I Lent My Handkerchief to a Gal Who Made a Fake Confession to Me and Told Her, “If You Feel So Guilty That You’re Crying, Then Don’t Accept the Punishment Game,” She Ended up Falling for Me for Real and Started Getting Emotionally Troubled

I heard the voices of the popular girls from the class while I was quietly choosing to stay alone. It seems they were planning to use me as part of a punishment game and make one of them give me a fake confession. The girl chosen was Amanatsu Nakina, a gal in my class. She looks pretty and stands out, but she is actually too honest and serious, so she doesn’t really fit in with the girls’ group and is often left out. She didn’t want to do it. I could tell. But she couldn’t refuse the pressure from the others, so she finally nodded. Of course, I was planning to reject her right away without any hesitation. But when Amanatsu tried to do the fake confession, she looked so miserable and full of guilt that it was hard to even watch. I lost my anger and just felt tired instead. So I said to her, “If you feel so guilty that you’re crying, then don’t accept the punishment game.” And I lent her my handkerchief to comfort her… Wait, Amanatsu? What’s wrong, her face…?