Lonely Rock for the Blind.

So...why?

"Yamada Ryo said softly."

"I already told you it's because you ran away."

Nekoyashiki Haru squinted her eyes.

Are you worried about me? Or are they worried about me?

Yamada Ryo looked at Nekoyashiki Haru's left hand, where the red mark was extremely conspicuous.

"Everyone is worried about you, is it really necessary to ask such a question?"

"...Did you confirm it today?"

Yamada Ryo took another look at the traffic below.

"Yes, Yu Dai, that's probably true."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

"How to do?"

Yamada Ryo asked in a seemingly nonchalant tone.

"do not know."

Haru Nekoyashiki answered.

"Are you feeling very uncomfortable?"

Yamada Ryo looked at Nekoyashiki Haru's face.

"Fortunately."

"...You're lying."

Snapped.

Yamada Ryo grabbed Nekoyashiki Haru's left hand.

"I saw you pinch it out."

"Yeah…"

"I can still see you trembling."

"Ah."

"Did you hear that?!"

Snap!

Yamada Ryo bit the lollipop in his mouth and then spat it out.

"What...did you hear?"

"...I can't make out your colors clearly."

"No one played it wrong! Everyone played it correctly! Why do you still hear those..."

Yamada Ryo suddenly exclaimed excitedly, but Nekoyashiki Haru interrupted him.

Why did you run away?

"?!"

Golden eyes widened.

Click...click...

She bit the sugar crumbs into even smaller pieces.

"Don't answer questions with questions..."

"Answer me first, why did you run away?"

The breath that had been building up in his chest suddenly stopped, and a feeling of suffocation made Yamada Ryo involuntarily open his mouth.

"...I...just because...I'm tired..."

"Everyone played perfectly without making any mistakes, and they were all in great form?"

“It’s different… I can feel it.”

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

“I can hear it too.”

"Do Yudai and Hongxia realize that you're distancing yourself from them?"

"Maybe."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

"Perhaps that's why all I hear are blurry colors..."

"What do we do next?"

Yamada Ryo asked again.

"I already said I don't know."

"...Think about it again?"

"I've been thinking about it, and I'm still thinking about it now."

Nekoyashiki Haru lowered her head.

“A direct refusal would hurt them.”

"... "

"There's not much I can do to politely refuse, so how about I just reveal that I like mature women?"

"... "

"Is there any other way? If not, how about I try renting a girlfriend? Maybe that will work?"

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru raised her head.

"Ah...it's all my fault."

"...?"

Yamada Ryo suddenly looked at Nekoyashiki Haru.

"Your... mistake?"

"Isn't it my fault that Hongxia and Yudai fell in love with me?"

"...No...no, no..."

Yamada Ryo grabbed Nekomayashiki's clothes.

"It's not your fault!"

"Whose is that? Yu Dai's? Hong Xia's?"

"No...and not..."

Nekoyashiki Haru gently placed her hand on Yamada Ryo's head.

"Is that yours?"

"I…"

Yamada Ryo suddenly couldn't utter a sound.

"…Ugh…"

Nekoyashiki Haru sighed.

"You think it's your own problem?"

"... "

"Do you think that because you told me this, the current atmosphere within the team is on the verge of collapse?"

"... "

So you think it's all your fault?

Nekoyashiki Haru's hand slid off Yamada Ryo's head.

"Liang, you're surprisingly thoughtful..."

"!!!"

Snapped!

Yamada Ryo grabbed Nekoyashiki Haru by the collar.

"I didn't think too much about it!"

"... "

"If I hadn't told you this... if things had just been left to develop naturally, things wouldn't have gotten this bad..."

"How bad has it gotten? Everyone else is still doing fine..."

"Are you troubled?!"

Yamada Ryo shouted, then gently pushed Nekoyashiki Haru away.

"I don't know what to do. I think about it during the day and at night. Listening to that blurry color, I guess I'm just taking the blame and feeling guilty!"

Yamada Ryo raised his head, his golden eyes shimmering with a fluorescent light.

"Is that so?! Nekoyashiki Haru!"

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru remained silent.