161 – Dirty Woman – 3
While leaving Yanase and coming down, Yuuki was excited the whole time.
“I never thought Mr. Yanase would come too! Should I ask you to come with us right now?”
“Don’t do it. “Because it’s a nuisance.”
“What kind of nuisance are you talking about?”
I stop Yuuki and come down to the first floor.
She told me that she decided to free up her counseling schedule while the second graders were on a field trip and participate in the trip as a guide.
Even though she was the leader, she was not in charge of any class in particular, so it seemed like she was actually traveling on her own.
“If we’re going, it would be better if we all go together with the teacher. Is not it?”
“If you ask for something like that, the other kids will think it’s okay and ask for everything. Then the teacher will be in trouble too.”
She comes out, dragging Yuuki, who looks disapproving.
I looked around to find the male students in my group and Haruna’s group.
But she caught my eye right away without even having to look for it.
“It’s Elena.”
Because she was tall, she could be seen from far away. Her appearance in Sakuraba Academy’s school uniform was particularly noticeable.
“Wow, what is it? “Is it okay to do that?”
Yuuki also muttered in surprise as if she had discovered that, but I raised my index finger above her mouth.
“Don’t point it out. “Don’t say it doesn’t suit me or that it’s too much.”
“Minsu, you are talking.”
Yuki pointed this out as if it were absurd, but I was just warning him.
She is certainly a beauty and a multi-talented person, but if you ask her if she looks good in the school uniform worn by girls in their prime, she becomes a little hesitant.
“It kind of looks like cosplay.”
“So I’m telling you not to say things like that.”
I approached Yuuki with caution.
“Ah, Minsu. I’m here?”
“Yes.”
Haruna’s women’s group and our men’s group gather together.
When I glanced around, I made eye contact with Elena.
“We are here to act together with you without any sense of discomfort.”
“No, I didn’t say anything.”
Elena explained without asking and adjusted the bag on her shoulder.
“You can feel free to call me ‘Lena’ informally.”
“Aren’t you too excited?”
I’m sorry if this is a misunderstanding, but for some reason, Elena seemed to be looking forward to enjoying the trip.
“Come on! Then let’s go! “There are so many places I want to go!”
Shiraishi shouted, extending his index finger as if leading everyone.
We all moved together, leaving behind those things that bothered us.
Visit a shrine, feed a monkey, pick up a souvenir, etc.
I spent quite a lot of time traveling around various places.
“I want to see that next!”
I saw Shiraishi running wildly, holding a dango in his hand, and the group chasing him.
“Hey, Shiraishi! “Let’s go together!”
“I miss you too!”
I was slowly getting tired and stopped with my hands in my pockets as I walked slowly behind him.
“…… Ah.”
“What’s wrong, Minsu?”
The inside of the pocket is empty.
I had just stopped by a store selling dango.
I was rummaging through my pockets looking for a coin purse, but in the end, Shiraishi calculated everyone’s share and passed by.
“I think I dropped my wallet. “I’ll be back for a bit.”
“Then let’s go together.”
“That’s enough. I’ll be back soon. “Go first with the other kids.”
I turned around, stopping Haruna from following me.
I just passed by this place, and even if I lost it, there was only a coin in it.
I got away from them and headed to the place where I thought I had dropped my wallet.
A small platform under a dango store and a red parasol. Someone sitting there looked at me and waved his hand.
“Minsu.”
I stopped walking. The wallet was in her hand without even having to look for it.
“Mr. Yanase.”
“Do you want to eat together?”
She picked up the dango placed on the bowl and held it out to me.
There was a cup of warm tea next to it.
“No, more than that….”
How did it happen? Is it just a coincidence?
This is a famous tourist spot and there were many students from our academy around, so there was no reason why Yanase couldn’t stop by here as well.
In the meantime, did you pick up the wallet that fell here?
Then it is not a strange story.
“That wallet. “I dropped it.”
“I see.”
She said, shaking her purse. The coins jingle, shake, and collide.
“Well, then come here…” .”
She held out her hand toward her purse.
Yanase smiled and gestured.
“Don’t do that. “Would you like to sit here and drink together?”
“My friends are waiting for me.”
“Friends….”
She muttered after me and spoke again slyly.
“There is a trip tomorrow, right? Let’s play with the teacher for a day. How is it?”
What is it?
She looked at me as she threw her purse up and snatched it back.
“Anyway. “Can you give me my wallet back?”
Her outstretched hand is floating empty in the air. Yanase ignored it and opened her wallet.
“I haven’t heard much…. “I can’t help it because I’m a student.”
“Teacher.”
“Oh, it’s a student ID.”
Come to think of it, I had left it there.
I forgot about it.
Yanase closed her wallet and put it in her skirt pocket.
“Teacher, I will buy everything for you. So just for today. Huh?”
Yanase winked playfully and put her hands together.
What on earth happened?
After thinking for a moment, I opened my mouth.
“Okay. “Then let’s take a look with our group.”
Yanase made a fluttering hand gesture.
“It’s not like that. “Only with you, Minsu.”
I had a dangerous feeling.
“Just the two of us. “I want to go.”
She quietly looked at me as she smiled and pressed me.
“I came on this trip because I wanted to travel with Minsu. That’s why it has no meaning.”
