I tried to confess my feelings to the girl I like, but I got too excited and ended up proposing. Was her response OK?! ~ - Chapter 40

Episode 40

Mana’s Perspective.

I remembered everything.

My parents were in an accident and I…!

I don’t feel like doing anything. What am I even doing?

Sora-kun is holding my hand. It doesn’t matter.

I can hear Kudo-kun and the others’ voices. It doesn’t matter.

I’m hungry. I smell apples.

“Ah…”

Someone is feeding me apples.

Who could it be? It doesn’t matter.

I feel tired. Let’s sleep.

“Mana, Papa and Mama have to go to work now. We’ll be back soon, so will you wait for us until then?”

“Yeah! Come back soon!”

“Mana is such a good girl~. When we come back, let’s go buy some clothes together, okay?”

“Got it! Isn’t it time for your flight? Take care!”

“Yeah, see you later. Eriko, I’m counting on you with her.”

“I understand, take care.”

“Mana, your parents, they were involved in a plane accident.”

“Eh…? That’s a lie! They said they’d come back! It can’t be true! Papa, Mama…!!!”

Thud.

“Mana? Mana!”

“Eriko-san, when are Papa and Mama coming back? They haven’t come back for a year. They said they’d come back soon.”

“Yeah, I know. Their work over there must be busy. But, they contacted me recently and said they can’t come back often, but they’ll try to come back once a year.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah. So, Mana, be a good girl and wait for them so that they will be happy when they come back.”

“Okay, I got it!”

“Hey, Eriko-san. My parents didn’t even come for the entrance ceremony. Could it be that they abandoned me?”

“That’s not possible, right? It’ll be fine. They are doing well. So don’t be so down.”

“I understand. Then, I’ll study hard to make them happy.”

“Yeah, and also, it seems like my bad mouth has been spreading lately, so I’d better fix that as well.”

“I understand.”

“They didn’t come back again this year. It’s been five years now. It really seems like I’ve been abandoned. Even though Eriko-san says it’s not like that, considering they never contacted me once… No, I have to keep waiting. If I’m a good girl, they’ll surely come back someday.”

“…… Damn it!”

“Eriko-san, I’ve decided to get married.”

“Huh?”

“I was proposed to by someone from our class. It seems like they just blurted it out in the heat of the moment, but I’ve also been interested in that person, and I want a family…”

“I see, got it. Then, go to that person’s house tomorrow.”

“Yes.”

Mana, I’ll always be by your side.

How can you say such a thing?

Even though both of them eventually left my side.

Everyone’s just going to leave me anyway. All I can do is watch.

Why are you leaving me?

Stop, don’t leave me behind! Take me too…

It’s okay, I’ll always be with you, Mana.

Your hand… it’s warm.

Will you really stay by my side forever?

Even if I’m not a good girl anymore?

Will you stay by my side forever?

Your hand remained warm.

If you’ll take me with you,

If you won’t leave me behind like the others,

I…

I can do my best for you.

Sora-kun.