Kasane Teto ³

There she was, dressed in her regular clothes, watching the wedding of the woman she had once loved. She had tried everything to win her back, but nothing had worked. Even so, she used that last bit of love she felt for Miku to fulfill her request: to go to her wedding and be present for the filming. She appeared happy for her friend, her right eye glowing bright and radiant as always, though inside she was utterly devastated. After a long ceremony filled with cameras, she finally managed to sit in a chair far away, watching Miku's happiness. Neru occasionally gave her that "I won" look, a haughty and malicious stare that no one but Teto could see. Slowly, she brought a piece of cake to her mouth with a fork, and finally, that pupil went dark, losing its blue color, announcing to herself that the deep love she felt for the woman she had tried so many times to win back was gone. She kept her gaze lowered as she listlessly savored the cake, which tasted like ash in her mouth. She felt pathetic; for a moment, she even thought she was going to... She wanted to cry... But she didn't. She wasn't going to give Neru that satisfaction any longer. Soon it would all be over, and she would leave that damned ceremony, distance herself from married women, and try to move on even though she felt she no longer had the strength. All that was left was to wait in silence, apart and pushed to one side, counting every second until she could leave to be miserable somewhere other than there, in the middle of the ceremony.

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