CH 19

“You’re so disgusting or rather gloomy…”

“…., you’ve never said that to me before…..”

“I didn’t say it, but I did thought of that.”

Saying that doesn’t change the fact that you cheated on me.

The fact that you slept with another man will never go away.

With my best friend …of all people. ….

“I think…. I’ve grown tired of you.”

“Huh? What are you talking about…”

“I’m tired of you.”

Don’t look at me with that cold gaze. … Please, don’t look at me. ….

“Then,  you’re breaking up with me?”

At that time, I was putting up my typical middle-schooler’s pride. I was trying to look cool. The truth was, I still wanted to be in a relationship.

“What? You sure? Yay!”

“But I’ll tell everyone the fact that you cheated on me and slept with another man.”

“Huh? What you…”

This time she looked at me angrily. However, I did not back down from this.

I glared back at her.

“Fine! Go ahead, okay?”

“Yeah, I’ll tell everyone.”

The next day, I entered the classroom and was astonished. She, this b***h, had the whole class on her side.

When I walked in, the guys in the class were looking at me with disdain.

“Guys! Listen to me, that girl was sleeping with another guy! She’s a cheating piece of s**t!”

“You’re the scum!”

Such abusive comments were coming from the boys. It was from a boy who was a good friend of mine.

As soon as he said that, my head was in turmoil. No matter how I thought about it, my ex-girlfriend was the scum, but I was being called scum?

“Even though she told you she loved you, you slept with another woman and then told her to break it off with you. You’re a real scumbag for blaming your cheating on this pretty little girl.”

“No, no, no, that’s all her …”

When I looked at her, she pretended to cry and glanced at me.

She had a smirk on her face and was glaring at me. I was still afraid of that expression.

I only had one other person on my side. I looked towards my best friend for help, trying to turn to my best friend who cheated on me with that scumbag woman.

“Sorry.”

That’s the one word he said to me. No, no, no, I don’t want you to apologize now, I just want you to be on my side …

“Because your best friend X*X said that?”

At this point, I felt like I lost everything. My girlfriend, my best friend, my friends, everything.

The rest of my school life was just a pain in the a*s. ———-.

“…Ka-kun. Hayasaka-kun!”

I was woken up there by the Angel. But her face looked worried when she saw me.

That’s right, I had the worst dream, and I was sweating a lot.

I was in a bad mood.

“Are you all right?”

“Yeah, I’m going to take a shower.”

Saying that, I headed for the bathroom so that nothing would be heard.

I took a shower and brought my underwear, but I forgot to bring a change of clothes for my top, so when I went to get it, Kaede saw me.

Kaede blushed and said,

“H-H-Hey, why aren’t you dressed!”

“I forgot, I’ll wear it now…”

and put it on quickly. Kaede didn’t ask me anything about this morning.

“Ah Hayasaka-kun…,I-I need to talk to you!”

“Talk? What?”

Since it was not often she asked me like this, I tried to improve my posture a little. I would say I do it often, but only to straighten my back a little.

“I want a part-time job!”

“Ah, isn’t that fine?”

“I knew it, it’s useless––––……Huh? Really?”

“What? Yeah.”

“I was sure you would decline….”

“That’s not my decision to make, it’s yours, right?”

Seeing Kaede’s expression of being a little surprised, I couldn’t help but wonder why she thought I would refuse.

I thought to myself, “I don’t think I’m that restrictive or strict” but I’ve been thinking about the reasons why people think that way but nothing came to mind.

“Well, I can do laundry and dishes, and if I’m told to cook, I won’t be able to make it delicious, but I’ll do my best, so let’s share the housework when you start a part-time job.”

I also knew from before that Kaede’s burden was heavy. I thought to myself that the timing was just right.

“Really? Then I’ll take your word for it.”

“And then what? Where will you work?”

“Well…., that’s the thing.”

For some reason, she was fidgeting and didn’t say anything at all. For a moment, I thought it might be a shady shop, but I understood that there was no such thing.

“I-It’s a secret…”

“Well, there are things you don’t want to say. Well, good luck with your part-time job.”

I wondered if there was some other reason she didn’t want to tell me, so I didn’t pry too much.

Just as I still kept my trauma of middle school a secret from Kaede….

Kaede said she would wait, but I wonder if it would be a little easier if I told her already, But that’s why I’m concerned about it….

“Yes! I’ll work hard!”

When I saw Kaede smiling at me, I realized that if I saw this smile, I could forget about all the bad things I’ve been through…

When I was thinking that, I had already put my hand on Kaede’s head and started stroking it.

And then towards Kaede’s small stature,

“Thank you.”

I blurted out a “thank you” filled with sadness. Kaede noticed something different from usual and kept quiet and let me stroke her head.