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
-Kaori’s Point of View
–Saturday, on my day off.
The meeting time is ten o’clock, but I got ready too early because it’s been a while since I had a date with Serito.
……Well, there’s also an extra person named Tarakida Fuyuki.
In addition, since we were going to have a “who has better fashion sense” match, I decided to be perfect.
And now I’ve just come to Serito’s house because I woke up too early.
“Serito, good morning. ……Hey, are you still sleeping?”
“Zzzz…..zzz……”
Serito is sleeping in his bed.
It’s not like he died in his sleep, so it’s safe for now.
Taking a sigh of relief, I pull out my phone from my pocket…..
–Snap snap snap snap !
I start taking pictures of Serito’s sleeping face.
I know that it is not a good idea to take pictures of a sleeping person without permission. But if a freshly grilled Hida beef was beckoning to you, you would eat it, wouldn’t you? It’s just like that !
“Fufufufu…..so cute♡ I’ll put them in my collection.”
I finish sorting through the folder of photos and turn off the power, and come to myself with a start when I see my image on the black screen, smiling ugly.
I slapped my cheeks and looked at Serito again.
(……Oh, by the way, about the student council elections that was mentioned yesterday……. I’m sure that since that time, I’ve gone from “LIKE as a childhood friend” to “LOVE as the opposite sex”. He was really cool even then……)
While poking Serito’s sleeping cheek, I begin to reminisce about the past.
# # #
–A few years ago.
“Shiomine Kaori, go out with me.”
I, now in the second year of junior high school, had to deal with the boys who confessed their feelings to me day after day.
Today, I believe it was a boy named Unjo who confessed to me. I don’t have a very good impression of him because of his sharp gaze and overbearing attitude. In fact, I was annoyed that he was confessing with a confident, snide look on his face.
Of course, my reply was……
“I’m sorry. I’m not interested in that kind of thing. I don’t even know you well enough to try to get to know you. Bye then.”
When I decline, if I follow up in a strange way and show concern, some guys will try to confess to me again. That’s why I decline in this way, as if I’m shoving him away.
I wanted to turn on my heel and go home, but Unjo wouldn’t let me.
“Huh? Hey, wait a minute !”
“Ouch ! What are you doing !?”
He grabbed my shoulder as hard as he could and pulled me back with a yank.
I shook it off, but he grabbed my arm again.
“Hey, let go of me ! !”
“You’re gonna regret this, Shiomine……!”
“Huh? I don’t even know what that means ! I’m gonna tell the teacher ! I’m never going out with you !”
“Tsk ! Go to sleep, shivering at best. If you come crying to me later, well, I’ll take good care of you.”
Unjo suddenly lets go of his hand and leaves this place while cursing. When I rolled up my arm, I saw a red hand print.
I rubbed the marks, mumbling, and went to his place where he had me waiting.
“You finally came…..you’re late, Kaori. Did you run into any trouble?”
“You’re right ! Listen to me, Serito~”
I called out to my childhood friend, Matsuura Serito, who was reading a mystery novel while leaning against the wall.
I used to be close enough to play with him every day, but as I grew up, that became less and less. But our parents are good friends, so we often meet up and go home like this.
We have a lot of fun and it’s worth making fun of him.
“I just got a confession from a guy named Unjo.”
“Oh, him. My classmate who’s smart enough.”
“Hmm ! Listen ! When I refused his confession, he suddenly grabbed my arm and it was the worst !”
I rolled up one arm and showed Serito the handprints that had been made on me earlier.
“……I see….so him.”
–Zssst
Instantly, the atmosphere is so cold that it sends chills down my spine.
I wondered if he was angry for my sake. But, well, he’s not that close to me now, and I concluded that it was probably just a common cold.
-A few days passed after such an exchange.
I went to school as usual and was on my way to the classroom after carrying the luggage that the teacher asked me to carry after class.
“Haa〜. The student council election is coming up soon, but I don’t understand why he is the leading candidate.”
The election to decide the next student council president will begin soon.
Among the candidates was Unjo, who had confessed his feelings to me, but for some reason he had become a strong candidate.
If that son of a bitch becomes student council president…..it will be the end of this junior high school. Ahhhh.
“……Hmm? What’s that voice?”
As I was walking around and talking bad about Unjo in my mind, I suddenly heard a voice coming from an empty classroom that was not being used.
I was curious, so I looked up and peeked in.
Then there was Serito and the figure of Unjo.
“Kukuku. Well, I’m glad to be friends with you, Matsuura. Thanks for all your help behind the scenes.”
“No problem. But you have to keep your promise, Unjo.”
“I know. If I become the next student council president, I will fulfill my promise to make sure Shiomine is at my mercy. And well, I promised that when I got tired of doting on Shiomine all the time, you would do it for me.”
Huh…..? What are those guys talking about?
Putting aside Unjo, I can’t believe my childhood friend Serito is thinking of doing something like that…!
I left the classroom and walked away.
“Haa……that’s the lowest. I can’t believe Serito was that kind of guy. I never wanna face him again……!”
–If you were shown something like this, it would be natural to conclude that Serito is a bad person. There’s no way I’ll realize that it’s actually a misunderstanding and a ploy to protect me.
I now know that there is a backlash because of this difficult period, but I didn’t realize it at the time…
Maitoshi