The Kansai Villain’s Rebirth: I Accidentally Ended Up With a Harem.

A Kansai Guy Goes On A Date With Fuyuki Rinko.

The bullying issue was finally resolved. After a single day of much-needed rest, the very next morning another love letter arrived for Rinko.

She was clutching her head in distress, but it seemed she intended to go and turn the sender down in person. Buchi apparently couldn’t bring himself to do it, so when she went… well, imagine my shock. It was Imamiya.

I’d been worried, so I secretly followed her, and this is what I walked in on. Halfway through, Imamiya suddenly started shouting at the top of his lungs.

“I’m not looking down on you at all!! Who is it?! Who the hell are you dating?!”

When he demanded to know who…

“It’s me.”

I stepped out and said it plainly.

Rinko rejected him outright. He screamed that it was a lie, over and over, but she really is my girlfriend now. Imamiya, you’re finished. You made both Shi-chan and Mio furious—there’s no way someone like you could ever make Rinko happy.

We left Imamiya behind and headed to Mikudo with Shi-chan and the others joining us. Chocolate pies really are delicious, aren’t they?

***

“大ちゃんファミリー♡”

Da-chan’s Family ♡

Rin: I’m going on a date with Dai-kun on Saturday♡

miomio: Rin-chan’s first date too!

si-na: Rin-chan’s finally happening! Have tons of fun~!

Daiki: Shi-chan, Rinko’s staying over on Saturday, so…

Rin: Ah… w-wait… that was supposed to be a secret…

si-na: If I came over I’d just be in the way, right? Roger that~!

We reported various things in the group chat. I’d thought about keeping quiet, but if Shi-chan came over, Rinko might feel awkward. Still, Rinko had clearly made up her mind about staying the night, and it looked like the girls understood.

Rin: We’ll watch a movie in the morning, have lunch, then could you help me pick out clothes?

Daiki: That sounds perfect. We’ll take our time choosing, have dinner somewhere, then head to my place.

Rin: Got it! I’ll wear anything Dai-kun chooses for me!

Daiki: No, no—I’ll pick something that really suits you.

Rin: Okay. I trust Dai-kun completely♡

***

“大ちゃんファミリー♡”

Da-chan’s Family ♡

Rin: Shina, sorry about this…

si-na: It’s fine! So Rin-chan’s finally gonna do it with Dai-chan, huh♡

Rin: H-hey, don’t say it like that…

Rin: Dai-kun, let’s take a bath together at night, okay♡ And after that…♡ love me lots and lots♡

miomio: Rin-CHAN!?

***

Ahh, Rinko really stepped in it this time… A spectacular misfire. I’d had a feeling she’d mess up one of these days, but I didn’t expect it this soon… Well, she does have that adorable scatterbrained side. I couldn’t help laughing, imagining her panicking right about now.

“大ちゃんファミリー♡”

Da-chan’s Family ♡

Rin: H-hey, don’t say it like that…

miomio: Rin-chan!?

si-na: Deleted lol

Rin: Forget it

miomio: Y-yes

Rin: Shina forget it too

si-na: Huh? Oh, you want Shina to forget too?

Rin: Yes

si-na: Rin-chan is so precious♡

Rin: Shut uppp

miomio: Rin-chan is adorable♪

Daiki: Rinko is cute.

Rin: I hate all of you. Idiots.

Ah, she’s sulking now. Maybe we teased her a little too much. Still, a chance to tease Rinko like this doesn’t come often… By the way, she didn’t reply to my private messages at all that night.

***

We agreed to meet in front of the station for our date, but… Rinko wasn’t there. There’s no way she’d stand me up because we teased her… right? Something must have come up and made her late. Thinking that, I sat down on a bench to wait.

Suddenly, my vision went completely dark. Something cold pressed gently around my eyes.

“Guess who~?”

Honestly, the fact she does stuff like this is exactly why Rinko is so cute.

“My adorable girlfriend Rinko, of course.”

“…!? M-mou! Dai-kun, are you still planning to tease me about last night?”

“No, no, that’s not it. I just thought this would be the better answer.”

