A Yandere Who Can Turn Back Time Confesses to Me Until She Succeeds - Chapter 24

The Girl Named Akari Sakurazaka ①

A day has passed.

However, the date remains Saturday. This was the eighth Saturday.

It seems Sakurazaka-san rewound time again.

Rubbing my eyelids, I sit up.

Then, in my field of vision, a girl sits formally on a cushion in my room.

“…W-what… are you doing here?”

“Good morning.”

The girl, who suddenly appeared yesterday——or more precisely, on the seventh Saturday——the floating girl named Yuuki-san.

She has flaxen hair that extends down to her waist, with half-lidded eyes gazing intently.

She has a slender build and stands around 150 centimeters tall.

“You don’t seem too surprised. I was expecting a more exaggerated reaction.”

“In the last two days, I’ve experienced similar events quite a few times. Seems like I’ve developed an unpleasant resistance.”

Yuuki-san tilts her head slightly.

“Can I assume that you’re another person who’s troubled by Akari Sakurazaka’s time-rewinding power?”

“Yeah, I’m troubled by it too.”

“Then, would you like to cooperate with me? Let’s kill Akari Sakurazaka together.”

“A-are you serious?”

“I can’t think of any advantage in saying it as a joke.”

The content of the conversation is off, especially this early in the morning.

“Sorry, but I have no intention of crossing that line.”

“Is that so? That’s unfortunate. Then for now, I’ll assess your value as a hostage.”

“Huh?”

I couldn’t immediately interpret what Yuuki-san was saying.

With my mouth agape, I was bewildered.

In that instant, I lost strength in my body.

I collapsed onto the bed.

Before I knew it, I was lying on a carpet soaked in fresh blood.

At the very least, I knew that I was on the brink of death.

My vision darkened.

I didn’t even have the luxury to feel pain.

All I knew was that ‘death’ loomed before me.

It was terrifying; I felt helpless.

“It’s okay, you’ll surely come back to life.”

Yuuki-san assured me as if consoling.

Like a power cord being unplugged, my consciousness descended into darkness.

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“Ha… Haa… Haaah…”

My heart was racing.

I felt out of breath as if I had just finished a half marathon.

My vision narrowed, and I woke up as if grasping at something.

Wait, was I… killed?

When I woke up, Yuuki-san was there, and I remember something stabbing me in the throat.

Then my consciousness slipped into darkness…

It was a sensation that gave me goosebumps, something I had never experienced before.

I had never faced a life-threatening situation before.

That’s why this unfamiliar experience seemed to shrink to my very cells.

Then I felt a strong urge to vomit. I wanted to throw up everything in my stomach, but I held back at the last moment.

“Haa… Haaa…”

As time passed, I regained a bit of composure.

As I was trying to calm my racing heart, I suddenly stopped.

Because in the middle of the room, Sakurazaka-san was kneeling, her head deeply bowed to the floor.

She was motionless.

So perfectly still that if someone told me she was a statue, I would have believed it.

“What… What are you doing?”

I tentatively asked, as if approaching something fragile.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry, Yu-kun.”

“Why are you apologizing?”

“I just promised to protect you, Yu-kun, and yet… I’m really, truly sorry.”

She must have discovered my lifeless body.

“What’s… with the blood?”

Sakurazaka-san’s uniform was stained red.

A color too vivid to be painted.

The color that looked like splattered blood was all over her uniform.

“… It’s okay now.”

With just that statement, I could understand.

There was no need to pry further.

After a moment’s hesitation, I said,

“Please, make sure to repeat today.”

“Ah? Wh-why?”

Sakurazaka-san looked truly baffled.

Finally, she raised her face to me…

“I have something I want to discuss with her——with Yuuki-san. If we move on to tomorrow, I’ll never get the chance to talk to her.”

“It’s dangerous! What if you… again…”

With tears in her eyes, Sakurazaka-san clung to me.

Her hands, gripping my shoulders, trembled.

“Weren’t you going to protect me?”

“… Do you… still believe in that promise?”

Tears threatened to spill from Sakurazaka-san’s eyes as she choked out her words.

“Yes, I believe.”

“I understand…I’ll do as you say, Yu-kun.”

If I hadn’t said this now, Sakurazaka-san might have let time proceed as usual.

And then, I might never meet Yuuki-san again.

It’s not that I particularly want to see her.

I’m furious about being killed, and I’m scared too.

However, my rational side tells me it would be foolish to simply let time move on.

“… Yu-kun!”

Sakurazaka-san embraced me.

She held me so tightly that wrinkles formed in my pajamas.

“St-stop it. Don’t cling.”

The feel of her soft skin.

It was a bit too stimulating for me just having woken up.

“You’re warm… It’s the real, living Yu-kun.”

“…..”

I understood in my head, but it seemed Yuuki-san indeed killed me.

Killed, yet still alive.

It’s a strange situation.

“I will… definitely protect you.”

With a determined expression, Sakurazaka-san declared firmly.

For some reason, I lost the will to resist, I simply let Sakurazaka-san do as she pleased with me for a while.