[This may be my...at least my current mental state, the biggest regret in my life.]

She was holding a large bucket of cake in front of her. She was very excited because she found a strawberry that looked like an Easter egg in the deep area, and she smiled proudly to herself.

[It wasn’t until I squeezed out those words from between my teeth that my heart felt like it was being squeezed by something, that I realized that all the worries, all the worries, all the expectations, and all the contradictions I had before were actually just jokes. 】

The girl named Yuchen manipulated the claw machine with a tight face, staring at the frog doll in the cupboard without blinking. There was even a layer of fine beads of sweat on her forehead, but in the end she was still on the abominable claw machine.

He lowered his shoulders in front of the machine, turned around and pouted regretfully at himself.

[Because I am not qualified to worry, let alone expect anything. At least for me, there is always only one answer to that question. The funny thing is that I have always been thinking about another option that is so illusory that it is almost absurd.

Go for it.]

She lowered her head and sniffed the popcorn in her arms, trotted over to meet her, held the bucket of puffed food in front of her nose like a treasure, and looked at herself with a smile, her clear eyes that she couldn't take away.

And calm, as if saying...

[I know very well what I have missed, and I know even more clearly that the 'cause' that created all this is not others, but the undisputed 'myself', that is, the person standing here at this moment...named'

Mo Tan's existence itself is a man with a slightly complicated composition.】

With a huge semi-holographic screen, perfect 360-degree sound effects, and just the right amount of air-conditioning, the movie is more terrifying than imagined, at least in theory. But thankfully, even though I have it all

'Mo Tan' has more than 70% of his cowardice factor, but he still hasn't been affected in the slightest by the crude and crude supernatural events in front of him.

[I was attracted on my own initiative, I admired on my own initiative, I approached on my own initiative, I was jealous on my own initiative, I was stupid on my own initiative, I made a choice that she would understand no matter what, carefully

Think about it, I am really a rotten person who can't be any rotten.】

The calm self, and the girl in the seat next to her who only dared to look at the screen through her fingers. This picture that she wanted to see no matter what before, has been labeled with irony.

[Thinking about it carefully, I am really hopelessly selfish now. Really, I should have understood it a long time ago. In fact, I have understood it a long time ago. 'I' can obviously do very good things, but I do it anyway.

No, I just muddle along and enjoy the laziness, never willing to face reality...]

Pretending to move his eyes inadvertently, he wanted to 'accidentally' touch the trembling little hand, but his body was restrained by the shackles he had set, unable to move.

[Ah, I know, of course I know. After all, I never intended to deceive anyone about this kind of thing from the beginning. It’s not because my so-called acting skills are not up to par, I just selfishly want you to...

..want others...want myself...]

She let out a short exclamation, covered her mouth tightly with her left hand, raised and lowered her right hand subconsciously, her fingertips touched her wrist, and left after a pause of one point and seven seconds.

[Yes, ‘I’ like her, it’s that simple. If the feeling of ‘like’ is not a nonsense, then ‘I’ naturally like her without a doubt. 】

The residual warmth on the wrist is just an illusion, a poor disguise simulated by the brain. I am very knowledgeable about this, but even if it is just an illusion, deep in my consciousness I hope that this illusion can exist for as long as possible.

Hehe, the highest level of self-deception is probably no higher than this.

【I deeply regret this, and I am also deeply grateful for this.】

I couldn't stop myself from looking at you, so I covered up my emotions with a sarcastic chuckle, because I didn't want you to discover this worthless side, even though it was just self-deception.

【I am sorry because that person is you; I am very happy because that person is you.】

You are deeply dissatisfied that there is no post-credits Easter egg after the subtitles, and I am subconsciously dissatisfied with your dissatisfaction.

[However, because I am an extremely selfish bad person, I can only regret, but not regret. Whether it is my liking for you in the past, my liking for you now, or my liking for you in the future.

I won’t regret it, because this feeling itself is not a mistake.】

You drank all the milk tea and left half of the popcorn.

