The Best Friend of the Person I Like is Secretly Approaching Me - Chapter 82

Chapter 82

While Koido and I were discussing in the pool changing room, Haru appeared with empty and dark eyes.

“H-Haru!? Why are you here…”

“I followed Ren here. More importantly, answer my question, Ren. What are you doing here? And who is this girl?”

“Uh, she’s the person who’s helping us deny the rumors, the collaborator I mentioned before. Her name is Koido Mai. Haru, you’ve met her before, right?”

“Eh?… Ah, could it be the girl who helped me out when that person confessed to me the other day?”

“Yes, that’s right! I’m Koido Mai!”

“I see, your name is Koido-chan. Thank you so much for that time… So, what is your relationship with Ren?”

“Um, well… by ‘senpai’, I’m referring to a senpai-kohai relationship, and I’m only working under him as his junior (kohai).”

“Ren isn’t in any club activities, so how did he become so close to Koido-chan?”

“Th-that is, um…”

Koido stumbled over her words in response to Haru’s questions.

If she were to honestly talk about our relationship, it would mean that she’d have to tell Haru about the considerable struggles I’m experiencing due to my relationship with Haru and Misa.

That’s why Koido couldn’t speak.

Even at a time like this, she’s thinking about me; she’s too good as a kohai.

“Um, Koido. Can I talk about that time?”

When I offered that lifeline, Koido seemed momentarily puzzled and then replied, ‘Okay’, understanding my intention.

I faced Haru and looked into her eyes as I spoke.

“Before, Koido had been receiving some persistent confessions, and I happened to be there and helped her out. She’s been saying she wanted to thank me for that, and now she’s doing so in the form of cooperation.”

“…So Ren and Koido-chan aren’t in ‘that’ kind of relationship?”

“No, nothing like that.”

“It’s not like that, it’s not like that.”

“…I don’t like the way Koido-chan said that; it feels like she’s stirring things up. It reminded me of when I went to watch a tennis match of a friend from my junior high school days, and the opposing team said something similar to a player who made a mistake.”

“Wha, I’m so sorry! It’s not like that, it’s really not like that at all!”

Koido hastily corrected her tone and repeated the same thing, to which Haru chuckled.

“Sorry, Koido-chan, I was just joking.”

“…eh?”

“At first, I really misunderstood, but when I thought about it more, I realized it wasn’t true. There’s no way Ren would like any other girl besides me and Misa. I noticed it halfway through, but I still didn’t like that Ren was alone with someone else, so I was a bit mean. I’m sorry.”

“Ah, yes. I’m glad the misunderstanding has been cleared up.”

Haru is smiling, but Koido has completely shrunk back.

I want to apologize to Koido too. Sorry, Koido.

Now that the issue has been settled, Haru comes over to me.

“Hey-hey. Since you’re cooperating, does that mean Koido-chan knows about our relationship?”

“Ah, yeah. I’ve told her most of it. Sorry for talking about it without asking.”

“No-no. I’m totally fine with it… so then, I can do this, right?”

Haru clings to me and rubs her cheek against my body.

“Ehehe. Being able to be spoiled by Ren at school… this is a nice place, isn’t it?”

In response to Haru’s behavior, Koido let out a wry smile.

I understand the awkwardness of being in front of a couple being all lovey-dovey, so I can sympathize with Koido.

It seemed like Haru had thought of something, as she suddenly said ‘Ah’ and pulled her face away from me and turning to Koido with a question.

“By the way Koido-chan, whose side are you on?”

“Eh? What do you mean by ‘side’?”

“I mean, knowing about our relationship, do you take sides with me or Misa?”

“Ah, I don’t have a preference in that matter. I’m neutral… But if I had to say, I guess I’m on Seko senpai’s side.”

“Ugh. I knew it, Koido-chan is…”

“Haru. It’s probably just one of Koido’s bad jokes. She’s always like that.”

“I don’t like it when Ren talks like he really understands Koido-chan!”

“Pffft. Sounds tough, senpai.”

“Whose fault do you think this is?”

“If we get down to the root of it, it’s senpai’s fault.”

“That’s true.”

Normally, I would fall into self-deprecation mode, but today is not the time for that, so I’m sealing it away.

Besides, I can’t imagine talking like that in front of Haru.

“By the way, why did you come here, Haru? What about Yosaki?”

“I followed you because I was worried about you when you left the classroom. Misa got caught up with some girls from our class. You know, those three.”

“Ah… I see.”

“Ren, is your hand okay? Does it hurt?”

Haru, with a sorrowful expression on her face, took my hand that I had slammed onto the desk just moments ago.

“It doesn’t hurt now.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“I’m glad. Ehehe, thank you for getting angry for us.”

Haru thanked me and then pressed her body against mine again, her hug became stronger.

“So what were you two talking about here?”

Haru clung to me as she asked that question.

“We were discussing yesterday about how to deny the rumors, and today we were talking about the evidence for that.”

“What kind of evidence is that?”

“Uh, well, it’s…”

“I’ll say it. Haru… Arahira might be the one who started these rumors.”

“Eh?”

“I think he did this to set me up. I’m sorry for dragging Haru and Misa into this.”

“No-no, that’s wrong. The reason that person hates Ren is because of what happened that day, right? Then it’s my fault. I’m the one who dragged Ren and Misa into this.”

