episode_0073

Vita just ran.

Because there is nothing to see.

Even if other people passing by look at me like I’m crazy. Or if they think I’ve been through a breakup, they might see me that way. But that’s not what’s important right now.

‘Please… not yet…!’

There is one basis for this.

Today is confession day. If my prediction is correct, it’s not over yet.

My breath is pounding at the tip of my chin.

My shoes kept coming off, so I got desperate and threw them away. They were just a nuisance.

A time-critical situation.

So Vita keeps on running, really keeps on running.

Of course, my head is complicated.

‘If you see two people…’

How should I react?

‘How do I…’

There’s no way I can contact Emily or Carlisle now. It’s too shameful to contact either of them.

Lately, I’ve been really into Carlyle Schultz.

Vita bit her lip.

‘Actually, Carlyle… ‘

When the rumors started to spread recently, there were some pretty malicious and strange rumors about you.

‘I wanted to comfort you.’

I really wanted to do that.

To you, with your expression hardened, I say that I believe in you.

‘I unconditionally believe that you didn’t do that…!’

I just wanted to talk. But I couldn’t.

Instead, he gave Carlyle a cold expression. Even though he had seen with his own eyes that the person he was facing at that time had a frozen expression of shock.

‘Why did I do that…’

Scattered tears fly into the air.

When Carlyle Schultz came to her house every day, Vita would always watch from behind the curtains. Her heart ached as well.

Actually, even then.

I wanted to welcome the other person. But I couldn’t do that at all.

I regret all those processes, I am so shameless.

I can’t suddenly contact you and ask to meet today.

What if you contacted him and Carlyle was now with Emily?

I don’t like that as it is.

Vita is good at checking in advance, even if it means leaving her home to confirm that everything is already over.

That was really scary.

Same goes for Emily.

I like Carlyle, so don’t confess to me.

How can you say that?

He was now a liar to Emily.

You said you would give in!

You made that decision and even gave me a letter!

‘… But, sorry.’

Still, he cannot give in.

Now, ugly.

Because I’m running like this.

Because I have to express this feeling only to the other person.

So, contacting them is a last resort.

“Gasp… Huh… ”

While running down the street, Vita bumped into someone.

“Where are you looking…!”

“Sorry, I’m sorry… ”

The opponent’s expression becomes blank.

He had no idea how messed up his condition was right now. After bowing, Vita ran again.

Because all I have in my head is Carlyle Schultz. Because all I think about is Carlyle.

-I’ll confess to Carlyle.

Because Emily said she was going to confess to that Carlisle guy. But she didn’t want to get it stolen.

I ended up running out without any plan.

Fortunately, Vita knows about today.

If things were as usual, it might already be too late.

It was past four o’clock.

But today is confession day.

Because now there is a culture that has become established as a custom.

Confession on Confession Day is done around sunset.

-So, we decided to meet at a cafe around 4 o’clock tomorrow.

-It’s just the right time.

I just heard that conversation in my class recently.

He himself already knows it.

The last king of this era confessed his love to a commoner woman at sunset, and it became a hot topic.

The current Confession Day was created to commemorate the complete disappearance of the caste system. So, many people make their confessions at sunset on this ‘Confession Day’.

‘If I think about that origin…’

Yeah, not yet.

It might not be too late.

***

It’s already autumn in October.

The sun sets earlier and it’s usually around five or six o’clock.

But usually, people don’t confess to someone they like right after meeting them.

Even Vita, who is a complete novice when it comes to love, knows this much.

So, I’m really glad.

Maybe we should meet at the cafe around this time? So Vita ran out of the room right away.

After chatting at a cafe, I’ll come out and walk around for a bit. I’ll slowly set the mood.

After that, probably…

Vita’s heart is tingling.

At the same time, I think it is not too late.

‘Yes, definitely…!’

I’m sure it will be like that.

Surely Emily couldn’t have confessed already.

Compared to her, Emily is very knowledgeable about these things and follows trends.

‘So it probably won’t be as unexpected as expected.’

Vita believes it.

I don’t want to think negative thoughts about myself right now.

Think positively.

If not, then it’s all over already.

It’s going to collapse.

His world falls apart. Before he knew it, Carlyle had become that meaningful to him.

Daughter-

So Vita goes into the cafe.

I tried to think of some famous cafes that Emily usually talks about.

And this is the cafe where the three of us came together. We had a study group.

“Welcome, guest-!”

Without even looking at the clerk greeting him, he looks around the already packed cafe.

A bustling cafe.

Here a man and a woman, there a man and a woman.

