My Classmate Whom I Helped Seems to Be Mentally Sick, So I've Been Trying My Best to Hide My True Identity, But It Seems Like I've Been Found Out - Chapter 54

The Path

“Takizawa-kun, can I talk to you for a moment?”

The morning after, we left school early.

As Sumire and I were on our way to school as usual, Mifune-san blocked our path.

“Good morning, Mifune-san.”

“Sumire Murasaki, I’m not talking to you. I have something to discuss with Takizawa-kun.”

“You can’t do that, Mifune-san. We’re dating, after all. It’s only natural for a girlfriend to stop another girl from trying to talk secretly with her boyfriend.”

“… Fine, then listen to me like this. Look, you should break up with this girl.”

Mifune-san, more desperate than I’ve ever seen her, appealed to me.

While I was confused as to why she would say such a thing, Sumire next to me chuckled and held my hand tightly.

“Hey, we should break up, huh? Hayate-kun, do you hate me?”

“Of course not, why would I?”

“See? Hear that, Mifune-san? Hayate-kun says he doesn’t want to break up, so who do you think you are? Or is it because you like Hayate-kun? You can’t covet what belongs to someone else.”

Against Sumire’s nonchalance, Mifune-san, taking rapid breaths, glared at her bitterly.

I tensed up, ready to protect Sumire as Mifune-san looked as if she was about to lunge at her, but then Mifune-san just sighed deeply and looked down.

“Sigh… Why did it have to be you? Takizawa-kun definitely saved me, not you.”

“No, it was me. Well, that’s not quite right either. Hayate-kun is kind to everyone. But I was the one who quickly realized that the kind person was Hayate-kun, and we became a couple. That’s only natural, right?”

With a firm pull on my hand, I was led by Sumire toward the school.

Mifune-san, who was left standing there, looked as though she had something more to say.

“Come on, let’s hurry and go together.”

The option of shaking off Sumire’s hand, who said such things, and turning back was nowhere to be found anymore.

♡

Mifune-san is surprisingly bold, but it’s all futile, no matter what she does.

I’ve captivated him, and I’ve become captivated by him.

We’re becoming inseparable.

I hate phrases like ‘we understand each other even when apart.’

The warmth of this hand is the only thing that makes me believe in our connection.

Never let go, not even for a moment.

Let’s go together, all the way to the depths.

I want us to fall together.

“Come on, let’s hurry and go together.”