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“Yes. I want to repay the person who saved my life.”
It is not like some old tale, but just because you were saved from being almost run over by a car does not mean you need to repay the favor.
I didn’t save her because I wanted something in return, so the fact that a beautiful girl like Arayashiki san was so grateful that she really wanted to return the favor is enough for me.
“I don’t need you to repay me. It’s nothing much.”
“No, you saved my life, so it’s a big deal ! I really want to repay you ! Otherwise, I won’t be able to get over it !”
“I’m fine, really. I woke up in one piece.”
“It’s not okay. If you want, I will give you money….or even my body !”
Saying that, Arayashiki san put her hand on the clothes she was wearing.
No matter how much I told her I didn’t need a favor in return, she refused to listen to me, saying she wanted to repay me, and in fact, she even started trying to give me her body.
I was afraid that if I continued to refuse her request, she would start taking off her clothes, but I still would not back down.
“I didn’t need money, and I didn’t need Arayashiki san to take off her clothes. I didn’t help Arayashiki san because I wanted something in return.”
“Then how can I repay you for your kindness !?”
“No, I don’t need you to repay me in any way.”
“If you saved my life and I didn’t do anything, I wouldn’t be able to show my face to my mother, who died of an illness before I entered high school…..”
Saying this, Arayashiki san deliberately covered her face with her hands.
I don’t want you to return the favor to me at all.
However, when she mentioned her deceased mother, it became hard to refuse at once.
Not allowing Arayashiki san to repay her favor means that I am also preventing Arayashiki san to face her deceased mother.
I wonder if Arayashiki san, who looks petite and childish on the outside, is a surprisingly clever person.
“…Haa. I understand, if you insist. Now, would you please listen to just one request of mine?”
“–Yes ! Anything you want !”
I decided to ask Arayashiki san, who looked like a happy dog, to do me one favor.
“Be my friend.”
“–Eh? Friend?”
“Yes, my friend.”
“…..Are you sure?”
If you really wanted to repay me that much, I asked for something easy to do in return.
Arayashiki san’s eyes widened and she looked surprised at my unexpectedly simple request.
“Yeah. That’s fine. I’m not really the type of person who would go out of my way to help someone. But that day, I was desperate because my girlfriend had dumped me. So I recklessly went to save Arayashiki san and got run over. So I don’t need you to repay me in such a big way.”
“No, but that doesn’t change the fact that Eita san was run over instead of me and that he saved my life, so I definitely have to return the favor……but, I didn’t realize something like that was happening. That must have been hard.”
Saying this, Arayashiki san hugged me again and gently patted my head.
I tried to shake her off like a teenage boy who has been hugged by his mother.
“Hey, I’m not a child anymore, I don’t want you to do that to me—hm, w-why are you crying? Stop, stop.”
As soon as Arayashiki san hugged me, my tear gland collapsed.
Immediately after being dumped, I was too shocked to shed any tears, but the moment Arayashiki san comforted me, I burst into tears.
I don’t know the exact reason why I shed tears just because I was hugged and patted on the head by Arayashiki san, whom I had just met for the first time, but I guess I was happy that she understood my pain and that she consoled me.
Sumika never gave any thought to my feelings when she dumped me.
And as I was shedding tears over Arayashiki san’s kindness, I heard another voice shedding tears apart from mine.
“Uuu, hiks. When I think of Eita san’s feelings, even I…..uuuuuu…….”
I should be the one who needs to shed tears in this room, but for some reason, even Arayashiki san started crying just like me.
“W-why are you crying, Arayashiki san !?”
“I don’t understand. But when I looked at Eita san, I realized how painful it must have been, and when I thought about that, I started to feel sad too…”
Just how kind is this child who sheds tears with such empathy for my broken heart?
The fact that I didn’t wake up for a few days after the accident makes me remember seeing Sumika’s cruel attitude as if it was just a while ago, but after seeing Sumika’s cruel attitude, Arayashiki san’s kindness sinks even more deeply into my wounds.
“…Thank you. Also, I’m sorry for bursting into tears.”
“It’s okay. You can cry as much as you want when you want to cry. It is human nature to laugh when you are happy and cry when you are sad.”
I cried again at her words, and my tears did not stop for a while after that.
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