Volume 1 - CH 71

Chapter 71

Author’s Note:

Finally, the resolution to Tenya’s problem

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“Hey………..Tell me………..Why did everyone help you guys…….?”

I, Koyomi and also Iseda was in the usual backyard.

Iseda is on his knees, his expression dark. He looks as if he is about to start crying.

“When it’s me…….No one covered for me when it was me. It was impossible for you. And it wasn’t like they are wrong. In truth, the me of that time couldn’t do anything. But……shouldn’t it be fine for me to fall for someone? Why must they laugh like that? Why is there nobody……They could have at least encouraged me. Is it so bad of me to fall for someone. Hey, Kouyou! What…….should I have done?”

Iseda questioned me.

It seems like he has some suspicions after seeing the attitude our class gave regarding the earlier case.

Although as the one who caused him to be this way in the first place, there is no way I can just tell him to get over it.

That’s why Koyomi spoke up.

“It’s not a bad thing. It’s not wrong. No matter how much of a failure as a human being a person is, that is not an excuse for someone to laugh on that.”

“But at that time!”

“Un. The one in the wrong was the people in your class.”

Koyomi explained it even further.

“Certainly, it is as Iseda-kun has said, Kouyou might have been in the wrong during his middle school days. But it’s different now. There is no mistake that he wants to be with me right now. He has overcome it. Ever since your middle school days, how you have been aiming for superiority might have been wrong.”

“Then………what should I do? There is no one to tell me that………”

“There is no choice but to overcome it.”

“But……….”

“You shouldn’t show that kind of expression!”

Koyomi scolded Iseda’s very thin voice.

“Eh?”

“Put yourself together! Didn’t you say that you are more superior to Kouyou!? Kouyou have been able to fix the things that have been wrong for the past 3 months, you know!?  If you are better than Kouyou, then you shouldn’t show that kind of expression! You should always move forward  and overcome it! If you are always like that, you would always be on Kouyou’s shadow no matter how long it is!”

“………….I get it…………”

Iseda suddenly started tearing up.

“Fuu………I know it………….Kuh……….Guh……….”

“Then…………”

“Can I ask……..for one thing?”

“What is it?”

“Can you let me…….confess…..”

Iseda faces Koyomi, and extended his hand.

“I understand………..”

“Ta, Tachibana-sa……..Koyomi-san……..I like you………Will you………go out with me?……”

Iseda have been crying a lot to the point where his eyes overflow with tears, but nevertheless he kept going on.

And Koyomi answered him with a serious expression.

“………….I’m sorry. Even though he is unsociable, tone-deaf, a sleepyhead, fundamentally cold, troublesome, and the worst kind of person……..I have someone that I’m in love with. That’s why……..I can’t go out with you.”

Koyomi said that as she smiled.

Having seen that, Iseda looks somewhat satisfied, and smiled while he is still crying.

And he turned over to me.

“Kouyou……..I’m sorry…….i got all jealous on my own, held a grudge on you, and gradually got on your way………I…I………..”

“It’s all right. You don’t have to worry about it. And besides, I have to thank you too. Thanks to Iseda……no.. Tenya, I have come to understood all kinds of things. And, I’m sorry. That’s why……..let’s start over again from here. Each other. Without any strings attached. As friends.”

As I said that, I extended my hand over to Iseda.

“Fufu, you are such an idiot……….”

Tenya grabbed my hands.

His tears has already stopped and he has a bright expression.

“Please take care of me, Kouyou……”

“Me too, Tenya.”

And like that, the long fight that I had with Tenya is finally over after some complication.

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After school on that very same day.

The sun is beginning to set, the sky is tinted red and its colours are reflected in the cold sea.

It’s not crowded today, and so only the footsteps of Koyomi and me along with the sound of the ocean waves can be heard.

“Hyaaー, it’s cold todayー”

“That’s true.”

It’s already December.

The wind blowing from the quiet and calm seashore cools down the body.

“Heyーheyー, Kouyou?”

“Nn?”

Koyomi who have been walking forwards suddenly stopped, and turned over to look at me.

Her face looks red because of the evening glow.

“I, love Kouyou soーmuch!”

“I know.”

“Muuu…….!”

Koyomi shows a clearly dissatisfied look.

“What is it?”

“That’s the part where you say, “Me too.”!”

“Haah….I hate those type of stupid couples that lack common sense the most. There is a right time and place for everything….”

“Common sense………But there is nobody else here…..so it should be fine?”

“But I am here.”

“Isn’t that just you hating it then!”

“That’s right.”

“Mou! If that’s the case, then it would be impossible forever!”

As she said that, I don’t know anymore! Is what she said before running off.

With that back facing me, I say.

“Thank you for everything. I love you too……..”

Koyomi suddenly stopped and her body bumped against something.

“That’s dangerous! Koyomi?”

At the next moment, when I thought Koyomi was about to get up, I felt something touched my lips.

Koyomi’s face is very close to mine.

It felt like a minute has passed.

But, it’s probably only a few seconds or so.

Koyomi separated her face from mine.

After my eyes have focused, I can finally clearly see her face.

Koyomi’s face is clearly red, and her eyes are cloudy.

Koyomi then opened her mouth with a mischievous laugh.

“Ehehe, the promise about the kiss!”]

“…………..”

“Doing it in the evening glow in front of the beach. Isn’t it romantic?”

“Fuu, is that why we came here?”

“Well, yeah………Kouyou?”

“Nn?”

“Let’s always be together, okayー?”

“…………..Alright, alright.”

I watched the sea with Koyomi for a little while longer.

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Author’s Note:

It’s over!!!

This is the climax of this piece! I’ve finished everything I wanted to write!

The rest will continue a bit towards completion. I think I’ll continue for another ten or so episodes. Don’t worry!

Well, since the beginning, you’ve all been wondering why I put Tenya out there. I’ll explain that lightly!

First of all, the theme of the piece is the awareness of the two of them towards lying to each other. The beginning is the worst, after all.

Not just for themselves, but for the people around them.

Secondly, I don’t really understand the idea of love, which Kouyou has been talking about from the beginning. Is it true that the world looks different because you’ve fallen in love? This is the answer to the question. I think this is the key point where Kouyou makes the biggest change.

Finally, until now, the pinch has always been Koyomi. Koyomi’s is usually being saved by Kouyou. This time it’s the other way round! I wanted to do a chapter where Koyomi helps Kouyou out instead. It’s not just that Koyomi is weak. It’s a sign of growth that Koyomi met Kouyou and became stronger.

I think this is the biggest reason.

I know that since Tenya came out, there have been more antagonists, and there are a lot of people who have unbookmarked or lowered their ratings. I’m sorry about that, but I could have written what I wanted to write, so I have no regrets!

Please bookmark, give it a high rating, along with your feedbacks please!

Announcement.

Now that I’m almost finished with this one, I’ve decided to write a new one! Incidentally, like this one, it is a romantic comedy about real-life romance. I’ll have three for a while. I’ll do my best.

And! And what a title that is!

It is Mr Hayase of Nagamantei