When I Go Back in Time, My Ex-wife Is Making a Passionate Approach to Me, and I’m Having Trouble With It
I failed. I could not make my marriage to Ryo work.
I was arrogant. I thought Ryo liked me. So I did nothing. We were both busy with work and our time of passing each other increased.
The number of words gradually decreased and there was no more physical contact. It didn’t take long for things to break down from there. I have strong feelings of regret.
Had I been more attentive to Ryo, had I expressed more affection for him, I think it would not have ended like that.
I love Ryo. Still, I was in a desperate situation. We were finished. That’s what I thought.
“Where am I?”
A nostalgic ceiling greets me. This is my parents’ house. Why am I in my parents’ house? I raise myself out of bed and go downstairs. Downstairs, my mother is cooking breakfast.
“Mum, why am I at home?”
“home? What are you talking about?
You live here.”
“Eh?”
“Are you sleepwalking? Go wash your face.”
My mother says this to me and I am confused. Do I live here? It can’t be. I was living with Ryo for the purpose of my marriage to him. I filled out the divorce papers, Ryo said he would file them, and then …….
My heart beats. I went to the bathroom and tried to cool my confused head. There, I look in the mirror and roll my eyes.
“What’s this?”
I check, touching my face. No matter how I look, I look younger. I’m back to my high school days. I rush back to the kitchen and check with my mother.
“Mum, how old am I?”
“What’s really wrong. You’re a sixteen-year-old high school sophomore.”
I’m going back in time. I don’t know why, but apparently I have time leapt. What welled up in my chest was upset. I don’t know how this happened. I go back to my room and dive into bed.
Burying my face in the pillows, I start to calm down a bit. Then it hits me.
“If I could do life all over again, maybe I could do well with Ryo.”
That’s right. The first time my life was a failure, but this time I can start over based on that failure. I will not repeat the same mistakes as the first time. Once I have decided that, I can think positively about this time-lapse.
In my first life I was made a pass at by Ryo. I was in my second year of high school, so the timing was perfect. At first, I responded in a shrug, but Ryo didn’t give up. He kept pursuing this not-so-pretty girl. Towards the end, I already liked Ryo, but I still dared him to chase me.
I ate breakfast and left home. If I go to school, I can meet Ryo. I rushed to school. When I entered the classroom, I immediately spotted him. A little bouncy hair. A plain face. Medium height. Long eyelashes. It’s Ryo. I rushed over to him.
“Ryo!”
“Eh?”
Ryo looks at me as if surprised. It was so. At that time I had not yet called Ryo by his name.
“Sorry, good morning, Shinohara-kun.”
“Good morning, Kurosaki-san.”
Ryo’s reaction was strange. If it was Ryo of these days, he would have stretched out his nose so much that it was easy to see when he looked at me.
When I finished greeting, I sat down on the seat next to Ryo. Ryo is reading a textbook. I wonder if he was this studious. While feeling somewhat uncomfortable, I observe Ryo with a sideways glance.
I have a sense of déjà vu when I see Ryo who is not crazy about me. After we got married, Ryo’s love for me cooled off more and more. I have never said I love Ryo either. I was embarrassed, and I was sitting on the idea that Ryo loved me. That was something I regretted. This time, I will approach Ryo and win his heart.
“Um, Kurosaki-san, may I?”
“What is it?”
I was approached by a boy in my class whose face I didn’t even know.
“There’s an interesting film coming up. Do you want to go with me?”
“I’m not going. I’m sorry.”
That’s right. I was very popular in high school. I received invitations from boys every day. Most of the boys backed off once I said no, but some were persistent.
“That’s fine. At least once. I want to get to know Kurosaki-san.”
“I said I wouldn’t go.”
I don’t have the time to be obsessed with other boys.
Because I only have to win the heart of one boy.
“Don’t say that.”
A boy grabs my hand.
“Let go.”
“Hey, why don’t you just leave it at that?”
Ryo, sitting next to me, interrupts.
“Shinohara, this has nothing to do with you.”
“It’s my business. If you make a fuss in the seat next to me, it’s a nuisance. Besides, she doesn’t like it.”
“Tsk, I get it.”
The boy took his hand away and went back to his seat.
“Thank you, Shinohara-kun.”
“It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it.”
Saying this, Ryo lowered his gaze to his textbook again.
He protected me. My heart flutters. I really do love Ryo. Maybe because I’m back in high school, those feelings are even stronger now.
I will definitely make use of this time leap and definitely try to make things right with Ryo.
That is this chance that God has given me. I definitely have to make sure I don’t regret it.
I keep smiling next to Ryo.