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 28

The Moon Shines

Chitose’s POV

After Airi leaves my house, I can’t think of anything.

I didn’t even realize my father has returned home for the first time in a while.

He is looking at me with a sad expression on his face.

Afterwards, I learn about my mother’s affair with senpai from my father.

I realize how sick and disgusting what I’ve done.

I rush into the bathroom and throw up.

Of course, my parents end up getting divorced.

My mother is fired from her tutoring job and she owes a large amount of compensation money to my father.

As rumours spread, she can no longer stay in this town.

I end up staying with my father.

I have to transfer schools, leaving everything behind.

After that, I somehow manged to graduate from high school, but I can’t repair my awkward relationship with my father.

So, I decide to leave home immediately after graduating.

After leaving home, I somehow manged to work and live a normal life.

However, despite everything that has happened, in the end, I can’t change.

I end up dating various men, just going with the flow.

When I have sex, I can forget about the void in my heart, but once it’s over, I return to being empty and regretful.

No matter how hard I search, I can’t find someone who can fill the void in my heart.

Even now, I’m here as a businessman’s mistress, in a high-rise apartment with a great view of the city.

Luxurious furniture lined in the room.

The closet is filled with famous brand clothes.

My current life has no inconvenience whatsoever.

Not long ago, out of nowhere, my mom contacted me for the first time in a while.

She somehow found out about my relationship with this man.

She asked me to help her with some money.

Apparently, she is remarried.

However, her new husband is a gambler and is actually increasing her debts.

I gave her some money at first, but then she kept asking for more and more.

I can’t keep giving her money forever, so I gave her some money one last time and cut ties with her.

Seeing such an ugly side of her makes me feel disgusted as it reflects my own image.

I can’t change anything.

I’m living a luxurious life by being this man’s mistress.

We completely ignore each other’s feelings, just satisfying each other’s sexual desire.

This relationship is completely different than the relationship that I had with Akkun.

My empty heart trembles thinking about it.

To distract myself from it, I drink some alcohol and fall asleep.

The next day, I head to the obstetrics and gynaecology department at the hospital to get my regular medication.

As I wait in the lobby for my medication, I hear the voices of two people I can’t forget.

When I turn my gaze towards the voice, I see a white blonde woman smiling as she strokes her big belly and a kind-hearted man carrying a little girl in his arms.

I immediately recognize the happy family in front of me.

Unable to bear it any longer, I escape from the scene and hurry back to my room where I cry my lungs out.

No wonder I feel empty inside…the person who used to fill my heart is no longer by my side because I let go of him myself.

Maybe if I didn’t do such stupid things, it could have been me who is by Akito’s side.

I might even still be able to laugh and talk with Airi-chan.

I wish I can go back in time.

Tears of regret once again flow down my cheeks.

I’m sure that I will have to live on with this empty heart.

Exhausted from all of the crying, I fall asleep.

When I wake up, it’s already nighttime.

The moonlight is shining through the window, illuminating the pitch-black room.

I’m dazed by the moonlight.

As if being pulled, I step out to the balcony where the reddish full moon shines brightly.

I remember a story that Akkun once told me a long time ago about how the moon can drive people crazy.

“Akkun, the moon looks really beautiful, doesn’t it?”

There is no response, and the emptiness in my heart feels painful once again.

If only the moon can truly drive me crazy…

I lean forward and reach out, seeking salvation from the moon.

With a gust of wind, I lose my balance, and naturally surrender myself to the flow…

However, the moon continues to shine on me until the very end.

~THE END~