Volume 1 - CH 25

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Translated by XenSchwarzer

Edited by XenSchwarzer

Chapter 25

Author’s Note:

There’s a little bit of Koyomi’s POV

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“I’m really sorryyyy!”

“It’s fine, for now is there anything? Like somewhere she might go? We’ve already looked everywhere around here right? ”

The sun has started to set and it will soon be dark. It’s Friday today so there’s no school tomorrow. I would like to find her today if it’s possible.

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Captain Muscle had searched her house but it seems like she hasn’t come back so I’m pretty sure she’s out there somewhere.

“No, we usually visit Koyomi’s house when we come to play, so we don’t know where she might go. How about Kouyou, do you know anywhere she might go?”

“There’s none unfortunately. I haven’t been to a lot of places with her in the first place. If I had known this would happen I would have listened to Koyomi a little more attentively……”

“Nnー…………….Ah! Ena might know!”

“You should have said that earlier if you had known/”

“I’ll call her for a while!”

And she then spent a few minutes on the phone.

“Oi, I got it!”

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“Where is it?”

“The Sankaku Park!”

“………………………………Where is that?”

“Aah, I see! It’s a park near our junior high school, and the two of them used to hang out there a lot. It’s apparently Koyomi’s favorite place.”

“A park we visited during the third-year of junior high school?”

“There’s a place to view flowers too along with a basketball court and a lot of other things!”

“She’s surprisingly boyish…………So, is it somewhere close?”

“Aah! It’s rather close to Koyomi’s house!”

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“………………………………….And where is that?”

This person is an idiot.

“Aah, umm it’s around 1 train station away from here!”

“To think that she even went all that way to use a train…Won’t people usually normally go to a nearby place in this kind of situation………..?”

“Well it’s fine, for the time being let’s quickly go there!”

“Aah, I got it.”

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[Koyomi’s POV]

I’m currently in a place called the Sankaku Park.

I didn’t actually mean to come here.

I just somehow arrived here.

Maybe because I felt like I could somehow sort out my feelings here.

When I was a child, my mother happened to be free from work, so we had a cherry blossom flower viewing party here once.

It’s not just that.

When I dumped Sakai, when he attempted a rape, when I had been on the verge of falling into depression, I had spent time here with Ena to heal my wounds.

But it’s no good……..

I can’t recover on my own here……

Haah…….

What should I do on Monday?

Won’t it be awkward?

No, the other party doesn’t even like me, maybe it’s because the punishment from the punishment game is only limited to one month……………

I guess I won’t be able to talk anymore from Monday on……..

“Uuuuu………uuu……”

My tears came out naturally.

It won’t listen to the brake that I tried to use to stop crying.

“…………..Kou……you…………”

Kouyou’s name came out of my mouth.

This might be the last time I can call his name.

I’m just too sad, it’s just too sad I can’t help it.

“Did you call? Koyomi.”

I heard Kouyou’s voice and turned around as quickly as I could.

……………..How?

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[Kouyou’s POV]

It’s already dark.

When I arrived at the park, I saw a figure crouched down.

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It’s definitely Koyomi.

“Akira, you can go home first.”

“Eh?”

“From now on, it’s enough if it’s just Koyomi and me.”

“I understand………”

Akira went home after saying that.

I approached Koyomi.

She turned her back to me while still crouched down and cried aloud.

She was just so loud she didn’t hear my footsteps at all.

“…………….Kou……….you…………….”

My name was called.

I wonder how she felt when she called me.

My heart hurts a little but I tried to not let it show on my face as I replied.

“Did you call? Koyomi.”

She looked surprised as she turned back to face me.

“What’s the matter? Since you didn’t come at all, I went to search for you, you know?”

“No, no way……………..How do you know where I am?”

“Like I said, it’s because you didn’t come….”

“Just because of that? Even though you don’t like me?”

“So you heard it after all……how far did you hear?”

“Until you, until you said that being with me is boring…..”

“I see……..I’m sorry. I knew that it was a false confession. I just happened to hear the conversation.”

“Then why!”

“I wanted to know how it felt like to have a girlfriend. Since it was only for a month, I thought that maybe it would be fine. But I really didn’t think that Koyomi would actually like me……… I noticed your feeling, but I was at a lost as to what I should do…………. ”

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“Then, why do you come?”

“Because there is still something that I hadn’t conveyed to you yet.”

“No! I don’t want to hear it……..”

“Koyomi…….”

“Don’t come closer……….!”

When I tried to approach her, she faced downwards and closed her ears.

“I thought that I had the resolve to be rejected! But I wasn’t at all! ….I still, I still don’t want to break up with you yet…….!”

“But……”

“I get it…………I get it…………since we broke up, please……………..leave me alone for now……..”

I couldn’t help but gently hug Koyomi when she cried heartbreakingly.

Koyomi let out a strange voice for a moment, but I didn’t care and just hugged her for a while.

Since she calmed down, I separated my body and placed my hands on Koyomi’s shoulder while looking at her eyes while I spoke.

“Please, listen to what I have to say…….”

“…………………….I get it…………But, if that’s the case, let me do my confession first…….”

“Aah……Alright………..”

Then, Koyomi hugged me tightly, pressed her face to my chest, and said while crying..

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…………..I’m sorry………….I’m sorry for the false confession……!”

“Koyomi………..”

Then she looks away and turns to face me.

Our eyes met.

“I love you…….Can we be real lovers?”

“Won’t you……make me your real girlfriend?”

She’s crying.

The past month has been invaluable to me.

I can’t thank Koyomi enough.

Even if it is a punishment game, even if it’s a false confession, I’m still glad that we have a chance to speak like this.

That’s why I,

I…

I………..!

Author’s Note:

No, it doesn’t end here!

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