My Ex-Elder Sister shifted into the room next to mine - v2.5 Chapter 12: Is this Madness or Love ③ (End of volume)

Was this Madness or Love ③

Ren was sat alone on a bench in a park where there was no sign of people.

All alone, lost in thought, swimming in the sea of her memories, remembering her past, when suddenly she started laughing.

“Fufufufufu… Ah, that’s right.”

In her eyes, there gleamed a rather mysterious light out from it.

“Haaah~ I’m just so hopeless. I, since I couldn’t bear the thought of getting hated by Ko-kun, I ended up constraining and enduring these feelings.”

Ren stood up abruptly.

“I shouldn’t endure it. Isn’t that why I failed before as well.”

She smirked and gathered her belongings, holding them in her hand.

“Now then, let’s go. Ko-kun is waiting for me ♡”

As she was about to leave the park and go to where Kosuke was, someone called out to her.

“Ren-san.”

When she looked towards the voice that called out, there stood…

“…Ah, Hidesuke-kun, what’s wrong?”

Kosuke’s best friend, Horikoshi Hidesuke, was there. His face was somewhat distorted in fear.

“Well, um…”

“Haaah, didn’t I tell you earlier as well? We are to be strangers here. We will only communicate through smartphones… Did you forget about our agreement?”

“No, well, I remember about that, but… I happened to overhear your conversation earlier, and I just wanted to make sure you’re okay.”

“Ara, are you worried about me?”

“Well, Ren-san is my benefactor, and it concerns Kosuke, so…”

“Fufu, you’re really being a good friend to Kosuke.”

“Don’t misunderstand me. At first, it was all under your instructions, Ren-san, but now I genuinely consider myself as Kosuke’s bestfriend.”

Hidesuke looked at her with a serious expression.

“I don’t doubt about that. And besides, don’t worry about me. While it is true that I couldn’t retort to Hina’s words, but it helped me remember something extremely important.”

“That ‘extremely important’ thing, were you really able to remember it p—-… No, please excuse me.”

When Ren glared at him, Hidesuke bowed his head.

“Well, rest assured. Just that… I realized just how much I loved Kosuke. And that I should have been honest about my feelings, that’s all I remembered after all ♡”

(That must be something really insane!!) thought Hidesuke in his mind, but he kept his mouth shut.

“Oops, I have to leave soon now. So… if anything happens, please let me know.”

“Understood.”

After hearing his response, Ren quickly turned her back and started walking, leaving the park behind.

“Haah…”

Hidesuke lifted his head.

“An Overwhelming Affection such as Madness… Kosuke… Do your best…”

Hidesuke could only pray for his best friend’s happiness.

Konnichiwa,

I will conclude Volume 2.5 with this.

From next, we’ll move on to Volume 3, so please look forward to it.

I’m thinking of making Volume 3 a lovey-dovey one.

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