Honoka stayed with Umi for the night. She was still in shock when Kotori tried to kill her. She was denial right now. There was no way someone as sweet as Kotori would try to kill her. They were childhood friends. Kotori and Umi are her best friends.

Umi was watching Honoka as she stared off into space. She was worried about Honoka's mental state. Kotori just tried to kill her and she was showing almost no reaction. Could she be in shock? She was really concerned about her. She decided to confront her.

"Honoka, are you okay?" Umi asked

Honoka looked at Umi and smiled. Umi frowned when she saw the smiling that she was giving her. Usually Umi really liked Honoka's smiles but the one that she was giving her right now was not her normal smile. It was a painful smile. Honoka was still trying to hide her pain.

"Of course I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be?" Honoka asked

"Well, Kotori just tried to kill you" Umi said

Honoka looked at Umi like she had two heads.

"Kotori was just trying to help that's all" Honoka said

Umi couldn't the words that were coming out of Honoka's mouth. She's making sound like that Kotori was still her friend. The last time Umi checked friends don't kill each other.

"Honoka, Kotori was trying to kill you" Umi said

"You're wrong! Kotori was trying to help me! All three of us are best friends! Why would she try to kill me? It makes no sense" Honoka said

Umi realized that Honoka was in denial. Somewhere in the back of her mind she knew the truth but she refuses to believe it. She's putting on another mask to hide her pain from others.

"If Kotori was really trying to help you then why did she have a knife?" Umi said

Honoka looked at her like she was crazy.

"It obvious that she was in hurry and brought here by accident" Honoka said

"Then explain why she was pointing at you" Umi said

"She was just doing that to express herself" Honoka said

"Ok, then explain why it looked like she was about to stab you" Umi said

"W-well" Honoka stuttered

Umi saw that Honoka was struggling to come up with an answer.

"And explain why you looked so scared" Umi said

Honoka was started to get even more confused.

"You even backed up against the wall to get away from her. Care to explain that?" Umi asked

"I-I don't know why I reacted like that" Honoka said

"And just before Kotori was about to stab you do you remember the last thing she said to you?" Umi said

Honoka remained silent. She was starting to get scared.

"I'll tell you. She said "Goodbye Honoka" You do remember that don't you?" Umi asked

"Maybe she was saying goodbye because she was planning on going somewhere" Honoka said

"Honoka no matter how you look at it she tried to kill you. Just accept it" Umi said

"No! I refuse to believe that she would try to do something so awful" Honoka said

"Kotori tried to make kill yourself yesterday. And when she saw that you were still alive today she decided to take matters into her own hands. She tried to kill you when you failed to kill yourself!" Umi said

"You're wrong, Umi! You're wrong! Kotori wouldn't do something like that! Maybe the Kotori we saw wasn't the real Kotori. Maybe she has a secret twin sister or something" Honoka said

"Face reality, Honoka! I want to help you!" Umi said

"Blaming Kotori isn't helping me at all!" Honoka said

Umi's patience was reaching its limit. Honoka was always stubborn when she wanted to be and this was one of those moments.

"Do you remember the look that Kotori gave you when she tried to kill you? Did Kotori have the same smile?" Umi asked

Honoka paused and thought back to what Kotori looked like. She did have a smile on her face. Now that she thought about it, the smile that her childhood friend gave her was different. Umi saw that Honoka was starting to slowly accept the truth but she needed more convincing.

"Honoka, if Kotori was really trying to help you then she wouldn't try to kill you. She wouldn't encourage you to take your own life. Are you saying that after all that she's still trying to help you?" Umi asked

Honoka was slowly breaking down. Umi had to push her a little more.

"Are you still convinced that she was trying to help you after all the terrible things she's done to you?" Umi asked

Umi brought out her phone and showed Honoka one crude comments. What really caught her attention was the username. The username was Minalinsky. That was Kotori's username.

Honoka was shocked to see that Kotori was among the various amounts of people who sent her those mean comments.

"Don't you see that Kotori no longer cares for you? She doesn't see you as a friend anymore. She wants you dead and she's willing to do anything to see that mission accomplished" Umi said

"No" Honoka said

"Don't you understand? She hates you now" Umi said

"No" Honoka said

"It pains me to tell you this but I have to make realize the truth behind Kotori's actions" Umi said

"No…No" Honoka said

Umi watched as Honoka was slowly having a mental breakdown.

"It can't be. It can't be true. It's all a lie. It's just a dream. A really bad dream. A nightmare" Honoka muttered

Umi saw that Honoka didn't need any more convincing. It broke her heart to do this to her but she had to. She was only doing this to protect her from Kotori.

"Kotori really tried to kill me didn't she?" Honoka asked

"Yes, she did" Umi said

After receiving that answer Honoka finally broke down.

"NOOOOOOO!" Honoka screeched

Honoka was on her knees and gripping her head tightly. Tears were quickly sliding down her face like a waterfall. Umi saw that she had finally accepted what Kotori had been trying to do to her. She stepped forward and embraced Honoka in comforting hug.

"Why did she do it? Why did she try to kill me?! Please tell me! I need to know!"

"I don't know" Umi said

Umi kept Honoka in tight embrace. She only had one wish and that was to protect Honoka from anything that could harm her.

Umi is sad too. She's sad that Kotori changed into some criminal. It broke her heart too. But Honoka was more affected by this than she was. The only thing she could do was be there for her when she really needed her.