I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Because confessing one's feelings is a very important thing to her, almost a symbol of entrusting oneself to another person and requiring that the other person to take on the corresponding responsibility.

Therefore, Horikita was dissatisfied and even angry with Amane's perfunctory way of dealing with Karuizawa because she could see that Amane had no intention of taking responsibility.

So she hesitated. She wondered if Amane, who had been so casual in the face of Karuizawa's confession, was truly ready to become her lover.

The final result is obvious.

She chose to give up this opportunity.

"I'm sorry, Tianyin... I... I really'm not ready yet, can you give me some more time?"

Horikita spoke almost pleadingly.

Tianyin's gentle gaze gradually turned into disappointment, and two lines of tears suddenly streamed down her beautiful cheeks from her smiling face.

At that moment, Horikita's heart almost broke. She had too many concerns and couldn't make a confession as carefree as Karuizawa's.

If she rejected Tianyin's request this time, would Tianyin give her the same opportunity next time she was ready to confess her feelings?

Overwhelmed with mixed feelings, Horikita felt that if she stayed any longer, she would inevitably make a fool of herself. So she hurriedly got up, forgetting that this was actually her room and that if anyone was going to leave, it should be someone else. She grabbed a piece of clothing from the clothes rack, put on her shoes, and quickly left the room, the sound of her running echoing down the corridor.

For a moment, the room fell into a deathly silence.

Unable to bear the somber atmosphere, Sakayanagi spoke first, breaking the heavy silence in the room.

"She's gone, you don't need to act anymore."

Sakayanagi sighed softly and poked Amane in the back with his cane.

Although Sakayanagi had witnessed Amane's superb acting skills more than once.

But Tianyin's performance this time still opened her eyes. The realistic, silent tears made her heart ache as she watched from the side.

If she were the one being asked to confess her feelings, seeing Tianyin so disappointed that she silently shed tears, she would confess no matter what.

If you like something, you like it. What's the point of hiding it?

Sakayanagi couldn't understand Horikita's stance. The reason Amane wanted to hear Horikita's confession was simply because Horikita had shown an amazing attitude in the matter. Whether it was criticizing Amane's ambiguous response to Karuizawa or actively protecting Karuizawa Megumi, who should have been an adversary, Amane saw the dazzling shining points in Horikita, as if she had already transformed into a guardian of love.

Such an attitude is undoubtedly fatally attractive to Tianyin, who is still clueless about love.

So, Tianyin, who was moved, chose to throw out a bouquet as a test.

If Horikita catches the bouquet, then without a doubt, everything she just said came from the bottom of her heart. Although Amane's attitude seemed ambiguous, if Horikita hadn't confessed on the spot without any hesitation, Sakayanagi was certain that she would have lost the game immediately.

Fortunately, Horikita is just all talk and no action. What do you mean he's not ready yet? How long does it take to prepare a single sentence? The key is whether you can say it. A confession is worthless if you can't say it.

When Horikita showed fear upon hearing Amane's silence about the answer, Sakayanagi knew that Horikita's chance was gone. Amane would probably give her a way out, and then the matter would be over.

As expected, everything that followed was exactly as Sakayanagi had predicted. Amane forced a smile and told her that she had only meant to scare her, and ironically, Horikita actually believed her.

Couldn't she hear the disappointment in Tenon's tone? Or was she too frightened to think rationally? Sakayanagi didn't know, but the ending was already decided from this moment.

However, to her surprise, Horikita made a series of blunders at this critical moment and even apologized.

Upon hearing this, Sakayanagi almost wanted to throw the tea in Horikita's face. What was she doing? Of all the things to say, why did she have to apologize at a time like this?

If you can't understand this scenario, you can replace it with asking someone, "Do you like me?" and their answer is, "Sorry..." Do you need to hear what they say after that?

There's absolutely no need for that. This is clearly a rejection. Even if they say they're not ready yet, it doesn't change the fact that Horikita chose to run away at the last minute.

They will be moving up to second grade in the spring, and a third of their time at this school will have already passed. The first half of next year will also go by quickly, and they will be on holiday again in just a few days.

In other words, half of my time at school has passed in the blink of an eye.

How long does Horikita Suzune plan to prepare?

Graduation? Don't be ridiculous.

Tianyin slowly turned around.

