As it was the first time for most of the girls at my school to meet those girls who I mentioned were from my past and vice versa, I somewhat expected that this kind of occurrence would happen.
And there’s no need to blame anyone for it. It should only be me.
However, upon hearing my words while I held all of them close to me, Akane, Yae, Satsuki and Shizu frowned at me and simultaneously averted their gazes as if they had rehearsed it.
Following that, they all removed themselves from my embrace, leaving me standing alone in the middle as they found a place for them to sit and rest their backs.
“Wrong move, Ruu. You pushed the blame on yourself again rather than sweep it away so no one would blame themselves, not even you.” Nami, who was just behind Satsuki earlier, stepped forward and
