Bizarre Love Triangle - Chapter 4.4
——-It can’t be helped.
I wonder how many tears Haruka cried until she came to think that way.
I don’t have any qualification to say anything about Haruka’s determination, when I wasn’t beside her at that time and when I couldn’t disappear together with her.
“…Even if that’s the case!”
I reflexively stood up from the bench.
“At the very least, let’s stop hiding about your double personality! Isn’t it all right if Haruka lives as Haruka in her remaining time! You don’t have to pretend to be Akiha anymore!”
Haruka looked up at me.
She looked up at me with a strangely calm and peaceful expression.
“I’m sure that Sudo, Shuji and the others will accept you too! So why don’t you just tell them the truth now?”
“I… can’t do that.”
“Why!?”
“Because, everyone would be troubled when they suddenly know the truth, right? If they remember me as a friend…. They might be sad when I won’t be there any longer, right?”
“I don’t care about that! Besides…”
I just couldn’t accept it.
I don’t want Haruka to just disappear like that.
I don’t want her to disappear quietly without anyone knowing about her existence.
“…Besides, you told me about this, right? You told me that you have a dual personality disorder! So why don’t you reveal it to the others as well?”
“Well that’s right. I have already told Yano-kun about it. I’m sorry, that was a bit mean”
“…Mean?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Haruka smiled as she turned her gaze to the floor.
“So… The truth is, I’ve been thinking about it. When I’m gone from here, it might be better if it’s only Yano-kun who will be sad or hurt.”
My heart was beating accompanied with a dull ache.
I was about to start crying, but I tried my best to hold it back.
“I hope that even after I’m gone, Yano-kun will always remember me and miss me from time to time. I’ll be happy if he stays like that for the rest of his life… I think that’s enough to make me happy.”
…Haruka who seemed to be nothing but a good natured person.
This girl who seemed to be living a carefree life with no sense of danger somehow.
I was just devastated that she had such feelings inside of her.
“That’s why, it would be better if I could have kissed Yano-kun at that time…”
“….Why?”
“If that had happened, I could have left a life-long scar on Yano-kun, right? I’m sorry… I’m disqualified for being a friend who thinks of hurting you.”
There was nothing left for me to do.
I can’t stop her, I can’t persuade her, all I can do is stand there like an idiot and watch.
“So, shall we end this with that?”
“With what?”
“As friends.”
Finally, I couldn’t even raise my voice at her words.
“I can’t bother Yano-kun any more. I can’t bother you any more than I already have. You don’t know how to treat me after this, do you?”
I couldn’t raise my voice.
“But I’m alright. It’s regrettable but it can’t be helped, I am satisfied with all these memories.”
I couldn’t say anything.
“I’m grateful to Yano-kun. Thanks to you, I had a lot of fun.”
“But that’s why we have to say goodbye here. Thank you for being my friend until now.”
Then, with a small wave of her hand.
“Bye bye”
She turns around and walks out of the park.
Her back disappears into the shadows of the buildings as she turns around the corner.
And still, I wasn’t able to say anything to her..
*
And then, three day later.
Chiyoda-sensei said in the morning homeroom.
With a gloomy expression on her face and her eyes downcast, she announced to everyone,
“Minase-san will be transferring schools as of this week!”