Bizarre Love Triangle - Chapter 1.2
[Or is there someone else in the classroom ……?]
I tried to look around, but I couldn’t find anyone but Minase-san on the other side of the door.
In the meantime, she picked up her bag and turned around.
And when that face finally turned toward here—–,
——-I was astonished.
It was a different person.
I saw it.
Those facial features and black hair, without doubt, are Minase Akiha-san.
But…….Eyebrows close together as if about to cry.Eyes swaying with anxiety.No matter how many times I look at to confirm, the one who is trying to pick up the bag is a different person.
I could see nothing but someone else in Minase-san appearance and then,
———–I was a few seconds late to hide myself.
[……….e?]
Her gaze turns here.
Through the peephole, our eyes met perfectly.
Oops, at the time I was about to fix up,
[Waa……….uwaaaaaaaaa]
Minase-san, who was startled back and lost her balance.
The hand that tries to grasp the desk after dropping her bag pass through the air—-at this rate—-
[Ow!]
She made a particularly flashy sound and fell on her backside.
[Are you okay?]
I hurriedly opened the door and rushed to her.
[Ah, um that…. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to peek at you but…]
[Ouchh…..tha, thank you very much.]
I reached out my hand to Minase-san who had been frowning, grabbed it apologetically and stood up.she clears away the dust off her skirt and picks up her fallen bag.
And then she turn toward myself, embarrassed
[I, I’m sorry.I thought there was no one so I was surprised for a moment…..]
The expression on her face was still timid and without confidence,
[……you have a surprisingly clumsy part, Minase-san]
[Eh?]
[No, I mean, when I met you this morning, I thought you were a pretty level-headed kid………]
At here she finally have the face which says she finally understand the situation,
[Oh, um… I’m sorry, I’m just a little tired from all the things that happened at the new school.]
Swiftly, a dignified expression appears on her face.
[Somehow, I have shown you something disgraceful…]
[Ah, no, it’s okay though.]
[Well, I’m usually a little more relaxed, so I’d appreciate it if you’d forget about what you just saw. ]
[Um, I understand but…]
[Is something wrong?]
[No, Minase-san…]
I hesitated for a few seconds.
After a little hesitant whether to say that,
[Amazing, I’m getting the feeling you are doing something impossible]
Indeed, on the surface, she is exactly as she was in the morning.
A calm tone which seems to be detached from the world and a curt expression.
Spine stretched more than before and clean gestures no matter how you look.
However, her eyes were swimming unsteadily and her voice was swaying anxiously, as if she was acting.
I couldn’t see anything except a different person playing the role of “Minase Akiha” with acting ability not exceeding then the class drama on culture festival.
[N, no, not particularly, such things is….]
She was trying to hold her bag over and over again it to be in vain, her footing was shaky and unsteady, and her voice was blatantly whispering.
[Tha, that’s the usual me. Anyway, if you’ll excuse me for today…]
And then as she slipped past me and started to leave the classroom,
[——–uwa!]
her petite body wobbled again.
At her feet, she stumbled over a chair leg that someone hadn’t put away properly.
I hurriedly reached out and grabbed a thin arm.
Before I could be surprised by its softness, I felt the weight of a fresh girl on my body.
I hurriedly put strength into my legs and put my weight in the opposite direction, just barely holding on.
I’m glad it ended without both of us falling down.
[Are you ok?]
When I asked nervously, Minase-san slowly looked here.
Then she crumpled her dignified expression,
[…….I can’t do this anymore……]
She raised her voice which seemed like she could burst into tears any moment.
[I’m Sorry Akiha, I have been exposed just from the day one……..]
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The thing is………..inside my body have……..two souls? Or personality? Anyway Another person is inside me.
The one Yano-kun met this morning is the main personality of the [Akiha]…………and I am the sub-personality [Haruka]………
……..um,well the situation seems like that.Originally there was only one personality but maybe around seven years ago I was born?
……..umm.At that time Akiha seemed to be under a lot of stress at that time.
Ah! But it’s already resolved So it’s okay! Sorry! To worry you….
…….um, yeah.
That’s right.that was what the doctor told us.
We have —– dual personalities.
[…..Dual personality……]
I felt dizzy at the mention of something I’d only heard about in novels.
I no longer care about hunger anymore.
It was all I could do to swallow what the girl in front of me – Minase Haruka – had said.
I was sitting by the window in the classroom of Class 2-4, where there were only two of us.
After a series of screw-ups, she seemed to have decided that she couldn’t hide it any longer, and was trying her best to explain the dream-like double personality.
[Let’s see, currently there is 130 minutes, we change personality every 130 minutes, it’s strange right? But, occasionally there are few people like that….]
[Ah but it’s also not absolute to change at that time, something it’s early or sometime late depending upon the mood, 130 minutes is basically the average of all that instance.]
[Yes, so our memories are separate. We communicate with each other on our phone, to exchange information like what’s important and what’s going on in class……]
So far, “dual personalities” have been just a “subject that you see in stories once in a while” for me.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is also like this, and it’s also a common setting of a character you can see sporadically in manga.
Among those works, there was a considerable difference between the first personality and the second personality, but it seems that Minase Akiha and Minase Haruka are the exact opposites, as is the case with them.
Akiha who is Calm and detached and hard to read emotion.
And then klutz Haruka who, right now is frantically trying to explain.
It is said that the purpose of having a separate personality is to protect oneself from strong stress, so inevitably, the second personality may tend to be the exact opposite of the first……
Even if I force myself to develop such a thought.
I still couldn’t feel the reality that the timid-looking girl in front of me had a “dual personality”.
Certainly, It is true that Haruka is Akiha herself, if we just talk about her appearance.
Her bobbed black hair flowing in a lustrous shade, her long slit eyes.
Her nose is like a delicate sculpture, and her lips are as soft as cream.
But now I don’t feel any chest pain.
Being at such a close distance, I don’t feel any distress.
The mind recognizes Minase and Haruka as completely different people.
[……it feels like….]
It seems like the explanation more or less ended.
Fuu, Haruka took a sigh of breath, flusteredly took out the tea and drank a mouthful of it.
[Sorry, I am bad at explaining……..but did you understand the gist of it?]
[Ah, yes, thank you. I understand very well.]
[That’s so, I’m glad]
Haruka slacken her face with a sigh of relief.
That look makes me feel like I’m playing a buggy game.
I wonder if Akiha, who gave the impression of someone who is highly clever, can let out such a loose air around her just by changing the inside content.
If I think objectively, as expected something like a double personality isn’t possible.
It’s more natural to think she is acting for some reason or in truth she is just a twin lying to tease him.
However…..I have been continuing lying so far as a character .
Being oversensitive to others and myself lies, I distinctly feel this.
Haruka, who Is sitting in front of me, is neither acting nor lying.
I don’t think a highschool girl could make a character so detailed.
Such acting is worthy of an academy award, there’s no need to display it.
This girl really has a dual personality.
[…..by the way]
I suddenly remembered a doubt after so far,
[Why were you trying to hide your dual personality and pretending to be Akiha?]
Oops! I thought after asking.
Dual personality, if you think about it, it’s a delicate matter.
Maybe it’s natural to want to hide it, or maybe I’ve stepped in insensitively.
[Ah, thing is like that]
However, Haruka said with a composed expression,
[There are a lot of reasons like to not surprise the surrounding person……]
[Yes]
[But the number one is…..]
Saying so, she laughed as if troubled,
[……..Maybe, I want to be the only one]
[………..The only one ?]