It truly feels like a confession day, a scene that makes you realize that the time is coming.

‘Surely not, here…?’

Vita bites her lips.

Because I kept biting it, I didn’t even realize that a little bit of blood was coming out.

Vita looked for only one person, almost as if she had lost her mind.

A man with black hair and a sturdy physique.

And he’s very handsome.

Or a pretty school girl with silver hair.

At the same time, paradoxically, Vita prays that the two people will not be seen.

How to face the two people, how to react.

I don’t even know myself.

If he saw Emily and Carlisle sitting together, smiling.

‘If that happens, I…’

Vita has no idea what kind of expression to make or what to say.

But I have to find the other person, because I can’t control my overflowing feelings.

Carlyle, because of you.

It’s because of you that I’ve become like this. Even my heart has completely become a woman.

‘So Carlyle, you are…’

Carlyle, you.

You have to take responsibility for me.

‘…Please, I beg you.’

If it doesn’t work out, I’m prepared to resort to even this kind of stubbornness.

“Excuse me, sir… ?”

The clerk knows that he is being looked at strangely, and the people around him are looking at him strangely. The murmurs of chatter reach Vita’s ears.

‘It’s not here either.’

On the one hand, I feel disappointed, but on the other hand, I feel relieved.

“Is something wrong? Your expression is so bad… ”

Of course, Vita saw the clerk’s gaze directed at her bare feet. But she didn’t want to worry about that right now.

“Oh, no. Sorry for making a fuss.”

Vita said that and left the cafe again.

***

If you wander around a cafe without ordering a drink, this is what happens.

If I were Vita’s usual personality, I would never be able to do it. But I am doing it now.

Already ten places. I’ve been to all the large cafes in the city.

I also visited six bars with a casual atmosphere.

In a word, it’s bitter.

All the places where a young man and woman could possibly be together at this time have been avoided.

Like a crazy woman, she kept running like that.

“Ugh… Ha… ”

I’m so out of breath.

Standing in the middle of the street, Vita clasped her knees and took a deep breath.

The eyes begin to waver.

‘Surely not, already…’

Carlisle guy and Emily.

Because the two of them are nowhere to be seen.

Every place you enter is packed with people, so it feels like the highlight of the confession period.

If he had confessed, he would have met her by now. There would already be two of them, and he just had to find her.

Vita tried hard to keep thinking like that.

But now.

I’m starting to realize it more and more.

Maybe it’s already too late.

I don’t care about this kind of culture on confession day at all.

The two people may have already met and broken up.

‘Emily already to Carlisle…’

I don’t know if I confessed.

My heart, suddenly-

It just suddenly falls down.

‘… No, no.’

Vita tries hard to shake off that thought.

‘Should I go back again…?’

That makes me crazy.

Shaking legs, sweaty top.

Her face feels numb from the tears that have dried, and her hair is a complete mess.

Vita also knows that she is foolish.

‘Yeah, maybe…’

The two people may not have met yet. That could be possible.

‘Then, if… if I contact Carlyle right now… ‘

After thinking hard, Vita slowly took his phone out of his pocket.

After hesitating for a while, I turn on the phone screen.

Tiring-

I got a text from my junior, Lou.

-I’m sorry, senpai. I didn’t want to say anything, but you bothered me so much…

The content of the text that follows. Vita’s eyes grow wider as she looks at it.

What on earth does that mean?

Carlyle asked for his train time and station.

-Maybe, that guy. He might wait. I’m really sorry to say that. But I never said anything about you turning back into a man. Senior, as expected. You’re doing well, right? If you look at the text, you’ll see a contact…

In fact, the contents below are not noticeable.

‘What is this…?’

The amethyst colored pupils gradually dilate. One possibility or another comes to Vita’s mind.

So, after a while.

Vita started running again, this time changing direction.

Maybe, so maybe.

It’s unbelievable, though.

Carlyle Schultz might be waiting for you.

‘…There’s still a chance!’

Just that one thought made my heart swell more than my breathing.

***

Carlyle Schultz kept waiting, and kept waiting.

In his arms is an amethyst necklace that he treasures. A gift he prepared, a gift that would suit Bianca Shamal.

I caress the box containing the necklace, a gift in her arms.

‘This gift almost…’

It almost became a farewell gift. It could have ended up not being delivered at all.

When Carlyle thought about it that way, his vision became dizzy.

But now.

I found out the whole truth.

What feelings Bianca Shamal had for him and why he kept pushing her away.

Everyone found out.

To be honest, Carlyle couldn’t understand the letter even after reading it several times.

