I Was Unreasonably Dumped By My Girlfriend And Had My Heart Broken. When I Rescued A Beautiful Girl Who Was My Former Classmate And Idol In My Class From A Group Of Yarisa, My Gray College Life Started To Shine - Chapter 1

Episode 1: My Girlfriend, Who I Have Been with Since High School, Dumped Me Easily

“Let’s break up. From now on, let’s cleanly end it as a start of new lives! You too, don’t you want to enjoy your university life? Let’s have fun in the city.”

That message came from my girlfriend, Asuka Umeno, last night.

It was completely unexpected.

It was like a stormy night in spring.

I didn’t expect it at all, and I was frozen for about an hour while holding my smartphone.

After all, it came suddenly, just after the entrance ceremony.

Moreover, I—Keito Nogami—decided to enter the same university as her because she begged me to.

For that, I moved from Kansai to the city center and lowered the rank of the university I was going to take the entrance exam for.

I wanted to be with her and spend the same four years together.

And yet, this is what I get.

Before the campus life even started, it was ended by just one message.

Honestly, I didn’t understand. There were no signs.

Certainly, Asuka sometimes has intense emotional fluctuations.

But until the day before the entrance ceremony, there was no change, and she had never said “let’s break up” before.

I immediately replied, thinking it was a bad joke, “What are you saying?” but there was no reply except for the message being marked as read.

I felt despair.

Because of that, I couldn’t sleep well at night.

So, with dark circles under my eyes, I rushed out of my one-room apartment.

Of course, it was to confirm the truth. Today, there was an orientation and a social gathering in the Literature Department, the department I entered, but I didn’t care about that right now.

I just wanted to go to the campus and somehow find Asuka and talk to her.

I couldn’t think of anything else.

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The university I entered, Keido University, is a fairly well-known private university.

It’s not highly ranked, but it has a history of nearly a hundred years, and many people aspire to it.

Moreover, it’s a huge school, with many students attending.

The campus is located in the heart of the city, just a few minutes’ walk from Ochanomizu Station.

I ran into the university campus from the nearest Inari-cho Station, which is a 10-minute walk away, and then took a train and walked for about 20 minutes.

So, I headed not to the orientation venue in the Literature Department, but to the Faculty Tower of the Economics Department.

Asuka belongs to the Economics Department.

And since there is an orientation in the Economics Department today, she will definitely come.

Relying only on that information, I waited in front of the tower.

“Ugh.”

After persisting for over an hour, Asuka, who came, first let out that word when she saw my face.

When our eyes met, she hid her eyes behind her lightly browned curly hair and tried to leave in a hurry, so I reflexively caught her white frilly sleeve.

“Wait a minute, Asuka. Why did you suddenly say let’s break up…! Until recently, everything was normal—”

I wanted to ask for the reason immediately, but,

“Stop it already!!”

When she screamed like that, I couldn’t say anything more.

She turned her gaze away and then suddenly glared at me, furrowing her brows.

It was so intimidating that I involuntarily flinched.

Originally, she has narrow eyes, and when Asuka furrows her brows, she gives off a quite harsh impression.

She’s 153 cm tall, and I’m 172 cm.

I should be taller, but her intimidating presence made it seem like she was looking down on me.

“It’s simple. I got tired of ending university life with an ordinary guy like you. I’ve had complaints before. I’m sorry, but can you stop pestering me from now on?”

Her voice, suppressed low, clearly contained anger.

It felt like a stab to the heart, and I couldn’t say anything at all.

What are you talking about? I changed my choice of university for you. We were supposed to enjoy university life together.

I had so much to say, but it all disappeared before it could leave my throat.

And at the same time, I noticed the cold stares from the surroundings.

Of course.

If we were having such a lovers’ quarrel at the entrance of the Faculty Tower, it would surely be seen as a nuisance.

Moreover, it looked as if I were a man stalking Asuka.

Understanding that, almost reflexively, I released the grip on her sleeve.

“Hey, you’re kidding, right? I came here for you.”

“That’s all in the past. I’ve changed my mind. Can’t you leave me alone?”

“Why would you change your mind so quickly, normally? For Asuka, is that how it is?”

“Is it bad? I just wanted to have fun in high school with a boyfriend. We were just together because of that.”

“Then why until university…”

“I didn’t want to be alone anymore. Anyway, it’s over between you and me. Your tacky clothes and your messy hair, everything about you just became repulsive to me. So, let’s end it. Please don’t talk to me anymore. From now on, you and I are unrelated. Goodbye.”

Normally, her clothes and hair are a bit more put together.

Today, it’s just because she rushed out, that’s all.

But before I could argue back, she brushed off my arm.

After sighing, she walked away, the heels clicking.

Even though I felt the gaze of pity, I watched her figure blankly.

And I saw it.

Just a little ahead, she was approached by a tall, slightly cool-looking guy (a little annoyingly attractive), and she showed a smile while turning away, different from the icy glare she gave me.

“Who’s that guy? He’s creepy, isn’t he? His hair is messy, and he’s wearing a crooked shirt. What’s the relationship between him and Asuka, being followed by someone like that?”

“Oh, don’t worry about him, Ren-chan. He’s just a weird guy♪ Let’s go, let’s attend the orientation?”

I even overheard such an unbelievable conversation.

It felt like the sound of my heart breaking was audible within me.

Probably, that guy stole Asuka’s heart. Maybe she fell in love at first sight.

For Asuka, the two years we were together might have been really insignificant.

After all, she could throw it away compared to a guy she met just one day.

Any desire to detain or reproach her completely disappeared.