The Story of Making a Popular Girl Dependent on Me - Chapter 1

My name is Yukimura Rokka, and I’m a first-year high school student. I’ve been dating someone for six months now.

Her name is Asahina Setsune, and she’s the most popular girl in our class. She dyed her hair a bright shade when she entered high school. She’s about 158 cm tall, which makes her about 10 cm shorter than me.

She has a very cheerful personality and treats everyone equally, regardless of gender, which makes her popular with many people. Her appearance is also very attractive, and because of that, she’s been confessed to quite a lot since starting high school.

We started dating because I confessed to Setsune on the day of our middle school graduation ceremony.

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I fell in love with her when I was in the first year of middle school. We were in different classes back then, so we naturally didn’t have any interaction or even talk to each other.

However, one day after school in the library, I picked up a book she had dropped, and that was how I first met her.

At that moment, I fell in love at first sight when I saw her. I used to think that love at first sight only happened in manga or novels, but it happened to me in real life, so I couldn’t dismiss those things anymore.

However, just because I fell in love at first sight didn’t mean I made a bold move. After all, we’re both girls and of the same sex. This feeling of mine was fundamentally wrong.

So I decided to suppress this love and wait for time to resolve it without getting involved with her as much as possible. Fortunately, we were in different classes, so I thought we wouldn’t have much to do with each other, and that was true until the second year of middle school.

But during the class change in our third year of middle school, I ended up in the same class as her at the last minute. Even so, at first, I tried not to get involved and even tried not to be aware of her, but for some reason, she started talking to me more often and even invited me to hang out several times.

I tried hard to suppress my emotions, but being approached by someone I liked still made me happy, and when I was invited to hang out, I couldn’t sleep properly until the day arrived.

And because I had suppressed my feelings for her for about two years, the love I had for her had grown even stronger, and I had become greedy.

As a result, on the day of our middle school graduation ceremony, I confessed to her as a last resort. I thought I would be rejected and had given up.

“I’ve liked you for a long time. Please go out with me.”

It was a cliché line, but it was the best I could do. After confessing, some time passed without her response. While thinking she should just reject me quickly and forget about it, I nervously looked at Asahina.

And then, I saw her crying for some reason.

“Ah… I’m sorry. It’s gross to be confessed to by another girl after all. Forget about it. …I’m really sorry. Thank you for everything until now… I had fun.”

I managed to smile while barely holding back tears and tried to leave the scene. …I tried to, but for some reason, Setsune grabbed my wrist and wouldn’t let go.

“Asahina?”

“…shi”

“Huh? What?”

“…I-I’m happy. I’ve actually liked you for a long time too. If you’re okay with me, please make me your girlfriend.”

For a moment, I couldn’t understand what she had just said. Maybe because of that, I remained silent for a while, but perhaps because I was silent, Asahina seemed to feel anxious in return, with a face that looked like she might start crying at any moment.

So, I hurriedly spoke to her.

“I-Is it really okay? I mean, we’re both girls, you know?”

“I like you, Yukimura-san. It’s true that we’re both girls, but as long as we’re okay with it, I don’t care about what others think.”

Asahina’s words made me so happy that I instinctively hugged her.

At first, she was surprised, but soon she hugged me back. And so, Asahina and I officially became a couple.

“By the way, Asahina, why did you decide to date me?”

“Yukimura. Since we’re starting today, can you call me by my name? I’ll call you Rokka too. And as for why we’re dating… You might not remember, but it was when you picked up the book I dropped in the library. I fell in love with you at first sight then.”

“Oh, really? Actually, I fell in love with you at that time too, Setsune. But because we’re both girls, I thought I should give up. But after we ended up in the same class in our third year of middle school and started talking and hanging out together, I couldn’t give up anymore. So I confessed, prepared to be rejected.”

“Is that so? So it was unrequited love on both sides. When we became third years and ended up in the same class, I thought I’d talk to you as a final memory. I never expected that would lead to you confessing.”

Setsune said this with a happy smile.

After that, as we were both planning to attend the same local high school, we went on several dates and made memories before starting high school.

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And now, several months have passed since we entered high school, and I’ve been feeling dissatisfied. It’s not that Setsune is neglecting me or being cold to me or anything like that.

Setsune treats me well and makes time for us. I understand that. This is just my selfishness. It’s my ugly heart.

But still, I want her to love me more, to think more about me alone. To want her to disturb her mind more about me is probably wrong.

Yet, with Setsune, I find myself wanting her to depend on me more.

She’s very good at socializing and has many friends. So I can’t help but think. What if she’s taken by someone else? What if she starts liking someone other than me?

(If that’s the case, shouldn’t I make her dependent on me so she doesn’t think of leaving me?)

I can no longer live without her. We’ve only been dating for half a year, but our memories and feelings together have become irreplaceable to me.

This is probably dependence and misguided love. But, fundamentally, we both like the same sex, and we’re dating each other.

From a general societal perspective, it’s wrong at this point. So, even if the form of our love changes now, what will it become?

Moreover, when I confessed, Setsune said, “As long as we’re okay with it, we shouldn’t care about what others think.” So, even if Setsune were to depend on me and I on her, as long as we’re okay, wouldn’t Setsune also be okay?

(I’ve decided. I’ll make Setsune dependent on me.)

After considering various options, I’ve decided to make Setsune dependent on me. Frankly, just making her dependent shouldn’t be that difficult in this day and age.

For example, using social media to anonymously push her mentally.

For example, spreading bad rumors about Setsune at school to isolate her. If I comfort her when she’s mentally weakened, she might cling to me and become dependent on me.

However, if it’s revealed that all these acts were done by me, instead of making her dependent, I might end up losing her. Besides, if I miss the timing to comfort her, she might end up with someone else.

Above all, I don’t want to cloud Setsune’s smiling face at school. It’s sad that her bright smile isn’t just for me, but I love that smile.

So, what I should aim for is for her to think about me even while talking to others, to compare me with others. A natural form of dependence like that.

The ideal I’m aiming for may be difficult. Nevertheless, rather than lose her, I think I’ll act for this ideal.

It’s all to make Setsune dependent on me and create an unshakeable bond.