Gray Reverse's Card story – The Reason for Sighing

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Gray: Haah......

Faith: (Huh? Is that Gray getting smaller and smaller in the corner...? It looks like his back is rounder than usual. The air around him seems overcast as well...)

Gray: Haah...

Faith: Gray.

Gray: Hyah!!?
T- That voice... Faith-kun...!?

Faith: That's right, but... why are your eyes closed? 

Gray: Currently, I can't deal with how bright your face is...!

Faith: I don't really get what you're saying, though. Come on, now, open your eyes.

Gray: Uuugh...



Faith: ... Fine. You can stay like that. So? You've been sighing for a while now, what's wrong?

Gray: T- That's...

Faith: I wanted to kick back and relax in the common room, but it's quite hard in such a gloomy atmosphere.

Gray: !? I'm s- s- s- so sorry...!

Faith: No need to apologize, just tell me what's bothering you.

Gray: But... When it comes to someone like you, loved simply for existing, my worries are as microscopic as powder...

Faith: ... Did something happen with Billy?

Gray: ......!
H- How did you figure it out...?

Faith: You finally opened your eyes. Well, we could say it was a hunch? Billy's the only reason you'd be so troubled.

Gray: I'm speechless... I knew it, you're so amazing, Faith-kun...

Faith: I've been chewing over this for a while, but what kind of impression did you form of me, Gray?
Nevermind that. So?

Gray: Right. Well... I made an appearance at an event called "CFF" a while ago...

Faith: That event about anime and comics, right? I think I heard about it from Billy.

Gray: I've become acquainted with a movie director there and... today I received movie tickets for an advance screening...
I have two, so I thought I'd go with BIlly-kun, but... that day he has something to do he can't cancel, so he turned me down...

Faith: And that's why you're in low spirits.

Gray: W- Well......

Faith: ? I'm wrong?

Gray: Uhm... Of course I feel down about that, but... more than that...
Whenever something happens, Billy-kun is always involved, so... I was expecting us to go together this time too, so it came as a shock...
Faith: ... What do you mean?

Gray: It was natural for me to get turned down in the past, I know what to expect from others. I still do...
But I didn't think Billy-kun... would turn me down, or rather... As cheeky as it may sound, I took for granted we'd be together...
In retrospect, when we helped the circus... Billy-kun told me to trust him...
That was enough to make me happy at the time, but... It's like this desire to also be trusted has been creeping out ever since...

Shameless, aren't I...? I should simply be grateful he wants to be friends with the likes of me, and yet...

Faith: ... I understand why you're feeling blue now, Gray. But that feeling is quite puzzling to me. Isn't it normal for friends to want to establish a fifty-fifty relationship?

Gray: Eh-......

Faith: I've never looked into this nor thought about it, so you might want to take it with a grain of salt, but I, at least, don't think that's shameless.

Gray: ... Do you think Billy-kun feels the same way?

Faith: Why not ask him that? Actually, you should totally tell him how you feel.
He was so bothered about the fact that he turned you down that earlier he was talking non-stop about how to make it up to you.

Gray: Eh-...

Faith: Aaah, sorry. Actually, I've heard about it from Billy. I figured that'd be the reason.

Gray: No wayー

Billy: Gray, so you were here!

Gray: Eh-... B- Billy-kun...?



Billy: My, my~? You're with DJ. What a coinkydink~

Faith: Yeah, right. Since when were you eavesdropping on us?

Billy: NO, NO! Don't say things like that! What will people think? It's a coincidence I came hereー

Faith: As if, the timing for your entrance was way too good.

Gray: ... Billy-kun, did you hear our conversation...?

Billy: W- Weeeell...

Faith: Come on, spit it out.

Billy: ......... Sowwy. I did......

Faith: Knew it. Since when?

Billy: Since when Gray screamed "Hyah!!?"...

Gray: T- That's...

Faith: That's almost from the start... So you already understand how Gray feels, right?

Billy: Yeah......
Sorry, Gray...
Because I have something to do, I can't go this time, but, you know, I want to make a lot of fun memories together from now on.

Gray: ......!

Billy: The fact that you invite me to hang out and that you want me to trust you makes me truly happy, so I don't think that's shameless at all.

Gray: R- Really...?

Billy: If anything, you're too reserved, Gray! I want you to tell ME what you told DJ next time. But well~ if you reaaaally can't tell me, DJ is fine, I guess.

Gray: I w- will...! I promise... you, Billy-kun...

Faith: (Case closed, I suppose. Aahh, now I can finally relax.)

Billy: Now that we've cleared up this misunderstanding...
Ta-da! As an apology for turning your invitation down, we'll go here right now!

Gray: T- That's a ticket for a cupcake buffet shop...! 

Billy: YES! It's a 2-hours-all-you-can-eat ticket ☆ There's no limit to how many people can go, so you wanna join us, DJ?

Faith: Not going. Just enjoy yourselvesー

Gray: Let's go... together, Faith-kun...!



Faith: Huh...?

Gray: I would like to t- talk to you... about many things...

Faith: ......
Hah... Fine, I'll tag along.

Gray: ......! Thank you, Faith-kun, Billy-kun...!