My Girlfriend Who Is Older Than Me Teases Me When I’m Working At A Bar, But Maybe Because Of Alcohol

Rumors of ‘Him’ and Rage

“Wow, handsome guy spotted!”

“Huh, him? Isn’t he a bit scary?”

“Well, he does have a tough-looking face, but I think he’s just someone who’s on a higher level than most.”

In front of the main gate of Reijo Nursing University, a group of three girls were having a conversation while looking at a certain person.

“If he smiles, he’ll definitely look great in pictures!”

“I don’t think so. He seems like the type who doesn’t change his expression.”

“Huh? I’m not so sure about that. I think we might be able to see him smile if we just wait.”

“Really?! How do you know that?”

“Well, he’s waiting here at the main gate, right? He’s probably here to pick up a friend or girlfriend, and there have been reports of suspicious individuals in the area. So when the person he’s waiting for shows up, he’ll probably relax his expression and go, ‘Oh!'”

The three girls continued to watch the person who was leaning against the wall, fiddling with his smartphone near the main gate.

As for why he wasn’t suspected of being a suspicious individual, it was because the suspicious person wears a mask etc. while his behavior didn’t seem strange.

“Aww, he might have a girlfriend after all. He’s really my type though…”

“But you have a boyfriend, don’t you?”

“Wouldn’t you cry if someone asked you that?”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. We’re just enjoying the view! Can’t you wait for just a little bit? Like 10 minutes or so?”

“Wait for 10 minutes just to see the smile of someone you’ve just met?”

“Well, when you put it that way, it sounds silly. But I’m also curious, so I’m in favor of waiting a bit.”

The two girls tried to persuade the reluctant girl and eventually convinced her to wait with them in front of the main gate, where they spent time chatting.

And then, after five minutes had passed…

“Tap tap tap”

The three girls heard the sound of small footsteps and unconsciously turned their heads in that direction.

“Oh…”

One of the three girls let out a small sigh.

The girl who had been running inside the campus of Reijo Nursing University approached the guy who was fiddling with his smartphone outside.

“I’m sorry for making you wait, Toma-kun…”

“Don’t worry about it, Mio-san. I just got here, so it’s no problem.”

After that, the two of them had a friendly conversation, showing how close they were.

“…”

“…”

“…”

The three girls were in a daze, frozen in place without even blinking.

Their expectations were met when his friend arrived, but it turned out that the “girlfriend” he was waiting for was a famous person who was a cut above the rest.

She was a paragon of virtue and beauty, and everyone at the university knew her as the “nursing’s angel.”

“Heh heh, Toma-kun, you are terrible at lying. Did you really just arrive?”

“W-Well, yes, but…?”

“Oh, didn’t I tell you on the phone? ‘Make sure to come to my place by 5:30 tomorrow.’ Toma-kun, you followed my instructions exactly, didn’t you?”

“W-Well, there were circumstances that made me arrive at 5:50…”

“You’re so stubborn. If you had just admitted it, I would have given you a reward.”

“Huh!?”

“Heh heh, thank you very much. You were trying not to inconvenience me, so you said it that way, didn’t you?”

“I…I don’t remember doing that.”

“Really, you don’t intend to confess no matter what. That’s so like you, Toma-kun.”

“Anyway, come on, let’s go home quickly. It would be a problem if a suspicious person showed up.”

“If anything happens, I’ll leave it to my  Knight. Hehehe.”

“Well, it’s best if nothing happens at all.”

And with that, the two of them who had beamed with such mesmerizing smiles walked shoulder to shoulder as they headed back.

“Y-You saw it, right? That handsome guy’s smile just now… it was so cool, right?”

“W-W-What are you talking about?! I-Is this a hallucination? Am I hallucinating?”

“No, she was the Nursing’s Angel, right? There’s no mistake about it…”

The group watched in a daze as the two of them grew further and further away.

“…She had this incredibly happy aura around her. So much so that she couldn’t see anything around her.”

“…for the Nursing’s Angel to have a face like that… and that guy’s presence was so soft…”

“…I’ve heard rumors that she was walking with a guy the other day, but it wasn’t a rumor after all…”

“Well, shall we head home?”

“Sounds good to me.”

“I suddenly feel like I want a boyfriend…”

And so, influenced by the two of them, this desire awoke in the girls.

***

(Th-that guy… that guy!!)

Yuuto saw him. No, he went to see him, secretly as Mio had mentioned “him”.

Yuuto had seen that guy once before by chance. He tried to recall his face faintly relying on his memory.

“Bartender, you b*****d…”

His voice shook with anger. His bloodshot eyes stood out.

“That guy told Mio-san about me! Just to lower my impression!!”

Since meeting in the library, Yuuto had felt that Mio’s attitude was somewhat strange. He had selfishly fallen into a delusion that this was the reason.

“In reality, I was aiming for her. Planning to have a one-night stand.”

“Today was the only chance I’d ever get to be with such a great girl. I was going to make her drink strong alcohol until she got drunk and then take her to a hotel and take pictures while we were doing it. I was going to threaten her with those pictures and make her date me.”

He didn’t remember clearly, but he felt like he had said something like this. No, Yuuto was under the illusion that Mio’s attitude had changed precisely because she had heard about this.

It’s all because I got drunk on sake… no, that’s not it.

“It’s because that guy kept pushing strong drinks on me… He made me drunk and made me say those things… to lower my impression with Mio-san.”

In reality, Toma didn’t actually push sake on him. It was just that Yuuto was feeling good and drank it all up on his own. However, that memory was overwritten with a convenient one.

The reality of having your beloved taken away by dirty means.

Anger. Resentment. Hatred. Jealousy.

“I want you to believe in me rather than someone who says such things.”

“You should just ignore that guy.”

“I’ll protect Mio.”

These were baseless statements. However, they were rewritten as reality by the strong negative emotions of Toma.

“I won’t forgive him… I absolutely won’t forgive him… that b*****d!”

With a loud “thud!”, Yuuto punched the outside wall of the school building with his bare hands.

His skin peeled, and blood dripped from his fist. It was such a strong force.