【‘I’ am the ‘mistake’.】

I drank all the Coke and left half of the popcorn.

[Perhaps the 'mistake' can never be corrected, but the 'regret' should not continue, at least not in the form of two people. 】

The face reflected in your eyes still failed to conceal the loneliness.

[It doesn’t matter, after all, ‘I’ am selfish, so no matter what, whether it is a ‘mistake’ or a ‘regret’, I will never let myself ‘regret’ it.】

"Thank you, Mo Tan~"

She said to me with a smile.

...

[Haha, although Mo Tan didn't become weird just now, but sure enough... there is still something wrong. 】

He suddenly became much quieter and stood not far away with a smile and waved to me. Although he seemed to be looking at the strawberries on the plastic fork, even I, who was often criticized for being slow, could still see that he was restless.

Hmm, that guy is the type who can't hide his thoughts.

[I wanted to apologize to him, I wanted to say, 'I'm sorry, I didn't take your feelings into consideration', but I always felt that if I said that, I might not even be able to see the smile he forced on his face, so I couldn't say it in the end. Okay.

Well, maybe there are some other reasons, but that’s actually not important at all~]

I tried to imagine that the stick figure behind the glass was him. This process was super easy, because I always felt that there was an inexplicable resemblance between the two. Although I couldn’t tell where exactly, I just wanted to grab it and give it a try today. Woo, finally

In the end, it failed. There is no doubt that it was Mo Tan’s fault!

[What is he thinking? Although I am very curious, I have been curious since a long time ago, but good girls in animation will pretend to be stupid at critical moments, so I... Hehe, naturally I will not do it because of this

The reason why he pretends not to know is that he is a middle school student. The real reason is probably because he doesn’t want to embarrass him who seems to be working very hard.】

Popcorn smells so good! Although the actual taste is always worse than what it smells like, such fragrant popcorn will definitely not taste bad. Mimi said that delicious snacks can make people feel happy, although I don’t know about popcorn.

Rice Krispies are not considered snacks, but I want to make him feel better and tell him, 'It's okay~'

[I don’t know what I’m thinking. The questions that came up unexpectedly before were probably just because everyone seemed to think there was something between Mo Tan and me... right? However, getting along with him

I will indeed be very happy when I play, and I won’t object even if so many people misunderstand me as CP in the game. This kind of thing would have been unimaginable half a year ago.】

Watching a horror movie together feels really like going on a date. Both the male protagonist in the movie and the person next to him are always uneasy. But I started covering my ears in the fifth minute of the opening, so I couldn't do anything better.

I took a secret look at Mo Tan and found that he was much bolder than I thought. Although his expression was a bit gloomy, he didn't seem to be completely scared. Wow! What kind of trouble is that grimace going to cause? The evil spirit retreats! The evil spirit retreats!

[It’s so scary, so scary, so scary! Close your eyes, close your eyes, close your eyes! Ah, is that girl okay? That door doesn’t feel safe at all. Don’t go there! Ah! Ahhh! Help! Mom! I

I’m so scared but I really want to know how it will develop in the future!]

I was so frightened that I couldn't put down the hands covering my face for a second, but I would always subconsciously look at the screen. Mo Tan is so calm! Emmm...could he be that kind of person?

I don't think I'm very brave, but I can actually watch a ghost movie as a bedtime story? Please protect me!!

【No, no, no, no! I, I, I...】

Mo Tan saw that I was so frightened that I was so frightened. Really, I can give him a little comfort. Now I am not the saint who can defeat undead creatures with healing skills.

[No way, the performance has obviously reached such a wonderful place, don’t get distracted! Let me know that you are scared with me! This shouldn’t be difficult, right? After all, I... I have always had a model

A vague feeling...]

A scary face flashed across the screen, and I screamed subconsciously, and... subconsciously wanted to catch him.

[You should...maybe...maybe...probably...seem...to like me a little bit?]

His wrists were cold, but they were not shaking like him, and his attention never seemed to be completely focused on the content of the movie. His hands were clenched tightly, but it was not that he was scared, but more like he was.

