Chastity Reversed: Part-Time Life by the All-Girls High School - Chapter 6: Strategy

Morning.

I went to school alone, leaving Shota behind. I realized just how comfortable it was without him around.

“Morning~”

“Morning, Koharu! Did you see yesterday’s Jump?”

“Good morning. Haven’t seen it yet, no spoilers please!”

I talked with my two female friends at my desk. Good people who were kind even to “someone like me”.

“Hm? You didn’t come to school together today?”

“That’s rare.”

“With Shota? …Well, it’s none of my business.”

“Eh?”

“Hey, did you two fight or something?”

“We didn’t. Does it even matter?”

“No way, I’m super jealous. I wish I had a boy to walk to school with~”

“Yeah!”

“…”

All my female friends always said that with looks of envy on their face, almost like they were egging me on.

“By the way, what’s that on your neck?”

“Oh, ah, this is just a bug bite—”

“—Hey. Koharu, wait a moment.”

“!? W-what?”

While talking with my friends, suddenly some boys from class came over. Several of them, with Shota among them.

I had a bad feeling about this.

“Make up with Inoue-kun.”

“Eh, eh?”

“He’s been crying this whole time.”

“You’re ‘Inoue-kun’s Tsubaki’, after all.”

“Come on, Tsubaki, hurry up and apologize for whatever happened.”

“…sniff…”

“!?”

He was crying and sniffling fake tears. Having been with him for so long, I could easily tell. The boys in class supported Shota’s shoulders, acting like they were doing something good.

“So you did fight. Well, the ‘girl’ Koharu should apologize first.”

“Making a guy cry is terrible~”

My friends said the same thing. Everyone around made it seem like I, the girl, was at fault.

But if I said “I didn’t do anything”, someone like me… I’d surely be looked at with cold eyes.

I, therefore, couldn’t say it. I couldn’t escape as long as I was in this classroom, in this class.

“…I’m sorry, Shota.”

“…”

“It was… my fault.”

Words of apology I didn’t want to say escaped my mouth even though I hadn’t done anything wrong.

“…Go out with me.”

“Eh?”

“Go out with me, then I’ll forgive you.”

“…Huh?”

Shota said that with a reddened face. My thoughts froze.

“Woohoo, a confession!”

“Finally getting together~”

“Good for you, Inoue-kun!”

“Bold confessions are a boy’s privilege!”

“N-no… wait a minute…”

“…You don’t have the right to refuse, loser♪” Shota whispered in my ear, denying my squeezed-out voice. As if he had planned everything.

“Don’t be shy now.”

“Take responsibility after being together so much~”

“Playing hard to get is nice~”

The voices around us rang in my ears.

This was wrong.

I hated this kind of guy.

I hated guys who casually insulted others.

Being together all this time didn’t matter, I—

“…”

In this bizarre classroom atmosphere, even until the end, I couldn’t strongly deny it.

If I said that… I’d surely become the villain.

Because I was a girl.

And because he was a boy—

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“Let’s eat lunch.”

—”Ooh, how passionate!” 

“Please, have a seat!”

“W-wait…”

Even though I’d never agreed to date him, everyone in class was treating us like an official couple.

It made me sick.

But—I still couldn’t speak up with a strong voice.

Because I was a girl.

A girl who made a boy cry was the worst.

“Hey.”

“W-what?”

“Here.”

“!? Wah, wait—”

He brought food from his cute pink lunchbox to my mouth with his chopsticks. Just as though we were a couple.

—”Wow, they’re already being lovey-dovey!” 

“Good for you, Shota-kun!” 

“Finally together at last!”

This atmosphere made me want to throw up. The forced tamagoyaki had no taste.

“…”

I hated this.

Why did it turn out like this?

I thought he’d stop bothering me after I’d lost my virginity.

Instead, it was the opposite. It got even worse. His clingy gaze made me feel disgusted.

“H-hehe. Just give up and be with me forever…!”

“Eep!”

“Loser. Accept it. Accept it and things will be easier.”

“N-no…”

In my ear, Shota spoke threateningly.

“Are you sure~? Everyone in class is on my side, loser♪”

“…”

“I don’t know what happened last night… but Koharu is mine.”

Only I knew Shota’s true nature. Even if I’d told everyone in class, they’d surely wouldn’t believe me. They wouldn’t accept words from someone like me.

But until today, I didn’t know that he was such a detestable guy.

…There was nothing I could do anymore. If I forcefully tried to break it off… I’d surely become the villain. Then—I’d surely be alone in class.

I hated the idea of dating Shota.

I hated the idea of being excluded by my friends… from class.

“Uuu…”

What should I do?

I didn’t know.

As I was about to become Shota’s possession—

—”Well, tell me if anything happens.”—

As my thoughts were about to be dyed black, what echoed was “his” voice from yesterday.