A Cheeky Childhood Friend Found a Suicide Note I’d Written for Fun a Long Time Ago, and as a Result, She Suddenly Became Very Clingy and Wouldn’t Leave Me
–The next morning.
I was a little limp, so stiff that I couldn’t move my arms even a twitch unless I waited a little.
The gray sky is gone and I can see the clear skies continuing. The blue sky and silver ground is fantastic.
This would be a good way to get to Grandpa’s house.
“Good morning…..fuaaaaah….”
“Good morning Kaori. You were the first one to sleep, but you look sleepy.”
“Winter vacation is…..more like going to bed early and getting up late……”
“What a self-defeating motto.”
Kaori was rubbing her eyes vigorously while sleeping against the gravity as if to say, [I’m done with this. I’ll do whatever I want..] I guess there’s no shame left in her.
In contrast, Fuyuki is dignified from the morning and shows a glimpse of her good upbringing.
Well, I’m afraid that Kaoriwill shove me if I say something like this with my mouth, so I’ll stop. I’m safe in the knowledge that she won’t be able to read my mind because she’s half-asleep right now.
I had received a call last night that my mom was going to pick us up on the way to Grandpa’s house, so we thanked Granny Hara after dinner and got into the car.
I got in the passenger seat, but Mom’s wide-angle lens was almost up on the hood as she drove.
“So? Serito, I wonder if anything happened last night〜〜?”
“N-nothing !”
“That’s suspicious.”
“Shu up.”
I was sweating profusely while resting my chin, trying not to let anyone hear the pounding of my heart.
After a few minutes of listening to the music playing in the car and continuing to watch the roadway, we finally arrive at Grandpa’s house.
The house is in the mountains, but it is in a very good location with the ocean and a river nearby.
“Grandpa ! ! I’m here—! ! !”
“Gah ! Serito, you’ve finally arrived ! !”
This big, smiling, masculine old man is my grandpa, Matsuura Enzo…….
“So… Wow. I know Kaori chan, but isn’t the other one also a good-looking girl? So…which one is your wife?”
“Hey, grandpa. They’re both my childhood friends. Don’t talk nonsense.”
“W-wife…….sounds wonderful…….♡”
“I know about Serito’s grandfather first. Don’t get carried away, Fuyuki.”
Kaori has met grandpa a few times, they seems to be getting along well.
I went into the house thinking about this and put my luggage in the room I often use.
We decided to have a barbecue for lunch and sukiyaki for dinner. We had just had a sumptuous breakfast at the inn, so what a wonderful three-course meal !
“Hey Serito ! Help me chop wood !”
“Yes, yes.”
Well, with my mom and grandpa around, Kaori and Fuyuki didn’t try anything weird like they did yesterday, and the year passed without them.
Well, they were still in their snuggle bug mode, so Grandpa made fun of them……
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–The next morning, New Year’s Day.
I was out with my fishing gear just before dawn.
Every year I watch the first sunrise with my grandpa while fishing, but he had drunk too much alcohol yesterday and fell asleep on his stomach, so I had no choice but to go alone.
I put on my warm clothes and walk up to the bank. I set up my fishing rod with a familiar hand and baited it to make ripples spread on the still black surface of the water.
I sat down on the folding chair I had brought with me and waited for the right moment, when I heard someone’s footsteps coming.
“Hmm….? Good morning and Happy New Year,……Kaori !!?”
“Serito……what are you doing…..achoo.”
“You walk around here half asleep.”
The footsteps were actually Kaori, but she was following me with her eyes almost open, as if she were asleep when she rounded the corner.
And without proper winter clothes, she was almost sniffling.
“Haa……. Shall I go back and get some cold weather gear? It’s just too cold to bear.”
“Nn……all right…….”
“What?”
“Alrighty…….”
Kaori made me sit on a folding chair, spread my legs apart, and sat between them.
Then, she stares at me as if to say, [Hug me.]
“If someone sees you like this, you’ll be embarrassed later…”
“Nn……? Hmmm……”
“No. You’re not thinking straight.”
I decided that it would be impossible for her to wake up properly, so I grabbed the fishing rod again and waited for the right time.
“I don’t mind…it’s not a big deal…even if people think we’re getting into a relationship…”
“Hmm? Why is that?
Once you reel and make a buzzing sound to cut through the air, let the ripples spread on the surface of the water again and ask a question.
Fishing is something you do with a steady mind. But the following words made me unstable.
“Because I like…..Serito as a man, so…..”
“……Huh?”
I looked at Kaori’s face, but she had already lost consciousness and was sleeping soundly.
Like me? Kaori? Me?
…..No, well, I somewhat thought that she would. But I didn’t dare to come to a conclusion…..
(It’s good to love someone, but if you love more than one person. You’ll be just like my shitty father…)
Now I have Kaori and Fuyuki.
To give an easy answer is to hurt one of them. That said, [Neither !] I will fall into a state that I don’t want to.
Is it a good thing to give an answer? No, it is bad for me now.
(Aaa ! ! Kaori you did it early in the new year ! ! Thanks to you, it looks like it’s going to be a fun year)
I let out a deep breath and looked at the white haze, waiting for the true answer, the fish, and the first sunrise of the new year.
Maitoshi