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 62

Summer

『Hey Hayate, you and Sumire-chan should come home next time.』

On the afternoon of the first day of summer vacation, I got a call from Mom.

“Hmm, well, I guess I haven’t been home recently.”

『That’s right, you haven’t contacted us at all. Well, I’ve been hearing about how you two are doing from Sumire-chan.』

“Then I’ll talk to Sumire when she comes home. I’ll call you back.”

After hanging up the phone, silence enveloped the room.

I’ve been alone for about half the day today.

Sumire went out because she had some errands to run.

And here I am, sitting still in the room.

“By the way, it’s hot today. Can I turn on the air conditioning?”

The windows are closed, and only the electric fan is rotating.

The air conditioner is in the room, but for some reason, it’s been turned off.

But, no matter how long I’ve been living here, this is still technically Sumire’s room.

I feel reluctant to touch anything without permission.

I wonder if Sumire will come back…But will she?

What could she be doing?

Could it be cheating…? No, that can’t be it.

But what could her errand be?

It’s not like there’s anything happening at the club, could it be that Sumire’s parents are nearby?

Come to think of it, Sumire doesn’t talk about her family much.

I wonder what they’re like.

♡

“Mother, I’ll see you again then.”

Today, since my biological mother was in town, I had been talking with her at a café since the morning.

Although she’s a difficult woman, she still provides money for me, her daughter, out of a sense of obligation.

However, her care for me is just for appearances.

My mother, who married into my father’s quite respectable family, was never able to give birth to a boy.

I was the only one born, and thus, she was always cold to me.

She might have appeared to be a good mother, but she was never kind to me, not even once.

Maybe that’s why I became who I am today.

I couldn’t trust anyone.

I lived thinking all other people were cold.

But it was Hayate-kun who helped me without expecting anything in return.

That’s why I fell in love.

But at the same time, there’s a part of me that doesn’t trust him.

Because he’s someone else.

Because maybe one day he’ll betray me.

So, I want to keep him tied down.

And I want something proper quickly.

I want a child.

I want a boy.

Though I was oppressed for not being a boy, somewhere in my heart, I probably held onto the hope that if I could give birth to a son, maybe my mother would finally pay attention to me.

I want to be acknowledged.

And I want a child with the person I love.

Summer vacation is an unparalleled opportunity for me.

He is in the room right now, and he’s become indifferent to being confined by me.

There’s no need to worry anymore.

No fear of being betrayed. It’s time, isn’t it?

Today is the real deal.

Let’s properly try to make a child.

He must be parched from half a day without me. I am too.

Being apart from him this long, I’m already uncontrollably longing for him.

I’ll be home soon.

When I return, let’s do it a lot.

Soon, we’ll be truly connected.

“By this time next year, we’ll be Mom and Dad.”