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"I'm sorry. This must have been really sudden for you, wasn't it?" Rie apologized.
She was sitting with him on the bench.
By their side were paper bags filled with the decorations they had bought.
He quietly shook his head.
They were inside the mall.
Around them, themes of Christmas were portrayed at every glance.
There were faces of Santa Claus plastered in front of stores.
The ceiling was glittering with huge silver snowflakes and reindeers.
From the building's speakers, a faint, jolly song was being played.
Christmas...
That's right. It's almost Christmas.
He had forgotten about it.
After all, he didn't celebrate it anymore.
He blinked, looking at his childhood friend.
Leo was standing a few feet ahead of them,
talking to a storekeeper about which Christmas tree they had on display was the best.
Apparently, they needed to get one because he claimed it wouldn't be a real 'Christmas' without a star on top of a tree.
Ao didn't understand why Leo was stubborn about it.
Years ago, he had decided there was no point in celebrating anything.
Leo, however, seemed to think otherwise.
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Of course, in the end, Ao relented.
Leo was often always the one who won in their arguments, even from before. Though that only applied to childish things, however.
"Leo-kun... is a really kind person, isn't he?" Rie suddenly said.
Ao turned to her, slightly surprised.
Then, he nodded slightly.
"He... is."
He always was.
She shifted in her seat and tilted her head.
"Hey, Ao-kun... If you wouldn't mind me asking..." she trailed off, sounding cautious.
"... How long have you two known each other?"
Ao blinked.
He paused before answering,
the words hesitating in his throat.
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re:Happiness | Cell Phone Novel
General Fiction「 Can you teach me how to be happy? 」 Fujiwara Ao has been living the past nineteen years of his life in ease. Born with the ideal background and blessed with enough talent, that's what most of the people presume. In their eyes, he was sim...
