I Was Helping Out With The Harem Plan Of The Romcom Protagonist I Admired, But Now That I’ve Realized He’s A Scumbag, Next Time I’m Going To Stop It And Make The Girls Happy Myself

Chapter 52: Hina Kisaragi

A familiar kind of noise poured into my ears—people talking, people screaming, the rumbling of a roller coaster in motion.

And then, Hina’s voice.

“We finally made it.”

I came to the amusement park with Hina—just the two of us—like we promised.

“Yuuya. You weren’t planning to keep that promise, were you?”

“It’s not like that… I mean, we’re here now, aren’t we…”

“That’s just the result.”

“Yeah… you’re right… sorry.”

It couldn’t be helped. Back then, I genuinely planned to die.

“Well… I’m glad we could come.”

Hina said it with a smile.

“Alright then, let’s start with that.”

And then that smile twisted into a creepy grin, like she was getting payback, as she pointed.

Where she pointed—

the roller coaster I’d ridden so many times I got sick.

Hina laughed as she took my hand, but her eyes weren’t laughing at all.

“Please go easy on me…”

After that, we rode the same roller coaster we rode with the four of us before—about three times—and somehow that was enough for her to forgive me.

“What should we go on next?”

“Anything but scream rides.”

“Then, the haunted house.”

“Isn’t that just a different kind of scream ride?”

“Don’t tell me you’re scared, Yuuya?”

Hina provoked me, so I puffed out my chest and answered.

“Not even a little!”

That pointless bravado landed me right back in that traumatic haunted house.

But this time, it wasn’t alone—it was the two of us. There was nothing to be scared of.

In the pitch-black darkness, Hina’s arm was my only shield.

“Hey, Yuuya.”

Hina’s sudden voice made my body flinch.

“W-what?”

“Um… I get it, but… isn’t this usually the other way around?”

Hina suddenly said something weird—despite me being the one clinging to her arm.

“W-what are you talking about?”

To keep my trembling under control, I clung to her even tighter.

I’m not scared. I just don’t like dark places. Yeah—just that.

While I kept making excuses in my head, Hina admitted, with a cold look:

“Yuuya. I’m over it.”

“Huh? What are you even saying?”

I couldn’t understand her at all.

“Maybe this is what they call ‘the frog phenomenon.’”

She kept confusing me on purpose.

“Hina, please. I’m begging you. I don’t need weird jokes right now.”

I clung to her like I was pleading.

“Please. Don’t leave me alone right now…”

But that wish disappeared immediately.

“So I’m going ahead alone. Yuuya, you come by yourself, okay?”

Hina pulled away from me, looking oddly amused.

I stood there, dazed, staring at Hina’s back as she vanished into the darkness.

A few dozen seconds later, I snapped back—

and just like last time, a groaning “Uwaa~” crawled straight into my ears.

In that instant, I ran.

◇◇◇

When I burst through the exit, Hina was holding her stomach, trying to hold back laughter.

For the first time, anger flared toward Hina.

“Are you trying to kill me?”

Hina wiped the laughter-tears with her finger and answered:

“You don’t die in a haunted house.”

And I questioned her seriously.

“Why did you do that?”

“Why, huh…”

Hina stared at me with the same serious eyes, like she was copying me.

“Payback, I guess.”

“Payback?”

“Yeah. You tried to abandon me and go die once, right? So I’m returning the favor.”

“……”

So that was the point of what she did…

I understood, then added:

“But I’ll never leave you alone again.”

Hina, looking slightly down, replied softly, “Yeah…” and her cheeks turned pink.

“But you were totally enjoying that just now.”

“Huh. So you’re gonna say that, huh~?”

“Sorry… I won’t say it again, so please don’t leave me alone.”

“Fine. I guess.”

With a full smile, Hina clung to my arm.

With our roles reversed from earlier, we kept enjoying the amusement-park date.

◇◇◇

As it started getting close to evening, we ended the day—just like last time—with the Ferris wheel.

Sitting across from me, Hina spoke.

“Last time, some nuisance got in the way.”

“Hey, ‘nuisance’ is kind of—”

“But now we can finally—”

Mid-sentence, Hina suddenly lifted herself up, bent her knees slightly, and leaned her face toward mine.

In the sunset, our shadows overlapped—

and my lips were sealed.

Hina’s lips were soft. Gentle, warm—

and her breath brushed my skin again and again.

Before long, our shadows separated, and we returned to facing each other.

Back to normal… or so I thought.

But the air didn’t feel like it would go back to normal at all.

Hina looked down, her ears dyed red.

And the Ferris wheel hadn’t even reached a quarter of its rotation yet.

Meaning I’d have to endure this embarrassing atmosphere for at least half a turn—minimum.

Without thinking, I muttered:

“Why would you kiss me this early…?”

Of course, I was about to short-circuit from embarrassment too.

“Because…”

If she’d kissed me near the end, it would’ve been easier to endure the embarrassment.

But looking at Hina—still bright red to the tips of her ears—made that feel completely unimportant.

Right now, I just couldn’t help finding the girl in front of me unbearably precious.

T/N: Series ended at like, chapter 50, 51 onwards is just after-story with the girls/side-stories, and currently there are only 52 chapters. I can’t guarantee I will do chapter 53 and onwards when it comes out since this is only a one time read for me (lol), but if you guys wanna read it you can check out the webnovel, or if someone translated it and want me to put it up on the site, you can message me on discord, I’ll gladly credit you as well. Thank you for reading guys!