My Online Friends Turned Out To Be the Ultra-Beautiful Girls in My Class and They Were Yandere - 14

Chapter 14: Things About You That You Don’t Know

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【Side: Haruna Misono】

Ugh, I’m such an idiot! Seriously, I’m so stupid! If I suddenly just ran out like that, Hakkun would be shocked!

B-but… I did it. I gave it to him. My first kiss. I just… I just couldn’t help it because sleeping Hakkun looked too cute. And then he even consumed my blood. He said it was really delicious. He said I’d make a great wife.

I’m happy, happy, happy, happy…! I even gathered my courage and confessed to him. But I can’t hear his answer yet. Because Hakkun doesn’t belong to just me. He belongs to all of us. But…

“But still… he didn’t remember me.”

My first love. A love that started in second grade of elementary school. But he didn’t remember any of it. All of his memories… were erased.

Hey, Hakkun. You know, I still remember it. And it’s not just me. Muna-chan, Rin-san, and Misaki-chan too. All of us remember it. That time.

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Near the end of second year of middle school, someone caused horrible rumors about Hakkun to spread everywhere. Teachers, students, even other parents. Everyone decided he was the villain and looked at him with scorn. That was when I started acting like the Ice Queen. There was no need to be kind to people who were bullying Hakkun. That was how it was. I hated them. I hated them so much I wished they would all just die.

And then third year came. The rumors didn’t disappear. They only spread further. I could clearly see the life fading from his eyes. It was painful to watch. I wanted to kill them. And then I saw it. I saw something I never wanted to see.

“H-hakkun? What are you doing…? Hakkun? Are you okay!? Hey, Hakkun!! Hakkun!! Hakkun!! Open your eyes!! Hakkun!! Hey!! Hey!! Please!! Hey!!”

Under the bridge on the way home from school, there he was—covered in blood, lying on the ground. I understood immediately what he was trying to do. He was trying to kill himself.

Ah… it was my fault. I knew he was suffering, but I couldn’t talk to him. I was afraid of the rumors, so I couldn’t reach out to him. And because of that, I pushed him even further into the corner. My mind went completely blank. I couldn’t think at all. The sunlight was being swallowed by the moon. My personal solar eclipse. No sunlight reached me. It was dark. Completely dark. Scary. Scary.

Scary, scary, scary, scary, scary…

Please don’t die. Please live. If you die, how am I supposed to go on living? Why didn’t you rely on us? Why did you keep pretending you were okay until the end? I was happy, you know? Even if it was fake, I was happy just to be able to talk to you again. I was happy that I could be your help. So why are you leaving first?

You said you’d stay by my side in elementary school, didn’t you? You said that even if everyone else left, you would stay with me. We promised, didn’t we? The five of us—me, Hakkun, Misaki-chan, Muna-chan, and Rin-san—we said we’d take lots of pictures together.

Please don’t go away. Don’t die. Stay by my side. Smile at me again.

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When I came to, I was in a hospital, crying in Rin-san’s arms. Of course, everyone else was crying too. I was so scared. But at the same time, I was relieved that I wasn’t the only one feeling that way. He was alive. Miraculously, he was alive. Thank goodness. I was so, so relieved that words couldn’t describe it. I didn’t know that happiness would only last for a moment.

“…Who are you?”

I didn’t understand what he meant. What did he say to me? “Who are you?” Did he really say that? Why? Did he forget? Us? Why? Before I knew it, I had left the hospital room. Why? Why? I couldn’t stop crying. My chest hurt. It hurt so much.

“I’ll go speak with the doctor. Muna, Misaki, please stay with Haruna.”

“Yes, understood. We’ll take care of Haru-chan.”

Rin-san left. Muna-chan and Misaki-chan stayed with me and comforted me the whole time. Even though it must’ve been painful for them too.

“Haru-chan, let’s be glad that he’s alive first. That’s the most important thing.”

“Mii-chan’s right, Haru-chan. And maybe it’s only temporary. I’m sure everything will be okay.”

“It’s my fault. If I had stayed closer to him… if I had been by his side all the time when he was suffering…”

“If that’s the case, then it’s all of our fault. It’s not just you, Haru-chan. We all just chose to look away when he was at his limit… we’re all at fault. We’re all trash.”

Until Rin-san came back, Muna-chan and Misaki-chan kept patting my head. When she arrived, my heart jumped. But her expression was hard to read.

“To be direct, he’s lost part of his memory.”

“Part of it?”

“Yes. It seems everything before the rumors started has been erased. So he doesn’t remember us, but the ‘us’ in that server hasn’t been forgotten. That’s how it is.”

The pain in my chest didn’t go away. But my tears stopped.

I see… even if “Haruna Misono” is forgotten, “runa-kun” isn’t. Then maybe… maybe there’s still a way.

“Also, Haruna. Thank you. Because of you, he only ended up like this. I won’t deny it’s incredibly painful for me too. I’ve cried so much I feel empty, but he didn’t die thanks to you.”

“Rin-san…”

“Let’s take everything back. Together. And… fufu, we can even plant some strange memories if we want.”

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So please. Never do something like that again. If you do, I’ll… have no choice but to lock you up.

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