"Dressing as a man...?!"
Fu Hua's words were like a bolt from the blue, exploding directly in Fujiwara no Mei Hong's mind.
"Dressing as a man, dressing as..."
Fu Hua... had been a woman all along...?
Fujiwara no Mei Hong could hardly bear it, nor did she want to believe it. The person she liked... had been a woman from the very beginning?
If she was a woman, why had she flirted with her?!
Was it fun?
Did she want to see her utterly devastated?
"Mei Hong, are you okay?"
Seeing that Fujiwara no Mei Hong's reaction was even more frightening than she had imagined, Fu Hua could not help feeling a little worried. She had only dressed as a man before. Was such a huge reaction really necessary?
"I'm fine... How could I possibly be fine?!"
Fujiwara no Mei Hong wanted to roar in anger, but... she did not. She merely laughed at herself as her heart was torn apart...
So all of this, from beginning to end... had only been a joke, a farce.
Nothing was more despairing than a dead heart...
Was Fu Hua coming clean now because she had had enough fun with her?
She wanted to laugh, but all she felt was sorrow.
"I... I'm sorry..."
Seeing Fujiwara no Mei Hong's reaction far exceed her expectations, Fu Hua felt a little guilty. Although she did not think she had done anything wrong, it seemed she had... hurt her somehow.
"What's the use of apologizing...?"
The first time she had given someone her heart, the other person had turned out to be a scumbag who toyed with her feelings. No! A scumbag woman.
Fujiwara no Mei Hong felt as though her heart had died.
"This..."
"Right, I came to discuss something with you this time. You