6 Main Heroines Who Absolutely Want to Monopolize Me - Volume 1 Chapter 7.4

Lovey-Dovey or Die 4

“Osaki herself, what does she want to become?”

“What do you mean by ‘want to become’…?”

I thought the question was a bit abrupt.

“Up until now, you thought it was right to act in the best interest of the Osaki family as the daughter, right? Well, now, what do you want to become? Do you still want to be something for the sake of the family?”

“I don’t care anymore, about the family or anything.”

“You don’t care?”

I narrowed my eyes and tilted my head.

“Yes. If I can be with you, I can give up anything. If you say you’re going somewhere, I want to let go of everything and go with you. My dream is you, Hirakawa-kun”

Osaki stared at me with a serious face.

“…To live together with you.”

“Osaki…”

I was captivated by that feeling.

…But, what is it really? Well, why?

“Hirakawa-kun is my reason for living.”

The words that had reached my throat were covered up, and I quietly swallowed them.

I gently accepted that.

“Hey, can I ask Hirakawa-kun one thing?”

“Hm?”

“On that day, why did you accept my confession?”

“Well, why bring that up now…?”

“Please, I want to know.”

Even though I tried to resist, her eyes staring at me were unusually direct, and despite turning away, I ended up answering.

“…Because I liked you, that’s why.”

“Why? What about me?”

In response to my blunt words, she further questioning me.

There was no malicious smile on her face. It was an expression like a desperate child begging for answers.

“No, you might be disappointed if you hear it. The reasons why a typical middle school boy likes someone… Well, it’s embarrassing to say…”

“A middle school boy… huh? Could it be because you can do naughty things or something like that?”

“No, it’s not like that…”

I scratched my cheek.

“Do I really have to say it?”

“Yes, please. If you don’t say it, I’ll live the rest of my life thinking that you were only interested in my body.”

“I don’t want that…”

It was the memory of my first innocent love. It would be better if it were more delicate..

I resigned myself and confessed in a small voice.

“…I liked everything about Osaki.”

“Ev-everything…!?”

Osaki widened her eyes. That’s why I didn’t want to say it.

“E-everything, like, that ‘everything’? Is it the ‘everything’ I know?”

“What other ‘everything’ is there…? Ah, um, that, well, personality, face, voice, everything. The ‘everything.”

According to my mother, even though it might be ‘love,’ it might not be ‘true love.’ In reality, our interests didn’t align.

Still, at that time, there was no way for me to resist being confessed to by such a person.

“….!”

“Could you stop being silent for a moment…?”

“Your use of honorifics at this timing is really good…!”

“Sigh…”

I didn’t intend to tickle such a strange fetish…

“Uh, well, um, then… I’ll say it too.”

“I also like Hirakawa-kun’s appearance, voice, personality. …And then,”

Caught off guard by Osaki’s confession in the present, she continues her words.

“Even if all of that were to change, I would still love Hirakawa-kun.”

“Osaki… :!”

“…Even now, that’s how I feel. Do you understand that much?”

Her wet black hair is illuminated by the moonlight, strangely beautiful.

“B-but still? Earlier, you were about to say ‘everything’ as ‘jienbu,’ right?” (Tl : Zenbu -> Jienbu (『全部』->『じえんぶ』)

“Huh?”

Perhaps because her embarrassment reached its limit, Osaki, who had just changed her expression, starts to tease me.

“The habit of biting at crucial moments hasn’t changed, huh? Not just during that toast the other day, but also during the opening ceremony speech at the school festival…”

“Oh? If you’re going to bring that up, should I mention the things I’ve been quietly enduring? Like the time during the festival…”

“Eh?”

It seems that the parting wasn’t entirely Osaki Sumire’s fault. However, it was certain that I was hurt to some extent.

If that’s the case, would it be acceptable to return the favor like this?

“Since coming to Bali, you said I’m being monitored. Is that a lie?”

“…!!”

In response, her cheeks turn red enough to be visible even in the darkness of the night.

With that reaction, I change my expectation to certainty.

Talking about eavesdropping in Japan is probably true, but the claim that agents have been monitoring since coming to Bali is a lie created by Osaki herself.

“…Did you notice all along?”

“From the beginning.”

“From the beginning!?”

Osaki opens her eyes wide. It’s amusing to see her, always calm demeanor changed making such varied expressions.

“W-what’s your basis for that?”

“Because even if I liked Osaki, there was no need to change the way I addressed you and play the lovey-dovey couple. Furthermore, there was even less need for Osaki to act affectionate towards me.”

“A-a…!”

“Well, well! Why didn’t you point that out at that time…!”

“I couldn’t be sure. I thought it was better to go along with the act than to point it out and take the risk.”

“I’ve always hated that about you…!”

Osaki glares at me with moist eyes.

“Only thinking about your own risks. Can’t you consider my risks too…!”

“Sorry, I value risk management.”

“Ugh…!”

Osaki, pouting like a child, hits my chest with a “mou!” Anyway, she must be thinking, ‘Why did you tell such a lie?’

“Well, I…”

Without asking me to say it, which would have been a long sentence like ‘You don’t need to say it since I can somehow guess,’

“I just wanted to do things that lovers couldn’t do back then with you, Hirakawa-kun…!”

Osaki continues,

“Holding hands, hugging, getting excited over indirect kisses, shopping together… I wanted to experience all of that! I wanted to do things like riding on a motorcycle together in Nasu too! I’ve wanted to do those things for a long time!”

“Osaki…”

I quietly swallowed the sweet and sour past, like ‘Even I wanted to be like that.’

Because I still don’t know if I can choose her.

“It’s fine like this for now, Shinichi-kun.”

Seeming to understand my feelings, she gently hugs me and whispers with a smile.

“…Someday, when our last names are the same, surely, you’ll call me Sumire.”