Episode 2 – Encounter

A Cheeky Junior Denied Me My Entire Life, so I Tested What Would Happen if I Jumped off a Rooftop to Vent My Anger

“…….”

I suddenly wake up with a dull pain in my head. It’s a room I don’t know ……. Is it a room in a house somewhere? It is dimly lit because the curtains are closed and I cannot see the whole room, but I know it is a fairly large room.

“Why am I sleeping here ……?”

My memory of what happened before and after is hazy, I don’t know where I am or why I’m sleeping here. I can’t remember anything.

“You seem to have woken up.”

“……!”

A voice echoes from nearby. I didn’t think there was anyone nearby, and I almost fell out of bed.

“Oops, look out”

The girl supports me. I met the girl’s eyes.

“…… Asama Ion.”

The name of the girl unconsciously overflows from my mouth.

With dazzling pure white hair and crimson eyes that seem to swallow you up. Long, slender limbs and large breasts. And a somewhat inhuman, extraordinary atmosphere.

There is no one in our high school who does not know this girl.

“What, you know me? …… unexpected.”

“Asama-san is a famous person, so ……”

“Really? Well, I’m glad I didn’t have to introduce myself. I know you too. …… Aoi Susumu-kun.”

The girl …… Asama-san calls my name. Somehow, the strange sensation makes me look away.

“…..Ah yeah. Rather than that, I’m …… from the rooftop.”

That’s when I finally remember what I’ve done. I should have jumped off the roof because I was sick of the whole thing. So why am I still here? There doesn’t seem to be any injury anywhere…

“You see, I was on the rooftop when you collapsed.”

Asama-san sits on the bed where I was sleeping and smiles a small smile.

“On the rooftop? I’m pretty sure I jumped over the fence. ……”

“No. You certainly collapsed on the rooftop. You were so wet from the rain that I felt a bit sorry for you, so I brought you home.”

“I’m not a dog…..”

But no matter how tall she is, is this girl alone capable of carrying me off the roof? No, to begin with, if you see someone collapsed, you should call an ambulance or the police. …… If it’s on a school rooftop, wouldn’t it be normal to tell the teacher?

“You were about to jump off, weren’t you? Then you tried to climb the fence, failed, fell and passed out.”

Asama-san continues speaking, with an expression as if she can see right through my thoughts.

“If I had turned you in to your teacher, an ambulance would have been called, there would have been a fuss, and you would be in a hospital bed by now. What will your family and teachers say to you when you wake up? …… Just imagining it is depressing.”

“…… that’s why you took me home without a second thought.”

“Yeah. I’m a good girl.”

False smiles. Unrealistic words. Yet, strangely enough, I don’t feel uncomfortable.

“Well, thanks for your help. I’m going to go now. I may not be able to thank you for this ……, but you really helped me out. Thank you.”

After making sure my body was moving, I stood up. Apparently, my suicide had failed. ……It’s really a life that’s gone so far wrong. That time …… when my father and mother died, everything went crazy.

“Wait, Aoi-kun. If you run away like that, I’ll be a little hurt too.”

“It’s not that I’m running away. I’m just—”

“I don’t want to hear your excuses.”

“Hey, what are you ……?!”

Her soft breasts crushed by my chest plate. The sweet fragrance of her breasts is numbing my brain. Asama-san hugged my body.

“Aoi kun. I want to talk to you a little more. So, don’t go.”

“…… talk, you don’t know anything about me, do you?”

“I don’t know, that’s why I want to talk to you. I want to hear what happened to you and why you were crying …… with such a face. I want you to tell me your pain.”

Soft, warm feeling. The thumping of Asama-san’s heartbeat. Her red eyes, neither worried nor pitying, are emotionally unreadable.

Asama-san has excellent grades, is athletic and has a good face. In addition, her parents are the presidents of major companies. Yet she is always alone.

　─ ─ Human language is not understood by Asama Ion.

It is said that she has a different way of thinking about things from normal people, to the extent that she is said to do so. ……That too is only a rumour. I know nothing about this girl.

