Chastity Reversed: Part-Time Life by the All-Girls High School - Chapter 13: I’ll Come See You Again

A strong wind blew, making the net sway along with the leaves of the camphor tree.

Evening.

Wrapped in an unfamiliar uniform, I exhaled deeply.

“It flew by so quickly.”

Since then, everything really happened in the blink of an eye. It was as quick as deciding on dinner for the night.

With some hassle to my high school teachers, I’d completed the transfer procedures, then passed the exams successfully. Never did I imagine that I would end up transferring like this.

Ever since that apology at the convenience store, everything had changed. My life had turned a complete 180.

“I’m Tsubaki Koharu. Nice to meet you!”

“It’s Koharu-chi!”

“You said you wouldn’t play baseball anymore!”

“The return of our vice-captain!”

“Stop it, you guys (blushing).”

Being a high school with a strong team, I found two of my middle school teammates here. I was worried about getting along with everyone on the team, but thanks to them, I fit in quickly.

“How about that guy who was always by your side?”

“We broke up.”

“What!?”

“Haha, a lot happened.”

Since then, I hadn’t spoken to Shota at all. Even when he found out that I was transferring, he didn’t say anything.

…Sometimes, he looked at me like a lost puppy. A regular girl probably wouldn’t be able to ignore that look, but sorry, not my type at all.

I guess I could’ve at least said goodbye, but it didn’t matter. I didn’t have the energy to spare.

“…But you know, Koharu, your vibe has changed?”

“Like more mature? Maybe sultry?”

“No way.”

“No, really, it’s different. Like you’re a different person or something.”

“Could it be… a new boyfriend!?”

“Haha, I don’t have one.”

…That was right. Sato-san wasn’t my boyfriend.

He was just my first time. He’d helped me out. Just one night… no, two nights? Three nights?

Even thinking about it now, those nights felt unreal.

“No way, suspicious!!”

“Spill it!”

“…It’s a secret.”

“No way, she totally did it!!”

“Ahhh, life is so unfair!!”

“Calm down! Really now…”

As my teammates shouted and messed around on their way back to the lockers, I remembered. Remembered those nights. Those three days. They were like a dream, more surreal than a dream.

[Do your best. Forget this slut and find the next one.]

His parting face.

“There’s no way I can do that!”

I wouldn’t forget. There was no way I could forget, just as I’d always remember him.

I wondered if he remembered me. Even just a little bit would make me happy.

[Because I’m a guy, and you’re a girl.]

I clenched my fist. He never explained what those words meant.

But still—I wanted to try to be as cool as him.

“Ah.”

[Please… put it here.]

When going to sleep—at night in quiet moments—that seductive voice of mine, almost like a “manly man”, came back to me. It was embarrassing, not ladylike at all. I could only show that side to him.

[Sorry. I belong to ‘this person’ now.]

The line I’d delivered while holding his arm.

[That final performance was perfect. Koharu, you could be an actress.]

He’d praised me like that, but that wasn’t really acting.

“I’ll come to see you again.”

I touched the faint mark on my neck, now gone, and murmured—