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 7

Looking Up at The Cloudy Sky

Airi’s POV

After school.

Just like what we discussed yesterday, I accompanied Chitose to go talk to the man.

Well, to be precise, I’ll look at them from a distance.

“Airi-chan, sorry for troubling you.”

“Yeah, it’s fine. By the way, I haven’t asked yet, who is this dear friend of yours?”

“Didn’t I tell you? He’s Hiruma Yosuke. He is our senpai.”

“Could it be…”

The name Chitose mentioned sounds familiar.

He is known as quite a famous and handsome guy in our school.

I vaguely remember being approached by him when I first got into high school.

I wasn’t interested in him, so I don’t remember much about it.

“Hehh, Airi-chan knows him too? I heard that he’s working part-time as a model, he is so cool!”

Chitose excitedly talks about that guy.

She’s giving me a headache.

“Listen, Chitose. You understand what you need to do now, right?”

“Yeah, sorry, sorry. Okay, I’ll go talk to him and cut ties with him!”

Chitose shows her determination as she says so.

But before that, she needs to do something, so she borrows my smartphone.

She dials her number on my smartphone so that I can hear everything they say.

After she returns my phone back to me, I remind her to not end the call.

Chitose has a troubled look on her face.

Then, she heads to the meeting place.

Afterward, I decide to listen to their conversation from a distance.

Somehow, it feels like I’m in a spy movie or something like that.

I hope hearing their conversation won’t give me a headache…

“Thank you, Chitose. I’m glad you came.”

“No, I have something to discuss with Senpai too.”

“I see. In that case, let’s hear about what you want to talk about first, Chitose.”

“Yes. Umm, we went on a date the other day, didn’t we?”

“Yeah, it was a lot of fun!”

“Yeah, I feel that way too…no, I mean, it’s just so happened that my boyfriend saw us.”

“I see, I assume that it caused you some trouble.”

“No, but because of that…he asked me to break up with him.”

“Why? I thought you made it clear that we’re just friends.”

“Yes, but he didn’t believe me.”

“Why didn’t he believe the words of the person he loves!?”

“Because it’s my fault for lying to him.”

“Still, not believing the words of the person he loves is unacceptable!! If it were me, I would definitely trust you and wouldn’t make you sad like this.”

“Eh—what are you talking about?”

“Yeah, actually, the reason I wanted to meet you today is because of that. I know you have a boyfriend, but I want us to be more than just friends. I’ve fallen in love with you. Chitose, if possible, I would like to go out with you.”

“…um, umm, I’m sorry senpai, this is so sudden—”

“I’m the one who should apologize. I didn’t mean to put you in a difficult spot.”

“No…not at all.”

“To be honest, I already know that you have a boyfriend. So, I thought I’d get rejected and move on. However, if I don’t confess my feelings to you, Chitose, I will surely regret it the rest of my life.”

“That’s—I’m happy that you confessed to me, but—”

“I understand. You probably can’t make a decision about this right away. So, I’ll wait. I’ll wait until your feelings turn towards me.”

“I’m sorry senpai—please give me some time to think about it.”

“I understand. I’ll wait for you as long as it takes.”

Smooch~

I hear him saying so and the sound of them kissing each other…disgusting.

This is even worse that a poorly done melodrama.

I sigh deeply and look up at the sky.

Chitose is just too easy, but I also feel that person is also a scum.

In the first place, he is fine with kissing a girl even though he knows that she already has a boyfriend.

Anger wells up in me towards those two idiots.

I even think that those two idiots might be a good match for each other—

I hang up the call and take a deep breath to calm myself down.

Chitose seems too flustered and ended up forgetting about me.

She runs away from the scene.

However, the problem remains, that bastard.

Certainly, Chitose has her problems, but she is still my precious childhood friend.

I don’t want to see her hurt.

Moreover, if Chitose gets hurt, surely Akito will be hurt just as much—

This is the time for me to act!