How I, a Completely Ordinary Guy with No Special Traits, Risked My Life to Save Beautiful Twin Sisters, Only to Make Both of Them, Who Turned Out to Be Yandere, Fall Madly in Love with Me (REMAKE) - 9

Chapter 9: The Real World Really Is Tough for Loners

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“Let’s head back to the classroom soon.”

“Yeah, considering we have to go to the locker room and change, it’s about time for us to return to the classroom.”

Since the fifth period was PE, we needed to get moving earlier than usual. Incidentally, today’s class was volleyball, which required team play. Hence why I was already feeling down before it even started. Being a loner and doing team sports was just a terrible combination; I honestly wished I could be excused from it.

“Ryouya, Onee-chan,  see you two later.”

“Okay. Let’s go then.”

“Wait, don’t tell me… You’re planning to go back with me?”

“Well, yeah.”

When I asked, Reona answered with a look like it was the most natural thing in the world.

“No, no, that’s not a good idea.”

“Why not?”

“Well, I mean… People will stare and stuff…”

“I don’t mind, so it’s fine, isn’t it?”

Even if Reona was okay with it, I was definitely not fine. I tried to explain that, but when she asked if I didn’t want to be with her, I reflexively said that wasn’t the case at all. My own answer actually cut off all of my escape routes. 

As expected, walking back to the classroom with Reona made me stand out like crazy. Of course, I also started feeling intense pain in my stomach from the tension.  Then, I pulled my gym clothes out of my backpack and headed straight to the locker room. After changing into them, I quickly made my way to the gym. Our PE teacher was annoyingly strict about students not being lined up before the chime, and being late always led to more problems than it was worth, so I had to be careful.

Soon after, class began. I did some warm-ups, then paired up with someone who didn’t have a partner for volleyball serve practice. The gym was co-ed, and the girls were using the other half of the space for a basketball class.

“Hey, which girl in our class do you think is the cutest?”

“Obviously Tsurugi-san. There’s no other right answer but that.”

“Thought so.”

Some of the guys were chatting like that while practicing serves, and it seemed like Reona was really popular. Well, with her looks and personality, it would’ve been stranger if she wasn’t. Time flew by, and before I knew it, half the class had passed, and we started a practice match. I joined the team I was assigned to and participated in the match.

That said, I was bad at ball sports in general, and with a height below the Japanese average, I didn’t exactly shine during the game. After a while, we rotated players, and while I was resting, I happened to notice the girls playing their basketball game. Just like me, the girls who weren’t good at sports or were petite were participating half-heartedly, but there were also those who were seriously focused on the game.

“Reona, go for the shot just like that!”

“Okay! Leave it to me!”

Reona caught a pass from her teammate and forcefully shot the ball into the basket. Then she high-fived the other girls happily. Yeah… Reona and I really lived in completely different worlds. Sure, I might had saved her life, but it was still a mystery why she went out of her way to get involved with me so much. The entire time during the practice match, I kept wondering why Reona and Riona were always clinging to me, but in the end, I couldn’t come to any plausible conclusion. If I kept thinking about it, I felt like I’d fall into an endless spiral of nothingness, so I gave up thinking.

After PE, nothing else happened out of the ordinary. I got through the sixth and seventh period, and finally, the school finally ended. Right now, I was sitting in the classroom with my head in my hands.

“I didn’t understand a single thing in class today… This is actually bad.”

I had expected this, but since I’d been out for nearly two weeks, the lessons had progressed quite a bit. Everything had become gibberish to me. Math and physics, the science subjects, were especially dire for me. At this rate, I was sure to fail the exam.

“If I get a failing grade, it’s seriously going to be a pain…”

At our school, getting a failing grade meant mandatory supplementary lessons during the long break. There wasn’t much time left until final exams, so I needed to act quickly, but the situation was grim. If I were a normie, this would be the part where a reliable friend, a girlfriend, or a kind senpai would help me get through the crisis—but sadly, I was a loner.

“The real world really is tough for loners.”

I wished the world could be a bit kinder to us loners. Honestly, at this point, it might be better to just plan on attending the make-up classes from the beginning.

“Ryouya , why the long face?”

“Wah!?”

I was completely lost in my own world, so when someone suddenly spoke to me, I was so startled I yelled out loud.

“…It kinda hurts when you react that surprised, you know.”

“Ah, Riona’s sad! That’s no good, no good~”

“Sorry, I just didn’t expect anyone to talk to me so suddenly… Wait, you two haven’t gone home yet?”

It had been nearly thirty minutes since homeroom ended, so I was honestly surprised that Reona and Riona were still at school.

“We were waiting to walk home with you, Ryouya -kun.”

“But you weren’t coming, so we came to get you.”

“Wait. You two… You seriously want to walk home with me!?”

“Yeah. And by the way, we’re planning to do it every day from now on, so… We’ll be in your care, Ryouya-kun.”

Today had already been packed with firsts—walking to school with them, getting a homemade lunch—and apparently, my firsts wouldn’t be stopping there yet. 

“Even if I say no, you two are just going to keep on insisting, right?”

“Of course.”

“Looks like Ryouya-kun is finally starting to understand us.”

After spending just a few days with them, I’d learned firsthand that Reona and Riona were ridiculously pushy. No matter what I said, nothing could be changed once they had made up their mind.

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