19. A Couple and a Third Party

On my tenth weekday, Friday, at Crutiara, Nazuno was still the same as ever. Her eyes were fixed on the board as usual. Her involvement in some commotion yesterday was difficult to discern.

Due to a caffeine craving, we changed the location of our usual strategic lunch meeting to the second floor of the cafeteria.

Initially, I thought something strange was going on with Rimi, but she's just building up the courage to ask me. "Ritake-kun… Did you… Uhm… succeed?"

Majiro clacks his tongue as he waves his finger. He smirked like an all-knowing god.

"Even better! In public, at night, after the beloved and climatic scenery turns dramatic, Juliet's eyes rain while Romeo confesses his love to her."

I can't help but hit Majiro's head. "You're misleading an innocent person, idiot!"

"So…" Rimi stutters as she looks away. "What exactly happened?"

"There are two things," I replied, and filled in the missing scenery in her mind. My storytelling skills made her feel like she was at the event in just