"Obviously... it was Sakura himself who said it..." Hanamaru Hanabi mumbled.
"Actually... ever since I started university, I've always felt like something was missing."
Uesugi Sakura gazed out the art classroom window at the branches swaying in the wind, "I've been pondering what exactly I'm missing, what it is that makes me feel unmotivated even to study or read... Sometimes I look at the sky, and my heart gets carried away."
Hanamaru Hanabi listened quietly to his musings.
Uesugi Sakura continued, "Now, I've figured it out, what I miss the most is having someone I like by my side... For the things she doesn't know, I can teach her, and for the things I don't have, she would thoughtfully bring them to me. This kind of life, moving forward together, is something I couldn't experience at Tokyo University all by myself."
"Sakura, are you saying this just to increase your likability...?"
