The Kansai Villain’s Rebirth: I Accidentally Ended Up With a Harem. - Chapter 87: Fuyuki Rinko: The Princess and Her One True Prince.

Fuyuki Rinko: The Princess and Her One True Prince.

If Daiki hadn’t been there…

I might have broken under the bullying and hanged myself.

If Daiki hadn’t been there…

I might have been pushed down the stairs by Tsuruhashi and died.

If Daiki hadn’t been there…

I would never have been able to smile again.

Tennouji Daiki… Dai-kun.

The prince I had been searching for ever since I was small.

The prince on a white horse from every story I ever loved.

I was the princess.

The prince and the princess meet, he protects her from the villains, and in the end they live happily ever after, together forever.

That was the tale I had always dreamed of.

And now, that tale is right here beside me.

From the very first day the bullying started, Dai-kun noticed something was wrong with me.

He went to the teachers on my behalf, quietly killed every vicious rumor before it could spread, and (things I never even knew about), and then… the worst moment of all.

When Tsuruhashi from Class E pushed me down the stairs, Dai-kun threw himself in the way and took the full impact against the ground.

“Daiki…! Daiki!! No… Daiki!!”

Mio was there beside me, Shina was worried sick, but while Dai-kun was in the hospital I completely lost my mind.

The teacher told me to rest in the nurse’s office, but all I could do was pray for his safety and apologize over and over for letting him get badly hurt because of me.

At some point I think someone said, “I’ll protect you from now on,” but I can’t remember who.

Dai-kun… I’m sorry. It must have hurt so much.

You were only worried about whether I was safe, and I was so happy about that, but the guilt still hasn’t gone away.

In the nurse’s office I realized it with absolute clarity:

I can’t live without Dai-kun anymore.

With that thought burning in my chest, I wove words of love for him.

He answered that he would protect me.

I’m weak.

I only pretend to be strong. The tiniest thing shakes me, and three anonymous hate letters were enough to make me consider suicide.

I was terrified I’d only be a burden to him… but more than that, I wanted to stay by his side.

Later, when I talked to Shina and Mio, they both said the same thing:

“Because Daiki is here, we can keep going.”

So that’s how it is.

All three of us are dependent on him.

Then I’ll allow myself to depend on him too.

Because he’s here, I can smile. Because he’s here, I can stay coolly hold my head high.

That’s why I belong to Dai-kun, every strand of hair, every toe, every fragment of my soul.

“Yeah, that sounds perfect, Rin-chan. Every single part of me belongs to Daiki-kun too.”

“I’d happily give every bit of myself to Dai-chan~♪”

Yes.

All three of us belong to him, and that’s just fine.

We laughed together, promising we’d stay with Dai-kun until the day we die.

I’d been worried I was overthinking things, but hearing Shina and Mio felt the same made everything lighter.

Still, we made a secret pact between the three of us: we won’t let ourselves become too heavy a burden, so we’ll try to stay as normal as possible.

***

I gathered my courage and asked him to call me just “Rinko,” without honorifics.

I felt that would be proof I truly belonged to him.

“Rinko-san” would have been fine too, but since we were finally lovers, I wanted something special.

He hesitated at first, but in the end he made up his mind.

Daiki: Rinko

“!?”

The instant I saw it, heat rushed through my entire body.

Embarrassment and joy collided inside me, and for several minutes I thrashed on my bed, kicking my legs and rolling around clutching my pillow.

“Fufufu~♪ Rinko… hehe…”

A grin I couldn’t suppress spread across my face.

The sheer happiness of being called “Rinko” by the boy I love.

I had to concentrate very hard to keep from typing in the same giddy tone I use in our private chats when I replied in the group.

But it felt unfair that only I was embarrassed, so I deliberately steered the conversation until he called me by name again…

Rin: Yesss, dear husband~♪

“Fufu♪”

I’m sure he’s thinking something right now.

Right, dear husband~♪

***

Aaaaaah!! I did it! I actually did it!!

