Waking Up Engaged to a Cool Yandere Beauty: My Wild Journey with a Love-Obsessed Senior - Episode 56: At that moment, no words came out.

Senpai, Me, and the Club President

Episode 56: At that moment, no words came out.

“──Is my mother’s condition that bad?” In the corner of the hotel lobby, Senpai said those words. “!”

I didn’t mean to eavesdrop. I just followed her out of concern. I had never seen such an expression on Shion-senpai’s face before.

“…Yes, I see. I understand. Please, take care of my mother for me.”

To me, Shion-senpai had always been someone reliable—someone older, capable of anything, be it studying or cooking. But…

“I’ll head over today. Until then… please, just hold on.” Even though I was her boyfriend, I realized I didn’t truly understand her at all.

“…You heard that, didn’t you, Rei-kun?”

“Yes.” She turned around, and our eyes met.

“I’m sorry, but I have to go back. Rei-kun, please enjoy the rest of the day with Mari.”

“No, if Shion-senpai is going back, then I’m going back too. I’m sure Mari-senpai would say the same.”

I just didn’t want to leave Shion-senpai alone. After all, isn’t that the least I could do? Shion-senpai and the club president never left me alone.

“…But…” “No buts about it. Come on, let’s go back to the president.”

“Why would you go this far for someone like me?” “Someone like you? There’s no such thing as ‘someone like you,’ Shion-senpai!”

I said it as I grabbed her hand. I wouldn’t let go—not of her, not of someone who would belittle herself like that.

“Hurry! You’re short on time, aren’t you?!” …

Thankfully, we managed to book a flight just before noon. The three of us quickly boarded the plane.

The hospital where Senpai’s mother was admitted was about two hours away from the nearest airport.

We managed to seat the exhausted Senpai in the middle seat of a three-seat row, with the president and me on either side of her.

“…You’re not asking me anything, are you?”If it would ease your mind even a little, I’d ask anything. But… I can’t bring myself to ask.”

I honestly didn’t know what to say. My parents and grandparents were all alive and well, so I couldn’t even pretend to understand how she felt.

“You know, I’ve always hated my mother. I think you both already know why.”

Her parents’ discord, which led to her father leaving and her family falling apart—she had told us about it before.

“Ever since I graduated high school, we’ve been completely out of touch. My father supported me financially, so I didn’t need to talk to her. Let alone meet her—I couldn’t stand the thought of it.”

“Yeah…” To outsiders, parental discord might just seem like a common story. People might dismiss it, saying it’s not much different from their family issues.

But for a child, a parent and a home are their whole world. There’s nowhere else for them to escape to.

That’s why being in a home that feels suffocating and painful is an unimaginable hell for people like me who have a normal family.

“But now… just a little—a very little—I feel differently.” “What happened?”

“Can’t you guess? It’s because of you, Rei-kun.” She smiled mischievously.

“Huh?” “I think I always saw my mother as something inhuman, a different kind of being. I didn’t understand the feeling of loving someone. I thought I’d never love anyone and that I’d die alone.”

“That’s such a sad thought…” The president bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes.

“Don’t worry; in the end, it didn’t turn out that way. Right, Rei-kun?” Shion-senpai lifted my hand, which had been clasped with hers since the hotel, and drew it close.

“I love you. I love you so much it’s unbearable. I want to always be with you. Every little thing you do fascinates me. I want all your time to be mine, and I want to give everything I have to you. Since meeting you, I’ve been consumed by those feelings.”

Ah. So that’s why. “Yes, that’s it. I understand now. I’ve come to understand the feelings my mother had for my father.”

“That’s what it was, huh…” “Yeah. So, not too long ago, I decided to face my mother. Because Rei-kun gave me the strength to do so.”

But then, she continued, “…It was already too late. It seems my mother has been hospitalized for two years.”

“Weren’t you contacted by the hospital before now?”

“My mother told them to keep it quiet. Even though she caused so much chaos for my father and me.”

“That’s so unfair…” That’s likely why she kept her distance. She must have felt regret, but the damage was already done.

No matter how much you reflect or suffer, you can’t turn back time. “And yet, I haven’t been able to say anything to her…”

Her words, her expression—they were so filled with sorrow.

“Don’t worry. Everything will be fine. I promise.”

“Rei-kun…” I had no proof, no logical reason to say so. But I said it anyway.

To comfort her, to avoid seeing her in pain—I had many reasons.

“Shion-senpai. The world isn’t such a sad place. I know that for sure. Because…”

I had to tell her. That’s all I could do.

“Because you, Mariri-senpai, and I were able to meet. That’s why it’ll be okay. Absolutely.”