Huff... Huff... Huff...!

...!

Wait...! Please just wait!

...
I can't catch up...!

(If I take the passageway, maybe I can cut ahead...!)

(But... But...)

(Even if I do... What do I say...?!)

Mizuki!

...

*Gasp*

Mizuki, I...

I...! ...!

I'm sorry.

I should have told you sooner.

But Mizuki, you...

You're shocked, right?

...

But... That...!

I get it...!

Just now, you... You were just surprised...

That's the only thing you felt...
I know...

All of it, I get it, really...!

Mizuki...

But... But...!

I just can't do this...!

...!

You're...so, so kind, Ena...!

So tomorrow, you'll say hi as if nothing's changed...!

Kanade too...and Mafuyu...!

You'll all just say “Oh, really?”...!
And we'll just get to work like normal...!

And the next day, and every day after that, everything will stay the same...

That's...what you're gonna let me think...!

...!

It'll all just be...everyone's...kindness...

It'll come from a warm...good place...!

But...the thing is!!!

The thought of you all feeling like you have to be kind like that...

I just... I can't bear it...!!!

That's...

That isn't...

*Gasp*

...
I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I never said anything.

I'm sorry I couldn't face up to this.

Mizuki...!

Mizuki!

...!

I...

Why couldn't I...?!

(You reap what you sow.)

(I ran away, and I kept on running...)

(And all the while, I hoped someone would eventually say it for me.)

(Be careful what you wish for, huh.)

(Ugh.)

(I want to disappear.)