After a Heartbreak, My Bitter Childhood Friend is now Sweet Like Sugar - Chapter 4.6
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Chapter 4.6 Anger after agitation
“Shirayuki loves you.”
A girl whose name I didn’t know said to me…
… with a nasty wicked smile.
…
I glanced at Kokoa.
It seemed she was about to cry, and as our eyes met, she hurriedly looked away.
“I thought the two of you were childhood friends. She loves you, yet she couldn’t get closer because you had a girlfriend… But now that your girlfriend is dead, it seems that she’s trying to get you. It is what she wrote a lot about in her diary.”
“Truly a b*tch. Look how good she’s at flirting with men. I’m sure that’s how this b*tch lured Saotome-kun too… Kyahaha!”
…
It wasn’t amusing, yet the two girls in front of me were laughing unpleasantly.
“She is evil, and you should stop right now. If you fall for this b*tch, you’ll regret it.”
S-L-A-P!!!!
The next thing I know, I slapped the girl who kept saying unpleasant things about Kokoa.
It was too uncomfortable to listen to her, so I decided to shut her mouth.
“What the! What are you…?”
I slapped her again on the other side.
“Oh my God, you can’t do that to a girl…!”
The other girl protested.
“I don’t care. This is for the discomfort caused by your friend.”
Another slap. This time, on the other side.
I don’t give a sh*t if it’s a man or a woman. A piece of sh*t is a piece of sh*t. It is what I call gender-free and politically correct. I don’t like to discriminate.
However, I still felt uncomfortable raising my hand to the girl. I couldn’t punch her, so I slapped her, and it was for a valid reason.
After three slaps in a row, the girl rubbed her swollen cheeks with her hands and seemed about to cry more than Kokoa did. Well, I gave it my all. I’m sorry, I’m not good at fighting at all, so I can’t go easy on you.
“Give me the diary you stole from Kokoa.”
“…”
“Don’t just stand there. Just give it to me!”
“… Yes!”
This time, she was acting polite. She was spitting venom a while ago, but now her character was drastically different.
The girl who had a nasty smile took out a white diary from her bag. When I looked at it closely, I saw a printed sticker of us together at the Game center.
Feeling scared, she offered it to Kokoa.
“Here, your diary.”
“… Y-yeah. Oh, thank you very much.”
Kokoa took the diary from her.
Then, she quickly put the diary away in her bag and stared at me in silence.
…
“…”
“…”
I knew why she was silent.
Well, you see, the two idiots there have revealed something that she didn’t want me to know.
I didn’t know what was in her mind right, but I knew that she was restless. Or maybe she’s so confused that she was overwhelmed by her thoughts.
However, it was not the right time for me to jump into this topic. Or rather, what and how should I ask her…
“… Do you like me?”
No, no, it wasn’t something I can ask casually.
Uh, umm, let’s see…
“The sticker from that time, you put it in your diary.”
“…!”
Kokoa turned her back to me and quickly started running.
Oh god! I must have said the wrong thing. No, I didn’t have a topic, so I just said what came to mind.
“Hey, Kokoa, wait!”
“~~~~!”
As I was about to chase after her…
“Over here, Sensei! That boy was assaulting these girls.”
“Kuh! What kind of harassment is this? Just when I was about to win in the social networking game in the staff room, and you called me? If you’re doing this on purpose, then you’re too evil… Huh, Sawatari-kun? What in the world?”
Guess I’m in a pinch.
“Kamishiro-sensei? No, it’s not what you were thinking.”
“But this girl is crying. Sawatari-kun, did you do something?”
“Yes, but there’s a reason for that…”
Oh no! I lost sight of Kokoa!
I left school alone for the first time in a while.
I had been left behind by Kokoa. No, that’s not right. She ran away from me with a dash.
Anyway, I am glad that I was let go without delay.
The only thing that saved me was the fact that the person who came to the scene was Kamishiro-sensei.
I explained to her that the diary that Kokoa cherished was stolen and that those girls made fun of its contents. After I explained these things, she didn’t blame me anymore, and the two girls didn’t say anything either.
Of course, I didn’t tell her about the contents because it was Kokoa’s private matter, but I think she was aware of it. It was only because she knew us and she could easily read the atmosphere. Somehow things went smoothly in my favour.
I’m really glad that I didn’t get caught by any other teacher.
Anyway, I wonder where she ran off too?
Did she go straight home? No, I didn’t think she would, given her personality. Somehow, I could guess.
I guess she ran away somewhere else. But where? Don’t you know I’m worried about you?
“Oh!!!! It’s Yū-kun!!!!”
And I heard a familiar accent from behind.
I turned around and saw a familiar girl in a Chinese dress. In her hand, she was holding a rice cake for delivery.
“Tenten! Are you out for delivery?”
“Yes. That’s why I have to hurry, sorry, I don’t have much time to talk.”
“Ah! I’m sorry. Good luck with your work.”
“Hahaha, thanks!!!! Oh, by the way… Kokoa-chan was crying in the park a while ago. Do you know what happened?”
“Weren’t you in a hurry to deliver the food…? Wait! What did you say about Kokoa?”
“Kokoa-chan was crying. In the park.”
Oh, she didn’t go straight home. She went to that park.
I was sort of right.
I wondered if she’s still crying.