"Idiot, don't just leave all of a sudden and abandon me..."
"You liar... do you know how worried I was?"
"So you lost to me once... what's the big deal?"
She gripped Asta's slender wrist tightly.
March 7th drew a deep breath and poured out everything on her mind.
"March 7th, you..."
Asta had been trying to break free and run away.
But hearing March 7th's words, she froze on the spot.
The storm of anger she had expected never came.
Instead, the emotion on March 7th's face left her at a loss.
The next moment, determination flickered in March 7th's beautiful eyes.
March 7th stepped forward, spread her slender, jade-like arms, and hugged Asta tightly.
Their full, snowy breasts, clad in black and white, pressed together.
Soft and springy as jelly, they trembled from the impact.
Asta lifted her head in a daze.
Her beautiful eyes shimmered with tears and confusion.
March 7th had caught her secretly sharing a passionate kiss with Lin Chen.
Yet March 7th hadn't harshly berated her as she'd expected.
Instead, she'd given her a warm embrace. It was almost impossible to believe!
Her heart was filled with apprehension.
Acting on instinct,
Asta reached out with both hands and rested them on March 7th's smooth, fair, bare back.
"Didn't you say last month that you wanted us to be best friends forever?"
"Then I promise! Just stop being so headstrong!"
She gently patted Asta's shoulder.
March 7th's beautiful eyes focused slightly, her voice carrying a trace of tenderness.
"But Lin Chen..."
Filled with confusion and unease, Asta spoke faintly.
"What about our promise that the three of us would stay together? You haven't forgotten already, have you?"
"Why does someone have to leave? A world where nobody gets hurt can exist too!"
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