“Even if you’re suffering, you always thought “I don’t deserve to suffer,” and would always force a smile...” “...Huh?” The flow of conversation suddenly changed and Masachika blinked his eyes. While looking straight at Masachika, Maria said in a soft voice. “...I think Kuze-kun’s (Saa-kun) smile is more adorable than anything else.” “...!” “Actually, you’re a person who is more kind and caring than anyone else, but you never admit it to yourself and instead hide your pain behind your smile...seeing you like that makes me want to hug you with all my might. I want to hug you tightly, caress your head, kiss your cheek and tell you... “You’ve done your best” or “You don’t have to hate yourself anymore”, I just want to tell you this over and over again.” Maria’s opinion was full of affection and passion when she said that. Seeing her expression like that, Masachika thought while wanting to escape from reality. Hey, in other words, do you like bad boys? But Masachika immediately got rid of such silly thoughts. Hmm, what is this...? She thinks the bad guy who works hard is cute... Something similar to that? After successfully describing Maria’s words in an incomprehensible interpretation, Masachika closed the tip of his mouth to avoid Maria’s passionate gaze. “Someone that sounds like a hero in the shadows, carrying a heavy burden like that on his back.... I’m not that type of cool person.” He doesn’t have a tragic past at all. He just threw toddler tantrums and ran away from home, then couldn’t come home. And the problem has only stretched so far. The problem he experienced was not important at all if it was expressed through words.