"My childhood friend says I'm cool and impressive, but I'm actually a coward and a craven person."

I—Yuko Kitofuji—have someone I love. I can't remember when it started anymore, but I've loved her for so long. She says I'm cool and cool-headed, but that's not true. I'm a coward and a fraud—someone who can't even convey what I want to say. Yet there is someone who loves me despite what I am. Someone of the same gender—a girl. After receiving a confession for the nth time, I rejected her as usual. It took so much courage, yet I couldn't accept it. The name of the person I love is Akka Sada. We've been childhood friends since elementary school, and we've been together through middle and high school. That Akka showed up at the scene of someone confessing to me. This is nothing unusual—Akka always teases me as she always does. But that's fine—as long as that relationship is maintained, I don't mind. Precisely because I've always thought that way, I am a coward and a fraud. But today was slightly different. Though there was something like momentum behind it, I took a step forward toward Akka. ※This is a work also posted to 'Yuri Literature,' an event being held on pixiv.