Three Days of Happiness

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asked.
Looking for you, Himeno, I replied.
Liar, Himeno said, shoving me in the shoulder.
It’s true, I said laughing.
I was thinking that things were going great.
I was telling Himeno my affection for her, and she was showing me
her affection for me.
That’s what I believed, and I didn’t doubt it.
I didn’t really want to know what Himeno was thinking then, deep
in her chest.
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Now, how about we compare answers.
While I sat across from Himeno in the restaurant and talked with
her, I made an unbelievable mistake.
To be exact, maybe it wasn’t really a mistake. If I were given
countless chances to redo the scene, I would have made the same
choice every time. There was no other choice.
On top of that, the reason why my choice was a “mistake” was not
something that originated in that meeting, but something that had
gradually taken form since much earlier.
Still. In time, I most definitely made a mistake.
But in any event, the results of that “mistake” came to save me.
And at the same time, I came to learn why Miyagi had tried to stop
me from meeting Himeno.