As time slowly passed by, the only sound left in the room was the air conditioning blowing warm air up and down.
He couldn't fall asleep, always wondering where he went wrong.
Was he too impatient?
Or maybe, does being in love lower one's IQ to the point where he doesn't know how to please a girl anymore?
Or perhaps...
Could it be possible that when Hanabi dated him before, she was always accommodating him, and the tactics that didn't work on other girls worked because she liked him too much, adding a heavy filter that made everything he did seem good to her.
Uesugi Sakura turned over, looked at the shark plush lying beside him, hugged it, and clamped his legs around it, trying hard to imagine it as little Hanabi, then he closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.
Actually... even if he can't hug little Hanabi, this shark plush, which smells like her, is a nice substitute.
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