The Charm of the Popular Beautiful Succubus in Class Doesn't Work on Me ~ For Some Reason, This Beauty Keeps Trying to Hold My Hand ~ - 8

Chapter 8: Don’t Talk Like You Know Everything When You Don’t Know Anything!

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Kisara Sarashina’s POV

“Palm reading?”

“That’s right, that’s right. I’m into palm reading lately.”

After we had delivered that wild beast back to its owner, I was on my way home with him to carry out a certain plan. Plainly speaking, today had been a complete disaster. This perverted bastard had seen my underwear. I got chased by a dog and when I tried to touch him, that wild beast stood tall, like an impenetrable fortress. In the end, so many things got dragged out. I had gone this far without accomplishing my true goal, which was to make him fall for me. 

Even though I had said I could make anyone fall in love with me just by touching them… It wasn’t as easy as it sounded. Especially for ordinary high school boys and girls. The chance for our hands casually touching each other was practically 0. Not to mention, my ability only worked on men. It didn’t affect women. And so, I couldn’t act all touchy feely with the guys in front of other girls. No matter how much the people praised me for being a beautiful girl, I couldn’t get ahead of myself and acted way too obvious. The other girls would quickly turn on me, they would become very hostile with me, saying things like ,”She’s always flirting with the guys. What a slut.”

Girls were that kind of creature. I had to maintain this delicate balance and use my ability without crossing any lines. Hence why I purposefully created this kind of situation, where there were only the two of us around. That said, if I were to forcefully grab his hand, he would easily dodge me again with his fast reflexes, just like before. Thus, I came up with the idea of ‘palm reading.’ By telling him I could read people’s palm, I could touch his hand for a long time without arousing his suspicion. It was the perfect strategy to make him fall for me. 

Fufufu… To be able to come up with this plan… I must be a genius… As expected from Kisara-chan!~

“Nope, I’m good. I don’t believe in fortune-telling or anything like that.”

Huh? Wha-What…?

“Di-Didn’t you hear me? I’m being generous here! I’m offering myself to read your palm, you know?!”

“I mean, you’re not a famous palm reader or anything, so…”

Wha-What’s with that apathetic response?!

Any normal boy would jump at the chance to have their hands touched by me! Even if they had to pay for it!

“But you know, people said my palm reading is incredibly accurate.”

I said half-jokingly as I peered at his face while walking side by side with him. 

“I don’t have the money for it anyway.”

“It’s okay, I will do it for free since you’re a first-time customer~♡”

“Now you’re acting like a salesman. Besides, you’re Makabe’s girlfriend, right? I will feel guilty getting a palm reading from a classmate’s girlfriend…”

Makabe’s girlfriend…?

Ah, so he had that kind of misunderstanding about me. I guess I had to clear up that misunderstanding first. 

“Michihito-kun, you’re mistaken. I’m not dating Makabe-kun.”

“Huh? Really?”

He looked genuinely surprised at my answer, as if that thought never crossed his mind. 

“I guess you misunderstood because of what happened yesterday, right?”

“That’s right. Makabe said he likes you and you were holding his hand, so I assumed…”

“Well, it’s true that Makabe-kun likes me. That part is true.”

“But you don’t like Makabe?”

“I don’t.”

“Then why were you trying to invite Makabe shopping with you today?”

“What a strange question. He likes me, so whatever I decide to do with him is up to me, isn’t it?”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Hm? It means exactly what I said. If he likes me, I get to use him however I want. That’s all.”

“Are you an idiot?”

“Huh…?”

He suddenly stopped in his tracks, and his words carried a level of anger far beyond my imagination.

“Have you ever thought about Makabe’s feelings? Makabe likes you and he’s completely devoted to you and yet, you have the audacity to act all arrogant and conceited without even trying to consider his feelings at all?”

Ah… I guess I said too much. Yeah. I should’ve expected this kind of reaction. It’s been so long since I talked to a normal guy that I had completely forgotten about this feeling. But, you know… His way of thinking is the normal way of thinking. I’m the one who’s not normal.

I stopped walking and turned a cold, detached gaze toward him. It was a gaze that said, ‘What you’re saying is nothing but an illusion.’ Despite seeing the gaze I directed at him, he pressed on.

“Oi, why you’re not saying anything? Sure, maybe for you, confessions are just an everyday thing. But for the person confessing, it’s the moment where they show you the most important part of their heart.”

“……”

“Do you have any idea how much courage it takes to tell someone ‘I like you’?”

“……”

“Do you even understand how happy it is to hear someone say ‘I like you’?!?!”

His words made something snap inside of me. I could feel the blood rushing to my head. 

Happiness after hearing someone say they like you…? What do you know about what makes me happy? What do you know about me at all? You don’t know a thing about me. You don’t know anything about me… Nothing at all…

“Don’t like you know everything when you don’t know anything!!!”

Before I realized it, I had already thrown all the swirling emotions in my heart at him. My words were irrational, completely devoid of reason.

This is the only way I know how to live. This is the ability I’m blessed with! Someone like you… Who doesn’t know anything about this ability, has no right to say that to me!

Once the emotions I had suppressed broke through the dam, I couldn’t stop them from rushing out. 

“Then let me ask you, Michihito-kun! What am I supposed to do when so many people keep saying ‘I like you’?!”

I unleashed the flood of emotions directly at him.

“What’s the right choice? Do I need to say ‘I like you’ to everyone? Or do I need to say ‘I don’t like you’ to everyone? I don’t particularly ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ anyone, but the moment they say they like me, suddenly all the responsibility gets shoved onto me. Do you understand how that feels like?! Michihito-kun, have you ever even imagined what it’s like to be in that kind of situation? A life where I spend every day agonizing over this… Does that look happy to you?!”

I was out of my breath, panting heavily. My shoulders were rising and falling erratically. Even so, I glared at him with all the intensity I could muster and screamed until my throat felt like it might tear from the force I screamed out.

“Someone like you, who doesn’t know what this feels like… Someone like you have no right to lecture me!!”

If you’re going to… If you’re going to act so high and mighty… Then you better tell me! You better tell me the right answer…!

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