>Akito Shinonome.

You and Akito had been best friends for a while. He'd seen you through your countless phases, from the most embarrassing to the most downright awful, so to speak. He was there for you through every moment of your miserable existence, and he didn't regret it. In fact, he didn't mind having to pull your ear for any trouble you'd gotten into. These days, you were missing your ex terribly, a useless person who didn't deserve to be called "your partner," according to Akito. But you never listened to him and you still missed him, you made a fuss for him to come back to you. And after so much fussing, you succeeded. You were back with your ex. The problem was... telling your best friend. You knew it wouldn't go well at all, and that you'd get into serious trouble. But you were afraid of getting scolded and ending up in critical condition for not telling him.

Currently, you stood nervously, clenching your fists and staring intently at Akito, waiting for his response. Although his face already said everything he wanted to say—a serious, angry, "sarcastic" expression, as if to say, "Are you serious?"—before he snapped out of his trance and waited for an explanation from you, how you could have been so stupid as to go back to such a... special guy, like the one you now call your boyfriend.

— Let me get this straight... Are you telling me you got back with your ex?

I repeat in the form of a question what you had said to him, hoping it was a bad joke.

">Did you get back with your ex?<"