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There was a girl who waited for me after my trials.
She didn't talk much, but through her expressions and manners, I could see her appreciation for me.
Her eyes shone when I was present, her hands moved together, and she blushed.
It was hard to see her with others. She was scared to be with other people.
They told me that she drew what she could see of my trials.
One day, before I entered the trial
She approached me, opened her sketchbook, and showed me her then-last drawing.
It was not of a trial. It was of me.
She just said "I. Love. You."
I smiled her back and told "I appreciate it so much", before going to the trial.
But when they ended up finding out the truth,
I didn't get to see her again. Her absense wasn't noticed nor cared. But I noticed it.
I tried not to think about it in front of my partners.
They wouldn't care anyways.
Checking on the news, there was a mention of recent disappearances.
They showed up the photo of that girl.
My heart stopped due to the shock.
And that the last time she was seen was on the day of the incident.
"It was reported that she was last seen in Green Town during Yuichiro Hikari's trial. They stated that she was crying while getting on the LevBus bound for Central City"
At that night, as I walked towards the headquarters, I saw something shining near the blue bird statue.
It was the girl's sketchbook.
Without doubt, I grab it and I could see her drawings.
They were about me and my trials.
The last page was about my penultimate trial.
At the end, there was an empty page.
The day of the incident.
She fell in love with me.
Not only because of my appearance.
She admired me that I was doing good. That I was doing justice.
But, she realized what I was doing and what I thought.
I broke her heart.
And because of that, she disappeared.
The worst part is that I can't do anything about it.
I just, have to smile.
Smile in front of my inept partners.
They did not know nor even will they care to know this girl, anyways.
I just have to live with this regret.
...I'm sorry