Sakayanagi paused for a moment, then placed his hand on Amane's face in disbelief.

"Tianyin, you...you really cried?"

Chapter 101: Then cry again next time.

The sight before her eyes was an unparalleled shock to Sakayanagi. Since she had known Amane, she had never seen Amane cry even once.

Even when she was being tortured by training to the point of being unrecognizable, and even Sakayanagi herself was crying her eyes out, Amane, who seemed to know nothing of pain, never shed a tear. She even smiled and comforted her.

But today, she actually cried.

why?

Shocked, Sakayanagi was more confused and puzzled. She was certain that Amane had indeed been testing Horikita's way of urging him to confess his feelings at the beginning.

Without a doubt, at that time, Amane was using her superb acting skills to gradually draw Horikita into an atmosphere where she had no choice but to confess.

Only under such circumstances would Horikita reveal her truest feelings, but... when exactly did Amane go from acting to genuine emotion?

"Rin...she refused."

Tianyin's voice was slightly hoarse, likely due to the temporary change in her voice caused by her desperate attempt to suppress her tears.

Is Horikita really that important to Amane? Sakayanagi couldn't understand. Horikita's performance so far was terrible, even worse than a weak girl like Karuizawa. Karuizawa knew when to be brave, but Horikita not only ruined her closest chance to Amane, but also completely destroyed the image and relationship she had built up in front of Amane, and finally shamefully chose to run away.

Little did she know that once she fled, it would be difficult for her to turn back.

But... it was this kind of girl who could make Amane cry. Although making Amane cry was not something to be proud of, Sakayanagi still felt a little uncomfortable.

Is it because she and Amane get along too well, or is it that Horikita is actually more important to Amane than she is?

Impossible! That kind of thing is absolutely impossible!!

"I saw it, so I'll just say no. Some things can't be forced."

Sakayanagi was in a terrible mood, so he did not choose to defend Horikita, who shared the same stance.

"Arisu! She refused!"

Amane repeated something similar, but with a stronger emphasis. If others were present, they might not understand what Amane was trying to say, but how could Sakayanagi, who had grown up with Amane since childhood, not know what Amane wanted to say?

Sakayanagi sat down silently next to Amane, and the next second Amane hugged her tightly.

First she sobbed softly, then she burst into loud sobs without any attempt to hide it. Perhaps this was the first time Tianyin had ever cried, and she cried like a little child.

"Why, why won't Rin confess to me? Waaaaah, why won't she confess to me?"

Tears quickly soaked Sakayanagi's shoulders, but Sakayanagi couldn't answer her question because she didn't know what Horikita was thinking; perhaps she really just wasn't prepared.

Horikita was confident that her confession would not be rejected, and Amane was just as confident that if she wanted Horikita to confess to her, Horikita would not hesitate.

As a result, Tianyin didn't even have a chance to accept the confession before everything ended.

"Arisu."

Hearing Amane call her name, Sakayanagi quickly snapped out of her daze.

"what happened?"

"back."

Tianyin choked back tears and pointed to her back.

Sakayanagi glanced helplessly at Amane, whose eyes were red from crying, and patted her back with some heartache.

As expected, in the end, I still had to coax Tianyin myself. Sigh, if I had known things would turn out this way, I would have preferred to just humiliate Horikita right here and draw the hatred onto myself.

Hearing the sound of Tianyin crying, and looking at the bewildered and aggrieved look on the sky, Banliu felt a heart-wrenching pain, so much so that she almost thought her heart disease had flared up again.

"no……"

Amane shifted restlessly, and Sakayanagi stopped trying to soothe her, looking at her with a hint of confusion.

"I mean, my back is a little itchy, and I wanted you to scratch it for me since I can't reach it."

"..."

Sakayanagi looked at Amane, who hadn't even wiped away her tears, yet still reached out to scratch her back. However, because her arms were too short, she tripped and fell to the floor, rolling several times before finally stopping.

It was such a sad thing, but why did it come and go so quickly in Tianyin's place, leaving only a mess?

"Quick, scratch this for me, it's so itchy, Arisu~"

Seeing that Amane was rolling around on the ground, Sakayanagi lifted her clothes and gently scratched her.

"Hehehe...that feels much better now."

