I'm Taking Revenge Because My Beloved Childhood Friend, Who is The Most Beautiful Girl in Our Grade, was Stolen by My Best Friend!

Chapter 6

Yozora’s POV

Today is the day of my date with Yuto.

“—what am I expecting of this date?”

I find myself in front of the mirror, paying more attention to my outfit than usual.

No, no, no, today is not a date.

We just go out together because we both love penguins.

That’s right, it’s just two friends who share the same hobby going out together.

After making sure that I’m dressed properly, I head to the station where we decided to meet.

When I arrive at the station, Yuto is already there waiting for me.

“Thank you for waiting! Did you wait for a long time?”

“No, I just arrived myself. I didn’t expect you to be on time, I’m a bit surprised…”

I arrive exactly at 10.

E-Embarrassing…

“What do you mean by that!?”

“Ahahaha, I’m just kidding.”

“Then, let’s go now.”

“Yeah!”

I say so with a smile on my face.

After taking the train and walking for quite some time, we finally arrive at the Shizuhama aquarium.

Yuto buys the ticket for us saying,

“At least let me pay for the tickets…”

He is truly kind and gentle…Rei-san is very lucky to have Yuto as her boyfriend.

“Here you go, your ticket…”

Yuto says so as he hands me a ticket.

I’ve been to this aquarium many times.

I always throw away my tickets every time I go here, but this time, I decided to keep this one.

I look at the ticket and notice that there is a label written ‘couple’ on the upper right corner.

“Couple?”

“Ah, I’m sorry if it bothers you… It’s much cheaper than buying it separately.”

“Ah, no, don’t worry about it…”

Oh no, I’m really happy…

That means we are considered a couple until this ticket expires, right?

Just thinking about it makes my heart throbs.

“Welcome, thank you for showing us your ticket!”

After showing our tickets at the entrance, we go inside the aquarium.

Since there is still quite some time before the penguin attraction is open, we decided to walk around the aquarium.

As we walk around, a fish catches my eye.

“Uwaa, I wonder what kind of fish is this. Hey, Yuto—”

When I look at Yuto, he seems a bit down and sad.

I wonder what happened…

When I see Yuto sad, it makes me sad as well.

“Yuto, are you okay?”

I ask so, concerned.

“Hmm, what is it?”

“Ah, you seem a bit down, so…”

“Hmm? Is that so? Thank you for your concern, Yozora-san.”

It seems like it’s just my imagination…I feel relieved.

“Yeah!”

I reply so with a big smile on my face.

Then, it’s now time for the penguin attraction to open, so we decided to go there to play with the penguins.

It’s my first time playing with penguins, I’m very fascinated.

My hand accidentally touched Yuto’s when we are feeding the penguins, everything feels so wonderful.

Ah, I with these times can last forever.

After playing with the penguins, we go to a restaurant called ‘Jinbei Sea Noodle’ and have ramen there.

Yuto and me are eating in the same table.

I’m really happy.

I can die without any regrets now.

However…I shouldn’t fall in love even harder with Yuto…

I don’t want to trouble him.

He already has Rei-san after all.

After eating ramen, since it is still quite early, we decided to go around the aquarium once more.

“Hey, hey, look at that cute fish!”

“Umm, it says here that it is a lump fish.”

It’s an orange little pufferfish-like creature.

“Cute…”

Yuto-san still seems to be troubled about something.

I wonder if it is not just my imagination after all…

I turn towards Yuto and see that he is right beside me.

“It’s really cute, isn’t it?”

The next moment, I feel something soft hit my lips.

It is a feeling that I’ve experienced before in the eight grade.

Yeah, a kiss.

“Please go out with me…Yozora…”

Ahh, I knew it, Yuto is just the same as my ex-boyfriend…

I slap Yuto on the cheek.

Then, I run towards the station, leaving Yuto behind.

The sensation of the kiss still lingers on my lips.

I’ve never felt like this before.

When I kissed my ex-boyfriend, I did not feel like this.

I can’t bring myself to hate Yuto…I still love him.

I’m not sure if I’ll ever get rid of this feeling of love towards Yuto.

When I arrive at the station, I decided to sit on a bench and wait for the train.

For some reason, my heart is beating faster and faster.

What is…this feeling…

I hate Yuto, but yet I still love him.

Why do I have such complicated feelings in my heart?

“I wonder…what is these feelings…”

Then suddenly—

Yuto comes to the station, out of breath.

“Umm…Yozora…”

Yuto starts to walk towards me.

Stop it…I’ll fall in love with you even more…

“I…”

“What you did earlier is unacceptable…”

“Y-Yeah.”

“We’re not even dating each other…and on top of that, you are dating Rei-san, Yuto…”

That’s right, Yuto and I are not even in a relationship…and on top of that, Yuto already has Rei-san.

Before I knew it, tears are running down my cheeks.

Eh? Why am I crying?

“I know this is wrong…but earlier, when you kissed me and asked me to go out with you, I feel really happy…”

My mouth said such words on its own…

“I’m really weird, am I not?”

I’m sure I’m broken because of that incident in eight grade…

“But—”

“Yozora, I want to be honest with you, I’ve been hiding something from you all this time…there is something I didn’t tell you. The truth is, the reason why I got close to you is for the sake of my revenge… You know my girlfriend, Rei, and my best friend, Shogo, right? One day, I saw something that I shouldn’t have… I saw Rei and Shogo having sex with each other…and from the day I saw them doing it, I was determined to get my revenge no matter what. Because of that reason, I approached and got closer to you so that I can use you to get my revenge on them…I’m such a scum, am I not? In the end, I’m doing the same thing that they did to me…”

Wait a minute…

I don’t understand…

Rei-san is Yuto’s girlfriend…

But Rei-san and Shogo…

You want to get your revenge on them by dating me?

So in the end, I’m just a tool for your revenge?

“But before I knew it, I found myself falling in love with you, Yozora…”

The moment I hear those words, tears well up in my eyes.

“That’s why, please go out with me, Yozora…”

Unable to hold my tears any longer, tears stream down my cheeks.

I’m really happy…

I’m fine to be your tool for revenge.

As long as I get to be by your side all the time, Yuto.

“That’s not fair…what a lame confession…you wanted to use me for the sake of your revenge, huh? Strange…even though you’ve told me all of this, I can’t stop myself from loving you… That’s why, my answer to your confessions is…yes…please take a good care of me, Yuto.”

Ah, maybe this is for the best.

I was seen as a tool for revenge by Yuto.

But maybe, that’s how I see Yuto as well.

Perhaps, I was also using Yuto to overcome my trauma from eight grade.

“Then, what about your revenge?”

“I don’t care about my revenge anymore…I don’t want to use you for the sake of my revenge anymore, Yozora.”

It’s okay, I don’t mind.

Rather, I want you to use me for your revenge.

“Hmm, I see…”

“Yeah…”

“But you see, it seems like my boyfriend is in a bit of a situation right now…so that’s why I will let him to use my body however he wants…”

“……”