Chapter 423 – Miyuki’s Decision #2

Tetsuya’s voice was very serious.
Even if you hear it from a distance, you can clearly tell, but it was natural for Miyuki to feel strange hearing his shit-smelling voice from up close.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

The creaking sound is gone.
Miyuki, who noticed that Tetsuya’s mood had calmed down, stopped the swing.

“Literally. “Do you like Matsuda?”

“Of course it’s good.”

“How much?”

The more you ask questions like that to your childhood friend who has feelings for another man, the more you will be hurt…
He’s doing something stupid. It’s just that it wasn’t like that at some point.

“Hmm… Do I have to express it in numbers? “It’s hard to do…”

“It looks like you like it a lot.”

“That’s right. “I really like it.”

Today’s Miyuki was more determined than when she consoled Tetsuya for kicking his ass during the last school trip.
So much so that it felt as if he felt Tetsuya’s sinister energy.

“I see…”

He trails off and is silent for a moment, worried about Miyuki.
When she peeked her head above her wall, she saw that what she had feared was not happening.

Am I worrying too much? No matter how much Tetsuya’s inferiority complex exploded, he would never harm his childhood friend…
Still, I have to be careful.

Just as he was thinking those thoughts, Tetsuya’s mouth opened.

“I don’t want you, Miyuki, to get too close to Matsuda.”

You’re speaking more openly than the last time you woke me up.
For Tetsuya, he is extremely straightforward.

“Um… Why?”

“You know very well what kind of person he is. In the past, I thought it was a thorn in my eye.”

“It’s different now than it was then.”

“Do you remember when you were in middle school… Or to be exact, when you were in your third year of middle school, you told your teacher everything that the bully did?”

“Oh, then? “Of course I remember.”

“You did that to me back then. “Human nature rarely changes.”

“Huh. “I remember that too.”

“And yet Matsuda…”

“Tetsuya-kun.”

Miyuki cuts off Tetsuya’s words.
Tetsuya hesitated for a moment and answered in a dazed tone.

“Huh…? Why?”

“Do you like me by any chance?”

“That’s it… Of course. “When have I ever not liked you?”

“Not as a friend, but as the opposite sex.”

“Uh, uh…?”

A question that suddenly comes to mind.
This was something Miyuki didn’t normally say, so even without seeing Tetsuya, I could tell how embarrassed he was.

The answer given by the guy who couldn’t speak for a moment as if he was overcome with great worry was,

“I… I’m just worried about you as a childhood friend…”

It was the kind of thing that could be said to be a complete out.
Ugh… That’s why I hate Tetsuya.
Because there is no such thing as determination.

That guy always tries to leave room.
It still is. If she says she likes Miyuki because of her opposite sex, she knows what kind of response she will give, so she vaguely explains her words like that.
If Miyuki says I don’t see her as a man, it will be difficult to contact her, so I try to avoid that.

Until now, I thought Tetsuya was quite bold, but it was cancelled.
As he said to Miyuki, human nature does not change.
Tetsuya is just Tetsuya. This is Tetsuya when I saw the ending of Tokiaka.

That guy doesn’t know. That kind of indecisiveness puts you in even more misery.
Even so, I don’t want you to know.
This is something you have to feel for yourself.

“I see. “Am I mistaken?”

“Mistaken…? Hmm… I guess you could say that.”

Miyuki knew. That Tetsuya views himself as a woman.
However, because Tetsuya responded like that, it must have been difficult to draw a line for her.
Let’s see how Miyuki wraps things up.

“Is that really true?”

“So…?”

“Okay? Thank god.”

“Thank goodness…?”

It looks like Miyuki drew her sword today.
Tetsuya’s vague answer was answered brilliantly.

It’s a bit unfortunate that he didn’t say that he never saw you as a man, but I think this was a situation that could not be helped because Tetsuya gave a crappy answer.
If Tetsuya had answered Miyuki’s question by saying that he liked her from the opposite sex, she would have definitely said what she said earlier.

“Tetsuya-kun has always worried about me since I was young. “Do you remember me fidgeting and going to get medicine when I got hurt on my hand while building a sand castle at this playground?”

“Well, there were many times like that. “I remember that too.”

Tetsuya’s voice is full of impatience.
It is clear that Miyuki still has regrets for her, as she comforts her with words of gratitude.

“Okay. But Tetsuya-kun back then is different from Tetsuya-kun now.”

Hearing Miyuki’s lowered tone, he showed his embarrassment.

“Uh…?”

“If Tetsuya-kun was purely for me back then, now… I think he has a very evil purpose.”

“Bad purpose…?”

“Huh. “I’m cautious because it’s just my heart, but it feels like Tetsuya-kun is trying to keep me away from Matsuda-kun.”

It was a statement that hit the nail on the head.
It was also the most stern words I had ever said to Tetsuya.

“Did you fight with Matsuda-kun today?”

In response to Miyuki’s subsequent question, Tetsuya stuttered.

“No… We didn’t fight… Matsuda…”

Was it because he seemed to be trying to belittle me again?
Miyuki cut him off.

