"Make up your mind, Masato. You can't just leave it like this."

How... did Hatano know what he was thinking? Did she really know? Or was she guessing? He himself didn't know how he really felt. Hatano teased him often about Kasumi, and how he needed to treat her better.

-"I didn't do anything!" ... "that's kind of the point, isn't it?"-

He now knew why he was so upset. Kasumi was on the verge of slipping away from him. It had never been a question before that she would just, just - always be there. It wasn't something that was supposed to change.

But now, she must have someone else - someone who was going to take her away from him. Kasumi was a kind and caring girl... perhaps she didn't want to tell him? Maybe she didn't know how? Was that why she was avoiding him?

His heart was hurting now. Kasumi had obviously talked with Hatano about this. Hatano must have known, even more than he did, how he really felt - and that was why she was mad at him. He had treated Kasumi badly, and now she was gone...