When the person I used to admire, turned out to be a Yandere!

For a moment, when Haruki’s sister said that she couldn’t accept Emiko as his partner…Emiko felt that her world was torn apart in that bleak moment.

Emiko knew, her mother would come around in some days or months…but rejection from Rena was completely unacceptable. Emiko might be able to go against her family to be with Haruki but she knows how much he adores his Nee-san, so it wouldn’t have been too shocking for him to end up breaking up with Emiko.

But thankfully, nothing like that happened.

“Seriously, even I am doubtful about this…how did Harada-san choose this plain guy?” Hearing Haruki’s friend—Hayato’s words, Emiko momentarily narrowed her gaze, but she soon realized that Hayato wasn’t some random passerby whom she could rebuke in the cruelest manner.

‘Calm down, Emiko…’ Taking deep breaths, she uttered her thoughts to clear up everyone’s doubts.

“I have liked Haru-kun for a long time…even before I entered the industry. Well, it was more like, one-sided for me, that’s why Haru-kun never mentioned anything about me before.”

Without turning to look at him, Emiko could tell that Haruki had a troubled expression at the moment since they decided to stick with a different story. However, Emiko already considered these three people a part of her family, so she ended up confessing the truth.

The silence was short-lived, as the only other female in the room raised her voice, ”Wah…being loved by such a beauty. I bet Haruki has used up all his fortune right there.”

The other two chuckled at that while Haruki looked embarrassed with his free hand scratching the back of his head. Turning his head a little, he glanced at Emiko, only to find her already looking at him with a sheepish smile.

This…seems to be going in a far better direction than she expected.

*******

Soon the group dispersed since Hayato needed to have a ‘word’ with his friend. Masato had some work calls, which left Rena and Emiko alone in the room. The latter wanted to leave with the excuse of preparation for dinner, but Rena stopped her.

“I know you must be uncomfortable being pushed into this kind of situation…” Rena’s words were responded to with a swift shake of her head as Emiko assured her,

“I am just a tad bit nervous since you are Haru-kun’s sister, but not uncomfortable.” If anything, Emiko wanted to chat with Rena more and get to know about Haruki’s past.

Rena smiled at that. It was surprising how despite being such a big celebrity, Emiko was such a down-to-earth and humble person.

Initially, Rena had quite many misgivings about this sudden announcement, and even right now, she wasn’t sure whether Emiko was true to this relationship or not…but slowly, with such small gestures, Rena was finding it hard to retain her doubts.

“So Emi-chan, how about we start with your first encounter with Haruki? I would love to hear it all.”

…on second thought, Emiko should have dashed away since this conversation was surely going to be awkward.

*****

On the other side, Hayato pulled Haruki out of the house, to have a question/answer round with his friend.

Hayato considered Haruki his best friend and someone with whom he shared all his secrets…yet, Haruki hid something so massive from him? Hayato indeed had more than enough reason to be upset.

“Now tell me you son of a bun, how come I never got a whiff of this lover of yours?”

Haruki sighed as he rested himself against the railing of the lobby and looked at Hayato, who naturally looked quite unhappy.

“Where to start…hmm…so yeah, like ten days ago, I was proposed by Emiko-san and….mmm…yeah, we began dating.”

A bulge pulsed over Hayato’s head as he neared his friend with heavy steps, before lowering his hand over Haruki’s shoulders.

“Dude, you don’t get proposed by a super famous celebrity and begin dating them just by coincidence. Tell me everything.”

Haruki knew that there was no escape from this…however, he couldn’t have told Hayato; under what circumstances Haruki agreed to date Emiko. That fact was something, only he and Emiko are better off knowing.

“Well…you know I have always admired her and when she suddenly confessed to me, I just accepted her proposal on an impulse…an impulse that urged me to see where this goes.” Most of it was true, except for the fact that he didn’t make the decision on impulse. However, as he said, Haruki indeed wanted to give their relationship a chance and see where it leads them.

Hayato remained silent. Contemplating, since he knew his friend was expressing the truth this time.

“So a whim… and now, it seems you already like her.” Hayato knew how simple of a boy Haruki was. Be nice and considerate to him, he will become all yours.

And Hayato admired that trait of his friend…but also, felt a little scared for his future as well.

“Does it seem like that?” Hayato raised his brows in surprise hearing how oblivion Haruki was.

“Are you for real? Just from your behavior earlier and how attentive you were toward Harada-san, I can tell that she matters to you. A lot.”

Haruki was…indeed surprised. While he did want to lessen the gap between himself and Emiko, he didn’t think it would happen so naturally that he wouldn’t even notice.

Hayato could see the bafflement on his friend’s face and clearly understood the reason behind such a reaction.

Patting Haruki’s shoulder, Hayato stated his last words before he moved back inside the home,

“Whatever you do, please try to be happy for yourself a little, man.”

*******

Back inside the apartment, it was decided that Emiko would only prepare the dessert and the rest of the dinner would be ordered from the nearby famous restaurant.

This sudden change of plan occurred because Rena wanted to chat with Emiko and also give her a Welcoming party. Now that Masato doesn’t know how to cook celebratory food, he took the job of calling the restaurant.

While Hayato went to help the older one in ordering the perfect dinner for the occasion, Haruki took his chance and sneaked into his sister’s room to check on Emiko.

However, “This picture is of Haruki and Yuna-chan when they were in middle school. Ah, you do know about Yuna-chan right?”

…the only person, Haruki didn’t want Emiko to learn about was already in complete exposure.

‘I have a bad feeling about this…’

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A/N:- 🤐