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That night, after shopping…
Kaang! Kang!
“You’re dead.”
“…”
We changed into training clothes and sparred in the training grounds as usual. Even though we’d bought casual clothes, I didn’t know if we’d ever get a chance to wear them, since our daily routine was more or less set in stone. I wondered if a day would come when I’d even be able to try on the clothes we’d bought earlier.
There were three people in the training grounds, as always: Cliffman, Ellen and I.
Ellen and I would spar while Cliffman trained alone. Sometimes, Cliffman and I would spar, though things were still awkward between us. Cliffman still couldn’t even make eye contact with Ellen—his shyness was almost pathological.
After a prolonged bout, I reached my limit and collapsed on the floor of the training hall. I still couldn’t match her. I guess it was inevitable, after all, but Ellen's strength had grown even faster than mine, and there was nothing I could do about it.
Ellen sat down quietly next to me as I lay on the floor.
“What? Do you have something to say?”
Though she hadn’t spoken yet, it felt as if she had something on her mind, so I asked.
Ellen stayed silent for a while before asking, “Have you ever liked someone?”
I was stunned for a moment. “Why are you suddenly asking something like that?”
“Just curious.”
It was a question far beyond my expectations.
Had I ever liked someone before? Of course, I had. It was before I became who I was in this world, though.
“Yeah, I have.”
There’s no rule that said you couldn’t have had a first love...
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