My Online Friends Turned Out To Be the Ultra-Beautiful Girls in My Class and They Were Yandere - 18

Chapter 18: Rin Togane’s True Colors

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The next morning.

“Stareeee.”

When I woke up, Haruna was standing at my feet, staring straight at me with cloudy, lifeless eyes. Wait, wait, wait, wait. What did I do?! Hey, what did I do?!

“Um, Haruna?”

“You didn’t pay any attention to me at all yesterday. And you were saying ‘Rin-neechan’ in your sleep. Have you lost interest in me?”

Her eyes were slightly red and swollen. She must have been crying for a long time. Now that I think about it, I guess I barely talked with Haruna yesterday because I was focused on Muna.

Seriously, this girl is way too cute.

“I’ve been watching you nonstop since around four. I have a spare key my mother-in-law gave me. So tell me, am I that unimportant to you? I was lonely, you know?”

“Hold on, wait. Haruna, you’re not unimportant to me at all, and I feel really bad about that, but—wait. What do you mean you got a spare key from my mom?”

“My mother-in-law gave it to me. She said it’d be better if we were here so Hakkun could have a fun morning. But more importantly, is it true? Am I not important to you? Am I really someone special to you?”

Guh. So that was my mom’s goodwill… this was really hard to deal with.

Seriously, I can’t even argue with that. Also—she’s been here since 4 AM?! Isn’t she way too into me?! I need her to take better care of herself.

“Yeah, Haruna is an important person to me. And listen, you should take better care of yourself. It’s not that you’re a bother or anything. It’s just… you don’t need to come pick me up in the morning or anything like that. I want you to value your own time too.”

“I am valuing it. More than anything. Watching you is the most meaningful way I can spend my time.”

“…I see.”

I gave up. 

No matter what I say, this isn’t going to work. Well… I’m honestly happy about it, but it’s hard to say that outright.

“Fufu, I’m glad you understand. Let’s go eat breakfast! Mother-in-law prepared it for us.”

“Before that, let me wash my face. I mean… this is kind of embarrassing.”

“Ohhh, Hakkun’s getting shy, how cute!”

Who’s the cute one here? Even when she’s gloomy, she brightens up instantly like it was all a lie. That’s what makes her even more adorable. She’s really unfair.

While washing my face, I suddenly thought about something. How long was this “fake dating” thing supposed to last? Thinking about ending this made me feel a bit lonely, but staying like this forever would be strange too.

“Hey, Haruna. How long are you planning to keep up this fake boyfriend-girlfriend thing? I mean… sometimes I almost start acting like it’s real and end up doing weird things.”

I asked her while she was in the living room eating buttered toast. She might get gloomy from this, but well… The truth was, I sometimes got confused too. I was starting to treat her like a real girlfriend. It felt like I was actually dating her. I was starting to hate the fact that it was just a “pretend” relationship.

“I’m fine with ending it already. I’ve already had enough fun! And it’s okay if you do whatever ‘weird things’ you want too. Like I said before, I’ll approve of everything you do to me.”

“Is that really okay?”

I blinked in surprise. I expected her to get gloomy, but instead Haruna just smiled.

“Yeah. It was my selfish wish anyway. And now I can enjoy you plenty even without it…”

“Then I guess we’ll end it here for now. If it gets complicated again, tell me. I’ll go along with it then. I’ll try not to misunderstand things too much.”

After finishing breakfast, I gently patted Haruna’s head as she kept chewing. Her hair was smooth like sand, soft and beautiful, almost like threads. Maybe I shouldn’t have done that suddenly? Well, she did say I could do anything… and she didn’t seem to hate it. So I guess it must be fine.

“E-eh, if you suddenly do that, it’s embarrassing…”

“Sorry, sorry. I just thought your hair was really beautiful. And that you’re cute, Haruna.”

“G-go eat your food already! Let’s go, Hakkun!”

For someone who always does such bold things, she was surprisingly innocent in moments like this. So cute.

Alright, let’s go.

I had slightly recovered some memories about Student Council President Rin Togane… Which was also “Rin-neechan.” I needed to ask her about it.

“By the way, where’s Muna today?”

“She’s off today for personal reasons. So I came alone. I’ve got business with you and Tanaka-kun anyway.”

“I mean, you didn’t have to come at 4 AM though…”

My complaint was ignored.

Well, if that’s what Haruna wants, it’s fine. It’s not a bother to me. If anything, it’s comforting—even if it’s tiring.

After that, we chatted about random things and arrived at school. Haruna was walking unusually close to me today, but I ignored it.

“Sorry, Haruna. I’ve got something to do at the student council room today. You can go ahead.”

“Alright. …Be careful.”

At this hour, she should definitely be there. If not, I could check the third-year classrooms.

I quickly changed my shoes and ran to the student council room. Standing in front of the door, I felt a strange tension. If I was wrong, this would be incredibly embarrassing. It might even be rude. But I had to do it.

“I’m Hara from Class 1-2. Is Student Council President Rin Togane here?”

“Yes, I’m here. Come in.”

“Excuse me.”

“Sit next to me. Fufu, let’s talk slowly. You came here with something to ask me, right?”

She was lounging comfortably on the sofa, smiling gently and patting the seat beside her. Was she always this close? I sat down next to her, took a deep breath, and got straight to the point. This would either go well or terribly. And if I had to say it beforehand… It went terribly.

“Um… have we met before in the past? Like in kindergarten or something? Were we close back then—”

Mid-sentence, her eyes suddenly widened. And then I was pinned down. Yeah. Déjà vu. A very strong one. This had happened before… with Haruna too. But this… felt far worse. Her amber eyes had turned completely dark, no longer reflecting me at all. Her breathing was rough.

“Fufu… I see. I see, so that’s it. You remembered me. Hey, you shouldn’t call me ‘student council president,’ right? What should you call me?”

“…Rin-neechan.”

That was the mistake. Her expression melted into pure ecstasy.

“Good job. Hey, ‘Hakkun.’ I like you. I like you. I like you. I like you I like you I like you I like you I like you I like you I like you I like you I like you… I’ve been watching you this whole time. I know everything about you, you know? So please look only at me. Love only me. Accept someone like me. Become mine. Become only mine…”

A chilling touch ran across my cheek. An overwhelming, suffocating love whispered directly into my ear in a sweet, intoxicating voice. My body felt numb. I couldn’t even resist. Was this what it meant to be “charmed”? It was the same with Haruna too.

Why? Why am I not resisting? Why am I about to accept it so easily?

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