When I Go Back in Time, My Ex-wife Is Making a Passionate Approach to Me, and I’m Having Trouble With It
“A talk? What do you mean?”
“No, I just thought you could tell. I could tell that Ryo still likes Kurosaki-san.
“…..”
If it’s so obvious even to Kyouka, then it must be pretty obvious to me.
“But the reason Ryo doesn’t want to date Kurosaki is because he’s still hung up on his failure, right?”
“I can’t say a word.”
“But if that’s the case, shouldn’t he have come to a conclusion sooner?”
I understand what Kyoka is saying. I’m a coward. I still have feelings for Haruka, but I don’t think I can make her happy. I say I want Haruka to be happy, but I’m still selfish and think that maybe I’ll be okay.
“If you choose me, it will be easier. I don’t want to be in love with Ryo, I just want to be with him as a partner.”
“I know that.”
As Kyoka said, everything will be all right if I choose Kyoka. But it would be disrespectful to Kyoka to leave any unresolved feelings behind. If I give up on Haruka, I will fail again if I don’t give up on her properly.
“Do you remember when Ryo dumped me?”
Of course I remember. I dumped my precious childhood friend. I didn’t listen to Kyoka’s confession. At the time, I was so crazy about Haruka that I couldn’t see anything else but her.
“I was indeed hurt. Ryo had been with me for a long time and I was sure he would choose me. But Ryo chose Kurosaki-san. But when I heard that Ryo got divorced, I thought, “Suck it up”. I told him that because he didn’t choose me.”
“I don’t know if I could marry anyone and it wouldn’t work out. The reason for this is because I have a problem. It’s not only Haruka’s fault. It was my fault too.”
“I know all of Ryo’s weak points. The reason why Ryo is putting it off is because he still can’t give up on Kurosaki.”
You are right on target. It’s not possible to hide anything from Kyoka. As she says, she understands me better than anyone else.
“But that’s not good. If you like her, try again.”
I rolled my eyes in surprise. Kyoka told me to try again. I thought she was going to tell me to give up and go out with her.
“I can wait. If Ryo chooses Kurosaki once more, I won’t oppose it. I just want to live my life alone.”
“Why? Why are you so obsessed with me?”
“Ryo is the best partner for me. There is no one in the world better than Ryo.”
Kyoka trusts me to the end. I am not sure if it is because I am crazy that my childhood friend likes me so much and my heart is still unmoved by her.
“Ryo. If you love Kurosaki-san, I think you should give it one more try until that feeling disappears. If it still doesn’t work out, you can choose me. Until then, I’ll wait for you.”
“Why did you go that far?”
“I love Ryo. If Ryo is happy, that’s all that matters.”
That can’t be true. I’m sure Kyouka also wants me to choose her in her heart. But she suppresses that feeling and gives me a push.
“But you said that if we break up, that’s the end of our relationship.”
“That opinion hasn’t changed. I think it ends there. But if Ryo chooses me now, he’ll definitely regret it.”
She asserted. I might regret what I did to Haruka later on. If that happened, I wouldn’t feel truly sorry for Kyouka.
“Why don’t you give it your all? If you fail, I’ll take responsibility for it all.”
“Kyoka ……”
“I am not interested in anyone other than Ryo anymore. I’ve had enough of my previous husband. Compatibility is important, after all.”
I can see that if I marry Kyoka, it will work out well. We both know each other very well. Both the good parts and the bad parts. We would be able to build a marriage like friends, respecting each other.
But I still like Haruka. I thought I disliked her after spending our married life together. But after coming to this world and living as a student with Haruka, I was made aware of my feelings.
Reading Haruka’s novels moved me. Haruka is trying to change. She is trying to change based on her failures.
Even if she had to throw away everything she has accumulated up to this point, she has come to win my heart. How could my heart not be moved?
“I understand. I’ll start over with Haruka. Is that all right with you?”
“Yes, I’m fine. I feel better now. I said a lot of things to Kurosaki-san, but now that we are friends, I have to support her too.”
“You’re the type of person who always loses”
“I’m aware of that.”
“That’s your good point and your bad point.”
Kyoka pushed me to give an answer. I was going to postpone my answer until I graduated from high school, but that’s another bad habit of mine. It is important to come to a conclusion once and for all.
I needed to face my own weakness. Kyoka taught me that.
“The conversation is over. Let’s go home.”
“Yeah. let’s go home.”
I wondered how much longer I would have to walk next to Kyoka. I wished this peaceful time would last forever.
I thanked Kyoka in my mind as she walked next to me.