“…Haaa. okay. But it’s not that big a deal, okay?”

But for some reason, when she stares at me with these bright red eyes, I can’t resist. When I realised, I had told her what had happened to me.

…It was as if it had been magically cast.

“Hee, you must have had a very unlucky day.”

After she finished listening to me. Asama-san has a somewhat false expression and a small smile on her face. I sit on the bed and look up at the ceiling.

“I don’t need your sympathy.”

“I don’t feel sorry for you. However, it’s not every day that so many bad things happen. You failed an art contest, had your scholarship terminated, was kicked out of a relative’s house, had your childhood friend taken over by your best friend, and was made fun of by a girl younger. I can understand why you want to jump.”

“Even if you understand it, you can’t empathize with it.”

“Fufu, understanding and empathy are the same thing. You may not know it yet, though.”

Asama san’s hand touches my cheek. Cold hands. My body was shaking involuntarily.

“I’ve made up my mind. I’ll help you. I don’t know anything about painting, but I’ll do something about everything else.”

“…… something?”

“something is something. If you don’t have anywhere to go, I’ll lend you this room. If you don’t have any money, I’ll give you as much as you want. If you’re unhappy, I’ll do whatever you want. I will make you …… happy.”

“I don’t understand …… what you mean. Why would Asama-san do that for me?”

“Of course, I won’t say it’s for free, will I? Actually, there’s something I want to ask you to do for me. A special favour that only you can do.”

“A special favour ……?”

“Yes. So I’ll help you. You’ll do whatever I ask when the time comes. Equal exchange, equal trade. …… And I’m the type of girl like you. White skin and thin lines. Cool and mature looking, but with an incredible demon in the chest. Such a cute and scary boy”

There, Asama-san takes her hands off me. The red, penetrating eyes look at me.

“So, Aoi-kun. If you’re going to die anyway, won’t you die for me?”

It’s a sudden turn of events and I can’t keep up with understanding. I can’t even imagine what this girl is thinking.

But ……

“Okay. Then I’ll die for you.”

Still, I nodded. Her smile was so attractive that I had no choice but to nod.

And so here began my life living together with a strange girl.

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Kamiya Yana was anxious.

“……Aaah mouu, it’s so irritating.”

The art room after school. The girls were sitting a little far away, secretly gossiping without moving their hands. Yana clicks her tongue at the girls in frustration. …But the girls didn’t stop talking, as if they didn’t hear the clatter of her tongue.

“Hey, hey, you know what? That senpai…… Aoi-senpai. I heard he jumped off the rooftop somehow?”

“I know, I know. However, that’s it, isn’t it? The body wasn’t found, so it must have been a mistake, right?”

“But..! It seems that Aoi-senpai hasn’t been here for three days. Something must have happened!”

“Indeed. …… Ah, Kamiya-san would know something, wouldn’t she? That girl was good friends with senpai, wasn’t she?”

The eyes of the girls who are gossiping gather on Yana. As if to escape from such stares, Yana stands up.

“I don’t know anything about it. I am not even …… close with him.”

“Ah, wait a minute!”

Ignoring the voices that stopped her, Yana went straight out of the art room.

“It’s impossible for senpai to commit suicide…”

Rumors were spreading throughout the school that Aoi Susumu had been seen jumping from the roof. However, Aoi’s body has not been found and he is missing.

The students, hungry for entertainment, gossiped about Aoi in an amusing manner.

“I didn’t really want to corner him…”

Yana was worried. If Aoi had really jumped off the roof, she might be held responsible. It was not anxiety……, she just genuinely …….

“Kamiya-san, may I have a word with you?”

The girl who approached Yana there was a childhood friend of him who had been dating Aoi – Usa Ririka. She looks at Yana while twirling her wavy blonde hair around her fingers.

“…… I don’t mind if it’s just for a little while, Usa-senpai.”

Seeing Ririka’s cold face, Yana, having guessed what she wanted to say, lazily replies with these words. Even without Susumu’s presence…… The environment surrounding him changes little by little.