“No, Haru. Please calm down and listen to me.”

“…Hey, Ren.”

Haru looked up, her eyes meeting mine.

They were as dark and as empty as before, no, even more deeply shrouded in darkness.

“You know, my body, it seems to have value to men. The boys in the class were saying that. And Arahira senpai eve confessed his feelings to me… I wonder… maybe we won’t have to suffer like this anymore if I give it to Arahira senpai? Maybe Ren and Misa can keep smiling… Hey, Ren… tell me.”

“…There’s no way I’d ever let you do something like that.”

“Why? Instead of desperately searching for evidence that might not even be useful, this way is faster.”

“Why, you ask? Haru, that’s because… Haru’s body belongs to me, right?”

“…right.”

“Then, there’s no way Arahira should be allowed to touch Haru’s body.”

“…um, that’s true. But, you see, Ren, I’ll start to forget who my body belongs to if you don’t tell me regularly…. So Ren, tell me. Tell my body. Whose body is it? Right now.”

“…Right now?”

“Yeah, because it’s painful… I want to escape this pain as soon as possible… That’s why I might just take the quickest way out to resolve it—mmph!”

I didn’t want to hear any more of her words, so I covered her mouth.

Then I let my tongue in and it went deeper and deeper.

Her embrace tightened around me, and her tongue welcomed mine.

“Ah, awawawawa. I-I’m going to leave first!”

Without paying any attention to Koido who hurriedly left the changing room in a fluster, I continued to dote on the girl in front of me, pouring all my feelings into it as if to say, ‘Don’t go anywhere.’

If anyone saw us doing this here, the rumors would be completely confirmed as truth.

I knew that. But my body wouldn’t stop.

After continuing to kiss her for a while and finally pulling away, strings of saliva connected our mouths.

Looking straight into her completely flushed eyes and her breath erratic, I spoke.

“Fine. Let’s do it.”

“…Yes. Ehehe. I’m so happy. Please make sure you leave a mark on my body. To show that I belong to Ren. Properly.”

Blushing, she took something out of her pocket and handed it to me.

“This is…”

“Ehehe. I’ve been carrying it around so I can always relieve Ren’s stress whenever you want.”

“…I see.”

“…You know, there’s no bed here, and we can’t really get into a normal position, right? I want you to do it from behind… Is that okay?”

“Okay. Let’s do that.”

“Yeah! Oh, look… Ren.”

Then Haru lifted her skirt with a seductive expression.

Beneath it, her yellow underwear was revealed.

“Hehe. This is the one you picked out for me before, Ren. We made a promise, right? That we’d do it while I’m wearing this.”

At that moment, the little bit of reason left in me shattered.

After making various preparations, Haru placed her hands on the locker in the changing room.

Then, I embraced her body from behind.

“Ren… I think I like this.”

Haru says, turning only her face towards me.

“Ren… grab my arms. Both of them.”

***

After finishing the cleanup, Haru sat on my legs on the floor and leaned against me as we chatted for a while.

“Ren… you know, about what I said earlier…”

“It was a lie, right?”

“What… You knew?”

“Yeah.”

“How did you know…? Then why did you, you know, do it, if you knew?”

“I did it because, how to say this… right, it’s because I couldn’t myself. I just can’t hold back when a cute girl like Haru comes onto me.”

“Re-really? Ehehehehehe.”

“It’s true. And the reason I knew it was a lie… I guess it’s because I knew Haru would never do something like that… I mean, even now, I don’t really let other guys get close to you, do I?”

“…that’s true. Ehehe. Ren, you see right through me, don’t you… I’ve been a little scared of men ever since that day. I thought that if something ever happened, I could resist with all my might and somehow handle it, but after realizing that’s not possible…”

“…I see.”

“Yeah. So Ren, I’ve decided that from now on, I won’t accept any confessions. I’ll also make sure not to go when someone calls me out.”

“If that’s what you’ve decided for yourself, Haru, I won’t say anything.”

The confessions from the students at this school are often troublesome, myself included.

“Because if I have Ren, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. Besides, my body belongs to Ren. I don’t want anyone else to touch it——”

“…Haru?”

“Ehehe. You know, Ren, about earlier… it felt really good. It was like Ren was completely dominating my body, and my feelings were floating. Like my body has completely become Ren’s. And then, something like happiness just burst out from all over my body——”

At that moment, the sound of the school bell could be heard. It was the signal for the start of the afternoon classes.

“Ah. R—Ren, what should we do? The bell rang.”

“…Maybe we should skip the class.”

“What?”

“It’s okay to skip just one class, right? The next one is with Matsui-sensei anyway. Right now, I just want to spend a little more time talking with you, Haru.”

“Ah… y-yes! Let’s do it! I want to talk too! Ehehe. Ren, I like you. I really like you, Ren. Ren. Don’t go far away. Don’t leave me behind… Because I belong to you, Ren. Ren. Ren.”

While holding Haru’s needy body tightly, I think to myself.

She sometimes becomes very unstable.

Just a moment ago, her heart was on the verge of breaking due to the stress caused by rumors.

But now, as we’ve come together like this, she has regained her stability.

Is it because she loves me?

Or is it because we’ve built such a twisted relationship?

What should I do from now on?

I have no idea what the right answer is.