I Tried Pulling When Pushing My Childhood Friend Didn’t Work, and It Totally Broke Me Inside - Chapter 6

Morning…

The cold feeling on my wrist made me remember.

That’s right, I was kidnapped by Yuna.

Yuna is…

“Mmnn…”

She’s sleeping happily while using me like a body pillow.

If I weren’t chained up, this would actually be pretty nice.

“Mm…”

Ah, she woke up.

“Good morning, Daisuke.”

“Good morning.”

Maybe since she just woke up and isn’t thinking clearly yet, she’ll let me go.

“H-Hey, Yuna? I think I want to go home soon.”

“No.”

The sleepy look on her face disappeared in an instant. The light in her eyes faded as she answered.

“I see?”

“You’re going to live here with me forever. You were joking about going home, right?”

“O-Of course I was joking.”

The pressure in her voice didn’t allow any other answer.

“Ah, I’m going out for a bit today. Wait here for me, okay?”

Isn’t this my chance to escape?

I should pretend to agree.

“Yeah, I’ll wait here.”

“…”

W-What?

She’s looking at me like she doesn’t trust me at all.

“I’m still worried.”

She walked closer to me.

Click.

She unlocked one side of the handcuffs.

Maybe she understood that I wanted to go home.

That’s what I thought.

Click.

She attached the unlocked cuff to the bed instead.

“U-Um, Yuna, san?”

“This is better.”

“How is this better? I can’t even move.”

“You don’t need to move. You said you’d wait here, right?”

That backfired…

After that, Yuna got ready and left the house.

I’m chained to the bed and can’t move.

I can’t call for help because she took my phone. Actually, my bag is gone too. Even my school uniform that I took off before my bath yesterday is missing.

Well, it’s 100% Yuna’s doing…

I haven’t gone home since yesterday. I wonder if Mom is worried.

I hope she didn’t report me missing.

I really don’t want anyone to find out that I was kidnapped by my childhood friend.

Why am I even kidnapped in the first place?

I didn’t do anything wrong.

But thinking about it won’t change anything.

I’m starting to feel sleepy.

I couldn’t really sleep because Yuna was next to me the whole time…

“…Dai… Daisuke!”

“Hmm?”

Ah, it’s Yuna…

She’s back?

“Huh?”

At some point, the handcuffs were taken off.

“It’s hard to sleep with them on.”

Then why didn’t she do that last night…?

Well, maybe this is Yuna’s way of being kind.

She’s a crazy girl who kidnaps people, but maybe deep down she’s still gentle.

“Th-Thank you.”

Click.

She put the handcuffs back on me.

“Yuna?”

“You’re awake now, right?”

“Y-yeah.”

“Then I have to put them on.”

I’m sorry. She might just be completely crazy…

I really don’t understand her.

“Hey, Daisuke.”

“What?”

“Yes, here.”

Yuna held out a piece of paper.

“What is this?”

“Marriage registration form.”

“I can see that.”

“Why did you bring something like this?”

“To marry you, Daisuke.”

Don’t look at me like that, that’s the most normal thing in the world.

“We’re still in high school.”

“High school students can still get married. I got permission from your mom.”

“Huh?”

She got permission from Mom?

Does that mean Mom knows I’m being kidnapped?

She knows and still agrees?

Is everyone around me crazy?

“I asked your mom if I’m keeping you with me right now. I asked if it’s okay to get married like this?”

“And then?”

“She said, yeah go ahead. She also said she’d be happy if I became her daughter-in-law.”

“U-um, I want to talk to Mom.”

“No. Oh, but you can talk on the phone.”

Oh. That’s more flexible than I expected.

“Then give me my phone back.”

“Here.”

“That’s yours.”

She handed me her phone, not mine.

“It’s already calling.”

“Daisuke?”

“Mom? What is going on? I’m being locked up by Yuna. She even put handcuffs on me.”

“That’s only natural, isn’t it? I heard you ignored Yuna-chan. That deserves death. If it were me, I would’ve killed you.”

She said it in a scary voice.

So Mom is on her side too…

Now that I think about it, she always cared about Yuna more than her own son.

“Yuna-chan is kind, so you’re lucky that’s all she did. And you two are dating now, right? Then just get married. I’ll talk to Kaori and Yuuji.”

Kaori and Yuuji are Yuna’s parents.

They were Mom’s juniors in high school. I heard Mom used to boss them around a lot, so they’re too scared to go against her.

“Oh, that’s right. Put it on speaker.”

“Huh? Yes.”

I turned on the speaker.

“Yuna-chan?”

“Yes, mother-in-law.”

She just called her mother-in-law so naturally…

“Yuna-chan called me mother-in-law! I’m so happy! Did you hear that, Daisuke?”

“Yes, yes. So? What?”

“You two can live together in that house.”

What? What is she saying…

“Understood.”

That reply was way too fast…

“Kaori will live with me in this house. Yuuji will… Well, we’ll figure something out.”

She’s treating Yuna’s dad so lightly…

“Oh, and Yuna-chan, once you fill out the marriage form, bring it here. I’ll make those two sign the parent section.”

“Yes.”

Don’t just say yes…

My opinion doesn’t matter at all anymore.

“Okay then, that’s settled.”

“W-Wait, she hung up.”

“Then, Daisuke, sign it.”

“…Understand.”

There’s nothing I can do anymore.

“Here. I signed it.”

It was hard to write with handcuffs on.

“Now you really belong to me. I need to sign too.”

Yuna filled out her part.

“Let’s stay together from now on.”

This time, she wasn’t wearing her usual blank face.

She looked happy and almost dreamy.

“Hubby♡”