It's a Chastity-Reversed World, But It's Different From What I Imagined? - 13

Chapter 13: Childhood Friend’s POV: 2

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For three years of middle school, I worked with Tsuki-chan to protect Yoru. At first, girls asked me to introduce Yoru to them, but once Tsuki-chan took control of the student council, those requests stopped.

Yoru had a shy personality, so he never spoke to girls. After Tsuki-chan began calling him gross, Yoru distanced himself from people even more. I was the only one who spoke with Yoru. I talked with him almost every day, listening to his worries and his thoughts. I knew Yoru better than anyone else.

Yes, Yoru had only me. But then, that situation changed. It was the winter of our third year of middle school. Entrance exams ended, and Yoru got into the Advanced Studies course of Aoba High School. I passed into the Sports course of Aoba High School.

And then, Yoru stopped coming to school. I couldn’t skip my daily training, so I kept practicing by borrowing the middle school’s pool.

At night, we talked as usual. But Tsuki-chan told me that Yoru seemed a little off. When his family was home, he locked himself in his room, and when no one was around, he would eat or go out. So, I decided to ask him about it indirectly.

『Yoru-kun. You haven’t been coming to school lately, right? What happened? Graduation is coming soon. Will you be at the ceremony? If you are, our moms said they want to go out for dinner after.』

I wanted to bring up the graduation ceremony… But really, I wanted to know what he had been doing lately.

『Oh, so graduation is already here. Yeah, I’ll go. Dinner, got it.』

Normally, without me asking, he would tell me what he had been up to. But this time, his short, clipped reply felt off. Usually, his messages leaned on me, almost clinging, but now they were distant.

『Hey, Yuuna. Do you think I’m gross?』

When I saw that message from Yoru, I froze—then felt relieved. So he really was still dependent on me. Tsuki-chan had asked me to call him gross too. I honestly didn’t want to. I didn’t think that about him at all. But if the Yoru who depended on me could be taken away by someone else…

『Yeah. You’re gross!』

With trembling hands, I typed out only that short reply. When no answer came, I grew anxious and sent another message.

『What’s up, asking me something so obvious all of a sudden?』

The second message was marked as read.

『…Well, you know, high school’s starting soon. I just got nervous, wondering if I’d do okay.』

It was normal for Yoru to feel insecure. Maybe I was just overthinking it.

『Oh, I see. Well, in that case, I think you’re so gross you shouldn’t even bother going to high school. Your eyes look scary, your face looks old, you’re bad at talking—overall, you’re gross, so isn’t it better if you don’t leave the house? I’ll help you with homework and studying. Only because I have to, though. Because we’re childhood friends.』

Even I thought I was going too far. But I didn’t want other girls to take him. If anything, I wished he wouldn’t go to high school at all, and I could just support him forever. I wanted to use the pretense of being his childhood friend as a way to tie him to me.

『Th-thanks. Yuuna, you’re my only friend, after all.』

When I saw his reply, I couldn’t stop smiling. Yes, Yoru was still Yoru. Maybe I’d give him a little treat tonight.

『Yeah, yeah. Anyway, I’m gonna stretch a bit and then sleep. Good night~』

Pretending to close Main, I pressed the video call button instead. Since around the start of middle school, I knew that Yoru had started taking an interest in girls’ bodies.

It was embarrassing, but… I took off my jacket and turned my back. I knew the angle where the bed would be visible perfectly. As I began stretching, I could feel Yoru’s gaze on me.

Just feeling his eyes on me made my body grow hot. The sound of him swallowing could be heard. It felt good. My beloved was getting excited watching my body.

Yoru was mine. I would never hand him over, not even to Tsuki-chan. Even if I lent him out a little, Yoru’s number one could never be anyone but me. After a while, I closed the Main app.

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Middle school graduation ceremony. It had been a while since I last saw Yoru, since he hadn’t been coming to school. He had grown taller, and his aura had changed a little.

Was it just me, or did he seem more polished somehow? Since I was chosen as the student representative for the graduation, I had to talk with teachers and the student council, and couldn’t find time to speak with Yoru. It left me feeling unsettled.

After saying goodbye to classmates, I finally joined up with Yoru and the others. And then, in front of all the graduates, I saw Yoru patting Tsuki-chan’s head. Jealousy almost drove me insane. But I forced myself to act calm so Yoru wouldn’t notice.

What was going on with Yoru? He never would have done something like that in public before. Even during those restless days, our nightly messages continued.

Yoru started training his body. Yoru began practicing speaking out loud. Yoru changed his diet. Yoru bought lotion and moisturizer. Yoru got a haircut.

I was the only one who knew about all of Yoru’s days—not even Tsuki-chan knew. But… Why? Why was he doing all of this? If he kept that up, he’d become cool and everyone would fall for him. The Yoru I knew was changing. Why???

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High school entrance ceremony. Since the sports department had practice before school, I commuted separately from Yoru even on entrance day. From across the ceremony hall, Yoru looked like a completely different person—so handsome I was left speechless.

That day’s messages were about meeting a really cool boy. And then… about a beautiful girl who gave the entrance speech as a student representative. Why was he talking about girls other than me? I was right here… Suddenly, the thought struck me.

What exactly was Yoru and I’s relationship? What did “childhood friends” even mean? That was when I realized—I had no memories with Yoru from our middle school years. I had spent all my time trying to keep girls away from him… To isolate him. And so, the precious moments with Yoru ended up being nothing but messages.

Wait. I…I had no memories with Yoru? I had memories of playing together as children up through elementary school. But once adolescence began, I had no memories of being with him as the opposite sex. All I did was show him my back, feeling safe because he noticed me.

Wait… Where did I go wrong?

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