My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess-Chapter 269: Lonely as Fireworks

"It’s just a sprain, not fatal." Shirakawa Sawahei said grumpily, then turned to the nurse, "Could you please fetch some ice?"

"Ah... sure, no problem." The nurse turned and walked away. Shirakawa Sawahei continued to squat down, trying to assess the extent of the little girl’s sprain.

"Does it hurt here?"

Shirakawa Sawahei gently poked, and the Black Hearted Lolita screamed like a pig being slaughtered, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts... Are you doing this on purpose, you pretty boy! I’m dying here!"

"How about here?"

"It hurts here too!"

"Can you move this side?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Does this make it any better..."

"It still hurts, pretty boy, don’t press too hard... be gentle." The girl moaned as she inhaled sharply. Shirakawa Sawahei stood up and regretfully said, "It might be a fracture."

"What?? Ouch... Pretty boy! You need to be responsible for what you say! I just fell, how could it be a fracture!"

"Do you think you’re still seven or eight years old?" Shirakawa Sawahei replied irritably, "The older you get, the more prone you are to injuries. Even though you’re small, you’re not that young."

"So what do I do... I’ve never had a fracture... It hurts... It hurts so much... Pretty boy, don’t move."

"Let me clean the wound on your knee first." Shirakawa Sawahei said, looking around to find some clean gauze to bandage it a bit. The nurse from earlier rushed over and said urgently, "The ice... seems to have run out... we don’t have any left now..."

"What?? There’s not even any ice!" The little Lolita panicked upon hearing this and grabbed Shirakawa Sawahei’s sleeve, "Pretty boy, will I have to amputate if I don’t ice it..."

"Where did your intelligence go?" Shirakawa Sawahei mocked, "Stay still, I’ll go find you some ice."

"Huh? Where are you going to find... Pretty boy! Don’t you dare run off and leave me! Otherwise, I’ll break your three legs!"

He ignored the little girl’s blustery threat, turned to the nurse, and said, "Please help her treat her knee wound first, I’ll be back soon."

"But... there’s no convenience store nearby... sir..."

Shirakawa Sawahei left the service center and headed straight for the stalls he passed while wandering the festival with the weeping creature earlier. If there’s anywhere near the fireworks festival where he could find ice, it would undoubtedly be the shaved ice stall.

More people gathered by the riverside as the fireworks festival seemed about to start. Tsukimi Sakurazawa and Tachibana Tomoku stood on a slope, their eyes constantly glancing in another direction.

"Why hasn’t he come back yet... did something happen?"

"No way... with Shirakawa around, what problem could possibly remain unsolved?"

"Ise Yu, you’re treating Shirakawa like a superman." Azusa Stonefield quietly commented.

"Superman? No, it’s just reassuring to have him there, don’t you all think so?"

Tachibana and Tsukimi both nodded subconsciously...

"Maybe I should go check it out." The weeping creature showed a trace of worry in its eyes, "What if he’s run into some trouble?"

"I’ll go too then..." The invisible one also said.

"In that case, I’ll go too!"

Azusa Stonefield: "..."

"With so many of us going over there, won’t Shirakawa get mad?" The weeping creature stuck out its tongue and whispered, "He did say before not to come over..."

"Well... Shirakawa rarely gets mad, but if we don’t listen to him... the consequences might be serious..."

"Why not try calling first? Whose phone has a signal?"

While the girls were discussing, a crisp sound broke through the sky, followed by a burst of light. A dazzling firework blossomed in the air, leaving a fleeting tail flame.

It seemed like a signal, or a kind of guidance, as countless brightly shining dots slowly rose in the sky, blooming into colorful patterns at the highest point, one after another, wave after wave, reflecting in the eyes of almost every visitor.

"Ah~ The fireworks festival has started..."

The dawdling girl exclaimed, and after lighting up her screen, she said in surprise, "Shirakawa seemed to have left a message in the group chat."

"What, this is Kaori’s account... But it sounds like Shirakawa’s tone... Have they already gotten to the riverside?"

"I see, too many people to get over here..." The dawdling girl sighed in relief, amazed, "I thought Shirakawa wouldn’t get to see the fireworks this time."

"It’s his first time attending the fireworks festival, it would be such a pity not to see these beautiful fireworks... Shirakawa never disappoints!"

The four girls present all let out a breath of relief in unison. Tsukimi Sakurazawa, brushing off her earlier worries, cheerfully said, "Orikin~ Let’s go take pictures from a closer spot! I think the angle is better there!"

"Really? Wait for me... Tachibana, Ishihara, you guys come too."

"Let’s take a group photo first! Then slowly enjoy this beautiful firework show!"

After confirming Shirakawa Sawahei was fine, the lively dawdling girl and the weeping creature immediately got into the festive spirit, taking pictures of people, the sky, each other, and selfies... enjoying themselves wildly.

After taking the group photo, Tachibana Tomoku seemed to have also let go of her worries, gazing at the splendidly lit sky with a smile of happiness and contentment. Azusa Stonefield also quietly stayed by the little invisible one’s side, admiring the fireworks filling the sky.

Such beautiful fireworks... If there’s a chance to come with Tachibana again in the future, it would be wonderful...

Next year... Next year, I wonder if there will be a chance...

Fireworks are a magnificent yet melancholic thing, easily stirring emotions, making people more sentimental. Those who are happy become even happier under the fireworks, while those who feel lonely only become lonelier.

Azusa Stonefield gently glanced at Tachibana Tomoku’s profile. Under the colorful lights, the little invisible one’s face took on a jade-like warm and lovely hue. The breeze from the riverside lifted the hem of her yukata as she gazed intently at the night sky, lost in the firework display, not speaking for a long time.

"Next year... let’s all come to watch the fireworks together again."

The girl’s voice made Azusa Stonefield’s heart skip a beat, a surge of indescribable emotions quickly grew, like wild vines or spreading wildfire, soon occupying her entire heart.

I want to come to the fireworks festival with Tachibana next year.

If... it’s possible, I also want to watch the fireworks alone with her...

Just the two of us strolling, eating shaved ice... doing those things I’ve always longed for but haven’t been able to do.

If... we were more than friends...

Instead, if we were lovers... that would be great.

Azusa Stonefield was silent for a moment and then suddenly took a deep breath and gently spoke to the girl beside her.

"Tachibana, I like you."

She gazed into Tachibana Tomoku’s surprised eyes and said seriously, word by word, "I like you as a lover, not as a friend."

"I... want to be with you... in the way lovers do... always together."

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