Episode 29

I decided to escape the bullying and wait for things to cool down so that I would not cause trouble for Kento and Hanai, and so that my own mental health would not be depleted.

I lied, but Kimura sensei agreed to let me lie and take the day off, so I felt less guilty.

The fact that summer vacation would start in a few days also encouraged me to lie and take a day off from school.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t know how many days I could skip school, and I would just be absent.

Today, on the second day of my absence from school, I had missed school as planned, but now I was in front of Kohime’s house, pressing the intercom.

I didn’t want her to worry about me, and I didn’t want her to find out about my situation at school, so I didn’t plan to see her until at least the beginning of the summer vacation, but yesterday she called me and said that she had injured her leg and couldn’t move, so I had no choice but to come to her house.

I was able to come and help because she didn’t have a fever and just had a slight sore throat, but if she had a high fever, I wouldn’t have been able to come to help, and I wonder what would have happened…..

Well, in that case, Taketsugu san or Miki san would have come to help Kohime.

While I was thinking about this, the front door opened and out came Kohime, who said she had injured her leg.

“Thank you for coming, Eita san.”

“Is your leg okay…..or rather, you’re putting your weight on both of your legs—whoa !?”

“Fufufufufufu, I’ve caught you. I’ve caught you red-handed.”

“Red-handed !?”

With that, Kohime pulled me into her house and locked the door.

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“I heard from Kento san and Hanai san. Eita san’s ex-girlfriend is spreading unfounded lies.”

I let out a sigh and covered my face with my right hand as I muttered….

I was never going to tell her that I was absent from school because of Sumika’s lies and I was being treated unfairly at school so that she would not worry about me.

I had reminded them not to talk about it because there was a possibility that Kohime would try to help me, but I guess those two chose to tell Kohime about my situation for my sake.

“I’ve been worried about Eita san since the last time we went to the donut shop. You were obviously not looking well. But Eita san didn’t seem to want to tell me why, so I asked Kento san and Hanai san. Please don’t blame those two.”

I reminded Kento and Hanai not to talk about Sumika, but I had to blame myself first rather than them because Kohime had noticed first.

Either way, Kento and Hanai thought of me and told Kohime, so I shouldn’t blame them.

“It’s all right. I know that Kento and Hanai told Kohime for my sake.”

“……I know that Eita san hid his situation from me so that I wouldn’t worry. But why didn’t you tell me? I have always been saved by Eita- an, so I want to help you at least at a time like this. I want to be Eita san’s strength.”

I can easily imagine that if I talked to Kohime about this problem, she would do her best to help me.

That is why I didn’t–or rather, could not discuss this with Kohime.

Even though Kohime is being treated unfairly at school just like me, if she was acting to help me, she would be putting off improving her own situation.

And there is another reason why I didn’t tell this story to Kohime.

I never intended to tell her the reason, and I knew I shouldn’t have. Still, touched by her kindness, I made up my mind to tell her the other reason and began to talk about it.

“Of course, one of the reasons I didn’t consult Kohime was that I didn’t want to cause trouble, but there was actually another reason…”

As Kohime heard my voice begin to tremble as I tried to speak, she smiled kindly and listens.

After all, Kohime is kind, too kind.

I don’t know if it’s okay to be dependent on Kohime like that, but with her, I can expose my ugly side.

“…..I’ve been told a big lie by my ex-girlfriend, Sumika, and also a lie when I returned to school after being hit by a car.”

“What kind of lies?”

“I never really explained how Sumika and I broke up. I was dumped because of what you call cheating. She asked me to break up with her because she fell in love with another guy. This guy was a known womanizer, so I told her not to go for him….. But she got mad at me for misunderstanding and said, [It’s disgusting to say bad things about a guy just to keep me around]. I was saying it with all my heart for Sumika’s sake…… When I went to school for the first time after the breakup, word spread that I had told Sumika about a guy she had fallen in love with and that I had tried to keep her around…… Well, at that time, it was just a rumor and it was a misunderstanding, so it was still fine. But this time it was a complete lie, and because of the controversial nature of the story, it was hard for me to stay at school. I was causing trouble for Kento and Hanai by being there, so I decided to take a day off from school.”

“…..It’s too much. I don’t often speak ill of people, but I can’t believe she said that.”

“……I think so too. And here’s another reason why I didn’t talk to Kohime about it……”

After a short pause, I began to talk about the other reason why I had not talked to Kohime about it.

” I can’t hate Sumika from the bottom of my heart, even though she’s done such a terrible thing to me.”

“Eh–“

Kohime let out a voice of surprise at my words.

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