I Was Reincarnated as a Mob in a Completed School Rom-Com Manga, and When I Tried My Best to Cheer Up the Broken Losing Heroines, I Realized I Had Surpassed the Original Story - 32

Chapter 32: Cultural Festival (Kirari Koganezaki)

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Something soft and hazy kept eating away at my mind. That unidentified monster desired the girl in front of me, completely ignoring my own will. At this rate, I felt like I would be swallowed by the desire welling up from inside.

Just then, light pierced through the darkness.

“W-What are you two doing……!?”

Opening the locker at the best possible timing was Kirari. Both Chadani-san and I, who had almost been swept away by the mood, were yanked straight back to reality.

“Th-This is just because we had no choice but to hide from Moe! We weren’t doing anything indecent! Right, Chadani-san!?”

“Th-That’s right!? There’s no way I, the student council president… Let alone in the sacred student council room, would ever do something so lewd!”

Seeing the two of us flail about with pathetic excuses, Kirari let out an exasperated sigh.

“I was just asking what you were doing, but you both seem kinda desperate. I mean, why don’t you just get out already?”

“Y-Yeah……”

“That’s right……”

Once I had completely calmed down, I stepped out of the locker. Chadani-san sat at her desk without looking at me and started her paperwork as if nothing had happened.

“Well then, Chadani-san, sorry for getting in the way……”

“It’s fine…… I’ll be done with my work soon, so if anything happens, contact me…… Okay?”

“Got it……”

Leaving the student council room in an awkward atmosphere, I felt a prickly, silent pressure coming from beside me—Kirari. When I stiffly turned my head, she was giving me a sharp, suspicious glare.

“Hey, Kazuto… Could it be that you’re a manwhore?”

“Th-That’s absolutely not the case at all……!”

“Hmm. Well, I don’t care what you do or with who, but if you make Princess cry, you know what happens, right?”

At that low voice, I gulped.

“I need to talk to you about something……”

“Sigh… I can guess the gist of it, but don’t expect any good advice, okay?”

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And so, we moved to the rooftop.

“What am I supposed to do from here on out……”

“What do you want to do, Kazuto?”

“Does Nazuna really like me……?”

“She’s super excited about tomorrow’s date. It was all she talked about today……”

“I see……”

“Why do you look so troubled!? Do you still not get how much of an honor this is!? Someone like me could wish for a hundred years and still never get that chance……!”

Kirari suddenly raised her voice, leaving me stunned.

“So Kirari… You really do like Nazuna……”

“No… That’s not it……!”

She shook her head violently.

“Then what is it……?”

“I’m Princess’s fan, and I’m a girl, so it’s not like I want anything beyond what we already are. I just… I still don’t know how to handle being close to someone I could never even touch before……”

“Then if I said I like Nazuna… Could you honestly support me……?”

“I’d have to… Wouldn’t I……”

“No, that’s not what I’m asking. I want to hear your real feelings, Kirari.”

“Shut up, you idiot!! Go die!!”

Kirari suddenly hurled the insult at me, tears welling in her eyes. The person standing before me was clearly not the usual Kirari Koganezaki.

“Uh……”

Seeing me shrink back, Kirari came to her senses and immediately apologized.

“Sorry for saying something awful, but Princess’s happiness really is my top priority……”

“But then… What about your happiness……?”

Kirari didn’t respond. She simply closed her mouth for a while. I didn’t know what to say either, so I just waited… I waited for the moment she would speak on her own. Then Kirari, who had been sitting, lay down on her back in a big star shape and looked up at the sky.

“I never told you how I died in my previous life, did I……?”

“Eh—n-no……”

“I killed myself……”

“…………”

Of course no words came out of my mouth.

“You’re not gonna ask why……?”

“Is it okay if I ask……?”

“I’m the one talking about it. In a situation like this, of course you’re supposed to ask.”

“What happened……?”

“Bullying……”

“I see……”

“Back in high school, I had a best friend I loved talking with about Amakoi and our favorite idols. But she got bullied by everyone in class and she killed herself by jumping off the roof……”

“That’s horrible……”

“When things blew up, the class laid low for a while, but eventually they forgot all about it. And then…They picked me as the next target.”

Just listening made my chest ache, like it was going to tear open. But Kirari continued with an almost carefree expression.

“I was pissed, and I wanted to kill them all. But in the end, I was a coward, so I chose to kill myself instead. I even deluded myself into thinking maybe I could meet her again in the next life……”

“But we really did reincarnate. So maybe that person also―”

“Yeah…… I still hope for that even now.”

“I hope you can see her again someday……”

“Maybe… I’m overlapping Princess with that girl……”

“What do you mean……?”

Reaching her left hand toward the sun, Kirari narrowed her eyes as she spoke.

“I just want to see someone important to me finally be happy……”

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