The S-Class Beautiful Sisters at My New School Somehow Got Super Attached to Me and Ended Up Becoming Yandere Without Me Even Realizing It - Chapter 73

Chapter 73

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“Thanks so much for coming. Sorry for all the trouble this time.”

I rushed home and found the stove repair guy already waiting out front. I fumbled with the keys in a panic, let him in, and led him straight to the kitchen.

He took one look at the wrecked stove, gave this wry little smile, but still got right to work and finished the whole thing in about an hour before heading out. Finally, I could breathe.

“Haa… Dealing with strangers really wipes me out, huh.”

But all this hassle? It’s for Tendou-kun.

I’ve spent forever dodging stuff I hate or find annoying, running away from anything tough. But for him? I can push through.

This love that’s making me grow—I’m never gonna waste it.

And I’m definitely gonna make it happen.

“Haa… I wanna see Tendou-kun.”

I wonder if those two are still at club practice right now.

Maybe I should head back to the clubroom… nah, what if we just miss each other.

I wish he’d come find me.

Wonder what he’s doing right now, where he is.

♤

“Huh? Yuzuki-san, what’d you just say?”

I asked her to repeat it, but it wasn’t that I didn’t hear.

I just… couldn’t believe the words that came out, so I doubted my own ears.

“…I like you, Tendou-kun.”

“L-like…? I mean, uh, that’s, um…”

“Not like as a person or whatever. I mean as a guy. Properly.”

She stopped walking, looked up at the sky, and said it again—clear as day—with this bright, refreshed look on her face.

“…W-why?”

“Hmm, why, huh? No clue.”

“N-no clue?”

“Yup. I first got curious when I found out you could tell me and Mizuki apart, but that was really just plain curiosity at first. Then the more I got to know you, the more I started thinking stuff like… I wanna be around him, I don’t want Mizuki to take him. I didn’t even know what those feelings were, but then someone said something and it clicked. Ohhh, so this is me liking Tendou-kun.”

She took a couple steps ahead, spun around to face me, and flashed this dazzling smile right at me.

Maybe because of the sunset, but her pale cheeks looked flushed red.

“…Yeah.”

I had no idea what to say back. My heart was pounding so hard I pressed a hand to my chest and just gave a tiny nod.

Yuzuki-san smiled at that.

“I’m not saying you gotta decide anything right this second or whatever.”

“R-really?”

“Hehe, there’s no rule that says you have to answer yes or no the moment someone confesses, right? I just wanted you to know how I feel, properly.”

She started walking again, leaving me standing there with my heart still racing like crazy.

And then,

“Let’s do our best at club again starting tomorrow, ’kay?”

She said that without waiting for any reply from me and just kept going home ahead.

♤

After that, I stood frozen on the side of the road in a total daze for who knows how long. I only snapped out of it when the sun finally set and everything got dark.

I don’t even really remember how I got home after that.

My head was so full of Yuzuki-san’s confession that everything else was a blur.

“…No way.”

The words slipped out when I was alone in my room.

I flopped on the bed and just spaced out for a while. My stupid loud heartbeat finally calmed down a bit, and then it suddenly hit me all at once.

I got confessed to by Yuzuki-san.

She said she likes me.

And it wasn’t a joke like with Ayaha-san the other time.

“…What the heck do I even do?”

The same thoughts started spinning in my head that I had when Mizuki-san basically half-confessed.

Depending on what I say, I might end up going out with Yuzuki-san.

But then what happens to the novel stuff I’ve been doing with Mizuki-san?

More than that—I’m worried about how Mizuki-san would even feel about it.

And above everything else…

What do I actually want?

I still had zero clue. Nothing was coming together at all.

All I could do was feel my heart racing from the sheer fact that a super pretty classmate confessed to me. That’s it. No real “I want this” or anything.

“I… huh?”

My phone rang.

Not a LINE call today, though—an unknown number.

I hesitated, but the quiet in my room was starting to feel suffocating, so I picked up.

“Hello, good evening.”

A super familiar voice came through.

“…Mizuki-san?”

“Got it in one. I tried imitating Yuzuki’s voice and you still knew right away.”

“Of course I knew.”

“How?”

“How? We talk every single day. More importantly, how do you even have my number?”

“I asked your grandma the other day. I just wanted to test if you’d recognize my voice, so I called.”

“You don’t need to test that. I can tell the difference between you and Yuzuki-san just fine.”

“Speaking of Yuzuki… did something happen?”

“Huh?”

Her tone changed instantly.

Serious. Kinda heavy, even.

“She’s been acting super weird since she got home. Going ‘ughhh’ and ‘ahhhh’ and muttering ‘I did it’ to herself, then locked herself in her room. Hey. What happened?”

“Wh-what do you mean what happened?”

“Something happened between you and Yuzuki, right? If you lie to me, we’re done. Forever.”

Her voice dropped even lower.

I really didn’t wanna tell just Mizuki-san, but… Yuzuki-san might tell her herself anyway.

If I lie now and it comes out later, I’m terrified of what happens next.

“…Actually, Yuzuki-san confessed to me.”

I said it and immediately held my breath.

I braced myself thinking she’d yell loud enough to blow out the speaker, but…

“I see.”

Just that, after a short silence.

Then, after another little pause,

“What did you say back to her, Tendou-kun?”

She asked it sounding way too calm.

“N-nothing really. She told me I didn’t have to answer or whatever.”

“Oh, really?”

“…Um, you’re… not thinking anything about it?”

“About what?”

“I-I mean, about her saying she likes me.”

“Not really. I already knew.”

“…Huh!?”

I was the one who ended up shouting.

“Of course I knew. I was a little surprised she actually confessed, though. Well then, guess I’ll say it again properly too. Remember how I said I wanna cook for you every day?”

“Y-yeah.”

“That was a proposal, you know.”

“Oh, yeah, it was a pro—wait, a PROPOSAL!?”

My voice cracked even louder than before.

And the heart-pounding that had finally started to calm down since earlier exploded all over again.

“Tendou-kun. I’m head over heels for you.”

“W-wait, uh, w-why?”

“Why? Does it matter? We get along, you’re kind, being with you is fun, and most of all—you really see me. That makes me so happy. So I like you. That good enough?”

“…Yeah.”

Even over the phone, getting hit so straight with her feelings left me at a total loss for words.

And then Mizuki-san piled on without missing a beat.

“I’m not gonna wait around like Yuzuki.”

“H-huh? Not wait?”

“Nope. I got up the courage to tell you I like you, so you better give me a proper answer too. Do you wanna date me? Or marry me?”

“Th-those are the only two options?”

“Hehe, I’d love that if you’re okay with it. But since Yuzuki’s confession is in the mix too, I’ll give you until tomorrow. Have your answer ready after school tomorrow, okay?”

“Answer…”

“Think really hard tonight about what you want. Night. Love you so much, Tendou-kun.”

Click. The call ended.

“…No way.”

The words slipped out again without thinking.

Then I just collapsed straight back onto the bed.

“Mizuki-san too… what am I supposed to do…”

From partway through the call, I kept my hand pressed to my hot forehead while staring up at the ceiling.

The words Yuzuki-san said this evening.

The words Mizuki-san just said.

Both of them kept racing around and around in my head.

I couldn’t think about anything else, and before I knew it, it was the middle of the night.