Because, All I Have To Do Is Get Rid Of That Annoying Person And Take That Place Next To You

Three weeks have passed since then, and we are now in the middle of the summer vacation, but I still haven’t recovered from the shock of my broken heart.

When my fever was really high and my weight was really low, I was suspected of being ill and taken to a large general hospital.

Needless to say, after undergoing all kinds of tests in internal medicine, otolaryngology, gastroenterology, etc, the cause could not be identified.

And then, at last I visited the psychiatrist, who issued a certain diagnosis.

“I-It’s depression?!”

“I can’t believe it.” (Tl/n: all italicized dialogues are in english)

My mom and dad, who were listening to the results of the diagnosis with me, voiced their surprise.

It seems that I have become depressed due to the shock of being betrayed by Kaito-kun.

After that, I started taking antidepressants, which helped with the loss of appetite, insomnia, and other symptoms.

However, my emotional wounds never seem to heal.

As such I laid around all day in a completely lethargic state, even though it was my summer vacation.

Today, I was lying on my bed in a daze, listening to the sound of Alan getting ready to go to his club activities in the next room.

The me now didn’t even know what the hell it was living for.

I no longer even have a purpose in life, just spending my days meaninglessly.

Just as I was thinking this, my mom came into my room.

“Ellen, for a change of pace, why don’t you come with me to a fireworks festival?”

“Okay, I’ll go with Mom.”

My mother invited me to go to a fireworks display for a change, and I decided to go.

She knew that she had to improve my current condition despite my apathy, and she hoped that the fireworks display would be a good opportunity to do something about it.

By the way, Mom is not very good at Japanese, so all conversations in our house are in English.

“Yeah, I’m gonna pick you up from your room, when it’s time”

Mom told me she would pick me up from my room when it was time and walked out of the room.

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“Fireworks are really beautiful no matter how many times I see it”

Mom was zealously exclaiming how beautiful the fireworks were no matter how many times she saw them shoot up into the night sky, but in contrast, I had a cold demeanor.

In the past, I would have reacted the same way as my mom, but now that I am depressed, I didn’t feel anything when I saw fireworks.

We went all the way to Meiji Jingu Gaien to see the fireworks thinking that it would be a chance to improve my depression, but it got nothing out of me.

As I began to think about whether I should apologize to Mom and suggest that we leave, a couple in yukatas entered the corner of my eye.

And when I happened to turn my head their way, I was astonished to see their faces.

“ !?”

Surprisingly, it was Kaito-kun and Kawasaki-san.

It Looked like they were also at the fireworks display, as they walked past me, arm in arm, happily conversing, oblivious to my presence.

After seeing the two of them together, I was suddenly filled with a dark muddy feeling.

Even though I was suffering from depression, these two looked so happy, I just couldn’t tolerate that.

I was supposed to be next to Kaito-kun, but everything went wrong because of that thieving cat.

The wicked jealousy and hatred that had been born inside me began to overflow like water from a broken dam, and seemed to be unstoppable.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought that my spirit would break if I did not do something about it, but it seems that I had already reached my limit long ago. With a don don, something inside me was crumbling.

And finally something precious to me breaks without a trace.

“…… That’s right, it doesn’t really matter if Kaito-kun has a girlfriend. Because, all I have to do is to get rid of that annoying person and take that place next to you.”

I wonder why I hadn’t thought of this simple thing before.

As I was thinking about this, my mom heard my murmur and turned to me, a surprised look on her face.

“What happened to make you smile?” (Tl/n: Originally it was “You’re smiling, what’s wrong?” but it was wrong so I fixed it)

She asks me what’s happened with my smile, and that’s when I realized for the first time that I was smiling.

Since the day Kaito-kun betrayed me, I couldn’t laugh anymore, but it seems that I’ve become able to laugh again.

“I’m sorry I worried you for a long time, but I feel better now”

I apologized to my mom for worrying her for a long time and told her I was okay now.

Mom looked at me strangely for a moment when she saw me suddenly say such a thing, but she seemed relieved to see me smile for the first time in a long time.

“First things first, what should I do so that that woman breaks up with Kaito-kun?”

I started thinking about how to get her out of Kaito-kun’s side while ignoring the fireworks display.