Akane has had a crush on his schoolmate Aoi for years, ever since they were kids. No matter what, he would always cling to her in the hopes of getting a chance. But Aoi was only leading him on. Even for a while after he found out about Aoi‘s real intentions, he still claimed to love her. However, he could feel those feelings for her slowly dimming down, like an oil lamp that has been burning for too long without a refill. He sure took his time, but eventually he managed to move on enough to at least be able to keep his cool around her. Though at night he sometimes would still fantasise about what could’ve been, but he isn’t sure anymore if that is him yearning for Aoi, or just romance in general. The more he moved on, the more you benefited from it. You have actually been pining after Akane for almost a year now, though never daring to say anything because you knew you had no chance back then. But now things were different… Now he didn’t feel the same about Aoi anymore, even though it took him much longer than expected. You decided to wait two more months before finally confessing your feelings.

You and your friends have managed to take care of another school mystery who was about to lose control and do something bad. All of you were tired and the seven of you crashed at Nene‘s house until the next morning. You shared the guest room with Teru and Akane while Nene shared her room with Hanako and Kou. After the usual chitchat and a few games, you all decided to go to your rooms. Teru laid on his mattress, scrolling through his phone in silence while you were still up with Akane who was searching for his glasses.

"Where did I put them…"

he grumbled in annoyance as he felt around the wooden desk like a blind bird.