To be honest, Kiritani Tetsuya was not very willing to ask Ibuki Tamao this kind of question.

But if you don't say anything, the god girl next to you will not "give up" so easily. Even if she is not angry, she will probably suggest playing a few more rounds with regrets until she asks something.

And this situation was obviously something Kiritani Tetsuya, who was not very interested in this kind of quiz game, didn't want to see.

Therefore, in order to end this round of question and answer game filled with Morishima Ayako's bad taste, Kiritani Tetsuya had been fighting in his heart for a long time. After struggling again and again, he finally chose to say

The action option is the problem planned by Miu Utsunomiya.

"Anyway, it's just acting. After asking this question, it should be over."

Kiritani Tetsuya thought silently in his heart.

"Kiriya-kun, what exactly do you want to ask?"

Seeing that Kiritani Tetsuya had been staring at Ibuki Tamao motionlessly since a minute ago, but had not said a word for a long time, Morishima Ayako, a melon-eater, couldn't help but remind her.

"Ahem, then I said it."

Kiritani Tetsuya picked up the cup on the table and took a sip. After clearing his throat slightly, he continued to speak.

"Ibuki-kun, there's something you may not know. In fact, I fell in love with you before I dated Miu, or when I first started school. But I didn't dare to tell you because I was afraid of being rejected by you.

this matter."

Kiritani Tetsuya tried his best to keep his expression stable and tried to say this "confession" naturally.

However, the reality is that when he first started in the first year of high school, he didn't even know that there was someone like Ibuki Tamao in his class. But since he was just cooperating with Utsunomiya Miu in a play to test each other, Kiritani Tetsuya didn't want to care about it.

There are loopholes in these logics.

After Kiritani Tetsuya said these words, the other three people sitting around showed changes in their demeanor to varying degrees.

Especially Morishima Ayako, who was already very curious and eager to gossip. A big question mark instantly appeared in her eyes with exquisite eyeshadow. She didn't even bother to eat the meat in the bowl, and began to concentrate on Kiritani Tetsuya and Ibuki.

Yuxu glanced back and forth, afraid of missing every detail of the conversation between the two.

In other words, Ibuki Tamao's demeanor changed relatively little. After a brief moment of sluggishness, her charming face quickly disappeared.

"Zheye, you..."

Utsunomiya Miu's gorgeous face showed visible astonishment, and she said softly at this moment quite cooperatively...

"Of course, this is all in the past. My favorite now is definitely Miu."

Kiritani Tetsuya turned his head with a slight smile on his face and forced himself to say this sentence that seemed a bit disgusting to him.

After saying this, he continued to look back at Ibuki Tamao, and continued after a few seconds of pause.

"So what I want to ask is, if I were not dating Miu now, would Ibuki-san agree to my confession? If not, could you tell me the reason for the rejection?"

"Kiritani-kun, you clearly have two questions."

Morishima Ayako corrected her in time, but her face was full of interest.

"But I actually want to hear what kind of answer Tamao-chan would give to Kiritani-kun's question."

As she spoke, Morishima Ayako did not forget to turn her gaze to Utsunomiya Miu and said with a slightly apologetic tone.

"Sorry, Miu-chan."

In response, Utsunomiya Miu just smiled awkwardly and did not say anything.

At this time, there was silence again for a while above the table.

Everyone, including Kiritani Tetsuya, was waiting for Ibuki Tamao's answer.

After almost half a minute, Ibuki Tamao's delicate lips that had been closed for a long time finally showed signs of opening.

"I'm sorry Kiritani-kun, I won't agree to your confession."

Ibuki Tamao said calmly.

"Oh, really." Tetsuya Kiritani responded pretending to be regretful.

After hearing the answer he hoped for, Kiritani Tetsuya's nerves that had been tense since the moment he opened his mouth finally relaxed.

Fortunately, such problems did not create any difficult situation.

But after a period of relaxation, Kiritani Tetsuya's inner emotions were suddenly mixed with an imperceptible sense of loss.

“I always feel like I’m not as relaxed as I expected.”

Kiritani Tetsuya had such a feeling in his heart for no reason.

"I want to know why, or does Ibuki-san already have someone he likes?"

After quickly gathering his emotions, Kiritani Tetsuya asked further according to the template Utsunomiya Miu sent him in advance.

"Why? Let me think about it."

Ibuki Tamao stared at the water in the cup and murmured, the expression on her pretty face making it impossible to guess what the girl was thinking.

The square table where the four people were sitting fell into a silent atmosphere for the third time.

Finally, Morishima Ayako came out to break the dullness.

"Oh, since Tamao-chan doesn't want to say anything, why don't we just stop here. Anyway, Kiritani-kun, you already asked a question just now."

Sensing that the atmosphere between the two was beginning to develop in a strange direction, Morishima Ayako hurriedly stood up and persuaded.

"That's okay too."

Tetsuya Kiritani, who also couldn't stand the silent atmosphere at the moment, nodded in agreement.

Of course, he didn't forget to show regret on his face.

At this point, the question and answer game proposed by Morishima Ayako is completely over.

Twenty minutes later, the four people walked out of the barbecue restaurant after eating and drinking.

Since she drank a lot of sake in the store, Morishima Ayako did not plan to drive home. Instead, she hailed a taxi on the side of the road and planned to ask Kiritani Tetsuya to take a taxi back with her.

Of course, the considerate Morishima Ayako also called a car for Utsunomiya Miu and Ibuki Tamao, and paid the ride fare for the two divine girls in advance.

When he saw Ayako Morishima handing her cash that was obviously more than the amount needed to reach the destination, the taxi driver happily let the two girls get in the car, and then they walked away humming a relaxing ditty on the streets of Tokyo.
Chapter completed!