I’m Betrayed by My Childhood Friend Who is Also My Lover, but My Other Childhood Friend Healed Me, So I Feel Like I Can Recover and Be Happy ~Is it True That Friendship Between a Man and Woman is Impossible? - Chapter 23

Self-Destruction (1)

Airi’s POV

The next day after we went to the movies, I received a message from Chitose in the morning.

‘Can we meet in the afternoon?”

Since I don’t have any plans for the day, I agreed to meet her.

I also send a message to Akito, letting him know that I will be meeting Chitose in the afternoon.

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In the afternoon, I arrive at Chitose’s house and ring the intercom.

After a while, she tells me that the door is not locked and asks me to come up to her room through the intercom.

When I enter her room, Chitose, who is waiting for me…looks different.

She looks nothing like my childhood friend that I knew.

Seeing my surprised expression, Chitose chuckles.

“Are you surprised, Airi-chan? How do I look? Does it suit me?”

Chitose has cut her long hair short, her hair is just above her shoulders now.

Also, she has dyed her glossy black hair into a shade of brown.

“What happened? Why did you suddenly change your appearance?”

“Senpai said this style suits me better and makes me cuter.”

“Senpai…could it be…”

“Also, look at this, I got my ears pierced. It hurts a lot when I got it, but I look really cute with my earrings, right?”

My mind can’t keep up with the situation and Chitose’s sudden change, I’m dumbfounded.

“Chitose…what on heart happened to you? Also, by senpai…you mean that person? You told me that you had cut ties with him, didn’t you? Was that a lie…? Hey, please answer me…Chitose…”

“Ahaha, you should see the look on your face, Airi-chan.”

“Stop messing around.”

“I’m not messing around. As Airi-chan told me, I did try to cut ties with senpai once. But in the end, it was senpai who helped me.”

“What are you talking about? After everything I did for you…”

“Ah, enough of that, I don’t want to hear about that anymore. Airi-chan, no…from now on, I’ll just call you Airi.”

“……”

“I never thought the day that I could shut Airi up would come. Like I said earlier, Senpai went out of his way to help me, he even sacrificed himself and became the villain just to help me to get back with Akkun. He’s such a wonderful person, isn’t he?”

“There’s no way he would do such a thing.”

“You’re terrible, Airi. You say bad things about Senpai without knowing anything about him. The letter, the stuffed animals, even the movie tickets were all thanks to Senpai’s advice. Thanks to him, I’ve been getting closer to Akkun.”

“No, that’s not true. It’s because you have worked really hard on your own, Chitose…”

“Yeah, that’s right. I worked really hard for Akkun, you know? How to make Akkun happy…how to please Akkun…I learned a lot about how to make a man feel good from senpai. Senpai himself even praised me for it.”

Chitose said those words cheerfully.

Hearing it makes me feel nauseous.

“Ugh…what are you talking about…”

“Hey, this something you can’t do right, Airi? Are you willing to go this far for Akkun’s sake? I did all of this for Akkun’s sake. Senpai even let me practice how to do it with him.”

“Chitose…are you serious…?”

“That’s why, Airi, you don’t have to stay by Akkun’s side anymore.”

“Why, Chitose…what have you done…”

“I didn’t do anything special? I just worked really hard to get Akkun back.”

“What are you talking about? Cut it out, Chitose.”

“Cut it out? I should be the one saying that to you. Do you think I don’t know how happy you are with Akkun during my absence? He must have looked at you with his gentle eyes. You might even have fallen in love with Akkun, right? Calling yourself my best friend, but you’re planning to betray me in the end.”

“How could you say that…Akito and I are best friends…you are my best friend too, Chitose…both of you are really important to me…”

“Please, stop saying those kind of things…it’s really obvious that Airi is in love with Akkun.”

“That’s not true…”

“I…I’m scared, you know? I don’t have any confidence…I’m afraid that Airi will take Akkun away from me.”

I didn’t know Chitose carries such feelings all this time.

“That’s why, getting praised made me really happy. I got carried away, did something stupid, and got dumped by Akkun… However, since then, I realized that the most important thing to me is Akkun. I will do anything for Akkun. I can’t live without Akkun.”

“…if Akito really is the most important person to you, then why are you doing this?”

“Of course, it’s because of you…Airi.”

“It’s my fault…?”