The Pretty Girl Next to Me Asks Strange Questions Every Day

47 – You’re not even my girlfriend, so why are you worried?

“I’m worried about you.”

At my words, Sera’s eyes widened.

But soon, her eyes began to fill with anger and tears at the same time as she lost her direction.

“Worried? You’re not even my girlfriend, so why are you worried? I don’t even care about my heart anyway……. No matter what I do, no matter what I do, I won’t budge……. I’m just saying that I’m worried.”

A crying voice hit me.

The responsibility for hurting Sera’s heart is definitely on me.

A promise that Sera and I made a long time ago that I can’t even remember. I don’t know if he really made that promise, but if he did, I’d have been cheating on Sera for a long time.

But I told you honestly.

“Yes. Not a girlfriend.”

“What…… ?”

Did I expect words of comfort? Sara stared at me in surprise.

“I can’t accept your feelings. It is now, now, and probably in the future…… I don’t think it will change.”

I didn’t want Sarah to be vain. Because Inna exists, it is impossible for me to accept Sera’s feelings. I think that is a fact that will never change.

“Even so.”

She took a deep breath and spoke behind her back.

“You’re my friend, so it’s only natural that I’m worried.”

Once again, Sarah’s eyes opened.

What should I call my relationship with Sera?

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We were close to her in elementary school, and we had deep feelings for each other as we went through this and that. When she was a high school student, she met again, and she approached her by bringing up the story of her childhood promise.

It’s a difficult relationship to explain, but one thing is clear. Sarah and I are friends.

“It’s the same for most friends who want to listen and help when they are in trouble. I also want to help you.”

Saying that, Sera lowered her eyes.

“Friends…… I mean.”

“Yes.”

She exhaled and continued her words.

“Actually, it is. I also worried about you a lot. I was thinking maybe I didn’t get along well with the other kids.”

Maybe Ina realized it earlier than I did.

It must have been this influence that the three of us decided to go together on a school trip.

If you think about it, there is not much evidence to doubt it. The ones that came to us during lunchtime and the ones that we bumped into in a deserted library. Maybe it was all to run away from the classroom.

I could have noticed it sooner if I had paid more attention.

“So, I want you to be honest. If you have any concerns.”

“… ….”

Sarah started to stare into my eyes without saying a word.

How many seconds passed in that state? After a while, Sarah let out a sigh.

“It’s so mean.”

“What?”

“Nothing.”

With a few tears still in her eyes, Sarah smiled at her. Then Sera eventually shrugged her shoulders and murmured.

“I mean. …… In fact, it was all postponed.”

A creeping voice.

A look that has lost its way.

An anxious-looking gesture and an infinitely small-looking body.

Now Sera is starting to overlap with her appearance in elementary school.

“Thanks to your help, I made friends in 5th grade and it was really fun. It was a happy moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life, as all I could do was talk with the characters in the book.”

“Is that so?”

“I did. Well, it didn’t last long.”

It didn’t last long. I know very well what that means.

Sarah, who was barely able to blend in with the other kids, was sent to a different school. It was easy to guess that life there must have been difficult.

“When I transferred schools. At first, it was hard because I couldn’t speak well. The food, currency, atmosphere, etiquette are all different.”

“I guess so.”

“I did. Therefore…… There was no way I, who couldn’t get along well even here, could have adapted to a foreign country where everything was different.”

Sarah was staring into space as if recalling her past. Her eyes looked like those of a frightened puppy.

“Even when I went to school, I had no friends to talk to, no one to eat with, no one to hang out with on the weekends. There were times when I didn’t go to class at all.”

“It must have been difficult.”

“Yes. It was hard.”

After spitting out a long story, Sera catches her breath.

“Every time that happened, I would think of the old days.”

“Once upon a time?”

“With your help, I made friends and had fun talking…… Something that made me feel like I liked someone.”

It doesn’t make any sense anymore, Sera muttered, then laughed forlornly.

“Actually, I promised you when I was young…… It was a lie.”

“What?”

When she asked back in surprise, Sarah smiled proudly.

“It was all lies. I never said anything like that, let alone promised anything like that.”

A shocking confession that came out of nowhere.

She didn’t remember, but I couldn’t believe she was really lying. No, then why would Sera lie like that?

“Do you want to ask why you lied like that?”

Sarah asked as if she had read my mind.

“Actually, I wanted to say that before we broke up.”

“I wanted to?”

“Yes. Saying that we’ll meet again later when we’re adults, that we’ll meet and date.”

“Ugh, hmm. Is that so?”

“I am embarrassed to say it with my mouth, but… ….”

Sera’s cheeks were slightly reddish. Sera, who had been uttering even more words without hesitation, was all acting.

“But I couldn’t speak. Because she may never see you again. With a promise like that, she didn’t want to burden you either.”

“You’ve been thinking a lot.”

“You are timid. Yes and now.”

Sarah laughed and smiled as if she was relieved.

“With this kind of personality and this kind of past, how could we be able to make friends even if we came back?”

“That means.”

“Yes. That’s right. I am a loner with no friends. I can’t even fit in in class, and I’m just reading books quietly like I used to.”

Sera, who readily admits it, seemed somehow at ease with her. She also felt that this was a little more suitable than the look she had shown so far.

“You have friends.”

“You and I?”

“Yes.”

“Thank you for saying that. In particular, I would have been annoyed with Ina, but she even worried about me.”

“Well, I can make more if needed.”

“Ahahahaha. Could that be possible?”

Sarah asked in a confident tone.

“If you want, I and Ina will help you as much as you like. Please.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

“Besides. You became friends with a kid like me, right? My school is overflowing with kids who are better than me, so it must be easy to make friends.”

“…… I see.”

After that, Sera became quiet for a moment. I also had nothing to say, so I had nothing more to say.

At the entrance of the lodging where there is silence. It was Sara’s mouth that broke the silence.

“Over there.”

“Huh?”

“Are we still friends? What changes your mind…… Won’t it?”

Sarah asked, looking straight into my eyes.

Take off all the masks and reveal the lies you’ve been hiding. One last question to check.

There was only one answer that could be given back to that question.

“I bet…… Think.”

“I see.”

After hearing her answer, Sera returned only her ambiguous smile, unable to tell whether it was happy or sad.