"Why do you change so quickly, you jerk!"
Faced with his girlfriend’s soul-searching question, Ishida Koji’s small eyes were filled with great confusion.
Shirakawa Sawahei never imagined that his well-intentioned advice at the ti would result in such an outco under the actions of the oblivious Ishida Koji.
When couples argue, isn’t it normal to take a little ti to calm down? Why does this thod beco so strange with Ishida Koji?
Is it who’s wrong, or is it the world?
"No... it’s not, this is..." Ishida Koji stamred, "This is actually..."
"What else do you want to say! Are you going to say soone else taught you this?"
Looking at his furious girlfriend, Ishida Koji said with a steely resolve: "It’s my own idea! It has nothing to do with anyone else!"
A real man, after all, should bravely share the burdens of his friends!
Ai Peng, we are lifelong best friends, I, Ishida Koji, would never betray you in this situation!
Yai was instantly infuriated when she heard the hint of pride in Ishida Koji’s tone, "You! You!!"
"Let’s break up! You jerk."
Although Shirakawa Sawahei might also be a bit oblivious, he at least has so emotional intelligence. In this situation, if Yai really left, Ishida Koji’s first love might truly be over.
"Yai, Ishida has sothing to return to you."
Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t bother with any calm down talk, as such words in the face of an enraged Yai would only achieve the effect of padding the word count.
Yai, you need to calm down first.
How am I supposed to calm down!
Just listen to his explanation.
Explanation? What’s there to explain!
See, that’s padding several lines right there?
This wasn’t the developnt Shirakawa Sawahei wanted to see, nor was it sothing Yai wanted to hear. He directly tossed out an odd topic to slightly divert the attention of the rage-filled girl.
"Though you’ve broken up, I assu you still have a lot of stuff at Ishida’s place, right?"
"Getting it later just wastes ti, why not take it now?" Shirakawa Sawahei said with a persuasive stance that seed more like advising separation than reconciliation.
Ishida Koji was initially stunned by the turn of events, then suddenly exclaid in delight: "So it turns out we hadn’t broken up before!"
"Master Ise Yu was indeed right!"
Shirakawa Sawahei: ???
At this point, if you’re still hung up on the issue, it’s not an emotional intelligence problem you’re facing, but an intellectual one!
"But... Yai, I still don’t want to break up with you."
"Too late! Whatever you say now is too late! Return everything I left with you! And let’s never et again!"
"Ai Peng, please help persuade her for ," seeing the situation worsen, Ishida Koji imdiately sought help from Shirakawa Sawahei.
Shirakawa Sawahei shook his head without a hint of persuasion, lanting.
"It’s late, Ishida, this relationship has reached an irreparable state, you should be dignified and make it easier for both sides."
"What... how did it co to this..."
Ishida Koji’s heart sank; he bitterly said, "Is there really no room for reconciliation..."
"Sorry, Ishida, I didn’t fulfill my promise to you earlier."
"No..."
After a mont of silence, Ishida Koji suddenly sighed, "Perhaps it’s true that I don’t have the fortune to walk to the end with Yai..."
Yai turned her head away, not looking at Ishida Koji’s sorrowful face.
He returned to his room and started to pack things one by one: toys on the desk, the samurai figurine on the shelf, folding fans, souvenirs won during a trip to the amusent park together, and photos of Yai from the fireworks festival. These items full of nostalgic mories were ticulously placed into a cardboard box by Ishida Koji.
Sotis he would pick up sothing and stay silent for a mont, and sotis he would smile as if recalling so cherished mory.
Seeing him like this, Yai’s nose twitched, and she muttered quietly, "If only you’d cherished sooner, there’s no point pretending now."
"Actually, Ishida really likes you," Shirakawa Sawahei said softly, "He ca to before, asking for my help with love advice."
"Maybe it was my advice that was inappropriate, which led Ishida to decide to hide from you. For that, I must apologize to you both."
Taking advantage of Yai’s slightly touched emotions, Shirakawa Sawahei explained.
"Love advice?" Yai was taken aback: "It’s not cheating?"
"Of course not, do you think Ishida has the capability to cheat?"
Looking at her ex-boyfriend who was grinning stupidly while recalling mories with a toy, Yai fell into deep thought.
"Then he shouldn’t have treated so terribly before."
The girl clearly couldn’t bring herself to reconcile yet, stubbornly standing her ground.
Seeing this, Shirakawa Sawahei knew there might be a turning point, but he didn’t say anything further, quietly watching Ishida Koji sort through the old items.
A while later, Ishida Koji slowly stood up holding the cardboard box and walked over. Tears welled up in his eyes, and with a slightly red eye-rim, he said, "Yai... these... are all your things..."
Yai took the box and remained silent, unsure of what to say.
The two stood silently, as if ti itself had stopped.
Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t help but add, "Ishida, I saw you secretly hiding a handkerchief earlier, that doesn’t seem like sothing you’d own."
Ishida Koji was shocked, "Not that one, no!"
Ai Peng, are you the devil? You want to take even my last mory away!
"I just want to keep this mory... is it okay, Yai..." Ishida Koji pleaded.
"Let see." Yai reached out her hand.
Ishida Koji trembled as he took out a small blue handkerchief, which appeared to be a style from many years ago. Although washed cleanly, it was inevitably a bit worn.
Upon seeing the handkerchief, Yai recognized it imdiately.
"Isn’t this my childhood handkerchief..."
Ishida Koji nodded.
"It’s been so long, why still keep it? You might as well throw it away."
"No way!" Ishida Koji raised his voice, "I said I would protect you well! This handkerchief is proof of my vow."
"When we were little I was weak and timid, no one would like . But you, Yai, you were different, the only one willing to be with ..."
"We were childhood friends, nothing more," Yai retorted.
"I rember once, an upperclassman bullied you and took your pocket money... I couldn’t beat them, got my own allowance taken too, and got scolded badly by my mom at the end..."
Ishida Koji scratched his head in embarrassnt, causing Yai to chuckle despite herself, though she imdiately collected herself, saying, "It serves you right for overestimating yourself."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Honestly, if you’re going to start reminiscing about the past and flaunt your relationship, I can leave, I have legs.
"This handkerchief was used by Yai to bandage my wound at the ti... I have always cherished it."
"From that day on, I decided I must beco strong enough to not let anyone ever bully you again."
"To this day, I have never forgotten that vow..."
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