“Muu…”

Even the way she puffs out her cheeks in a pouty frustration is cute. I really am glad she became my girlfriend.

“Dai-kun. If we don’t hurry we’ll miss the showing. Shall we go?”

She clung tightly to my arm and showed no sign of letting go. When I threaded my fingers through hers, she let out a little “Ah…”

“Ah…”

“Rinko, your hand is freezing.”

“I have poor circulation… hehe, but this side is nice and warm now…♪”

We took the train to the mall. The movie we were seeing was the film adaptation of a pure-love novel that both Rinko and I had absolutely adored. It’s about a couple who swore their love to each other, only for the girl to be struck with a terminal illness. The boyfriend and her parents are told the surgery has only a ten-percent success rate… yet the boyfriend begs them to operate anyway. The girl, having overheard a nurse say it’s an extremely serious and the survival rate is low, falls into despair.

“Just leave me alone! I’m going to die soon anyway!”

“You might not die!”

“Shut up! Get out! Get ouuut!”

“…Fine.”

“Keiichi-kun… no, I take it back…! Stay with me… stay by my side forever…!”

At that point I was already crying buckets. Acting tough is just a shield for anxiety… it’s terrifying… it hurts… wondering why it has to be you, spiraling into self-destruction… and he’s the one pillar holding her up… god, she’s trying so hard…

“Doctor! The surgery—!”

“It was successful, but we can’t let our guard down. Tonight will be the critical point…”

Hearing that, the boyfriend panics and races to the shrine where he always prays for her recovery, screaming at the heavens.

“Goddddd!! Please save Suzuna!! Save her!! Please save her please pleeeeaaase!!!”

I was done for. Tears poured out like my body had run dry. I knew how it ended, of course I did… but I still cried.

“Suzuna! Suzuna!! Ah… ahh! Thank goodness…!!”

“You called me back, Keiichi-kun… I’m… I’m alive…!”

She regains consciousness, tears streaming down her face as she tells the man she loves most that she’s still here. I knew… I knew it all along…! But something like this, how could anyone not cry…! When I turned to Rinko with my face a complete wreck, she was crying too, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief.

Me? I didn’t have one. Just letting it all flow.

In the end she’s discharged. A miracle of love overcomes the illness. They nurture their love once more, get married, have a child—your standard, almost clichéd story…

“Papa! Mama!”

“Over here!”

“Right here~!”

The final scene: a family of three, smiling brightly together.

“Suzuna is alive. And from now on, too. With Suzuna. With our daughter. With me. We’ll live together.”

Roll credits.

Sniffles echoed throughout the theater. Everyone had been crying after all.

When the lights came up and people started leaving their seats…

sniff “Dai-kun… it really was wonderful, wasn’t it… Dai-kun…?”

“UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!! I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY!!!!”

The dam completely broke. I didn’t care that people were staring. The tears wouldn’t stop. That’s right—what I’ve always wanted is a happy ending. Everyone smiling, everyone happy, that’s how it’s supposed to end. That’s why no matter how many times I read this story, I cry.

“W-wait!? Dai-kun! Everyone’s looking…! Oh gosh… your face is a mess… here, tears… my handkerchief can’t even keep up with how much you’re crying…”

This is fine. This is exactly what a happy ending should be. Not drugs, not double suicide, not actual suicide—those aren’t happy endings. A real happy ending is this. That’s why I spent nearly a thousand hours in the depths of the net, chasing salvation. I even peeked at fanfiction. Because the original was written by NTR lovers, there were even more gut-wrenching versions. Whenever someone tried to write a salvific alternate ending, the NTR crowd would swarm and burn it down. From the perspective of a happy-ending absolutist like me… I wanted to read until the end, but my heart broke and the stories were deleted.

That’s why, in this world, I’ll protect Rinko. And Shi-chan. And Mio-chan. I’ll build the kind of future where we can all laugh together, just like in that movie.

The staff were terribly worried; Rinko kept bowing deeply, saying “I’m so sorry! He’s fine, really!” over and over.

Honestly… sorry about that.