After rebirth, I confessed to the losing heroine - Chapter 44- Weird situation
[…she cried, shouted, and left.]
Was what Yuichi’s message read. Hiroto didn’t feel surprised reading those texts. He knew Kaori would have such a reaction and it was good that she had that reaction.
After all, this small separation arc has an event that would allow them to get closer than before.
Today was Friday and the school was half time today.
After leaving the school, Hiroto didn’t tell Miyuki about his meeting with Minami today. He wanted to but she left a period earlier for some reason and since her phone was out of reach he decided to tell her later.
The GPS tracker he implanted in her phone shared her live location. She was currently at her home, that’s why there was no reason for him to worry.
Sitting inside the cafeteria where he invited Minami, Hiroto scrolled through the images he had clicked in recent days.
All of them were either with Miyuki or her solo pictures which she sent him at random moments.
Sometimes after she wakes up or sometimes when she gets prepared for school. She once video-called him in the middle of her tuition class and had him go through the whole lesson with her, just because she wanted him to face the same torture, she goes through every day.
‘Seriously, there could be no one more adorable than her…’ Smiling to himself while looking at her picture, Hiroto didn’t notice Minami until she didn’t reach his table
“You are here.”
The expression Minami wore was quite funny in his eyes.
With her eyes wide apart and lips agape, she stood there.
She was wearing a very nice floral skirt that reached her knees and had braided her long black hair. Light makeup with a fancy handbag. She was all well prepared to meet someone who definitely wasn’t Hiroto.
“You…you deceived me!”
Her outburst attracted some gaze, alerting Minami of her behavior before she sat down opposite Hiroto in embarrassment.
“Yeah, I did. I texted you using his phone.” Earlier today, Hiroto told Yuichi to text Minami to meet him here after school.
Yuichi didn’t ask why Hiroto would want him to do such a thing.
Hiroto knew, given her personality that Minami wouldn’t come until it wasn’t the person she couldn’t reject.
“Why?” Minami’s bone-freezing voice didn’t have any effect on Hiroto as he calmly sipped on his coffee.
“Do you wish to form a stable relationship with Yuichi?”
The indifference from her eyes morphed into surprise…which soon turned into suspicion.
“Why are you trying to meddle in someone else’s business?”
Hiroto felt a little annoyed dealing with this girl. It was far better to talk with Satomi, who gets easily flustered and spills all the beans without much persuasion.
“Do you think, if I hadn’t pushed Yuichi, he would have ever considered visiting your house two days ago?”
Minami narrowed her eyes at that. Outwardly she seemed to be suspecting him but in her mind, she knew, Hiroto must have a role in accomplishing what she desired.
It was widely known in the school that Hiroto and Yuichi are brother-like friends and from what Minami has heard, Hiroto has even visited Satomi some days ago—signifying his involvement in this whole matter.
“What do you want?”
Hiroto inwardly heaved a sigh.
“I just want you to understand some things if you are looking for a good relationship with Yuichi. Being his friend, I know about him the most.”
“And why will you help me?”
Hiroto remained silent for a moment before responding, “Well…I know happened between you two recently, and knowing Yuichi, he might dwell in guilt because of that. As such, it would be better for him to smooth things out with you.”
Minami visibly seemed surprised hearing those words as she instinctively asked, “Did Yuichi-kun tell you about ‘that’?”
‘That’ refers to the fact that Yuichi spent a night with Minami at her place.
“No…but I somehow figured it out. ” Hiroto lied and didn’t show any sign of explaining things to her related to this.
Minami had her doubts but sensing the growing annoyance in Hiroto’s voice, she decided to keep her questions to herself for now.
Making an enemy out of Hiroto was a bad idea—Minami realized.
“First of all tell me; have you gotten rid of that picture?”
Minami wasn’t surprised to hear that Hiroto was aware of that picture, which she was using to blackmail her sister.
The expression she wore to his question was indifference, “Why should I?”
Losing the sole material which could pressurize Yuichi…Minami wasn’t a fool to erase it.
However, Hiroto’s following words made her realize something that she never thought about.
“Minami…you are nothing but a fool to believe that Yuichi would give in to your demands based on that single picture. ”
With his eyes turning frosty, Hiroto continued, “You have only seen Yuichi’s gentle and calm side. Don’t try to get on his nerves or you may lose him forever.”
Hiroto wasn’t trying to deceive her. Minami could see in his eyes how serious Hiroto was.
She gulped in nervousness at the possibility of losing Yuichi. Just the mere thought brought tears in her eyes which she somehow held back.
‘Yuichi responded to my demands in return for that picture….’ And if she didn’t fulfill her side of the bargain…there was quite a possibility that he might never see her face. After all, Satomi was nothing but an acquaintance of Yuichi.
“What should I do then? Even though ‘that happened’ that night, Yuichi-kun isn’t obliged to date me….” Her previous indifferent tone was now changed into a desperate one.
Hiroto held himself from smirking and informed her,
“First delete that picture and stabilize your relationship with Satomi. Once you do that, I am sure Yuichi’s heart will be moved to see your changed self. And don’t worry, I will be there to ensure that he doesn’t abandon you.”
Without hesitation, Minami nodded and replied something like ‘I will do as you say.’
Seeing such a reaction, Hiroto couldn’t help muttering to himself, ‘Break the shell and the two sisters are quite similar to each other.’
All things said and done, Hiroto paid for the coffee as the two individuals got up from their seats to leave the cafe and head toward their separate destinations…
“Ah!”
“Oh, sorry.”
“Huh?”
“Eh?”
Four reactions, from four different people
Minami exclaimed as she stumbled into a blond handsome guy wearing a three-piece suit, followed by the man’s apology.
However, the latter two reactions emerged from the two people who weren’t expecting each other here.
Hiroto stared at Miyuki with Minami beside him. While Miyuki had the same reaction as him, as she stood beside the blond young man.
‘…what kind of twisted situation is this?’
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A/N:- Rival? Love triangle? Yandere awakening?
Heheh~
P.S: There might be some error in the chapter since while re-check things went haywire. If you find a mistake(s) please tell me in the comments.