This picks up from chapter 224.
"Nnnnooooooooooooooooooo!" Kyoko backs away in horror, her face ashen.
"Mogami-san, please let me explain… I really wanted to tell you," Tsuruga-san says, slowly stepping toward Kyoko, arms outstretched with his palms up in supplication.
Kyoko collapses into a prostration even lower than dogeza, "I am sooooooooo sorry to have behaved inappropriately with my sempai. Please forgiiiiiive meeeeeeee! It is not my place to have been so familiar with you, who is a god in this industry. Please forgive my transgression and you will never have to see my lowly face again…"
Tsuruga-san stops, his eyes wide, arms frozen in place. Then his expression melts into a mixture of pity and amusement. I really do have a terrible personality to have toyed with her like I did. Mogami-san is a pure hearted girl, so of course she is repentant about kissing her sempai, even if it was a trick on my part. "Mogami-san…"
"…I am the most unworthy of unworthiness to burden you with—"
"Kyoko-chan!"
Kyoko's head snaps up, her eyes wide in shock. She quickly ducks her head back down to hide the blush that is creeping across her face. She is silent.
"That's enough. You are not the one to blame for this. I'm sorry I didn't tell you when we met in Guam. I panicked because I have needed to keep my identity secret for so long… But I wanted to tell you…" Tsuruga-san trails off, his voice shaking.
Kyoko slowly sits up, face still hidden beneath her bangs.
"I just want you to know that I wasn't trying to toy with you, Kyo—Mogami-san," Tsuruga-san continues, peering at her like a contrite puppy.
Kyoko continues to sit on the ground, her mind racing to make sense of what Tsuruga-san was saying. She suddenly remember the way Koo-san spoke of his estranged son, and it clicks. All of her memories of Corn and Tsuruga-san begin to swirl and blend together until it is impossible to deny the truth.
"Co—Kuon," she says, slowly looking up at Tsuruga-san.
"Yes,"