I Don’t Like Endings Where the Person who Cheats Gets Forgiven, so I Will not Forgive Her

Present

After Setsuna and I talked about our impressions of the movie, we leave the café.

As soon as we step out, Setsuna casually and gently holds my hand.

When I look towards her, she is smiling at me as if it’s nothing had happened, as if it’s normal for her to hold my hand.

I can’t help but smile wryly and accept her hand.

We continue walking, and along the way, we stumble upon an arcade, so we decide to stop by.

I’m quite fond of games, and I’m somewhat familiar with anime culture, but I don’t go to arcades very often, so I can’t help but look around at all the new things.

Setsuna seems to be the same, she is looking around the arcade like me.

Suddenly, Setsuna stops walking, it seems there is a particular stuffed animal that catches her eyes.

“Setsuna, do you want that?”

“Eh, ah, umm, I was just curious. It’s no big deal.”

What Setsuna is looking at is a small bear with big, round eyes and an incredibly cute appearance.

… I think I gave Setsuna a stuffed animal like this when she was a little girl and couldn’t stop crying.

Back then, Setsuna was timid and would cry easily.

It no exaggeration to say that right now I’m relying on the girl who used to be like that.

You never know how things will turn out.

I put 500 yen into the machine and start moving the crane.

I don’t usually play crane games, so I ended up losing about 2000 yen because I’m not really good at it, but I’m glad I managed to get the prize.

“Here.”

“Eh?”

“For you.”

“Thank you. But Yukito got this using your own money…”

“It’s okay. I wanted to get it for you, Setsuna. But if you don’t want it…”

“No way! I want it. I’ll definitely take a good care of it.”

With that, Setsuna takes the teddy bear from my hands, hugs it tightly, buries her face in it, and peeks out with a happy expression.

“Thank you, Yukito. I’ll treasure it. We’ll sleep together every day.”

“Yeah.”

Seeing such a joyful reaction, I can’t help but think it’s worth giving her the present.

That smile is worth much more than the money I spent.

Afterwards, the two of us explore the arcade, playing games like air hockey and basketball to compete for points.

In the end, the results are evenly matched.

“Oh, Yukito. Can we take Purikura together?”

(TN: Purikura, a shortened form of “print club” in Japanese, refers to photo sticker booths that print out stickers of photo portraits set against backgrounds and frames selected by the user.)

“Yeah, sure.”

When was the last time I took purikura?

I think it was when I was on a date with Yukina…

No, I don’t want to think about that, I want to enjoy the moment with Setsuna.

Standing side by side in front of the booth, we touch the panel to set it up.

“Um…is it okay if we do it as a couple?”

Since there is a mode specifically for couples, Setsuna blushes and asked me so shyly.

“Yeah, sure.””

She continues to select various options before entering the booth.

Then, we start taking the photos.

“N-Now, a kiss is a bit…”

At first, we’re just posing together, but gradually, the requests become more extreme, and eventually, it asks us to kiss.