The moment the words left her mouth, Mitsuri felt something was wrong.
She and Kanzaki Kumo were only friends, after all. Questions about his private life crossed the line somewhat, especially since they had only met three times...
So, even though she could not help feeling a sour ache inside, she suppressed those uncomfortable emotions and prepared to apologize.
But before she could speak, Kanzaki Kumo's answer dealt another heavy blow to her innocent heart and her positively naive ideas about romance.
"Not only do I have a lover, I have more than one."
"Huh-?!"
Mitsuri's little head erupted into chaos.
On the one hand, as a friend, she was in no position to pry into Kanzaki Kumo's private life.
On the other hand, the girl's natural appetite for gossip was beginning to stir.
On top of that, the sour feeling she found so puzzling kept welling up inside her.
Those tangled thoughts instantly overloaded Mitsuri's simple mind. Even her big green eyes grew vacant, as though ghostly mosquito-coil spirals had appeared in them.
Kanzaki Kumo had indeed intended to tell Mitsuri about Makomo and the others. Although he had not originally planned to do it so soon, since she had asked, he took the opportunity to say it. After all, it was something they would have to face sooner or later.
He did not have the skills of a master at juggling relationships, and he also had just a little too much of a conscience.
So being honest was the only response he could offer that would do justice to those girls' feelings.
Besides, while they were still not too deeply involved, learning about the others would not be too difficult for Mitsuri to accept. After all, they were currently just friends who had met three times.
Even if