A Cheeky Junior Denied Me My Entire Life, so I Tested What Would Happen if I Jumped off a Rooftop to Vent My Anger
“Kamiya-san, may I have a word with you?”
Yana, approached by Usa Ririka, a childhood friend of Susumu’s, narrowed her eyes lazily and replied
“I don’t mind if I talk to you for a little bit, Usa-senpai.”
“…..You’re as unfriendly as ever, Kamiya-san.”
Ririka exhaled in shock and spoke after making sure there was no one around.
“Kamiya-san knows the rumor that Susumu-kun jumped off the roof, right?”
“Of course, I’ve heard about it. The art room is all over that rumor.
“Haha, everyone is selfish, aren’t they? They don’t even know how Susumu kun feels, and they say whatever they want.”
“…………”
Yana doesn’t reply. Ririka curls her mouth slightly and continues speaking.
“…… Kamiya-san, don’t you know anything about it? Susumu-kun, it seems that he was kicked out of his relative’s house …… that was taking care of him, and now he is missing. No matter how many messages I send him, he never reads them. ……”
“Is it true that he was evicted?”
To Yana’s eyes widening in surprise, Ririka tells her matter-of-factly.
“I can’t lie about something like this. Apparently, he didn’t get along well with his relatives to begin with.”
“I see. ……”
Yana squeezed her hand tightly as if to endure the pain. Ririka lets out a small breath.
“So, I was wondering if you might be taking care of Susumu-kun…”
Ririka takes a step closer to Yana. Yana unconsciously took a step back.
“…Senpai hasn’t come to my place. Or rather, Usa-senpai and Aoi-senpai are childhood friends, right? There were rumors that they were dating… If he is going, not at my place. Isn’t it at Usa-senpai’s place?”
“Haha. If he came to see me, I wouldn’t go out of my way to ask Kamiya-san this question. You say something interesting, Kamiya-san.”
“…………”
“…………”
They stare at each other in silence for a while. The sultry breeze of the rainy season rattles and shakes the windows.
“Well, but of course. Usa-senpai is crazy about Touyama-senpai now, right? You’re not interested in Aoi-senpai now, are you?”
Yana breaks the silence with an unnaturally bright smile. Ririka averts her gaze to hide her irritation and twirls her bangs in her fingers.
“……It’s true that I’m good friends with Toyama-kun as well, but it kind of pisses me off when people talk to me like that. ……Maybe you’re in a bad mood, Kamiya-san?”
“No, I’m in a normal mood you know”
“That’s right. Kamiya-san, you’ve always said a lot of harsh things to Susumu-kun. Now you won’t say things like, [Actually, I just wanted you to pay attention to me] like that, right?”
“……!”
Yana glared at Ririka as if she were her enemy. Rika stares back at Yana with cold eyes.
“A scary face. Really, being a clumsy child is a loss, isn’t it? With that kind of approach, there’s no way the insensitive Susumu-kun will notice.”
“I’m not really approaching him.”
“What’s that? Isn’t it worse than a fool to be unaware of your own intentions? being mean to the boy you like…you have to graduate from elementary school.”
Ririka’s mouth twisted in amusement as she looked at Yana.
She is a bright, beautiful, and popular girl who talks to everyone in a friendly manner. Yana, who knows her true nature, clicks her tongue in disgust.
“That’s right. I’m clumsy. When I hear that Aoi-senpai has won an award, I snuggle up to him, and when he loses, I move on to someone else. I can’t imitate that kind of clumsiness.”
“…..!”
Ririka’s smile falters, and the two silently stare at each other.
There was no point in arguing here, both of them knew that much. Yana always made fun of Susumu kun, and Ririka never tried to help him in his downfall. Without even thinking about how …… trapped he was,…….
─ ─ The girls were just genuinely regretting.
And at the same time, they knew they had no right to regret it. So they could only argue like this, taking it out on each other.
“……Okay, I get it. That’s enough.”
As if to say that she had lost her patience, Ririka exhaled heavily and turned her gaze away from Yana.
“It seems that Kamiya-san doesn’t know anything about it either. ……If neither Toyama-kun nor Kamiya-kun know anything, Susumu-kun is probably alone in a nekafé right now. …I can’t believe he actually jumped off…”
“Anyway, it’s none of my business. I just…”
“Just what?”
“………..”
As if to escape, Yana could not speak the next words and let her gaze escape out of the window. The sky is covered with thick clouds. The air is moist and sticky from the rainy season.
Yana grits her teeth in silence, not liking anything and everything. Ririka turned her back to Yana and said with a small smile on her face
“Kamiya-san, you may not be aware of it, but …… Kamiya-san has a personality that makes a lot of enemies, doesn’t it?”
“I’m aware of that much,……. I am aware of my own personality, and I stand up for myself.”
“Ahahaha, aren’t unconscious children cute? Kamiya san will bite anyone, whether it’s a senior or a teacher, if she doesn’t like someone. Kamiya san is good at studying, good at drawing, and has a nice face. She has the power to silence the other person, and that’s why the other person is so frustrated.”
“……What are you trying to say?”
As Yana frowns, not even trying to hide her displeasure, Ririka speaks in an unnaturally bright voice.
“Kamiya san’s attitude is too much for me to see. So I’m going to give her a lecture. People who were offended by Kamiya-san’s attitude would say things like, [Kamiya-san is just a little bit cute, but she’s getting carried away and it pisses me off]. There were times when people who were offended by Kamiya-san’s attitude turned their ill will against her to an unacceptable degree.”
“That’s not what I…”
“It’s only natural that Kamiya-san doesn’t know about it. because there are people who stopped that kind of thing in advance for Kamiya-san’s sake. …… Really, it’s a loss to be so clumsy, isn’t it?”
“That can’t be …… true!”
Yana grabs Ririka’s shoulder. But Ririka doesn’t seem to care and just laughs.
“Fufu. Next time we meet, I think you should at least say [Thank you for everything.] Otherwise, for Susumu-kun… it won’t be much of a reward.”
After saying that, Ririka starts walking toward the art room. The only thing Yana can do is to stand there stunned, not having the words to stop her.
“There is no way …… that senpai would do such a thing for me. ……”
But still, the pain in the chest will not go away. The last time she saw him, he had a sad look on his face. In the rain, he may still be alone and trembling with loneliness. Her heart ached as if it were tearing itself apart at the thought of it.
“……Ah”
Just then, a chime rings to announce it is time to leave for school. But Yana couldn’t move from that spot for a while.
These girls did nothing to make Susumu better, even maybe made him worse, yet they all feel regret about it? Man, the audacity…
I know right?