Saionji Nanase blinked her lively eyes, then looked away and lowered her head shyly. "Natsume-kun, you don't have to be so considerate of me... I