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'I love you,' he told me once.

The fool I was, let my heart skip a beat with the words that do not return the kind of love I bestow.

'Thanks for being a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious best friend! I love you! Your idea worked! She loved the stuffed animal I gave! Thank you! Thank you!'

I shouldn't have expected for something other than that, right? I just laughed at him and said, 'no problem! Anytime!'

Yeah, anytime. Whenever you need me, I will be right here. If you're broken I will pick you up even if you're shattered in thousand shreds. If in the end, I will see you happy with her, it is fine. Any time, I will do that.

No problem? Anytime? I am such a bad liar but you don't know that. Every time we are together, it's all abouther. What to expect, she is your everything! It kills me but I have to endure the sharp pain coming from my chest, nonetheless hearing you talk about her means we will go home together at dusk.

And when I think of that idea, it wasn't a bad thing at all. Even if it crushes my heart.

'I love you,' hearing that from you with your next words unheard, it feels like you love me the way you love her.

Rin, you're lucky.