After a Heartbreak, My Bitter Childhood Friend is now Sweet Like Sugar - Chapter 4.5
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Chapter 4.5- Frustration After Disappearance
“Well then…”
After I finished cleaning, I left the club without a second thought.
Where should I search next? I’ve looked in the school building… Hmm, the playground?
Come to think of it, that guy Saotome, who might be harassing Kokoa, was on the soccer team, right?
Well, I should just go there and see.
As I was walking along, wondering…
“Hey-hey, did you see that? Shirayuki’s frustrated face. I took her diary, and she freaked out so much that it’s funny.”
I saw a couple of girls walking in my direction, laughing.
Their faces were familiar to me. They were the ones who were targeting Kokoa in the volleyball game.
“So, is Shirayuki still looking for it? If she’s in such a hurry, she shouldn’t have brought it to school.”
“She was carrying it around with her. I find her really annoying, and I have hated her for a long time. She puts up a facade to lure men.”
“I know what you mean. Let’s just report it to Saotome-kun as soon as possible. I’m sure he’ll be pleased.”
…
After thinking, I understood.
Oh, I see.
I now understood why Kokoa was acting strangely at lunchtime and why she texted me. My worry was right on target. It seems that my intuition is quite reliable.
Subconsciously, I stepped toward the girls.
“Who is this person you’re going to report to?”
I wasn’t good at getting angry. It’s exhausting. Anger is usually the result of disappointment from others, and if I don’t expect anything in the first place, I won’t have to be angry. It’s how I live my life.
And yet…
Sometimes I get irritated out of the blue.
“Ha…?”
The girls froze when they saw me.
“Can we talk for a second?”
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[Kokoa’s POV]
I must have been an idiot to bring the diary to school.
After school, as I searched everywhere I could think of, these words of regret ran through my head over and over again.
I thought that if I carried it around with me regularly, I could write on it anytime, and more importantly, it is like a good luck charm to me. It keeps me from telling lies.
Maybe I was a little carried away by the fact that Yū and I have been getting closer lately. It was my fault.
But why did it disappear? Did I drop it somewhere? But how could something in a bag fall out so easily?
After searching all over the school building, I searched the streets on my way home and even checked my house. But in the end, I couldn’t find it, so I returned to school. And now, I was searching again in the school building.
Maybe, I didn’t drop it? Someone might have stolen it from my bag, but why? Someone who doesn’t like me might be playing a prank with me.
I noticed that girls in my class have been harassing me lately. It was probably because of the fact that I had rejected Saotome-kun.
But I can’t suspect anyone until I’ve completely gone through all other possibilities first. It’s very rude to doubt someone, and if I’m wrong, it can be annoying. If I make a mistake, the harassment could get intense.
There are some people I suspect, but I have to be careful.
Above all, will I respond when someone asks me about the diary and what’s in it? What if someone picks it up instead and reads inside? No, I want to die. I can’t stand it.
But, if someone stole it to harass me, wouldn’t they be reading those contents?
What if the whole class finds out about it?
Guess it’ll be ok if it were my classmates. But what if it’s him… Yū.
I shouldn’t have brought it here.
When I was thinking by myself, I heard a voice,
“Can we talk for a second?”
There was no way I misheard. Yū’s must be nearby.
When I looked over, for some reason, two of my classmates, who must have hated me, were there with him.
A moment later, one of the girls noticed my presence and grinned mischievously.
I soon realized what was going on…
Yū had a scary expression on his face. He seemed very angry, even though he rarely gets angry. I know because I’ve seen similar expressions when I was bullied in the past.
“Shirayuki, perfect timing. You can’t muster up the courage, right? If that’s the case, I’ll tell him, to the person you love. Yū-kun, you know, Shirayuki loves…”
“No… Please stop it…”
“She loves you.”
The contents of the diary, those feelings that I was keeping in my heart leaked out.
In front of the last person that I wanted to hear them.