I Ended Up Pretending to Be the Boyfriend of a Beautiful but Tough Classmate for Just a Month, but It Seems That She Has Awakened Her Yandere Tendencies Because of That.

Chapter 79

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“Heeey, it’s an invisible force.”

Just kidding.

I was just messing around a little.

“Oh, hey, Enjou-san.”

“…It’s you again.”

When I greeted Enjou-san as she walked out of Cafe Tokitou, she blatantly showed her displeasure and glared at me.

“Ahaha, I guess she hates me too. But come on, we’re both creepy, let’s get along.”

“Who the hell are you? Pretending to be some kind of hero?”

“Not really. If it’s for Riara, I don’t mind being a villain or a criminal or whatever.”

As I joked around, Enjou stepped a few paces closer to me.

“So, you’re the reason Jinguji-san suddenly softened up, aren’t you?”

“Maria? Hmm, no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Don’t play dumb. Who exactly are you?”

Enjou-san glared at me, as if trying to probe for answers.

But all she could see in her eyes was my grinning face.

I envy that.

I deeply envy the fact that she can’t see anything more than that.

“What if I said I was a monster? Would you believe me?”

“After witnessing that monstrous behavior firsthand, it doesn’t sound entirely like a lie.”

“Ahaha, well, that makes things simple. Oh, and by the way, even if you try badmouthing Riara to everyone at school tomorrow, it won’t work. You’ll probably end up being the one getting bullied.”

“…You’re seriously disgusting. You look at people like you can see right through them.”

“Yeah, I know. I am disgusting.”

Heartless words from Enjou-san.

But I don’t hate it.

Even though I think of myself as disgusting, I also find myself getting drunk on this overwhelming sense of power.

Riara never says anything bad about me.

Other people never get close enough to exchange insults with me.

I start to wonder what I really am.

And then, I confirm it once again—I really am disgusting.

If things were different, maybe we could have been friends.

But in the end, I hate her.

Girls who steal what belongs to others should all just die.

“…Shinozaki-san, who are you?”

“Hmm, I wonder. But you should really think about what it is you actually want.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, for example, you were scared of the classmates who bullied Suzukaze-kun, so you acted cold and pushed him away. But in the end, you got treated terribly by the bullies and were forced to transfer schools. So now, the person you went that far to protect is the only thing you can cling to. You should realize that about yourself.”

I did some digging.

Even I don’t just magically know things I haven’t seen or heard about.

Was his name Bito Wataru?

“I-I don’t have any kind of obsession.”

“No one ever realizes it themselves. But I mean, you sacrificed your own feelings for Suzukaze-kun’s sake, and yet what you got in return was relentless stalking? Of course, that would be unbearable.”

“H-how do you know that?”

“So, maybe instead of seeing Takamiya Riara as the enemy, the one you should be confronting is Bito-kun? I mean, I get that meeting your abuser again would be awful.”

“I-I don’t need you to tell me that!”

Enjou-san raised her voice, her eyes darting around uneasily.

She must have been terrified.

At first, I thought she was the one at fault, but well—of course, she has her own share of blame.

Still, the one who truly needs to be taken down is that bully.

“By the way, I doubt Bito-kun can stay in this town anymore. But is that not enough for you?”

“Huh? W-what do you mean by that?”

“At his new school, he was acting all carefree, as if his past crimes never existed. So, I made sure to expose all of them. Now, everyone looks at him with disgust. Sounds like he’s transferring schools again.”

I’d never say that what I did was right.

I wouldn’t say it was for Enjou-san’s sake, either.

Everything I did was for Riara.

I wouldn’t mind dying for her.

I wouldn’t mind killing for her.

So in the end, it’s all for me.

“W-why would you… No, there’s no way you could even do something like that.”

“Then why don’t you check with Minami High tomorrow? And if you’re still not satisfied, I could make sure Bito-kun suffers so much he’d rather be dead.”

“N-no, that’s enough… W-what are you?!”

“Heh, I really wonder. I’d love to know myself.”

Enjou-san muttered, “You really are disgusting,” as if in fear.

Then, just as she was about to leave—

“Hey.”

I called out to her.

“…What now?”

“Enjou-san, do you want to date Suzukaze-kun?”

“Huh?”

She looked at me, her face asking why I’d even ask such a thing.

“Now that the obstacle in your way is gone, if I wanted to help you, don’t you think I could make it happen? There’s a chance you could be the one standing next to Suzukaze-kun.”

“…Like you’d ever mean that. I don’t care anymore. I don’t want to deal with some ghost girl haunting my back.”

Her expression dulled as she glared at me, her eyes losing their hostility and venom.

I see.

“Heh, sorry for stopping you. I’ll make sure Riara and Suzukaze-kun are taken care of.”

“…Goodbye.”

Enjou-san turned around and disappeared somewhere.

This should be fine now.

She probably won’t lay a hand on those two anymore.

Seeing that, I felt relieved.

And at the same time, I felt disappointed in myself.

If I wanted, I could have mended the relationship between her and Suzukaze-kun.

If I had done that—