I was supposed to be careful, and yet—!!

Panicking, I frantically deleted the message from the group chat.

Mio saw it!! Which means Shina did too… and Dai-kun…!

si-na: Rin-chan is precious♡

miomio: Rin-chan is adorable♪

Daiki: Rinko is cute.

Ughhh!! I hate everyone!! I don’t know any of you!! Idiots!!

I thrashed on my bed again.

***

“Rin-chan, you’re going on a date with Daiki-kun today, right~?”

“Yes, Mom. And thank you for letting me stay over.”

“Fufufu♪ Mommy used to stay over at Katsuya-san’s place all the time~”

“R-Really…?”

“Yep♪ So go have lots of fun~”

“O-Okay…”

“Have a good day!”

“…I’m off!”

Today was the day of my date with Dai-kun.

We were going to watch the film adaptation of that tear-jerking novel we’d cried over together in the library.

And then, he was going to dye me in his favorite colors♪

I was looking forward to the movie, of course, but what excited me most was having Dai-kun choose my clothes.

Being colored entirely in Dai-kun’s preferences, being claimed as his girlfriend like that, felt unbelievably wonderful.

Shina said she walked through the mall in the outfit he picked for her, so I wanted the same!

The movie was even more incredible than I’d imagined.

The book alone had made me cry; seeing every expression, every nuance of emotion brought to life on screen was overwhelming.

Halfway through, tears were streaming down my face.

Right after it ended, Dai-kun burst into loud sobs and caused a huge scene… but I love that part of him, how he can cry honestly when something moves him.

And a crying Dai-kun is honestly kind of cute.

We ate ramen, and then, finally, he chose clothes for me.

E-Eh!? Pink knit for me!?

Pink would never suit me…!

But Dai-kun insisted it did.

I had said I wanted to be dyed in his favorite colors, but I almost always wear black, white, or gray.

Pink was completely new territory.

He kept calling me cute, though, so… maybe it’s okay.

I’ll get used to it eventually… right?

It felt unfair that I was the only one embarrassed, so I made him pick my lingerie too.

He was adorably flustered the whole time.

And then he chose crimson with black lace… I acted calm, but that color was a first for me too, so I was secretly dying inside.

Still, seeing him even more embarrassed made it worth it♪

***

We returned to our town, and I went straight to Dai-kun’s house.

I told him about my trauma.

He said we would only go as far as I was comfortable with, that he would always put me first.

That gentleness is exactly why I love him.

But I want to give him everything.

Like Shina and Mio, I want our bodies and hearts to become one.

When he kissed me, when he held me, the fear melted away.

More than that, an embarrassingly greedy desire rose inside me, I wanted even more of him.

“Hey, Dai-kun… I’m okay… I… want to be with you.”

“Got it. Then let’s take a bath together first.”

“Yes…!”

Showing my plain, unimpressive body to him made me a little insecure.

I lacked confidence.

“Rinko… you’re seriously beautiful. You have an amazing figure.”

“Eh… someone like me…?”

“What are you talking about? You have a great body.”

“…Really?”

“Really. It… turns me on.”

“…!? M-Mou…!”

We took a bath together… we kissed in the water… he touched me… sparks exploded behind my eyes…

When we moved to the bedroom and he finally held me, there was no fear at all.

I only felt him.

I cried out that I loved him, over and over, and he was so gentle.

When he whispered that he loved me, I… I-I can’t say any more, it’s too embarrassing…

A pleasant exhaustion washed over me.

Naked, held in Dai-kun’s arms, using his arm as a pillow… an overwhelming drowsiness I hadn’t felt in ages pulled me under.

“Dai… kun…”

“You can sleep. I’ll fall asleep after you do.”

“M…mm…”

I didn’t fight it.

I fell straight into the deepest, most peaceful sleep I’d had in forever.

So much has happened to me, but I’m so glad I reached this happiness.

Dai-kun… I love you♡