Chastity Reversed: Part-Time Life by the All-Girls High School - Chapter 59: Etched Into the Mind

“—Yeah. I’m basically a slut.”  

“…What?”  

Sora-nii’s words.  

I couldn’t understand what he meant.  

“Do you know what it means? The word ‘slut’.”

“…I…”  

“It’s spelled with the characters for ‘shameless’ and ‘man’. A male slut.”

“I know the word… but…”  

“Oh, great. Then this will be quick.”

I knew the meaning, but I couldn’t process it.  

No, that’s not right. I didn’t want to process it. 

“The first time I went out, I picked up two girls and slept with them.”

“What…?”  

“And then, when I went out shopping for swimsuits, another two asked me to ‘help them out’. Slept with them too. Not the same girls as before—these were new ones.”

“…!”  

“So basically—”

I didn’t want to hear it.  

The words that followed—  

“—Akari, you were ‘the fifth’. Calling it my ‘first time’ is laughable, isn’t it?”

He said it so lightly.  

[Oh, of course. ‘I wouldn’t be out late by myself’, right?]

[Afterward, I went to hang out at a friend’s house.]

[Umm…Today was a sports day—something physical, like bowling.]

The worst kind of confirmation.  

“Stop it… Don’t say things like that.”  

“I told you, didn’t I? I’m the one who should be apologizing.”

“…!”  

“You ended up losing your virginity to a ‘slut’ like me. How ironic, right?”

“Just stop—!”  

“Come on, think about it. I’m the one who ‘took’ it. Your ‘first time’.”

Even as I denied it, Sora-nii kept talking without hesitation.  

…Ah.  

I see.  

He was lying to push me away.  

“…Do you think I’m lying?”

“…!”  

“Oh no, I’m serious. Wanna see my ‘true colors’?”

And then.  

The phone’s display lit up as he switched to video call mode.  

From the speaker came his voice—  

“Hey. Can you see me?” 

He waved his hand.  

It had been a while since I’d seen his face.  

Normally, that alone would have made me happy.  

But—  

“Yuuka, Rika, turn around for a sec.”

“…L-like this?”

“Hm? Perfect—thanks.”

“Wh-who are they?”  

“My sex friends. You know, ‘friends with benefits’.”

“…What?”  

“This is kinda embarrassing…”

“Haha, what are we even doing?”

In the background, two women stood with their backs turned to the camera.  

One fidgeted awkwardly. The other smiled in a calm, mature way.  

They didn’t even try to deny it when he called them “sex friends”.

If anything, their voices sounded… happy?  

“Man, living alone is the best. I can invite girls over whenever I want.”

“…Sora-nii…?”  

“Get it now? You misunderstood, thinking you took my ‘first time’. But as you can see, I’m nothing but a lowlife slut.”

“…”  

“So don’t bother taking responsibility. Honestly, you should be thanking me.”

On the screen, he laughed.  

And as he spoke, the images burned themselves into my mind.  

“Thanks for assaulting me, Akari. Thanks to you, I’ve found paradise! Haha!”

His words etched themselves deep into my brain.  

“…All this time… Sora-nii…”  

“Oh yeah, totally. I even set you up. And you fell for it perfectly—it went exactly as I planned.”

“All this time, you were hiding this…?”  

“Of course! By the way, not using protection? That was unexpected! Nice work, Akari!”

“All this time. All this time, all this time…”  

The camera panned slightly.  

In the corner, I saw a box of… condoms.  

…Ah.  

It really was true. He…  

“Had it all planned—every single part of it.”

He knew I’d fall for him.  

He let me assault him.  

All of it was part of his calculations. 

To build himself a castle like this.  

To lure women in. To avoid serious relationships, and just use girls to satisfy his desires.  

“Oh, and don’t tell Wataru-san or Nozomi-san, okay? Not that they’d believe you anyway.”

“I won’t. It’d just hurt them too much.”  

“Good girl. Oh, and don’t worry. Most guys are way more proper than me. I’m just an exception. Find yourself a nice boyfriend, alright? If you do, let me know—I’d love to hear about it!”

“…!”  

“Anyway, are we done here? You don’t even want to see my face anymore, do you? Or wait, are you still in love with me? Haha, now that’d be a pickle!”

He laughed.  

But this time, that laughter felt more like a provocation.  

And so, I—  

“I hate you, Sora-nii! I hate you so much!!!”

I screamed it loud enough for it to echo in his room.  

“…Yeah. That’s how it should be, Akari.”

And then.  

On the other side of the screen, he whispered something I couldn’t make out.  

The screen went black. The call ended.  

And with it, all my lingering attachments—to him—surely ended too.  

“Take care of yourself. And forget about a slut like me.”

His final words.  

Spoken in the gentle voice of the Sora-nii I once knew.