After Being Dumped By Senpai, I Met A High School Girl - Chapter 12 - After The Confession

“Haa… haa…”

I desperately breathe for air with my hand placed on the column wall of the park entrance. 

The time was 4:45 pm. 

According to the love letter, the meeting time was 5:30 pm. I still have some spare time left.

“Was this a good idea? Will I get something out of this? Well, there’s only one way to find out.”

With a firm decision, I entered Yoyogi Park. 

After walking for a few minutes, I saw the ice cream stand where the confession would take place. 

“Let’s see… around here would be good.”

I hid behind the thick bushes around 10 meters from the confession spot. 

The confession spot was probably near that bench beside the ice cream stand, overlooking a giant lake.

It was a popular spot because 

My goal right now is to call Airi’s number to see if it will ring.

I thought if it rang, there was a high chance that Airi and Watanabe-san were the same people. 

My reason was that Airi didn’t have the chance to get the letter in the first place. And it was clear from the letter that it was addressed to Airi. 

Plus, they have different schools and surnames. 

With such thoughts in mind, I quietly waited for the appointed time.

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The time was now 5:15 pm. 

From the corner of my eye, I spotted a high school boy wearing a baseball uniform walking and stopped at the supposed confession spot.

He was tall, around 170 cm and had a dirty look. His looks were average – like that of a typical plain guy and have bruises all over, maybe due to baseball practices.

After a while, the boy took out his smartphone. He repeatedly did that every minute. Ah! He must be checking for the time. Well, should I say that it was as expected of a high school boy? 

I can feel that he was genuinely nervous with all his glancing back and forth through his phone and the path where he came from.

His face met delight when a female high school student entered his view.

It was none other than Airi Shimizu. 

She wore exactly the same high school uniform from the time I saw her this morning. 

‘Is Airi and Watanabe the same person?’ For now, I will just observe first and wait for the end of their conversation before making any drastic movements.

I walked around them and sat at the closest bench that was around 5 meters away. Along the way, I saw an old newspaper placed above the trash bin, so I decided to pick it up to use as a disguise. I pulled up the newspaper, attempting to cover my face like those in spy movies and listened to their conversation.

“Shimizu-san, thank you for coming.”

“No worries. Why did you call me here, Matsumoto-san? Is there a problem?”

“A-ah… No, it’s just…”

“?”

“I, I have something important to say to you, Shimizu-san.”

“Okay…”

“I-I like you! Please go out with me!”

As expected, it was a confession. His voice was loud and clear. 

As someone who did this kind of thing in the past, I felt a little embarrassed. 

Then, Airi responded.

“Thank you for telling me how you feel. But unfortunately, I cannot accept your feelings.”

The boy looked dejected. But even so, he managed to ask Airi a question.

“Do you have someone else that you love?”

“… Yeah.” 

“I-I see. Thank you for your time. A-ah! I need to do something; I will go ahead first!”

The boy ran after saying those words. As he passed by, I could see tears flying in the air. 

Now that Airi-san was alone, I guess it’s time to call her. She walked and sat on the next bench nearest to the confession spot. She looked surprised and somewhat scared.

I reached out to my smartphone and dialed up Airi’s number.

*Ring ring*

No answer. There was also no reaction from Airi-san. She was sitting there, staring blank towards the wide park area.

Maybe she forgot her phone elsewhere?

I stood up from my seat and approached Airi-san.

Then I called out to her.

“Hello, Watanabe-san?”

“Yes?”

With a surprised look, Airi-san responded.