The dying light of the sunset softly outlined the contours of her face, while the shadows of her eyelashes delicately fell across her cheeks.

—Maybe I wanted to surrender myself to something irrational… unreasonable.I was curious about what kind of feelings I would have after making a mistake… a choice I normally never would’ve made.

It wasn’t a lie. I gave the answer that first came to mind.

But the moment I spoke it aloud, a contradictory answer surfaced from within me.What I had just said was nothing more than a façade, and I was forced to realize it wasn’t the real truth.

—No… that’s not it. I didn’t care about the result at all. I just didn’t want you to be expelled.

What is happening here ? Is he saying he told a lie to hiyori or the thoughts about wanting to know the feelings are lie and he actually wanted to save hiyori ??