Amane showed an expression of enjoyment, and her face, which had just been full of grievances, now showed a happy smile. Sakayanagi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Amane seemed to have come out of her sadness. If Amane had continued to cry, she really didn't know what to do.

Before Sakagi could even relax for a few seconds, she heard Amane crying again. It seemed that the itching on her back had been resolved, and Amane continued to cry.

Sakayanagi was completely bewildered. What on earth was going on?!

"It's just a confession, right? Let Horikita confess next time."

Sakayanagi forced a smile and gently hugged Amane, trying to persuade her again.

"What if... what if Rinne does this again next time?"

Tenon looked pitifully at Sakayanagi with her big, tearful eyes.

"This……"

To be honest, even though Tianyin is so sad, she hasn't lost her most basic cognitive abilities.

One sentence was enough to stump Sakayanagi.

What will happen to Amane if Horikita refuses her request again next time, citing that she is not ready?

Sakayanagi hesitated for a moment before finally answering.

"Then why don't you just keep crying next time?"

"..."

Tianyin and the other person just stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Sakayanagi wanted to slap himself. What was he even saying? This wasn't a game with a pause button. How could he cry halfway through this and then continue crying after being rejected next time?

Sakayanagi tried to put herself in Amane's shoes. If she asked Amane to confess to her and was rejected, and someone suddenly told her not to rush to cry, but to wait until the next rejection and cry together...

Sakayanagi's blood pressure spiked instantly. If anyone dared to say that, even she would feel an urge to hit them.

But the current situation is that he actually made such a thoughtless suggestion to Tianyin.

'Sakayanagi Arisu!! What are you doing?! Can't you think of another way to stop her from crying?'

"Arisu..."

Tianyin placed her hand on her shoulder.

When Sakayanagi saw Tenon's serious expression, he panicked. Tenon was in a bad mood and he had said such things. What if Tenon lost her mind and bit him?

"Ahem, Amane, let me explain. What I meant was... Horikita might not refuse your request next time... Anyway, calm down... If you want to bite someone, I'll call Kaede right now..."

"Arisu, you're a genius!!!"

"what?"

Chapter 102: I already said I didn't know!

Christmas Eve should be a very festive day.

The school started decorating the school with Christmas-related decorations at the beginning of the month, even before the final exams were over. All sorts of activities were also scheduled, just to bring the first-year students an unforgettable Christmas.

After nearly a month of intensive work by the school, what appeared before everyone was colorful lights and Christmas decorations everywhere. The Beech Tree Shopping Center even brought in a huge Christmas tree covered with lights and gifts from somewhere, making the school look much more lively.

On Christmas Eve at this time of year, the streets would normally be bustling with people, as they would gather to participate in various Christmas celebrations, sing Christmas carols, and welcome the arrival of Christmas.

Some young men and women, caught up in the throes of first love, choose Christmas Eve to confess their feelings to their long-time crush. Amidst the lively, joyful, and warm atmosphere of Christmas Eve, they embrace tightly, feeling each other's breath and heartbeat. Blushing, they gaze at each other intently. When their eyes meet, as if struck by lightning, they instinctively look away, then slowly reconnect, creating an ambiguous atmosphere. After a brief exchange of glances, such as "Is it okay?", they kiss, finally exuding a sweet, almost cloying, romance that would make any single person envious.

However, all of the above are things that would happen 'in theory', and what Gao Yu School is best at is not reasoning with you.

Just as the shop owners were enthusiastically decorating their storefronts, waiting to rake in a hefty harvest of these little rascals—I mean, these adorable students—on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the weather turned against them.

On Christmas Eve, a heavy snowfall blanketed the school in silver, creating a romantic atmosphere for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Logically, this should be a good thing, but the problem is... the snow is too heavy, and the students are too cold to go out.

So on Christmas Eve, the streets were deserted, as if everyone had vanished. The awful weather made people freezing even before they could confess their feelings, so those who planned to confess changed their tactics. This left some merchants who were waiting to fleece their clients feeling utterly helpless.

As it started snowing again that evening, the owner of a newly opened ramen shop couldn't wait for any customers and was about to close when three customers suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Three bowls of tonkotsu ramen, one large bowl with extra char siu and extra noodles, and the noodles should be a little firm."

"Okay, please wait a moment, all of you..."