Yui smiled faintly. "Because I didn't want you to go easy on me. That would've been the real defeat."
Ichika's voice cracked. "Then at least tell me now—was it worth it?" Yui Nagase declares her retirement. Ichika Mats...
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Yui looked at the shoes in her hands. "Every second. Especially the moments I shared with you." "Then at least tell me now—was it worth it
Ichika Matsumoto, watching from the backstage monitor, felt her chest tighten. For ten years, Yui had been her benchmark—the silent storm she chased but never quite caught. Their rivalry was not born of animosity, but of mutual awe.
"You never told me you were hurting," Ichika said, sitting beside her.
The press conference room was filled with the low hum of camera shutters and whispered speculation. At the center, Yui Nagase sat with her usual graceful poise, but her eyes carried a weight Ichika had never seen before.