.....self-blame or reflect?

[I find that I always seem to be able to read your mind, although...it's just a very superficial kind.]

He looked over and met his eyes for the first time since the movie started. He laughed mockingly in the next second, but there was indescribable exhaustion in his eyes. The plot of the movie... From that moment on

It doesn't seem to matter much anymore.

[I suddenly thought, if I really can always understand you, then is it really true that I think you like me? Or does it mean that I feel too good about myself? 】

Ah, I'm not happy! Because I paid too much attention to Mo Tan, I didn't understand the most critical ending plot! I have to watch it again when I go back, but it's so scary when I watch it by myself! It's even scarier when I watch it with Nana...

! Her screams are scarier than the faces inside!

[However, Mo Tan seems to have regained some of his energy, which is really good.]

I drank all the milk tea and left half of the popcorn.

【I hope one day you can talk more about yourself.】

You drank all the Coke and left half of the popcorn.

[Perhaps, I can't share too much for you, but if I can, I hope that one day in the future, you can abandon those scruples that I don't know what they are and go on another date with me, but only when I'm ready

Under the circumstances!]

For the first time, I feel dissatisfied with my poor words, because your expression is a bit lonely.

[I know that it is not good to be willful, but since we are already more than just friends who have dated, even if we are still a little far away from being lovers, I would like to ask for your guidance in the future.]

"Well, I'm sorry."

He looked away.

...

"Why do you need to apologize~"

Yu Chen took two quick steps, walked around to the front of Mo Tan, put his hands behind his back and looked at him with a smile: "It makes it seem like you rejected my confession."

Mo Tan waved his hands in panic, shook his head vigorously and said, "I didn't mean that!"

"I...actually don't know what liking is."

Yu Chen turned around and slowly retreated to Mo Tan. He tilted his head and stuck out his tongue at him: "I don't know if I like you."

Even though Mo Tan had completely adjusted his mentality, he was shocked by Yu Chen's words and his eyes were frightened.

"That's weird~"

Yu Chen, who was walking next to him, wrinkled his nose and said, "Sometimes, I will even treat you as a completely different person. Ha, it may be an exaggeration to say this, but it will always feel like this."

, Well, only outside the game, for example, when Nana and I first got off the bus, we suddenly felt that you had become so strange, although we couldn’t tell how strange you were.”

Mo Tan scratched his hair with an expression like 'I have no idea what you are talking about'.

This was the only thing he didn't want Yu Chen to know.

It has nothing to do with safety hazards. It's just that I don't want Yu Chen to know about it. There is no reason.

"Well, although it's a little embarrassing, but..."

Yu Chen lightly bumped Mo Tan's shoulder and said to the latter half-jokingly: "Don't alienate me. I just helped you complete such a powerful task, so you can't offend me!"

Mo Tan laughed dumbly: "If we compare the 'powerful task' to grinding, then..."

"Starburst Abandoned Healing Slash!!"

"Well, this is obviously a head-butt..."

"Starburst Abandoned Healing Head Hammer!!"

"Well, I lost."

Mo Tan raised his hands in surrender, let Hou and Yu Chen walk out of the elevator together, and came to the small open-air square in front of the mall.

Yu Chen ran up not far in front of Mo Tan, turned around and smiled sweetly at the latter: "Time flies so fast."

"In the name of Teacher Einstein, I'm flattered."

Mo Tan gave Yu Chen a priestly salute in an exaggerated manner, then took two quick steps to walk side by side with the girl: "I'll take you back to school."

"Okay, okay, tell me the details of your stay in Sumir on the way!"

"Uh, well..."

"In exchange, I can share a sad story with you!"

"Ghost story, thank you Bumin."

"It's not a ghost story, right? Has Yuying contacted you recently?"

"Fuck... I remember the last time was last week. What happened to her?"

"She's in trouble!"

"died?"

"Not yet..."

"But it's okay!"
Chapter completed!