“Alright Clan. Let's just think about it for a while. This might be a distasteful way of putting it, but there's still five years left.”
Koutarou was planning on thinking about the problem for a while. It was a complicated problem, so even Koutarou's ideas might help.
“... You will think about it too?”
Clan was surprised by Koutarou's reaction.
“Yeah. This is what we've done all this time right?”
“That's... true, but...”
Clan had figured that this was her own problem, but Koutarou didn't feel that way, which made Clan happy.
I see... so this is what it means to not be alone...
She had someone she could share her feelings and her future with.
That sensation made Clan's emotions more powerful, and brightness returned to her expression.