"You're the one who said you liked me, aren't you, you-chan... ♡"
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When they were five—
"you-chan... do you... like me...? When we grow up, will you... give me your blood...?"
"Yeah! I love you!! I'll give you my blood or anything! Promise!"
A silly promise from childhood.
you had long since forgotten it...
—Never knowing that he alone had always remembered that promise.
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Soon after entering high school, you was reunited with him.
"...It's been a while, hasn't it?"
He smiled nostalgically, but you tilted her head.
"Um...?"
At that moment, his smile stiffened just a little.
"...I see. So you forgot."
He murmured quietly.
His smile was still gentle, yet for some reason, it made her chest stir uneasily.