After rebirth, I confessed to the losing heroine - Chapter 61- Meeting Hiyori

“Hnn…” Kaori woke up from her sleep all of a sudden—feeling her throat burning.

‘…fever?’ Last she checked she was feeling pretty normal and she had covered herself before sleeping. Although the weather was pretty messed up these days, she didn’t have such a weak constitution to get sick so easily.

‘Water…’ Taking a moment to compose herself she got on her feet and searched for water in the room. However, the water bottle she had was already empty.

Sighing, she decided to head down

Her head was hurting a little—maybe because she fell asleep in such an uneven position.

There was no sound coming from downstairs, which meant that everyone had already left for the festival.

Descending to the ground floor, she walked towards the living room, where the kitchen was located

Her mind involuntarily drifted towards Yuichi. The last time she met him, the conversation went into a very strange manner and for the first time, she yelled at him.

It was the first time they did not meet for three days straight and honestly, Kaori was missing him a lot. She wanted to see him badly.

*Dhak*

Closing the door of the refrigerator she leaned on the kitchen slab, gulped the juice she chose instead of water, and felt her scorched throat finally receiving some relief.

It was then that suddenly she found something strange.

The lights in the living room were off, even though her mother always left them on even when they went out. And for some reason, the house seemed a little too silent..to the point of being eerie.

Kaori slowly placed the bottle on the slab and turned to look behind her—only to get her mouth sealed by a large hand and an arm restraining her from moving around.

“Now little princess, if you don’t move much, I promise I won’t hurt you~”

Kaori could have never expected that not accepting her sister’s invitation would become such a big mistake of her life…

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Yuichi has been roaming around the festival for some time now.

He has worn casual trousers and a thin half-sleeved t-shirt along with sneakers since he knew he had to move around a lot. And given the humidity, he preferred light clothing.

He came to this festival with the sole intention to meet Kaori and sort things out with her. He couldn’t contact her these days and calling her out in school would make it awkward for her—which means this festival was the best place to talk things out with her.

If he was unsure about his feelings previously when she confessed to him, then being separated from her for the past few days made him realize how much she mattered to him. How much does Kaori’s absence affect Yuichi. And how much he thinks about her in a single day.

If that’s not love then Yuichi doesn’t know, what is.

‘Hiroto said I will meet her here for sure…but where is she? ‘ Yuichi has somehow reached the inner side of the venue where a shrine was located and very few people could be seen around.

He was not very familiar with the place around this locality so he got a little lost.

Yuichi was about to call Hiroto to ask how he could get to meet Kaori since it had already been an hour since he came here. However, before he could have called him, someone shouted Yuichi’s name.

“Yuichi-kun!”

Yuichi turned to look at the advancing figure of an older version of Kaori. She has similar dark green but long hair like Kaori and eyes of the same shade. She wore a yukata and held a popsicle in her left hand.

Undoubtedly, it was Kaori’s elder sister—Hiyori.

Yuichi had met her once but only exchanged greetings before he left.

Yuichi instinctively looked behind her but didn’t find Kaori anywhere.

“Don’t look so disappointed. If not for the younger one, you can have this Onee-san~” Hiyori teased the boy who looked disheartened for certain reasons.

“Thanks for the offer but I am committed.”

“Heh~to whom? That Minami girl or that strange woman who lives with you? ”

Yuichi’s eyes widened upon hearing that. It was not so surprising that Hiyori knew about Minami since Kaori shared everything with her elder sister. However, what took him by surprise was the mention of another girl.

“What do you mean? No woman lives with me.”

Hiyori raised her brows dramatically but one could tell she didn’t believe a single word he just said,

“Don’t try to act innocent now, Yuichi-kun~Kaori was sad to hear a woman’s voice when she called you two days ago,” Hiyori spoke in a tone that edged more toward frustration but she masked it well and waited for his response.

Yuichi frowned at that, and thought about the time when she called him two days ago…only to realize about whom Hiyori was talking about!

Turning his focus to Hiyori, he asked, “Where is Kaori now?!”

“A-at home…?” Hiyori got startled by his sudden reaction but before she could have asked anything further, Yuichi walked away and took out his phone.

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Hiroto was having the time of his life.

He went from stall to stall with his Hime, with their hands barely disconnecting.

They played games, bought some festival-exclusive products, and ate some random things like apple candy and takoyaki.

Hiroto could see that Miyuki was having fun being here. Since she always has limited herself from enjoying her life, this new experience seemed to have a very positive effect on her.

‘I hope I can make you smile like this for the rest of our lives…’

Walking on the pavement with slow strides, Hiroto admired his lover with a sigh of admiration seeping through his lips.

“It feels so great to be with you, Hiro-kun…” Her arm was hooked with his as she drew closer and relayed her thoughts.

Hiroto switched the paper bag he was carrying in his left hand to his free one and snuggled even closer.

“The feeling is mutual. I just feel alive every second I spend with you…and wish these moments never end. ”

Miyuki grinned at that, before she suggested, ” Then…how about we start cohabitating once we get engaged? ”

Hiroto raised his brows at that. Why didn’t he think about it until now?

He was about to immediately agree to her suggestion when he felt his phone ringing.

Hiroto had to pause and take that call since he knew who it was from.

Miyuki looked at the caller ID and frowned in displeasure.

Not again.

Hiroto glanced at her apologetically before picking up the call,

“Hell-”

[Bad news! Two days ago, when Hanabi dropped by for some work, Kaori called me on the phone. And somehow she ended up hearing Hanabi’s voice…and because of that Kaori locked herself in her room and didn’t even come to the festival. What should I do now, Hiroto?]

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A/N:- Dem…let ma boy enjoy his date. Drop a comment.