Falling in Love with a Sick Girlfriend Twenty Years Younger Than Me

I didn't notice it when I looked away just now, but when I looked at her again, her lovely face was already stained with silent tears.

And in my memory, it was the first time I saw her crying like this.

As if she felt shy when I saw her crying, Linnai quickly showed an ugly smile and wiped her face, and said while wiping: "Ah, it's so strange, why are you crying suddenly? Could it be Drinking too much, is the lacrimal gland out of control? Ah ha ha, it's strange, really strange. It turns out that drinking will make you cry..."

"Reina..."

"Guss, coss... huh? It's really strange. I've clearly expressed my heart to senior, and it's obviously such a happy thing. Why, I feel pain in my heart ?”

"..."

"Hey, senior."

Rena looked at me with that crappy smile, her eyes were full of fear of the unknown, but relying on her own perseverance, she fixed my eyes tightly.

"Could you be here... in the present. Tell me your answer?"

Looking at Rena who was holding back tears and waiting for me to give her an answer.My Adam's apple trembled several times, and my mouth opened and closed to say something, but at this moment, it seemed that my body didn't belong to me anymore, my mind went blank, and I couldn't say anything at all.

Only the left chest, the faint pain that I had just started, is constantly deepening.

My heart hurts because of relationship problems, and Rena is the only one so far besides her senpai and Kaori.

That is to say, has her position in my heart reached this level before I knew it?After hearing her confession, he didn't dare to refuse casually, for fear of ruining the relationship with her?

When this kind of anxiety is not known what to do, it really makes people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts.

But... even that.

I also feel that I need to give the girl in front of me an honest answer.

Moreover, the answer has already been envisioned thousands of times in my mind, but I was just startled by her sudden confession.Next, as long as you answer her calmly, all problems will be solved.

Although, when I was envisioning this scene, the girl who decided my current answer must have left me.

——But my answer will not change.

No matter how my relationship with others has changed, Reina's position in my heart has never changed.

She is just my junior, my friend.That's all.

Also... that's all.

"Sorry, Rena..."

The moment I said this, my body suddenly relaxed a lot, maybe it was my illusion or maybe it was my illusion.

"!!!"

Rena's eyes widened suddenly, and she bit her lips tightly. It seemed that she had exhausted all her strength just trying not to cry.

While I spurned myself in my heart for making the girl so sad, I still said what I wanted to say one by one.

"I'm very happy that you can say that you like me. However, I can't accept your feelings. I'm sorry, Rena."

"......why?"

Linnai held back the tears that almost came out of her eyes, stared at me closely, and waited for my explanation.

There was a severe throbbing pain in my chest, I suppressed my mental and physical discomfort, and pretended to be calm.

"Because, although I like you, it only stops at 'like'."

"what does that mean?"

"Well... it may be too early for Rena, but I'm very clear about this kind of thing..."

Looking at Linna who was very unwilling, I scratched my chin helplessly, and tried to say what I was thinking.

"Rena, you know that I once had a girlfriend, right?"

"Well... But, it's already broken up, isn't it?"

"Ah, yes, we broke up. Now it seems that this is also one of the reasons why you confessed to me?"

"Um......"

"Ha..." I sighed, looked at Linna who became a little embarrassed and continued: "Since you know, it's easy to say, the reason why I can't agree to date you is actually very Simple. It's simply because, although I like you, I don't have the confidence to love you."

"Love?"

Rena seemed to have heard something unbelievable, and suddenly became agitated.

"Senior, you say you like me, but you say you can't reciprocate my feelings because you don't 'love' me? What is this? The latest prank show?"

"No, calm down and listen to my explanation—"

"What's the difference between liking and love! Senior, if you want to reject me, just say it, why bother be so oblique!"

"Rena, calm down!"

"Let go! Let go! Senior!"

"Don't be so loud! It will disturb others!"

"You hit my hair!"

"...Ah, hug, sorry."