Akira and Haruka were facing each other, ready to speak. Haruka could see his determination for whatever he asked her help for.
"Ruka, first of all, I am sorry."
She got mad. "Tell me reasons before saying stupid words like sorry and thank you for your childhood friend. When we are speaking, those words are not in our vocabulary."
"Ok. I never asked you what you wanted to do and just carried away all this time."
"Yes, and I thank you for that."
"Are you mocking me? You just said..." He stopped, reminding her of her last line.
She got embarrassed but covered it by saying, "I meant, you did the right thing." She couldn't act tough by that point and became a caring personality again. "You see Aki, if you hadn't forced me out of my comfort zone, I would have been in the safe zone like our parents.
