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[color=firebrick][b]"Why won't the romantic gossips just leave me the hell out of it?"[/b][/color][/center]

[color=firebrick][b]"Well, alright, you do get fired up sometimes,"[/b][/color] Kiyo added to Suki's comments. [color=firebrick][b]"But you know how it is. Something that isn't necessarily wrong or right can look bad from the wrong perspective. If you can look at things from their angle and honestly say you did nothing wrong, then don't let it eat you. Especially if they don't help you understand their own feelings."[/b][/color] Kiyo didn't particularly feel like pressing for gory details in the hallway, so she decided to give boilerplate advice for the time being. [color=firebrick][b]"Just don't put off making a decision if you think you might want to apologize. It only gets harder over time."[/b][/color]

She was just about to follow after Suki when Michi appeared, causing her to stop and mull over her question for a moment. There arose in her heart a well-cultivated desire to get away from this kind of conversation—an 'out' to be anywhere or do anything else—but still, she thought about it. [color=firebrick][b][i]If Tsubomi truly doesn't feel any emotion, then I guess... that makes me her 'de facto' best friend? And the prime suspect. How annoying. Today was going so well, too. Would someone just show up and take credit for the letter already?[/i][/b][/color] Something in between discomfort and disinterest showed on her face. [color=firebrick][b]"Out of everyone here, as in the Club? Between Tsubomi and I, I guess it's kind of a wash?"[/b][/color] Roche might have still had unrequited feelings, but as Suki said, she was close with Shuuko now, and with her being under so much stress lately... [color=firebrick][b][i]I know you've got it bad, but I really hope you didn't do anything stupid.[/i][/b][/color]