‘It seems like I’ve known Emily for quite some time…’

Even for that, he has no idea why.

The recipient of the letter was not herself, but Emily.

You can’t know everything just by reading the letter Bianca left behind.

But at the same time.

Carlyle feels like he has discovered everything that is important to him.

So why does Bianca think of herself as a man, not a fake woman?

I don’t know though.

But Carlyle Schultz, the most important thing to him was that Bianca liked Carlyle himself. Even as he read the letters Bianca wrote, he seemed to discover aspects of himself that he didn’t know about.

[He may seem like a jerk, but he’s actually a really honest guy…]

[Contrary to his appearance, he is very considerate. He is also very prepared for the future and has very strong convictions about himself…]

My heart ached as I read those passages. It felt like the first time I had truly been acknowledged by someone else.

Because that opponent is also Bianca Shamal.

Carlyle held the letter in his arms. This letter was something he would keep for the rest of his life. It was such a precious letter.

He also said that he would personally give a letter to Bianca Shamal.

I have written a lot, but it feels like the light has faded at the beginning of this letter.

Carlyle looked around restlessly at the station stop.

I have to find a partner. He might come before the train’s arrival time.

‘Where are you, Bianca…?’

My lips are dry. My fists are clenched.

I miss you so much I can’t stand it anymore. Carlyle Schultz doesn’t know why you’re leaving him with such a feeling.

But I will tell you.

So that the other person can listen carefully and change their perception.

To me, you were a woman from the beginning, and you were only one woman.

So I can never miss it.

Don’t run away. Just stay by my side.

If you do that, you can live your whole life without worry and be happy. You can make it happen.

So Carlyle waited silently, all along.

The thought of meeting Bianca soon fills me with emotions from the depths of my lungs.

Tension, nervousness, and even anticipation.

Clear up each other’s misunderstandings and return to your old relationship.

Perhaps now, the hope and expectation that we can move forward into a relationship that is more than that.

Carlyle plans to confess to his partner again today.

I have already confessed several times, and even once sincerely confessed, but that is not enough.

I deliberately met Emily early this morning.

Maybe that was another answer for Emily. She probably came out knowing she would be rejected.

‘But, I…’

A man named Carlyle Schultz loves Bianca Shamal.

As a woman, you are the one I have been looking for.

Carlyle had planned everything for today.

[Just one month. Give me a chance.]

He deliberately made it so that today would be the day that he proposed to end his showdown with his opponent.

From the beginning, Carlyle Schultz had dared to win Bianca Shamal’s heart through his confession that day.

Even though he knew full well that she was more than enough for him.

But I still want to hold on to you and be by your side.

And now.

The time for a conclusion is approaching.

When there were about twenty minutes left until the train departed.

‘I think we’ve arrived…’

From then on, Carlyle continued to run around the station.

He was running around, his brown coat fluttering, in search of Bianca Shamal.

From one end of the station to the other.

“Bianca! Where are you?!”

Even while screaming.

Because of that, people around him looked at him like he was crazy, but Carlyle didn’t care at all.

“Where are you, Bianca!”

Listen to my voice.

Please allow me to reach you.

“Hey, young man! Let’s stop yelling!”

“I’m sorry, sir.”

When Carlyle was running around like a madman.

“Gasp… Huh… ”

Vita just in time, before the train departs.

Arrived in front of the station.

Music is playing.

-Attention passengers. The five o’clock train, the five o’clock train, is arriving soon. Passengers, please…

‘Oh, no…’

Vita hurried her steps, fearing that Carlyle might leave.

“Take a picture and ride, student.”

“… Oh, I’m sorry.”

“The young and pretty girl is losing her mind.”

Even as he listened to the old station attendant’s nagging, Vita started running again as soon as he entered the station.

Tiring tiring-

at that time.

The train enters the station.

‘…Where are you, Bianca?’

Why isn’t there a replacement?

Carlyle, who couldn’t find an opponent, was very impatient.

I was starting to feel dizzy, wondering if that junior had given me the wrong information.

‘wherever…’

As he was running hurriedly, he saw a person, a woman, coming up the stairs.

Her clothes were disheveled. Her hair was also completely disheveled.

A woman with an expression that looks like she might cry at any moment, her cheeks completely flushed, and her breathing hard.

The woman whose eyes widen when she meets him. That’s Bianca Shamal.

Vita also sees Carlyle, and his opponent’s appearance is also disheveled.

Sunday, five o’clock.

The man and woman finally met.

With our own feelings, we turned around a bit and faced each other.