I Tried Pulling When Pushing My Childhood Friend Didn’t Work, and It Totally Broke Me Inside - Chapter 3.5

My memory after seeing Daisuke with Satou-san is blurry.

Before I knew it, I was home.

How did I even get back…

Daisuke was with Satou-san. His spot should have been next to me…

Does he like her more than me?

Even though he confessed to me so many times…

“I’m home~”

While I was lost in my thoughts, my mom came back.

“Welcome home.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing…”

“Nothing? You’re crying, aren’t you?”

“I’m not crying.”

I quickly wiped my eyes.

“Well, try telling me.”

“…Daisuke was cold.”

“You mean…”

“He was talking happily with a girl from our class. I feel like he hates me.”

“Um, listen, about Daisuke-kun?”

“I’m going to bed. I don’t want dinner.”

“Hey, Yuna! She left. What should I do? I couldn’t even explain…”

My mom came by a few times that day, but I ignored her.

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I skipped school the next day. Going there would only make things worse.

Just a day without talking to Daisuke felt unbearable. I couldn’t believe how much it hurt.

I should have accepted his confession back then… But thinking that now is useless. It’s too late…

I wonder if Daisuke is with Satou-san right now…

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Daisuke is supposed to be mine.

I want him to like me and only me.

“Ah, that’s it.”

An idea suddenly came to me.

“I just need to make him think of no one but me… I’ll make him dependent, so he can’t live without me.”

That’s right. I’ll take back Daisuke’s heart from Satou-san.

Because I like him more. Because I’ve been with him more.

Daisuke is mine. I won’t let him go.

With that determination, I left my room.

In the living room, my mom was there.

“Yuna, are you feeling okay?”

“I’m fine.”

“I see, actually, Yuna, there’s something I…”

“Mom.”

I interrupted her words.

“W-what is it?”

“If Daisuke comes today, stay outside until I say it’s okay.”

“Huh? W-why?”

“Because Daisuke is mine.”

“B-but? Daisuke-kun’s…”

“Understand?”

“Yes.”

Mom couldn’t help but reply politely to my determined attitude.

At that moment, my mom remembered that once I made up my mind about something, I would go all the way, no matter what.

I had been calmer recently, so she had forgotten that.

(Daisuke-kun, I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do now.)

All my mom could do was silently apologize to him in her heart.

Once I decided something like this, no one could stop me.

“Alright, that’s settled then.”

I can’t just stay here. I have to get ready.

Wait for me, Daisuke. I’ll make you mine no matter what…