Is it okay for a loner like me to have a yandere?

A few minutes passed in silence.

All I did during that time was think about what I had just learned—and watch Suzune.

She looked broken and scared, standing quietly as she waited for me to say something.

Getting angry at her should have been my first reaction. After all, I’ve been alone ever since middle school, mostly because of her.

The only friend I made, Haruka, was taken away by Takuya. Looking back now, I realize he never left us alone.

He always kept himself close, using different reasons as an excuse to stay around me.

He had planned to take Haruka away from me.

He’d join in whatever we did, and Haruka didn’t mind—she always liked tall and athletic guys.

But now, it was clear. He didn’t just appear by chance—he probably followed us, waited, and showed up on purpose.

And Daiki… He was part of her plan too. He suddenly got close to Suzune out of nowhere.

Just a few days ago, they were strangers. Then they went to the beach together, went shopping, and suddenly started acting like a couple.

It was all just a setup—to take away the only two girls who had ever truly been close to me.

“Aki-kun…” she called out softly, pulling me out of my thoughts.

I didn’t respond. I just looked at her and waited.

She slowly lifted her head. Her voice trembled as she said, “I’ve done something terrible to you… I pushed you into loneliness just because I was jealous. I’m a horrible person… someone you must hate. But… can I ask you something?”

Her eyes shimmered with tears.

I stayed silent, letting her speak.

She wiped her face and quietly said, “…Can you please not push me away? I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I can’t stand being apart from you anymore. I’ve already punished myself for years, staying away and regretting everything. Now, I just want to be by your side… every single day. I-I can’t—ah…”

Her voice broke.

Why?

Because she had been pulled into a hug.

I was supposed to be angry. I should’ve told her how painful it was—how lonely I had felt.

I should’ve shouted, said something cold, anything but hug her like this.

But I couldn’t look at her anymore.

The way her voice trembled, how her hands shook, and how her eyes searched for a bit of hope—I could feel how scared and hurt she was.

I didn’t even realize it… but I had already pulled her into my arms.

“A-Aki-kun…” she whispered, confused and shaky.

I didn’t reply. I just gently rubbed her back.

Maybe it gave her the comfort she had been missing all this time—because the next moment, she broke down completely.

“… Aki-kun…” she cried out, holding onto me tightly as sobs poured out.

I held her close, rubbing her back, trying to soothe her heart.

It took a while, but she eventually calmed down a little.

I helped her sit down and was about to head to the kitchen to get some water when she suddenly grabbed the sleeve of my shirt.

“W-Where are you going?” she asked, her voice trembling with anxiety.

The sound of her nervous voice made my heart tighten.

I gently squeezed her hand and gave her a soft smile. “Just going to the kitchen. Don’t worry, I’m not leaving you.”

My words seemed to reach her. Her eyes shimmered as she nodded slowly.

With a quiet sigh, I walked to the kitchen.

Everything felt like a mess.

I never imagined she’d go this far… Stalking me, hiring people to keep girls away from me—those are the kind of things that should’ve made me angry, maybe even repulsed.

But for some reason… I didn’t feel that way at all. In fact, I felt a strange rush inside me.

Leaning back against the counter, I stared at the bottle in my hand.

Is something wrong with me?

Why does it make me happy that Suzune was so obsessed with me?

Why does knowing she was madly in love with me make my heart race like this?

I knew it wasn’t normal. I knew I should be worried about myself. But no matter how I tried to suppress it, I couldn’t stop the smile from forming on my lips.

‘For now, I should get back…’

She must be feeling uneasy again.

I walked back to the living room. I thought I saw her gaze flick toward the kitchen.

Stepping closer, I held out the bottle to her.

She slowly raised her hand to take it—just as an impulse struck me.

I pulled her into my arms.

“Ah!” she gasped in surprise.

The bottle slipped from my hand and fell to the floor, forgotten.

“A-Aki-kun?” she stammered, her face flushing as she found herself inches away from me.

With only a breath of space between us, I looked her in the eyes.

“Promise me you’ll never leave me,” I said softly, but firmly. “No matter what happens… talk to me first. Don’t make any decisions on your own. Don’t ever hire anyone again. And don’t go meet any guy alone—ever.”

I hadn’t planned to say so much. Maybe I was more jealous than I thought… maybe seeing her alone with Takuya had stirred something in me.

Suzune looked stunned by the sudden shift in my tone, but she quickly nodded.

“I promise, Aki-kun… I’ll never leave you… so please…”

Her small fists gripped my shirt tightly as she looked up at me, pleading with her teary eyes.

I didn’t respond with words.

Instead, I gently cupped her face and leaned in, pressing my lips to hers.

Our first kiss was soft—tentative at first, like the brush of petals after a long-awaited spring. There was a faint taste of her tears mixed with the subtle sweetness of her lip gloss, and something uniquely hers—warmth, emotion, vulnerability.

Her breath hitched, but she didn’t pull away. Instead, she leaned into me, as if silently admitting that she had been waiting for this too.

It wasn’t just a kiss. It was a quiet confession of everything we hadn’t said out loud.

Of pain, of longing, of love.

And in that moment, the chaos of everything—her secrets, my confusion, the jealousy, the fear—seemed to fade away.

All that remained was her… and the certainty that I had finally found the one meant for me.

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A/N:- Main story ended. Now, three extra stories of after confession.