For Some Reason, My Ex-girlfriend, Who Lost Interest in Me, and My Current Girlfriend, Whom I’ve Kno

Takamine, on the other hand, was not expecting to hear the words she heard, as you could expect.

(That voice just now… Natsukawa!? Don’t tell me she’s going to plunder Komori and sleep with him as she declared!? It’s a love-hate drama! Stop joking. Komori is–Komori is mine!)

To Mayuka Takamine, Shota Komori was an ordinary boy.

However, as she spent time with him–especially after the incident at the outlet mall–it was enough to make her aware of him as the opposite s*x.

Therefore, Mayuka Takamine was determined to confess her feelings to Shota Komori.

The purpose of the phone call to Komori was to make an appointment to meet in order to express her feelings.

Natsukawa has no way of knowing about her intentions. Her outburst is unstoppable.

“I’m bored because Komori-kun doesn’t give me any attention. Maybe I should turn on the TV.”

(EHH!? She made me take the call, and then she sulks when I don’t give her any attention… Isn’t that a little too devilish!? W-Well… With the TV, it won’t be suspicious even if her voice gets heard, and Natsukawa-san won’t be bored…)

Komori tolerates Natsukawa’s behavior without any restraint.

But it did not take him a second to regret it.

Because as soon as the TV was turned on…

[Ahhn, ahhn, yesss~!]

–An adult video was projected on the screen.

The sound of gasping echoed through the room. And it was loud.

[Don’t tell me you’re really in a love hotel!? Rather, what are you looking at, Sho-chan!?]

“T-This is…not what it looks like, Mayu-nee! Please let me explain myself! There’s a deep reason why I’m in a love hotel in the first place–Eh? Hello? Hello, Mayu-nee!?”

With no sign of anyone at the end of the phone, Komori immediately noticed something odd about the phone.

Nothing was being displayed on the display. It was black, as if it were Shota Komori’s future. The battery, which had been temporarily restored, had run out.

“EHHHHHH!? NO WAY!? Right now!? It’s cut off at this moment!? That’s the worst! There’s absolutely no way to get away with this now.”

Komori hung his head and let out a sigh. He seems depressed by his bad luck.

Natsukawa saw this and,

“Um… I’m sorry?”

“Why was that a question… And you’ve got to clear up the misunderstanding, okay?”

“I don’t want to.”

“Why not!?”

“Hmm. Because I don’t want to do anything I don’t want to do.”

Natsukawa turned away.

However, in contrast to her behavior, she was also self-loathing.

(But still, playing tricks on him when he was on the phone with his girlfriend–I’m really a bad woman. No wonder Shota-kun likes Takamine-san more than me. Ah, mou~, I haven’t known what to do since I fell in love with Shota-kun!)

The next thing she knew, her eyes were beginning to water. The onomatopoeia of “dejected” was apt.

(I was going to complain to her, but now she’s depressed!? What? Her emotional ups and downs are too extreme! That’s how worried she is about Ohashi-kun, isn’t it? Then it’s no wonder she’s in a bad mood. What I should be doing here is not to get angry, but to encourage her.)

“…Hah~. So, back to what we were talking about earlier.”

Natsukawa’s body, whose shoulders had slumped at Komori’s words, trembled.

(So this is a continuation of earlier. I assumed it was going to be a confession, but it probably won’t happen now…will it? It’s no use. I can’t look at Shota-kun’s face. I’m going to cry.)

“Would you–”

Natsukawa bit her lower lip and managed to hold back her tears. Her body was trembling slightly.

She must have been prepared for the end, and at that time,

“–like to be my friend?”

“Eh?”

Natsukawa looked up involuntarily. She had this look of not understanding what was just said.

“…Actually, I saw it. I saw Natsukawa-san…crying because Ohashi-kun dumped her. Ah, it’s not nice to peek, is it? I have nothing to say about that. However, I think that right now Natsukawa-san is confused and is not able to sort out her emotions. That’s why I don’t want you to become desperate and say, ‘I’m fine with Komori.’ I don’t know what I can do for you, but as your friend, I’m here to help you.”

(Saw me crying after being dumped by Kengo? What on earth is he on about… Ahh, that time! T-That’s not true! I was crying that day, Komori-kun, because I didn’t want to be separated from you… No, I don’t care about that now. Because–)

“…I really don’t like it, after all.”

“Don’t like? You mean you don’t like to be friends with me?”

“No, I don’t like to see Komori-kun talking with Takamine-san.”

“What?”

(‘Would you be my friend,’ huh? I guess he was worried that I was not getting along with my boyfriend, and that’s why he made such a suggestion to me, but… That’s one h**l of a killer line. It’s because he cares about me so much that he said those words. It made me reaffirm my feelings for him. My… My feelings for Komori-kun is–)

“I don’t want to be Komori-kun’s friend.”

“…I see.”

Komori’s shoulders dropped in disappointment at Natsukawa’s rejection. And in the next moment,

“–Because I love you so much.”

How could anyone have imagined that he would be confessed to?