Rukawa's mother collapsed onto the sofa, her breathing growing rapid, her eyes turning red at the rims. "Kaede, do you really know what you're saying? You have never been in a relationship before—are you really sure you aren't mistaken?"
Rukawa skillfully smoothed his mother's back, waiting until she finished her rambling stream of complaints before finally speaking up. "Mom, it's precisely because I realized it too late that things dragged on this long. If I had known my own feelings a little earlier, he and I wouldn't have wasted all these years."
"What did you say?!"
Chapter 126