“It’s okay. I just won’t listen. Today is very strange. “He did that during the school trip… He’s not the Tetsuya I knew.”

“…”

“I can see that Tetsuya-kun is excited. “Why don’t you go back and cool off?”

“… I… Yes, I think that would be a good idea.”

Along with the sound of sighing, the sound of feet stamping on the floor reaches my ears.
Tetsuya got off the swing.
Now I decided that I should pretend to come from far away, so when I tried to increase the distance,

“Tetsuya-kun.”

Miyuki suddenly called Tetsuya.

“Huh…?”

“Tetsuya-kun, when you think about it yourself, don’t you think what you said to me today was wrong?”

“I… Think so.”

“Okay? “Then it would be better to refrain from contacting him for the time being.”

The moment I heard those words, I stuck my head out over the wall and looked at the two people in the playground.
Because it occurred to her that it was a monumental day when Miyuki would break off her relationship with Tetsuya, she couldn’t help but look at her face.

“W-what…?”

“I was very disappointed today.”

“…”

I thought she might be feeling guilty about disrespecting her childhood friend, whom she’s been close to for over 15 years… But the look on her face makes me think that’s not the case.

She didn’t have a forced expression. Miyuki seemed really okay.
There is no wavering in her voice either. She was proof that Miyuki had made her decision.

Still, an uneasy feeling will remain in a corner of her heart.
Should I have negotiated with Tetsuya myself at the company dinner?
No, even if that were the case, Tetsuya would have been doting on Miyuki like he is now.

It’s better like this.
You have to hear harsh words from the person you like to grow mentally and to give up your heart.

But even though I am self-employed, do I feel resentment toward it?
Seeing Tetsuya getting beaten up by Miyuki somehow makes her feel weak.

No, it’s because he acted pitiful.
There is no room for sympathy. Don’t be fooled by that acting ability.

Tetsuya eventually hung his head and trudged toward the outside of the playground.
I quickly and carefully fell off the wall and fiddled with my feet with an expression on my face that showed no clue as if I had just arrived.

That’s how I made eye contact with Tetsuya, who came out of the entrance.

“…”

Even though he saw me in his neighborhood, Tetsuya wasn’t surprised.
It seems that Miyuki and I met by chance at the playground and while chatting, she heard that I was coming.

“What are you doing? Here?”

Tetsuya, who glanced sideways at the inside of the playground, responded to my furrowed brows.

“I met Miyuki.”

“Are you at the playground?”

“Uh. Go in. And congratulations.”

Fuck you kid.
Even if I hadn’t said anything, I would have ignored it, but I can’t avoid it if I don’t want swear words to come out.

Congratulations? It’s clear that he’s mocking me for completely winning Miyuki’s heart.
After all, sympathy is a luxury for that guy. I felt so weak for a moment that I felt so pathetic that I was going crazy.

“What are you talking about?”

“No.”

Instead of confronting me head on, Tetsuya acted darkly.
Then, as the saying goes, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” Shouldn’t I also do something similar to that guy?

There’s a saying that says don’t be the same people and embrace each other, but that’s all bullshit.
People only know when they experience the same thing. Starting today, I will completely cut off the relationship between him and Miyuki.
I’m so good at acting like this. So let’s create a great situation.

When I provoked Tetsuya with strange eyes, the guy’s expression became unpleasant, as if he was in a bad mood.
As I was trying to pass Tetsuya by giving him a little stimulation,

Tuk.

As he walked towards me and bumped his shoulder against mine, I laughed to myself.
How do you do something that is no different from what is expected? As expected, salvation is impossible for that guy.

Next to me, there was a tall streetlamp illuminating the sidewalk.
Deciding that I could use this, I placed my forehead against the lamppost at the same time as my body was being pushed.

Sigh-!

A head that gets hit and bounces off with a dull sound.
I felt a tingling pain in the upper part of my forehead and looked at Tetsuya with bewildered eyes while rubbing the area where I had hit.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh that…”

The guy’s fierce eyes had disappeared everywhere.
After pouring out all my feelings of inferiority, I came to my senses.

He realized it himself. He realized what a prick he had just been.
But what should I do? Karma has already piled up.
I have no intention of seeing anything here.

Although she wants to punch, Miyuki hates violence.
Even if the behavior is justified on her part, it’s very uncomfortable, and you can’t cause a scene when she’s in the playground.
The situation will go the way I want anyway, so I just have to be kind on the outside.

“Done. “Just go.”

I waved my hand as if I wasn’t bothered to deal with him and stepped into the playground entrance.

“Matsuda-kun!”

Miyuki spots me and runs towards me, showing a happy expression.
It didn’t take long for her to check the adverse reaction I was experiencing.

“What is that on your forehead…? “Is it blood?”

Her words as she checked my forehead illuminated by the moonlight and the light shining from the street lamp.
I touched my forehead, asking what she was talking about, and frowned at her, exaggerating the stinging sensation coming from the slightly torn wound.

“What is this?”