eis apartment. Ss and ton pants, and her hair was pinned back.

    quot;; s;Everybodys  youre dead in your room. takatsuki asked me to c too keen on seeing t;

    Junpei said he had been feeling sick.

    quot;Yea; s;youve lost some  ;ant me to make you someto eat?quot;

    Junpei s feel like eating, he said.

    Sayoko opened tor and looked inside   do to Junpei. quot;I dont kno are you feeling bad about takatsuki and me?quot;

    Junpei said t . And it ,   akatsuki and Sayoko to become lovers  natural takatsuki ions. Junpei   simple.

    quot;Go ; Sayoko asked.

    quot;Sure.quot;

    Sook a can of beer from tor and divided tents betely.

    quot;Its kind of embarrassing to put to ; s;but I  to stay friends  just for no even after  older. A lot older. I love takatsuki, but I need you, too, in a  make me selfis;

    Junpei  sure o ans, but he shook his head.

    Sayoko said, quot;to understand someto put t someto a form t you can see ely different to do bot simpler.quot;

    Junpei looked at Sayoko in profile.  srying to say. ime raced tain on tuation o Sayoko before takatsuki o t suching would never have happened.

    ears falling on tatami, an oddly magnified sound. For a moment,  being a. But t Sayoko ween rembling.

    Almost unconsciously,  and put a ly to. o  . Junpei caug of tears and dre tness of s against  some kind of sc made—like joints creaking. But t was all. As if regaining consciousness, Sayoko moved her face back a