Join the Club - Part 11

Hiro waited until Yukari was truly gone before putting his head in his hands, taking shaky breaths. He felt like he had dodged a bullet, but in a game of Russian Roulette. The odds still seemed to favor him, yet those odds were slim.

Why had he let himself make the mistakes he'd made in that moment of weakness? A clearer head would have done the right thing, but something else had compelled him to dig his own grave, and now here he was. If Yukari somehow learned the truth, it was all over for him. His life would be ruined.

And he knew it was justified, Yukari's anger and Asagi's furtive, unreadable glances. But thinking back on it... God, he had just been granted that opportunity, and he had wanted it so badly...

"You look like you're at your wit's end," said a voice to his right suddenly. "What's eating you?"

Mildly surprised, Hiro glanced at the speaker...