"Sigh. People like you are quite interesting. But whenever you need help with her, I am here alright?"

"Also, uhm...I need some advice. What do you think the reaction of her would be if I just went to confess to her?"

"I don't know. I never confessed to someone or got confessed to."

What? Why lying?

My eyes shot to Alisa, who looked confused, and her confusion turned into anger.

These two have a complicated relationship. They aren't in a romantic relationship, since Kiyotaka out of all people declined. Which turned out to be insanely surprising to me.

But...There is no reason to delete her confession from your mind. Girls like her have it insanely hard with confessions.

It takes a large amount of confidence, building up over time, peaking at the second you ask him out. And then suddenly dropping when you are awaiting the answer.

She would never risk something like that again. Because that is nothing that anyone should do, based on a logical approach. It just confuses one even more, and getting rejected not once but twice makes it even worse.

"What? Are you sure that you didn't suffer from memory loss? Look at you. It isn't surprising to me that you would get at least confessed to five times a day. But apparently..."

"No. I got one, but that is still left...unanswered?"

Unanswered...?!

♡POV Change to Kiyopon♡

"No. It was wrong for me to say it. It isn't a confession that I got and answered or just forgot, but rather one that I left unanswered." The warm water was too comfortable for us to leave.

So we decided to stay further.

I got a lot of confessions to make. I have to tell her the whole story. About the objective I got before enrolling in this school, the whole white room, my family, the class competitions, and the list goes on.

I am not an honest man. I never was. Because I lied as good as I breathed. It became part of my nature, to lie without delay, to simulate every scenario to adapt perfectly to it.

I guess, it will be time. Time for me to be finally loyal to myself.

"I guess I have to fix these things before answering such a question, Sou."

Before taking another deep breath, I decided to explain things a lot more. After all, I am sure that Yuki will accept his confession.

To understand her more, he needs to understand me as well, that's because she is spending a lot, even too much time on me.

Sou will get confused very quickly since usually, it's the other way around for this configuration of siblings. Yet, this was not the case for us.

So I decided to distance myself and get on a spot where I was sure that the two girls couldn't eavesdrop on us, except they decided to look by, which is naturally not going to happen.

"Fix things?" Shibata said, inhaling after that.

"Yes, fix things. I guess the part of me leaving that confession unanswered was stupid to say, more like a complete lie."

Just like everyone else, his eyes widened. I am not a person who likes to tell lies, I only do it when necessary, but was this confession a good lie I chose? Was it necessary?

I don't know. I need somebody honest and human to answer this question without complete bias like Yuki or Mako, who are working hard to give me the best possible experience with humans.

Naturally, they would go on and say it was a terrible decision and I should immediately go and confess this to her.

But logically speaking, that is no option to waste time considering.

"What do you mean? Can you explain?"

"You like my sister am I right?"

"Y-Yeah so?"

"Let's create a hypothetical situation. You and my sister have been close for several months, she decides to confess to you, and you resend the feelings. Have you followed this far?"

Waiting for confirmation that him not zoning out halfway in, he nodded.

"She confesses to you, and you would like to accept her confession. However, suddenly your brain tells you not to for several x-y logical reasons. What would you do? Listen to your brain or your feelings?"

This situation is a normal 'pick-your-poison'-Dilemma. What should you do in this situation?

Pick the blue pill or the red one? What would benefit the most, or is the benefit of logic the only thing you search in when you get into a romantic relationship?

"Honestly...Can I ask you something before I answer this question?" Before he answered, he went on to interrupt himself, probably a question or realization hitting his nerves.

"Sure. Go ahead."

"Is it your duo partner?"

Not that I want to admit that he is a quick one, but it didn't take him long to realize who it was.

He knows Alisa Kujou. We hung out a lot in the past.

But, is it that realistic to happen?

"Yes."

"Then, let me explain my answer now. Saying that you are unsure of what your answer is, is completely stupid."

This raised a lot of questions in my mind. Isn't it the only way to not hurt her feelings? Or-

No, Kiyotaka. Rethink it. How would you feel when your confession gets rejected because she is unsure?

Rather would I get rejected because she is unsure than accepted but her being unsure deep inside.

Nobody wants half-baked things, right?

"Why do you think that?"

"Kiyotaka. Honestly, if your sister answered my question with her being unsure of what to say, I would get mad. Either it's an honest and direct yes. Or an honest and direct no. Nothing in between. If you are unsure, don't consider it, you are making it only worse the longer you take to answer."

"...Thanks."

"But a simple no is much better. If you don't 100% resent the feelings, even if it's a 99,9% certainty, you should always reject them. Because the longer you waste time thinking about it, the higher the chance of mixed feelings will be. Once the highest point of divided feelings is reached, it's over already."

He sighed, looking at me in disappointment.

I think this was the first time I made a severe miscalculation and mistake.

"Thanks, Sou. I appreciate it."

This exam opened a lot of doors for my future. There are only two routes. The red pill is to continue to reject Alisa's feelings and fall off harshly. And the blue one is to accept them, getting surprised by what will happen next.

What should I do? Time is running, questions are rising inside my head, and most importantly,

I am not feeling that well mentally in the past few days. It's day five already...

So, Kiyotaka Suou.

Continue to be an Ayanokouji or finally accept yourself?

Melancholic feelings still have the upper hand in her current state, so I don't have enough time, as soon as that bad type of mental state of hers is gone,

the probability is rising that she will get mentally damaged for a much longer timespan, changing her ways of thinking permanently.

This was her first and only confession. And she got rejected. This means this was a psychological low for her.

Tic tac...

-----☆BONDS AND BETRAYALS☆-----

[A/N]

Honestly, this chapter is quite a disappointment for one week spent. But hear me out, the story will be a lot more complex the longer it continues.

I am open to explaining a lot of things that are already mentioned, to clarify and dissolve misunderstandings.

Besides, currently, I am in a phase of examinations. Aced the last maths test but Latin is gonna permanently traumatize me for sure haha.

Love y'all:》

What do you think he will choose?