When Misaki said those words, Fuuka's feelings toward Mitaka vanished. She might not realize it, but what she wanted to do was just to be better than Misaki. Having Mitaka made her better than Misaki, especially when she saw Misaki's heartbroken expression before.
Fuuka knew that she was being insidious for thinking so, but she had a lot of dissatisfaction toward Misaki, especially when her parents loved Misaki more than her.
As long as she could be better than Misaki, it was all good.
As for Mitaka, she realized that her feeling might not be as deep as she had imagined, especially when he didn't even love her to begin with. She also knew that deep inside, Mitaka was as insidious as her.
She showed a bitter expression and looked at the two before she shook her head since she felt that she wasn't worthy of being with them. Her sister was happy; then, it was all good.
As for her, she could get her happiness later in the future.
If she couldn't, then she might follow Misaki's words, but she wanted to learn more about him first.
Still, jokes aside, the three had a great time together.
However, Shishio realized that Mitaka was staring at them, which made him frown since this guy was like a creepy stalker. This guy made him uncomfortable, and he thought it was time to get rid of him. To be honest, if it was before, he might not have done this since he was also helping Misaki and Mitaka to be together, but now, it was different.
He looked at the two sisters and said, "By the way, Mitaka-senpai is around."
"Huh?" 2x
Fuuka and Misaki looked at him at the same time before they looked at the direction in which he pointed. Then, they turned and saw Mitaka enter their sight.
"!?"
Mitaka also happened to see them staring in his direction. If it was before, he might just nonchalantly join them, but somehow, he couldn't do that. He wasn't sure of the cause, but he felt that the atmosphere or his heart forced him to look away awkwardly before he quickly left.
"........" 2x
Fuuka and Misaki didn't say anything, but their expressions clearly told everything.
Was that Mitaka?
When they saw him, they didn't see that childhood friend who had always been with them. They didn't see the figure that had made them fall in love. Instead, all they could see was just a creepy person, which made them shudder.
Misaki quickly hugged Shishio's arm since she felt Mitaka was too weird.
Fuuka looked at Misaki and somehow felt a bit jealous since she felt Mitaka's expression was too weird, which made her also feel quite scared.
What was that expression?
Eh?
What would happen if he suddenly talked to them?
He looked at their reaction and didn't feel surprised since Mitaka's expression before was just that desperate.
While Mitaka might not have realized it, he was like Sorata before.
Shishio thought that it was a bit ironic that both senior and junior were similar to each other.
"Okay, should we go back now?"
"Okay."
Misaki nodded, but Fuuka was also desperate. "Eh? You're going to leave me?" Suddenly, the thought of her might be called by Mitaka when she was alone emerged. Yet, she didn't want to since she could tell how troublesome it was.
Shishio thought of something and then took out something.
"What is this?" Fuuka was confused when Shishio gave her a paper.
"It's a map of where the base of the committee of the cultural festival is located. You can see a lot of people there."
"Th-Thanks."
Fuuka thanked him, but she felt that Mitaka wouldn't follow her, right?
Still, she didn't really want to walk alone, so they walked together again until Misaki asked, "By the way, you're not going to meet him?" Their family should have come tomorrow, yet Fuuka came one day early. If her purpose wasn't to meet Jin, then what was it?
However, Shishio felt that it was different. After all, the last time Fuuka and Mitaka dated each other was at the end of middle school, so why should she only come now, even though they were already in the third grade?
What happened in the first and second years?
There was no answer, but probably because of the plot, so no one mentioned it.
"Huh? Why should I meet him?" Fuuka subconsciously replied.
"Eh? Didn't you come early because you wanted to meet him?" Misaki
"That's..."
Fuuka was dumbfounded since she had forgotten her intention to come to this cultural festival. However, the image of Mitaka, who sneaked around, emerged in her mind again, which made her hesitate.
Fuuka thought for a moment and said, "Say, can you pretend to leave first, and when I need your help, please come." Suddenly, she wondered whether Mitaka would suddenly come to her when Shishio and Misaki had left. If Mitaka had really come, she wondered what would happen if Mitaka had known about the relationship between Shishio and Misaki; what would his reaction be?
"Wait, does Mitaka know about your relationship?"
Fuuka almost forgot to question this question.
Shishio wasn't sure why, but he felt that this young woman was quite a sadist, but he thought that a woman could be really vengeful.
The guys thought that they might have done something sorry and showed a regretful expression for playing with the hearts of the girls, but they didn't realize anger, which was similar to a volcanic eruption that could destroy everything.
