───● Masato’s Diary ●○●

Saturday, March 30

Tomorrow, the day finally arrives for me to give my answer.

It’s been a week since my dates with all five of them. The whole time, I’ve been asking myself over and over: Who is the one I truly love?

If I’m being completely honest, I love all five of them, and I want to stay by their side moving forward.

It’s already been a year since I came to this world.

In a completely unfamiliar environment where I didn’t know left from right and didn’t have a single soul I knew, everyone was so kind to become my friends.

Koumi was the very first friend I made at university. When I felt like I had no place to belong on campus, she created one for me. She introduced me to Mizuho, too, and before I knew it, spending college life with the three of us became my normal… and that everyday life was truly so much fun.

And then, I found out that Koumi and I had actually met way back when we were kids.

Both in the past and in the present, the fact that Koumi reached out to me and welcomed me into her life made me genuinely happy.

I met Yuka at the basketball court in the park.

She challenged me to a match, and from then on, we started playing basketball together. Seeing her grow and improve felt just as rewarding as if it were my own progress.

Maybe part of me wanted Yuka to succeed so badly because I never managed to achieve greatness in sports myself.

But Yuka was the very first person to express her feelings to me. She was the one who taught me that my mindset in this world was naive. Her confession caught me completely off guard, but her earnest, straightforward emotions made me happy. And honestly, it was also true that I found her so charming it was hard to believe she was only a middle school student.

I met Seira-san at the bar where I started working. Back in the beginning, she always looked so exhausted, but as I served her, seeing her smile more and more brought me so much joy.

At first, she had a dangerously unpredictable air about her that was a little intimidating… but ever since we had that heart-to-heart talk on that rainy day, she’s been a kind, fun older sister figure to me.

Knowing that Seira-san would always request me at the bar… it’s a bit embarrassing to even write this down, but it made me look forward to my shifts at work.

As for Mizuho, I first met her as Koumi’s friend.

She was bright, energetic, and so kind-hearted—always prioritizing the people around her over herself.

There’s no doubt that having Mizuho around made my university life infinitely more fun.

Yet I never imagined that the girl searching for her contact lens back then… was actually Mizuho. And once she realized that the fated person she had been searching for was me, she confessed her feelings.

When she suggested being with me alongside Koumi, I was shocked, but… in this world, maybe that isn’t so strange after all.

Shiori-chan was the student I was hired to tutor.

When we first met, she wore glasses and had her hair in braids, but even then, I thought she was a pretty girl. Then she changed her look to long, dark hair, which was adorable in its own right…

But above all, Shiori-chan’s true charm shone through once she dropped her guard and revealed her otaku side—she became so delightfully funny.

Her rich vocabulary and unique choice of words always made me burst out laughing whenever I was with her. I was so glad that I managed to bring out that authentic side of her.

I couldn’t help treating her like an easygoing male friend, but then she confessed her feelings to me loud and clear. The reason I didn’t mind it at all was probably because I had already taken a genuine liking to her deep down.

Just writing all this down makes me realize how wonderful every single one of them is—far too good for someone like me.

But… I can’t keep running away.

I have to face the girls who gave me their feelings with absolute sincerity.

I’ve reached my answer.

Tomorrow, I will tell them.

The answer I have chosen.

[ The Case of Tsukuda Aika ]

​<Aika

​[ March 31 ]

​0:40 | Masato: Aika-san, thanks for your hard work!

​0:40 | Masato: I’ve made up my mind.

​0:42 | Aika: Good work. ……I see. So you’ve truly decided, then.

​0:42 | Aika: ……If by any chance something goes wrong, you make sure to come tell me, understood?

​0:56 | Masato: Thank you very much. If that happens, I’ll definitely count on you.

​0:58 | Masato: ……Aika-san, romance really is difficult, isn’t it? Falling in love with someone, I mean.

​1:04 | Aika: It is. It’s difficult.

​1:04 | Aika: But you know, it’s perfectly fine for you to fail right now.

​1:05 | Aika: Even if you mess up, I just wanted you not to run away from their feelings, and to face them head-on.

​1:12 | Masato: Thank you very much. Thanks to you, I feel like I understand a little bit now.

​1:12 | Masato: So today, I’m going to go tell them.

​1:25 | Aika: Off you go. You’ll be fine. I’m sure your choice isn’t wrong in the slightest.

​1:25 | Aika: That being said…… that doesn’t necessarily mean things will go the way you expect, though.

​1:29 | Masato: ……? What do you mean by that……?

​1:29 | Aika: That’s a secret ♡