165 – You Hate Me
Seo-ah, who was listening with an expressionless expression, gradually frowned. By the time she finished talking, her expression looked like a demon.
“So… We all looked around together. I came back after having fun. Huh.”
To appease her anger, he glosses over how the ending went well.
“Have fun without any incidents… Of course, there was a little bit on the first day, but after that there were really no problems?”
I joked and took a step back. But even faster than that, Seo-ah grabbed me by the collar.
“Are you out of your mind!?”
As I turned her head, I tried to avoid her harsh gaze.
Of course, her anger switch was pressed while talking about Kotomi Yanase.
An incident that happened when I was with Yanase, and a conversation I had with Elena.
The whole thing seemed to have deeply offended her.
“What did you do without reporting it to the police?”
“aaah!”
She shook me back and forth while holding my collar, then threw me away and immediately took out her cell phone.
“I can’t do it. “I will do it quickly now.”
“What?”
“Report! “There is also a witness named Elena!”
The commotion at the cafe and what happened in Yanase’s room. Of course, I wasn’t hurt anywhere, but Seo-ah seemed like she couldn’t stand the fact that something like that had happened.
“Wait a minute… ! “Please, don’t do that!”
Embarrassed, I stopped her. She argued with Seo-ah, who pushed me to put it down, and finally managed to snatch her cell phone.
“It’s okay…” ! I don’t mind, and Elena… !”
She was a little hurt, so she wasn’t sorry at all, but she never wanted to make this worse.
“Because we’re both okay…. Calm down, Seo-ya.”
I stretched out both my hands to calm her down, but was startled.
“Oh, I….”
It was because there were tears in the corners of her eyes.
“You almost got into big trouble! “You stupid idiot!”
She turned around and cried out loud, rubbing her eyes.
She looked at the back and scratched her cheek.
I see. Her anger at Seo-ah now was not simply caused by her hostility towards him.
After finding out that she had participated in the school trip to Yanase, she was shocked to hear that she almost got seriously hurt in the end. It was because of her concern for me that much.
“I’m sorry… “I’ll be careful from now on.”
Well, this happens to both Haruna and Shiraishi. It wasn’t something I could tell anyone.
I thought that even though she might get angry, she would listen calmly.
I knew there would be reactions like ‘I knew that, you idiot’ or ‘You didn’t even listen to me and it sucks’. Surprised by such an unexpected reaction, I handed him an apple.
She turned her back to me for a moment, rubbing her eyes, then calmed down and looked at me.
“So. “After all that happened, do you still want to save her?”
I have nothing to say.
The expression of seeking is too much.
It’s not like he will take responsibility for Yanase’s life for the rest of his life.
I just thought that I didn’t want to see the heroines’ bad endings.
However, Yanase is a different type of character than other heroines.
She was no one else, she was a woman who wanted to put herself in her corner and destroy herself.
How can we prevent a person like this from getting a bad ending?
Should I at least put a restraint on him to prevent him from biting his tongue?
She was hasty in meddling with such a woman, and she ended up suffering all kinds of bitterness, which is what I am now.
“You already figured it out.”
Nevertheless, I said with a bitter smile.
“What?”
“Yanase is that kind of woman.”
If you leave it alone, it will run towards death.
Since I failed to target myself and die, I don’t know who I will target next. Or he could actually commit suicide.
“Once I find out, I can’t stay still.”
If I pretend not to know her like this and then hear the news of her death, I won’t be able to bear it. I didn’t think I could be proud of myself in front of the heroines or Yuuki.
Seo-ah sighed deeply.
“He really is a man who can’t be helped.”
Even after hearing those words, I had nothing to say.
Even if Seo Ah changes her mind and says she will take her hands off this matter, I won’t stop her.
Because she, too, had the potential to become dangerous like me.
“If it doesn’t work out, you can stop….”
I convinced myself like that and tried to suppress her disappointment.
Seo-ah cut off the conversation by throwing a bean at my forehead.
“You fool. “Do you think I can quit now?”
She said calmly, crossing her arms and turning her head.
“I already found out. So there’s no way I can just leave it alone.”
“Yanase?”
“No, I knew about that woman from the beginning. She’s not him….”