What on earth is this sense of distance?
It’s strange. If I think about it, it started around midterms and even in the counseling room where it first hit me. She has always been a strange woman.
I can’t tell what’s inside. It suddenly closes the distance arbitrarily and falls without any regrets.
Among the heroines, the one whose personality I couldn’t figure out yet was Kotomi Yanase.
“Isn’t it difficult if you don’t have a student ID in your wallet? “Because the teacher picked it up.”
She stood up from her seat and took my hand.
“Spend time with me today.”
Yanase said.
And then he held my hand and guided it.
She is unable to shake off the hand and is dragged away.
I was confused for a while as I was dragged along like that, but then I sighed and said,
“I understand. Okay, so please let go of this hand.”
“Aren’t you going to run away?”
“If I was going to do it, I did it a long time ago.”
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Yanase let go of her hand and watched me quietly.
“Yes. “Haruna.”
Have a conversation.
I found my wallet, but I made the excuse that I wasn’t feeling well and wanted to rest.
Although she was heartbroken, Haruna believed me without much doubt.
No, even if she had doubts, Haruna wouldn’t have bothered to question me.
I just believe that.
He just gave me a lot of worries.
After finishing the phone call to comfort her, I saw her Yanase.
“…… “Okay?”
She nodded her head with a genuinely happy expression.
At the same time, I decided to find out about this unknown woman today.
***
You can’t know anything about her just by scratching the surface.
It was my turn to be dragged around by Yanase like this all the time.
If she gradually infiltrated my life and tried to disrupt my relationships with those around her, I had no choice but to draw a line.
Of course, I was the one who approached Yanase first.
I had no idea that our relationship would end up like this.
And that wasn’t the direction I wanted. This secret love-like relationship between a teacher and a student.
“hehehe. “Relax.”
She smiled brightly as she entered the cafe and enjoyed coffee and dessert.
The woman who sat across from me looked around and spoke calmly.
“I wanted to come here once. “It’s a cafe famous for its desserts, but it’s too far away.” “Is that so?”
“Yes. “I’m glad I could come with Minsu.”
It feels like we are on a date.
I drank the glass with mixed feelings.
Are Yuuki and Haruna having fun by now?
“…… “What are you thinking about now?”
While staring blankly at the window, Yanase asked.
“Yes?”
“Are you sure you don’t want to go around with me?”
It wasn’t that, it was the frustration that came from having my time with the kids suddenly interrupted.
As she remained silent for a moment, Yanase laughed to herself, wondering how she had misunderstood.
“I like it… “I guess Minsu doesn’t like it.”
“No, that’s not it.”
He waved her hand and explained.
“Because I suddenly fell out with my friends. “I feel sorry for those kids.”
“Ah… Ah, I see.”
Yanase placed her hand on her chest with a relieved expression on her face.
“I guess so. Huh. But there’s still a trip tomorrow, right? “The teacher really wanted to spend time with Minsu today.”
She swallowed.
She ponders whether or not she should put the words that immediately came to her mouth.
But in the end, I said it.
“Why?”
The reason.
Why Yanase is like this.
“Huh?”
“Why are you doing this?”
At those words, she froze as she held her glass.
“…… “Because I like it.”
And she said.
“Yes? What did you say?”
I asked back in an absurd tone without realizing it.
It seemed like it hurt her a lot.
“Because I like you.”
“When… why?”
I asked again as if urging.
At that moment, the glass she was holding in her hand fell down.
The sound of glass breaking.
Fragments are flying everywhere.
“Wasn’t it you?”
Her hands were shaking.
“Didn’t you really like me?”
When.
Have I ever confessed to Yanase?
I couldn’t understand it to the point where I wondered if there was such an erased memory.
“Unlike other men… “I thought you liked me.”
“Teacher, wait a minute…” .”
“Was it really my mistake?”
Illusion? At what point did that start?
Suddenly, she felt like the scenery around her was distorting.
“Me, me, obviously…” “I think I said I would accept it.”
Her voice gradually begins to tremble.
I’m in big trouble. It was clear that one of us, the teacher and I, was either crazy or had a huge misunderstanding, but now didn’t seem like the time to talk.
“Ah, ah… !”
She jumped up from her seat.
Glasses and dishes flew everywhere. At the same time, it broke into pieces and scattered, making a loud noise.
And then I learned about the character Kotomi Yanase.
That’s right, this woman was the woman who became Yuuki’s lover when he lost his mind.
That’s not because she’s a white-robed angel who accepts anyone who is disappointed.
“But, I… ! I already like it… !”
It was because she was of the same class.
A person like the Yuuki of that world, with a rotten inside.
Should I say that it was too late that I remembered Elena’s warning?
Blood dripped down and ran down the table.
Yanase, who was throwing everything she could get her hands on, looked this way, panting.
“…… Didn’t I warn you? Boy.”
My whole body froze and I stared at Elena’s back without even being able to apologize.
Throwing away the bloody piece of glass in her hand, she looked back at me.
“I told you so much not to get close to this woman.”
“…… Sorry. “Mr. Elena.”
She took a deep breath and patted my head as if she was okay.
The blood that flowed from the tip of her arm dripped onto her shirt and seeped into it.