To the Person I Love and Hate the Most… - Chapter 17

Worst Day of My Life… Part 2

As Natsumi shakes her roommate desperately trying to wake him up, fortunately, he regains consciousness.

The moment he sees Natsumi, he hugs her tightly and starts crying.

“Natsumi~~~!!!”

“Why would you do such thing!? You fool! Uwaaa!”

Natsumi said so to him as she starts to cry as well.

It seems that Natsumi’s roommate is fine.

So, I leave the two of them alone and go out of the apartment.

It’s not like I’m giving them space or something like that, I just don’t want to see the sight of my beloved girlfriend hugging and crying with her roommate who is her ex-boyfriend.

I don’t feel any sympathy for him.

Natsumi is extremely distraught, however, from my point of view, it can’t be even considered an attempted suicide.

Taking a large quantity of medicine is certainly not a good idea.

However, from the number of pills that were originally in the medicine bottle and those scattered around the floor, I estimate that he took around 20 to 30 pills.

I know it shouldn’t be taken lightly, but it’s hard to believe that he will die just because of that.

I can’t be sure of his intentions, but I suspect that perhaps this is a somewhat risky act to grab Natsumi’s attention?

Or perhaps, it’s because my heart is broken seeing them together that makes me think this way…

Hah…will I be able to convince the stubborn and persistent roommate to give up on Natsumi…

I wonder what the future holds for us…

With a sense of sadness in my heart, I return to the apartment.

Inside the roommate, I see Natsumi who is somewhat calmer and her roommate, who is still not feeling well.

He is lying on the floor while Natsumi is giving him a lap pillow.

Suddenly, Natsumi begins to talk.

“I know we have talked about it…but at this rate, if Ka-kun continues to have dangerous thoughts…I don’t know what he might do to himself in the future. That’s why…I’m staying here! I’ll live here with Ka-kun until he manages to find a proper job!”

“…hah, how did you come to that conclusion? What about our life together?”

I said so in disbelief.

“Because you’ll be fine on your own, Ma-kun!”

Upon hearing those words, I feel anger fill my heart.

“Don’t act like you’ve figured it all out on your own! Do you have any idea how much I’ve been enduring!? That’s enough! Cut it out already! How can I let the person I love the most to live with her ex-boyfriend! On top of that, didn’t you already break up with him? Isn’t it funny, your roommate dumped his previous girlfriend practically the same way you broke up with him, but now he is making such a fuss out of it!?”

“B-But…if Ka-kun doesn’t get a job again this year…I’ll feel bad for Ka-kun’s parents! I’ve met his parents once before, they tearfully asked me to support him…”

“But you already broke up with him, right? Then doesn’t that mean it’s none of your business anymore?

“But, look at the situation we’re in right now…I can’t just leave and ignore him, Ma-kun!”

“Are you trying to say that he is more important than me?”

“I’m not trying to say that at all! It’s not about that! Please understand, Ma-kun!”

“Regardless of how things turn out, you’ll stay here and support him until he finds a proper job?”

“Yeah!”

“Hah…”

I can do nothing but to sigh at Natsumi’s words.

At this point, I can no longer hope for the best solution.

So, I consider to avoid the worst outcome.

For me, the worst-case scenario is that Natsumi lives here with him again.

With that in mind, I make a suggestion to the two of them.

“I can’t allow the two of you live together here! However, I’m willing to compromise, how about he lives with us until he managed to find a proper job!?”