“What are you planning to do?” Riko asked once Alyia told her about the previous evening. The entire evening went wrong. Everything happened exactly as they didn’t want it to and there was nothing Riko could do about that.
“Nothing. Absolutely nothing.” Alyia said, resignation apparent in her voice. She thought she could be close to Hiro and figure out her feelings about him. For the same reason, she wanted to stay close to Hideki. Alyia knows it was selfish of her and the result was on her, but she couldn’t help feeling sad and disappointed.
“If life were just a little easier, everything would have been different.” She sighed loudly, considering her current situation. From the moment she arrived back home at night, she thoroughly thought about her next steps. Giving up on Hiro seemed to