Her lips move softly. She seemed embarrassed, but she eventually opened her mouth.
“…… You.”
Seo-ah quickly walked away, avoiding my blank stare.
“First period starts soon, you idiot! “I go first!”
The door on the rooftop opens.
He looked back at her, putting her hands in her pockets.
“Oh, wait a minute!”
“…… Why?”
I walked up to Seo-ah, who was looking at me, and handed it to her.
“What is this?”
“Hairpin.”
School trip gift.
I picked this up while looking around a souvenir shop.
“It’s tacky. “You have poor sense.”
“I’m sorry.”
She looked at me knowingly as I tore off the plastic and placed it on her head.
“……… ….”
As I quietly met her gaze, I immediately frowned at her and went down the rooftop.
Only then did I understand the meaning of that gaze.
I thought I should have said something like, ‘You look good on her’ or ‘You’re cute,’ but she had already disappeared.
***
When she was not holding a pen, when she was alone after finishing a consultation, or when she stopped acting even for a moment, those words kept replaying in her head.
‘If you’re going to die, die alone’
‘Because no one needs you’
‘I don’t like you’
‘This garbage’
His words became increasingly harsh.
No matter what, there’s no need to call it trash.
Yes, I have done worse to you than that.
So even if I hear all kinds of insults, I have nothing to say.
But those words are too harsh.
When I came to my senses, the ballpoint pen was broken.
There were all kinds of unknown scribbles drawn on the documents.
This can’t be done. You can’t do this.
After throwing away the broken pen and unusable documents, I made some tea.
You have to focus on work.
If you concentrate, you don’t have to think about anything.
Because I don’t have to think about the harsh things he said to me.
My relationship with him, who hasn’t even spoken to me or made eye contact since the first day of the school trip, is almost over.
I have no intention of getting closer to you anymore.
I heard such harsh words and I myself was exposed. He must have hated me so much that I shuddered.
That goes for me too.
I hate you too.
I hate you for hating me.
Steam was rising.
“Ah.”
After coming to my senses, I poured hot water into the glass.
“Atte.”
A drop splashed and landed on his hand.
No. After that school trip, I was beside myself.
You have to maintain composure.
You must not show yourself like this to others.
I raised my head when I heard a knock on the door.
“Yes, there is.”
He smiled brightly and put a mask of kindness on his face.
I look at the clock and see that it’s a long way from the next consultation time.
Have I misunderstood the time? Or simply being early?
I looked in the mirror, adjusted my expression, and opened the door.
“You came early…” … Ah.”
The person who came to the counseling room was not a student from Daum Time.
“Hello.”
That man. Minsu smiled calmly and bowed.
“What…” Is it work?”
I also smiled, pretending to be the ‘counselor’ Kotomi Yanase.
I thought it was over since they had already seen my bad side.
“Yes?”
When asked that question, he tilted his head and pretended not to know.
“What’s going on?”
He looked at me with a naturally virtuous expression and said.
“I agreed to help you. Counseling assistant.”
“……… ….”
I looked at him in silence for a moment.
“Of course, I promised to visit when the teacher contacted me first. “For some reason, I don’t think you will call me anymore.”
He, whose intentions are completely unknown, and who is the only one in this school who knows my true self, said with a smile.
“So I came myself. “Can you please let me in?”
No. I feel like my smile is about to collapse.
I barely maintained my sanity and raised the corners of my mouth.
“Sorry. “I’m having a bit of trouble today.”
I don’t want to get closer to you anymore.
With a man who knows me and hates me.
“Please listen without talking nonsense.”
At that time, someone said.
That wasn’t what Minsu said.
“… “Miss Yuuki?”
“I heard everything about you from Minsu.”
She appeared right next to me, crossing her arms and glaring at me.
“I want to report it to the police right now and throw you in jail, but I’m holding back. Because Minsu doesn’t want it.”
I see. I heard everything from Minsu.
“You have no right to refuse.”
Miss Yuuki growled as if she were representing him and spoke as if she was going to eat me.
However, Minsu, standing next to her, was embarrassed and tried to stop Yuuki.
What is the reason?
You hate me.
The man who said that if he was going to die, he should die alone.
I didn’t know.
He was the strangest man I’ve ever seen.