As long as the girls were given a chance, they would do something that hardly one ever thought with their minds, and they would regret it.
Shishio suddenly thought that he had to treasure his girls more.
However, Misaki thought about Fuuka's question for a moment and said, "He should know, right? After all, we have often shown how intimate we are."
"What's wrong with the question mark?"
"Well, I don't really know since we have never talked now."
After that incident, neither Misaki nor Mitaka talked to each other.
Mitaka had cruelly rejected Misaki's works, especially after realizing he was no longer needed by her side. While he might be able to see it, he pretended nothing had happened, especially when he believed it was impossible for Misaki to fall for others, considering how madly in love she was with him.
Yet, what Mitaka didn't know, his action was too much, and Misaki had had enough of him.
"Anyway, can you do it?" Fuuka asked her previous question, and she told them to pretend to leave her alone.
"What do you think, Shishio?" Misaki asked.
"Why not?" He agreed without much thought since he really felt that it was better to finish Mitaka's matter now.
Hearing his words, Misaki hesitated, but she nodded, but she knew that her last imagination of Mitaka would disappear after this incident since, even now, she had a feeling that Mitaka might follow them, which made her quite nervous about being honest.
As they planned, Misaki and Shishio pretended to leave Fuuka.
As Fuuka walked around, she also stopped near the room of the committee, where there were many people passing one after another. Yet, as expected, someone suddenly called her name.
"Fuuka."
"........"
She decided to ignore him.
"Wait, Fuuka! Let's talk! I apologize for what I have done to you!"
Fuuka stopped, and somehow her emotion boiled with rage when she heard Mitaka's words.
Apologize?
What did you mean?
Did you feel regret now after so many years?
Oh, it is already too late!
Suddenly, Misaki's voice emerged in her mind.
'Why don't we date him together?'
While Misaki was joking, Fuuka took these words seriously. She turned, then looked at Mitaka, who showed remorse and regret as if she was the most pitiful being in this world.
Oh, how much she wanted to punch this bastard's face now.
"What's wrong?"
Mitaka flinched since Fuuka's words were cold without remorse.
"I... do you feel angry at me?"
"No." Fuuka shook her head and said, "I am not."
"You're lying!"
"Why do you think I am lying? Can you read someone else's mind?"
"......."
Mitaka took a deep breath and said, "Anyway, do you want to talk?"
"Sure."
"Let's go."
However, when Mitaka turned, he noticed Fuuka didn't bother following him. "What's wrong?"
"Why not talk here?"
"......" Mitaka.
"But..."
"But, what? Aren't you a man? You should be clear with your words."
"........"
Did something happen to her?
Was it his fault?
He clenched his fists while thinking so. However, when they dated, he couldn't lie about his feelings since he knew that what he loved wasn't Fuuka but Misaki. Naturally, he understood that her anger was normal, yet wasn't it a bit too cold of her to answer her like this?
While he didn't know, he might expect her to beg him; by then, he would apologize while telling how much he felt about Misaki, but it didn't go that way. Instead, she was cold and didn't show much interest in him. He could even see contempt in her eyes, which made him also lose his emotion.
Did Mitaka have a good temper?
No.
If he had a good temper, there was no way he could think to throw a tantrum by moving out from Sakurasou.
Yes, throwing a tantrum.
At the beginning of the story, his reason for leaving Sakurasou was nothing but just to throw a tantrum at Misaki to show how serious he was at Misaki. Unfortunately, Misaki didn't go chase after him, even though he planned to return if she begged.
If it was in the original, Sorata would say that Misaki was sad after Mitaka left. Unfortunately, there was no Sorata any longer, and no one could make Mitaka feel better at this moment.
"Do you have a boyfriend now?"
Mitaka wasn't sure why he asked this question, but he regretted it, especially when he saw Fuuka's smile.
"We're not dating, but I like him."
Fuuka took her phone and sent a text to someone.
"What are you doing?"
"I am calling him here."
"......" Mitaka.
However, Mitaka wasn't the only one who was dumbfounded.
"What's wrong?" Misaki asked since she saw him take out his phone.
"There is a text on my phone."
"From who? Your new girlfriend?"
"........"
Shishio didn't say anything and opened his phone before he was dumbfounded.
Misaki, who peeked at his screen, was also dumbfounded.
As for why they were dumbfounded, the reason was simple.
Fuuka: "Can you come here for a second?"