After Distancing Myself From the Childhood Friend Couple Who Looked Down on Me, I Started Interacting With a Small Animal-Like Beautiful Girl

[Serika’s Side]

Why? Why did it turn out like this?

I stepped outside, and my emotions exploded.

“Ugh…”

Tears are streaming down my face.

It shouldn’t be far from home, but my strides were very short.

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About half an hour ago.

On the way home from school, we ended up stopping by a nearby fast food restaurant with our usual group, and after a while, Daiki and I parted ways with them. I was a bit disappointed that our plan to spend the afternoon alone together was disrupted, but thanks to Daiki taking me to a place I liked, I quickly felt better.

The place I am currently at is Daiki’s house. Since no one in the family has come home yet and it’s been a while since I last came here, I’m feeling a bit uneasy.

“I will get us a drink.”

“Thanks~”

After Daiki went to prepare the drinks, I opened my smartphone on the living room sofa.

Actually, I was a bit worried about having a home date after such a long time.

When it came to talking about dates, Daiki often suggested spending time at home. At first, I accepted the same suggestion without understanding, but gradually I realized that the reason was “because we could have sex.”

It’s not that I dislike doing those things with Daiki. However, I thought it was definitely not okay that it ended up being the only thing.

Because I thought that if we were lovers, we would do more things together and share more enjoyment.

So why did I agree to a home date today?

One is the guilt from the other day when I doubted Daiki’s feelings and almost ended up in a fight, and the other is…

Because Daiki never gave off any vibe that he wanted to do that kind of thing.

Since that day when we almost had a fight, Daiki has remained the same kind of person he was when we made up.

I almost pressed the issue to see if he really didn’t feel that way, but I held back because I didn’t want to seem like I was doubting Daiki again. I am still haunted by the fact that I made him sad.

“Here you go.”

“Thanks~”

I take a sip of the carbonated drink in the cup that was handed to me. It’s a grape flavor, which I like.

We talked about the subjects we were confident in and those we weren’t, and we laughed again at our friend’s mishap episode that had us cracking up at the fast food restaurant.

After talking for a while and drinking some juice, Daiki opened his mouth.

“Hey, Serika. Do you like me?”

“What’s with the suddenness?”

“Yeah, I know that Serika always shows your feelings for me, but… I just wanted to ask again.”

“Eh? It’s so embarrassing…”

I deliberately fidget my body, Daiki stares at me intently and says, “I’m begging you.” Oh, come on, that’s unfair.

I’ve been in love with him since I was little, and even now, after confessing in the third year of middle school and starting to date, those feelings keep growing.

I said it with the biggest smile.

“–––I. I love you. I really, really like you, Daiki.”

It’s a bit embarrassing, but it’s no big deal.

Because Daiki gives me this sweet smile that’s just for me as his girlfriend.

“How much is that?”

“Huh?”

“Like, you can do anything for me~, right?”

That’s obvious. The answer is already decided.

I tightly grasped Daiki’s hand which was gently stroking my cheek.

“Of course! I will do anything for Daiki.”

I had always intended to do that even before I started dating Daiki. I never doubted that I would end up with him because I believed without question that I, his childhood friend and cute girl, was meant to be with him.

To stay together in the future, and to make Daiki like me, I will do anything I can.

Even if he has many female friends and there are popular girls in the school, in the end, Daiki will choose me. Sometimes I would get jealous and trouble Daiki, but it was precisely because I believed that I could keep my intense feelings inside.

For Daiki’s sake, I will–––.

“Right. I thought Serika would say something like that.”

“Daiki…”

“I like you too, Serika.”

Daiki’s handsome face approaches, and I gently close my eyelids.

As our fingers intertwine, the kiss deepens.

The body, which had reacted slightly, was soon warmed by Daiki’s hand, and I immediately recognized it.

That hand moves up, tracing from the waist.

Huh?

“Wa…wait, Daiki.”

“Hmm?”

“What are you trying to do?”

“What do you mean…”

My body leans back, and my back sinks into the sofa.

I realized that I had been pushed down in such a way that I was looking up at Daiki’s face.

“You understand, right?”

I was creeped out by Daiki as he still had a gentle smile on his face.

Even though I should love it, I’m scared.

“We haven’t done it in a while, and you must be pent up too, right?”

“…Eh, no, I don’t really mind.”

“Besides, I realized that I made you quite anxious the other day. I thought that with this, you would understand properly, and it would also eliminate your worries.”

“That, you see, I’d be happier if we had an extra day for our date! You don’t have to go out of your way to do something like this…”

“Something like this?”

My shoulders jerked slightly at Daiki’s voice, which had dropped a bit.

Even though he’s smiling, his eyes are cold.

My face was suddenly brought close, and I couldn’t help but gasp.

“Confirming each other’s feelings properly is important, right? …You said you’d do anything for me.”

Ah, a small voice escapes.

Indeed, I said that. I said it, but I meant excluding things like this. If I just go with the flow, it seems like it would turn into a purely physical relationship, and I don’t want that.

…But if I refuse here, won’t he really hate me?

I remember almost becoming awkward before the test.

Daiki understood that I was trying to avoid such actions, yet he must have been enduring it all this time. So he might be being a bit pushy.

Besides, that person… was getting frustrated because he tried to get close to Saitou Ino again and it didn’t go well. He was putting on a brave face in front of everyone, but I could tell.

“…”

When I relaxed my body, it seemed my intentions were conveyed. Daiki deepened his smile and then brought his lips to my neck.

A hand slips inside the unbuttoned blazer and slowly crawls over the shirt. The fingers that reached my chest repeatedly rose and fell over the shirt.

I closed my eyes and endured silently.

Until that hand reaches inside the skirt.

“–––Ugh, no…!!”

Driven by intense disgust, I pushed Daiki’s body with all my might.

I sidestep the swaying Daiki and distance myself from the sofa.

“…Serika?”

“Um, that…”

I was startled when Daiki called me.

I messed up.

I could have imagined how Daiki would react if I did something like this.

The moment my underwear was touched, my skin prickled, and I instinctively recoiled.

What should I do? It was when that thought kept running through my mind.

“You won’t accept me.”

My body stiffens at the suddenly lowered tone of voice.

That voice further froze my heart.

“Let’s take a break from each other for a while.”

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…After that, no matter how many times I apologized, Daiki didn’t change his attitude.

Even when I clung to him, saying I would do as he wished, he just looked down at me coldly, saying, “I’m already over it,” and I realized I had completely disappointed him.

“…Daiki…”

The shadow stretching along the road dyed in crimson shrinks.

Pressing my face against my knees, I continue to cry.

I might have been disliked by Daiki. He might be the one to bring up the breakup.

The anxiety that was supposed to have disappeared before has doubled and come back, making my body tremble.

No, no, no, no, no. I don’t want that.

The hand gripping the blazer tightened with determination.

“Um, are you okay?”

Suddenly, a voice came down. It’s a familiar voice.

If it were anyone else, I definitely wouldn’t have shown my face. My face right now is a complete disaster with my makeup all messed up.

But it was him, so I naturally lifted my face.

“…Serika?”