My Online Friends Turned Out To Be the Ultra-Beautiful Girls in My Class and They Were Yandere - 27

Chapter 27: The Reason I Jumped

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Up until then, I think I had been living a perfectly ordinary life. My father wasn’t around, but I was loved by my mother, and though I didn’t talk much, I was surrounded by precious friends. I laughed about trivial things in my group of guy friends and vented our desires together. My test scores were average, and I didn’t particularly excel at anything. If I had to say something, it was just that I was a bit tall at 177 centimeters, and to be blunt, my appearance was plain. I wasn’t popular, nor was I the target of jealous stares. I was just that kind of commoner you could find anywhere.

Until that day.

It happened one particular day. Suddenly, I started getting excluded by my group of guy friends. I wondered if I had done something. Even when I tried to ask, they avoided me, and no one would give me an answer. During break time, as I sat alone reading a book, I could hear voices from the surroundings. Everywhere I turned, people were talking about me. From start to finish, it was all stuff I had no memory of.

“He laid a hand on a female student.”

“He’s been extorting money.”

“He beat up a male student and threatened him to keep him quiet.”

“He’s gleefully bullying people.”

…What is this? Is this some kind of joke? What is this ridiculous rumor? I don’t have a single memory of doing any of that. Why is everyone being toyed with by a rumor like this? Who is it? Who spread a rumor like this? Who, and for what purpose?

“Haa-kun, are you okay?”

“Haa-chan, you don’t look very well, you know?”

“Muna, Misaki. I’m fine, don’t worry about it.”

“But this kind of—”

Even so, Muna and Misaki were still worried about me. However,

“You should stay away from that guy, Muna, Misaki.”

“…Tanaka.”

“You guys know the rumors, right? That guy is trash who hits women without a second thought. I’ve heard there are already several girls he’s laid hands on. He might raise a hand against you two soon, too. Come on, you’re better off cutting ties with a guy like that. Let’s go, come on.”

A single boy forcibly created distance between us. From that point on, Muna and Misaki began to avoid me. This was more painful than being the subject of anyone else’s rumors. From this time on, I began to depend solely on the internet. People on the internet, who knew nothing about me, wouldn’t look down on me. They empathized and listened to me kindly. That was barely enough to be my reason for living.

However, that wasn’t meant to last forever. One day, I was called in by a teacher. I didn’t even have to guess. It was about the rumors. When I went to the student guidance room as instructed, Tanaka and several female students I was meeting for the first time were there. I understood then. These girls were in love with Tanaka, and they had struck me down for his sake. And the source of the rumors was Tanaka.

Shortly after, the grade head arrived, and I was questioned endlessly. Every time I said something, those female students would fake a cry and deny it. When I said I didn’t do it, they openly showed the teacher burn marks on their arms that they must have made themselves; when I said I didn’t know anything, they played audio I had no memory of; and when I said I didn’t recall it, they produced forged photos.

It was clearer than seeing a fire who the grade head was going to side with. The other side was serious about taking me down. On the other hand, I had been defenseless and knew nothing. Of course he was going to side with them. After school that day, my mom was called in, and the three of us talked. Mom was in shock. But, after we left the school, she realized it was all an act. She told me not to worry about the one-month suspension.

I felt incredibly grateful. At the same time, I felt a sense of guilt. Apparently, my father had committed suicide and died after something similar happened to him. So surely, from Mom’s perspective, this situation was nothing but a trauma in itself. That was why I decided. I would act tough. I would make sure not to show any weakness to Mom.

Truly, even I have to admit it was a breathtakingly stupid idea. Without knowing that it would only tighten the noose around my own neck. The day I returned was one month later, on the day of the parent-teacher lesson observation. The rumors hadn’t disappeared. That was only natural. The flames that had swelled continued to increase in intensity, knowing no bounds. Far from disappearing, the rumors had only increased.

By now, the school had turned into a hell where people competed to see how much hate they could direct at me. The students went without saying. As a matter of course, every teacher directed a look of contempt toward me. Even the parents of various students who were participating looked at me with eyes full of malice.

“Hey, isn’t that the boy?” 

“How can someone like that even come to school?” 

“Why hasn’t the school kicked a kid like that out yet?” 

“We have to protect the children.”

I could hear the voices of the parents. My head started to hurt. 

What am I supposed to have done? I don’t want to hear anything. I don’t want to see anything. 

My back, and every part of my body where their stares pierced, hurt. 

Someone, someone please help me. Please, just end this hell already.

But no matter how much I thought that, the situation didn’t get better. I caught the eye of the delinquents among the male students. For a short while after that, I began to be bullied. No one helped me. Everyone who watched looked at me with a smile, wearing expressions that said this was only right. I broke. I had completely broken. I couldn’t endure it anymore.

Then, on another morning. My body began to move on its own. It was a bridge. After confirming no one was around, I stood on top of the bridge’s railing. The emotion that welled up in my final moment wasn’t sadness, or pain, or joy.

It was anger toward those girls.

Muna. Haruna. Misaki… Why didn’t you help me? Why didn’t you do anything? Why did you believe what that guy said? Were all our memories until now just lies? Was everything I’ve done just a farce? What was all that about, saying you loved me?

Ah… seriously. This world is a piece of crap. Everything is nothing but crap. It’s crap through and through. I’ll disappear just like you wanted. Are you satisfied now? Muna, Haruna, Misaki. Have a nice life being happy with that piece of crap guy. The reason I jumped is because of you.

I was falling. Toward the ground. There was no pain. Before I knew it, my vision was pitch black, and I couldn’t even open my eyes.

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