The silence between the two of them lasted for nearly five minutes.
Only then did Mejiro Sanfeng finally raise her head.
The two looked at each other, neither speaking.
Rudolph Symboli didn't know what to say.
Mejiro Sanfeng didn't know if she should say what she originally wanted to say.
But, Mejiro Sanfeng still spoke: "Luna?"
Without speaking, Rudolph Symboli just looked at Mejiro Sanfeng, waiting for her to speak.
And after a slight hesitation.
Mejiro Sanfeng finally spoke: "Want to try some?"
Saying this, Mejiro Sanfeng slowly opened the dessert box, then presented a seemingly perfect dessert in front of them.
"This was made by Miss Yayoi."
After opening the dessert box, Mejiro Sanfeng added this sentence.
Mejiro Sanfeng said this intentionally.
And when Rudolph heard this, she just looked at Mejiro Sanfeng: "You asked her to, didn't you?"
"Mm."
Mejiro Sanfeng's response was simple and ordinary.
But, Rudolph knew she was enduring something, so Rudolph asked: "Did you just come to see me?"
"Actually, there were some other things, but..."
Looking at the dessert in front of her, Mejiro Sanfeng's expression changed slightly again: "Now, perhaps, there isn't."
Rudolph probably could guess what Mejiro Sanfeng wanted to ask, but... sometimes, it's better not to say those things.
So,
"Aren't you going to persuade me to go back this time?"
Rudolph skipped the question Mejiro Sanfeng wanted to ask, and she looked at Mejiro Sanfeng: "Maybe I'll agree?"
She said something Mejiro Sanfeng absolutely couldn't do in a relaxed tone.
And seeing Rudolph's behavior, Mejiro Sanfeng just shook her head: "No, if it's me, you wouldn't do anything, would you?"
The answer to the question was already known the moment it was spoken.
Mejiro Sanfeng's eyes were already filled with tears.
Seeing Mejiro Sanfeng's reaction.
Rudolph Symboli just opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say, because if Tokai had come, Rudolph Symboli would have definitely agreed.
She didn't even need to think to come to that conclusion.
Looking at Rudolph's reaction, Mejiro Sanfeng just cut a small piece of dessert with her fork, and then continued: "Want to try some?"
Rudolph shook her head, not giving a positive response.
This reaction made Mejiro Sanfeng lower her head slightly.
The dessert cut by the fork was placed on it.
Looking at that piece of dessert.
Mejiro Sanfeng raised her head again to look at Rudolph.
Although it was just a feeling before, for her now, she could already be sure that Rudolph's eyes did not contain her existence.
Mejiro Sanfeng, who finally got the answer to the question, ate the dessert on the fork in one bite: "Luna, I won't ask why."
Saying this, Mejiro Sanfeng put down the fork in her hand.
Looking at the other party's actions, Rudolph, who hadn't spoken much, finally spoke: "I'm sorry, Sanfeng, I've never had that thought for you."
At this point, Rudolph continued: "I have always clearly given you a refusal."
"...Yes."
Mejiro Sanfeng's words were full of regret, and then she asked one last question: "Why can't it be me?"
"..."
Mejiro Sanfeng's question did not receive an immediate response from Rudolph.
But she didn't care, she just waited for Rudolph to give the answer.
The silence between the two lasted for a long time, and then it was broken by a voice that had been quiet for a while.
"It's just that we didn't meet at the right time."
Saying this, Rudolph fell silent.
Clearly, she knew better than anyone what it meant not to meet at the right time.
Mejiro Sanfeng, hearing Rudolph say this, just opened her mouth, then closed it again.
She probably already guessed how things would unfold.
If it was back then, she really was... So, Mejiro Sanfeng decided not to bring up that matter and completely suppressed the words she originally wanted to say.
"Luna,"
"Mm."
"If Miss Yayoi requests it, you will agree, right?"
She changed it to the question she couldn't ask before.
Facing this question, Rudolph didn't hesitate, she just nodded: "I made some... mistakes, causing her a lot of harm, so as long as it's something she says, I will do my best to help her."
Saying this, Rudolph Symboli looked at Mejiro Sanfeng: "Just like you."
The 'like you' in Rudolph's mouth referred to the state of interaction between Mejiro Sanfeng and Rudolph.
Just as Rudolph would do things to help Tokai, Mejiro Sanfeng would do the same.
And after receiving the answer to this question, Mejiro Sanfeng just took a deep breath, and then swallowed the argument she originally wanted to make.
After realizing that she was not in Rudolph's eyes, Mejiro Sanfeng had fewer questions to ask.
But... "Luna..."
"Mm."
"If only I didn't love you."
"...I'm sorry."
Rudolph Symboli's apology did not elicit a response from Mejiro Sanfeng; she simply stood up, turned around, and left Rudolph's apartment.
Watching Mejiro Sanfeng's actions, Rudolph did not hesitate; she also stood up and followed Mejiro Sanfeng out of the small apartment.
Arriving in the hallway, Rudolph saw Tokai standing there.
Her gaze swept over Tokai.
Finally, it rested on Mejiro Sanfeng.
Mejiro Sanfeng's current state was not good, but... the place Rudolph truly needed to be concerned about was not Mejiro Sanfeng.
It was... "Yayoi."
She didn't call her by her first name, but by her surname.
Tokai, hearing someone call her, withdrew her gaze from the distance and turned towards the source of the sound.
Then, she saw Rudolph standing behind Mejiro Sanfeng.
Looking at the other party, Tokai did not respond.
And Rudolph Symboli just walked up to Tokai and said what she intended to say to Tokai in a voice Mejiro Sanfeng couldn't hear:
"Sanfeng's..."
After a second's pause, Rudolph found the right words:
"Sanfeng's not in a good state, she might do some extreme things, be careful."
Saying this, Rudolph turned around and returned to the apartment.
And Tokai watched Rudolph turn and leave, then shifted her gaze to Mejiro Sanfeng.
As Rudolph said, Mejiro Sanfeng was not in a good state.
She needed rest.
So, Tokai immediately walked to her side; she had to take Mejiro Sanfeng back.
As for the question she wanted to ask... she would wait until next time.
Tokai thought so.
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