"It's you." She didn't want to accept it.

"Yotsuba, I love you." She didn't want to hear him say that, not for this reason.

"Uesugi-san. Why are you here?" Yotsuba asks, finding him on the swings.

"Came here to think." He said, his momentum picking up.

"About what?" The ribbon wearer takes the swing beside him.

"Everything. There's just too much to handle at once." He groans as he gets pulled backwards. "There's obviously college, not just for me but you five as well. It's funny, you know, when I think back to when I first met you I want to do that day over."

"Yeah, you were really rude to me when I gave you back your test. Shi shi shi." Yotsuba giggles as she leaps off, landing short of her record.

"What do you mean? That was our second meeting, wasn't it?" He slows down, eventually stopping. The silence was suffocating, Yotsuba paralyzed by his words.

"You...knew..."

"I do now."

Yotsuba looked up at him from her spot. Her face was as confused as she was. In a sense she was relieved that he knew the truth, but that also terrified her. There was a part of her heart that wanted to express her feelings openly, but there was a part that worried of everything else: her sisters' efforts, his feelings, her past. In the end, she did what she always did: she ran.

Running was something that Yotsuba knew very well. She ran from her sisters, then she ran from her mother's last message, then she ran from her promise, and she's been running from her own feelings since then. Yotsuba didn't want to stop, she was scared to.

She arrived home, running straight to her room and locking the door. It didn't take long after for a knock to come.

"Yotsuba. It's me, can I come in?" She didn't move.

"Uesugi-san. You can't...you shouldn't have remembered. I bet you're disappointed that I couldn't live up to your expectations and keep my promise."

"I don't care about that. Can I come in?"

"No. You should just forget about me. My sisters will come home soon, why not get ready to teach them today?"

"This is about you Yotsuba. Can I come in?"

"No, this isn't about me. I'm sorry, okay."

"I'm not mad. Can I come in?"

"Uesugi-san, you should just give up. I'm never letting you in."

"Then I'll say it from here."

"You're lying."

"I'm not."

"I'm not that person you met before. I've...changed."

"I know. I love you Yotsuba."

"Stop it!"

"I love you."

"I said stop! What if my sisters hear you?"

"Forget about them for a moment. I love you."

"..."

"Yotsuba?"

"I...don't deserve this. They tried so hard to be the girl you like. You shouldn't choose me just because of that day in Kyoto."

"That's not why I love you."

"What?"

"I guessed that you were scared to tell me the truth last year, because you showed up with a pointless test. You were scared that you failed your promise and that I'd be mad. I would've been, back then. But then I got to know you, this caring ball of energy that will give up everything to make others happy."

"..."

"But you've been giving too much. It's my turn to start giving. Yotsuba, let me love you."

There's a small click as the door slowly swings open.

"I love you Yotsuba, this you."