The day I moved on from my crush — who worked as a rental girlfriend — I ended up with a yandere

I was too stunned to speak for a few minutes.

I thought she would laugh and say that she was joking. Despite the mood and her current demeanor, I actually believed that. But she just continued to look back at me with her expression never changing.

Finally, I muttered, “Are you…really speaking the truth?”

She asked me, “About what?”

I felt slightly embarrassed saying it, “About…your feelings?”

She sighed, leaned back, and said, “Why do you think I opened the door for you and not for anyone else?”

That…somehow made sense.

I remained silent for another brief moment before asking, “But…why me? I mean, I am nothing too special for such an amazing person as you to fall for.”

She tilted her head, “You know that’s practically an invitation for me to say things which surely would embarrass you, right?”

My ears turned hot, “Really?”

She sighed and got up from the bed before she sat on the floor across from me so we could look at each other.

I was at the centre of her attention as she murmured, “Kazuki-kun…in my twenty-one years of life, I have never met anyone who hadn’t judged me based on my appearance, background, or my nature. But you are the only person who treated me almost indifferently, as if nothing about me appealed to you, nothing about me bothered you.”

I was taken aback, “Did I really?”

Her eyes turned blank as she asked, “You remember on the first day? You came to invite me for dinner, I said I won’t eat it, you didn’t even bother asking again, and just left.”

“…” I…did that, yeah.

But well, “I didn’t want to pester you.” I clarified.

“But that doesn’t change the fact that you were the first person in these few months who didn’t pity me. Nor were you mocking me.”

I turned silent. What exactly did I feel toward her? I thought I should give her some space.

“You are the first person who wasn’t soft on me, Kazuki-kun. You told me the truth straightforwardly. Made me realize my mistake without sugarcoating your words and that is exactly what helped me recover from my trauma.”

I lowered my head…I hadn’t forgotten that day when I lost my cool and practically scolded Tsumiki-san.

We had a big argument that day, and I said things that I regretted later. It wasn’t the words but the way I said them.

That was the only day I received one-star feedback from Ichihara.

The next day, I thought she wouldn’t reserve my services and I was kind of sad…But I was wrong.

“You made me realize what a blunder I was committing by staying locked in the confines I had built around myself. Because that’s what Riho exactly wanted.”

Riho was her traitorous friend who stole her work.

I always remained mindful of not mentioning her around Tsumiki-san, but that day, I probably mentioned her more than ten times.

Damn, I was quite cruel to her that day, wasn’t I?

“Not to talk about…your face is just my type.” She said with her head lowered slightly, but I could tell she was blushing.

Wait, aren’t I as well?

My face felt hot.

I mean, being complimented by a girl as beautiful as Tsumiki-san…indeed, not something I was used to.

The only girl around my age who complimented me was Satsuki, and even she praised only my convincing skills…never my looks.

The room fell under heavy silence, and we both couldn’t look at each other for the time being.

But just as I looked at Tsumiki-san, I couldn’t stop myself from chuckling, “Why did you even say that when you were so shy about it?” She was covering her face with her hair now.

It was so adorable that I wanted to pet her.

She looked up, her big eyes innocently staring at me, “You wouldn’t have known until I told you. So here it is, Kazuki-kun, my true feelings for you. I love you and I want you to be my partner.”

My smile froze when she came at me so directly.

She lowered her voice and didn’t raise her head before muttering, “When you stopped working, I stalked you a little online and soon found out that you are already interested in someone. That broke my heart.”

I blinked in surprise then realized she must have seen my Line. My wall is filled with my pictures of Satsuki.

Wait—

“So, does that mean, you locked yourself up because you were heart-broken?”

She slowly nodded to confirm my doubt.

…wow.

I was blaming everyone, her classmates, her traitorous friend, her relatives…and turned out, the reason behind her depression was none other than…

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A/N:- Hug her and cure her.