A Sweet Romance That Starts With One Bottle of Juice, Between a Heiress Who Must Marry Her First Kiss and a Lonesome Guy With a Menacing Look - Chapter 21 - I’m in Love With Her - END
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Chapter 21 – I’m in Love With Her – END
I woke up after a nostalgic dream.
Yasunomihara-san was already gone from the bed next to mine.
I rubbed my eyes and looked out of the window to see Yasunomihara-san playing basketball in the courtyard.
It was only 5am.
She’s doing shooting practice this early in the morning?
As I watched Yasunomihara-san practice shooting from the second floor, I was captivated by her desperation. From the morning, she had been pouring sweat and looking up at the ring with single-minded focus. She was no longer a young lady, but a sports athlete.
After washing my face in the washroom, I went to the garden, where Yasunomihara-san was so focused on shooting that she didn’t notice me. She continued to shoot one after another, and her perfectly accurate parabolas shook the net repeatedly. As I gazed absentmindedly at her, she finally seemed to notice me and ran over with the ball in her arms.
“Tadakuni, were you awake?”
“Yeah… you’ve been practicing since morning?”
“Yes. I couldn’t sit still after watching you yesterday, Tadakuni.”
With that, she held the ball above her head again and shot from a position even further away than the line that was already distant from the three-point line. And as if it were a matter of course, the shot was absorbed by the ring.
“Wow!”
“It’s nothing special. Anyway, I’m going for a run now, Tadakuni. Would you like to join me?”
“Uh… umm…”
To be honest, I didn’t want to go for a run, but if I refused here, it would be embarrassing.
“A-alright, let’s go!”
“Hmm… I thought you would be reluctant.”
“I’ll change into my sports clothes and be right back.”
“Okay, I’ll wait.”
I ran up the stairs and quickly changed into my sports clothes, then headed to the entrance. Yasunomihara-san was waiting for me, and she said, “Shall we go?” to which I nodded my head slightly.
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The early morning air was fresh and clear, and the two of us ran side by side through the quiet town.
“Just having Tadakuni next to me makes it feel a little special.”
“D-Do you think so?”
“Tadakuni seemed to hate morning runs, so why did he come with me?”
“Well… Umm…”
If I said I wanted to act cool, it would be a bit ridiculous, but if I lied to Yasunomihara-san, she would see through it right away.
“Well… I wanted to see the same view as Yasunomihara-san.”
“The same view?”
“Do you remember when we first talked?”
“When we first talked?”
It seems that Yasunomihara-san doesn’t remember. I started talking while reminiscing about this morning’s dream.
“After the entrance ceremony, when we talked for the first time in the classroom, Yasunomihara-san said to me, who was physically big, ‘Your view of the world must be different.’ But in reality, my world is tiny, colorless, and boring.”
Even though I don’t even know what I want to say, the words come out smoothly.
It’s not like I’m complaining or venting my dissatisfaction, but for some reason, words overflow from my mouth.
“I don’t know how to make friends, and I’m not good at reading the atmosphere when talking. Before I knew it, there was no one around me. I’m not as great a person as Yasunomihara-san said. I’m more like an unlucky person. That’s what I used to think before I met you.”
“Tadakuni?”
I stopped and took Yasunomihara-san’s hand.
“But ever since I met Yasunomihara-san, I’ve changed. She has so many things that I lack, she effortlessly masters what I can’t do. Watching her, I realized that what my colorless canvas needed was Yasunomihara Yuuka, who is more beautiful than anyone else. I’m saying this without shame, and I don’t even understand why, but it feels like the fog that was inside me has cleared up.”
“Tadakuni, was that—”
“Hmm?”
“Um, w-w-was that you confessing your l-l-love?”
“Confessing!? That’s not what I meant!”
“A-A-And you did it here!”
Yasunomihara-san’s lips trembled and her eyes blinked rapidly. She looked like she was about to have a meltdown.
“T-Tadakuni is a surprisingly romantic confessor!”
“It’s not like that! The words just came out on their own… Anyway! I want to see more of the world you see, Yasunomihara-san. That’s why I want to work hard together with you!”
“Tadakuni…”
Yasunomihara-san returned from her panicked face to her usual smiling face and ran in front of me.
“Fufu. Then I, Yasunomihara Yuuka, will take you on the journey of my life. Please accompany me for the rest of my life, okay?”
“Yeah, I’ll be in your care, Yasunomihara-san.”
I unexpectedly made a small, embarrassing confession, and I didn’t think it would turn out like this, but if Yasunomihara-san has understood how I feel now, then I guess I’m happy with the result…
I realized that the presence of Yasunomihara Yuuka was becoming bigger in my mind than I had thought.
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That’s it for this novel. The ending isn’t very satisfying but I guess it’s already obvious that the two will stay together. Also, the author deleted the novel from kakuyomu :/