A Yandere Who Can Turn Back Time Confesses to Me Until She Succeeds - Chapter 22

About Me—

“Good morning! Yu-kun!”

It was a little bit past ten o’clock.

The intercom rang, and Sakurazaka-san was standing at the front door.

With a cheerful smile on her face, she raised her right hand towards me.

“Please leave.”

Ignoring the intercom was not an option.

That’s because she had a history of unlawfully entering my house.

“You’re so cold. Even though I listened to what Yu-kun said and didn’t kill Amamiya-san.”

She pouted and voiced her displeasure.

Not killing her should be a given.

Sakurazaka-san, who could kill without hesitation or remorse, is insane.

However, one way or another, given that Saturday keeps repeating, Amamiya-san probably did not die ‘today’.

Still, how on earth did she manage to find her?

I might as well ask her.

“How did you manage to find out where Amamiya-san is, Sakurazaka-san?”

“Hmm? It’s simple. She goes to a middle school near you and has caused an attempted murder incident. Just with that, there’s plenty of information scattered on the internet. Then, I directly asked people who seemed to be related.”

“I see. Don’t ever do something like that again.”

“People who are unnecessary are better off dead, don’t you think? Wouldn’t it be better if a girl who causes trauma to Yu-kun wasn’t around?”

Sakurazaka-san wore an unfazed expression.

I was on the verge of retorting, ‘Who are you to say that? Aren’t you the same?’, but managed to hold back.

“Your premise is flawed from the start. Even if Amamiya-san were to die, my feelings wouldn’t change. It would only make me more reluctant to interact with others.”

“Aww… well, then I’m stuck. What should I do to be in a relationship with Yu-kun?”

Sakurazaka-san tilts her head to the side in confusion.

“The best thing would be to give up. Move on to another guy.”

“Every guy other than Yu-kun is garbage. I don’t even want them in my line of sight.”

“…Then the one who’s stuck is definitely me.”

“Well, persistence has its merits. No matter how many times, dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of times, I’ll confess to Yu-kun. If I keep repeating it until I succeed, we’ll surely end up together!”

A certain kind of pathological positive thinking.

However, she has the power to make it possible.

Maybe giving up is the rational thing to do.

No, that would be nothing but self-destruction.

The focus should be on losing Sakurazaka-san’s interest in me and finding a way out of this supernatural phenomenon.

“You have no intention of leaving…Anyway, come in.”

“Okay. Thanks!”

I took two steps back, giving Sakurazaka-san room to go inside

She took off her shoes and headed to the living room.

Uzuki is out today.

So, it’s just Sakurazaka-san and me in this house.

“Would tea be okay?”

“Yeah. With lemon, please.”

“We don’t have any lemons.”

“Then, any of Yu-kun’s bodily fluids will do.”

” …… ”

“Stop ignoring me! You don’t react to anything!”

Sakurazaka-san puffs up her cheeks and glares at me with displeasure.

I prepare two cups of tea and hand one to Sakurazaka-san.

We sit across from each other with the dining table between us.

“Thanks.”

“Mhm.”

Upon receiving the tea, Sakurazaka-san’s mood brightens, and she flashes a smile.

Looking at her like this, she seems like a regular girl.

It makes me want to believe that what happened yesterday was some kind of mistake.

However, there’s no way that was a dream.

A dream that is realistic is unrealistic…Well, this situation of repeating the same day is even more unrealistic.

“Can I ask you something?”

I take a sip of my tea and begin.

“Mhm. What? Ask me anything.”

“Is Sakurazaka-san causing me to be affected by the power to turn back time too?”

“Nope. Like I said before, I had no idea you were affected too.”

“Then why is it just these two days? If you’ve been turning back time before, it doesn’t make sense that I wouldn’t be affected by that ability.”

“I also don’t understand even if you ask me.”

“…I see.”

“But it’s been a long time since I used this power. Maybe it got some kind of update?”

“What are you talking about?”

It’s clear that thinking about this logically won’t help.

I’m at a loss…

I can’t seem to find a lead to a solution.

“Oh, that’s right. If you really want to escape this ability, there’s one way.”

“Huh?”

Sakurazaka-san holds up her index finger and smiles gently.

My interest is immediately piqued.

“——You just have to kill me.”

Directly and straightforwardly, looking straight into my eyes, Sakurazaka-san said.

“What? What are you——”

“I’m the one turning back time. If the culprit dies, there’s nothing that can be done.”

“That may be true, but—”

“Of course, if you tried, I’d resist with all my might. After all, I don’t want to lose the chance to be with you.”

Sakurazaka-san sips her tea, calm and composed, a stark contrast to the weight of her words.

“Now then, be my boyfriend.”

“…I refuse.”

I decline mechanically, having heard her confession countless times before.

“Hmph. Even though there’s no other girl who thinks of Yu-kun as devotedly as I do.”

She sends quick, fleeting glances my way.

A heavy pressure settles on my shoulders.

It’s impossible to contend with such unreasonableness.

Would it be easier to just give up?

Even so, I still find it hard to believe that someone would be this obsessed with me.

Above all, I don’t remember anything about Sakurazaka-san, so it’s hard to believe we had a deep connection in the past.

It seems we had promised to marry, but even so, Sakurazaka-san’s attachment to me feels almost like an illness.

She must have nurtured these feelings continuously since childhood.

It felt both devoted and, at the same time, like madness——

——Huh? Wait…

That’s right.

Why hadn’t I questioned this obvious anomaly before?

Sakurazaka-san has the information-gathering ability to identify the whereabouts of Amamiya-san, someone even I wasn’t aware of, in just a few days.

She possesses extraordinary initiative and intrudes on privacy without hesitation.

Yet, she didn’t try to make contact until halfway through our high school life.

No matter how I think about it, it’s weird.

It doesn’t add up.

“…Why did you appear in front of me ‘now’ ?”