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“……What the hell do you want? You’re just a stranger.”
I said with a stronger tone as I arrived at the rooftop, squinting my eyes and staring at Sumika.
It’s the first time I’ve talked to Sumika since the day she threw my ring, but it seems like I already think of her as a stranger from the bottom of my heart.
“U-um…….I’m sorry. I threw the ring into the river.”
I didn’t think that Sumika would apologize to me honestly, though it wouldn’t change my opinion of her.
That day was the first time I yelled at Sumika, so I wonder if she understood the seriousness of the situation.
However, her apology was a turn-off to me.
If someone else apologizes honestly, I might just say, [It’s okay if you feel remorseful] and forgive them.
But Sumika doesn’t know how much that ring is worth, how much feelings are put into it, and she doesn’t know that I was trying to convey my feelings to Kohime by giving it to her that day.
She probably thinks lightly, [If it’s just an inexpensive ring that can be bought around the corner for a few thousand yen, he’ll forgive me if I apologize.]
Moreover, from Sumika’s attitude, I don’t get the feeling that she is driven by remorse and is sincerely trying to apologize to me from the bottom of her heart, so in other words, she is apologizing for herself in order to get my forgiveness, and I couldn’t bring myself to forgive Sumika.
Even if she was sincere in her apology, it would not make sense if she did not apologize not only for the ring but also for falling in love with another man, dumping me, and spreading false rumors to bring me down.
“It’s too late for an apology now. No matter how hard I searched for the ring after that, I couldn’t find it.”
“What’s with that attitude when I’m the one apologizing to you !?”
…I thought she had changed a little since she apologized, but Sumika hasn’t changed at all.
No matter how much time passes, she is still selfish and for some reason talks down to me.
After something like that happened, why did she still have the nerve?
I had to respond to Sumika’s attitude in a way that was appropriate.
“You’re apologizing to me……? You’re always looking at me from above, aren’t you?”
“W-what? You have something to complain about …?”
“Because you threw the ring into the river, I had to go into the river every day to look for it, and I caught a cold, and Kohime must have been sad ! ! Is that supposed to be an apology ! ! Why are you still a scummy person ! !”
“Y-you called me a scum again !? You said I wouldn’t change, but I tried to change, so here I am apologizing—“
“If you’re going to change, you have to change your arrogant attitude first ! !”
“A-arrogant—“
“Well, no matter how much you apologize, there’s no way I’ll ever forgive you ! !”
“You don’t have to be so cold about it.”
“You’re the one who told me I was a stranger ! ! Don’t get carried away ! ! Think about what you did to me ! ! I won’t forgive you just because you gave me a one-liner, heartless apology ! !
“If you won’t forgive me even if I apologize, what should I do ! !”
“I told you never to get involved with me again ! ! You bring me nothing but misery ! !”
With that, I turned my back on Sumika and left the rooftop.
Even if Sumika sheds tears because of my words, it doesn’t matter to me, and I don’t need to look back at her anymore.
I will probably never have a conversation with Sumika again in my life.
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A week had passed since I returned to school, and I had not been sick since then and was in perfect physical condition.
I had been careful not to look for the ring because I might catch another cold if I went into the river to look for it after being sick, and I guess that helped me to be in perfect physical condition.
And today, after finishing my classes at school, I had Miki san take me home after school, changed my clothes, and came back to the river where the ring had been thrown away.
I had caught a cold because I went into the cold river to look for the ring and caused trouble for Kohime, so why did I come back to the river where the ring was thrown away? Some people may think that it’s impossible.
But no.
As soon as I arrived at the river, I went into the river and started looking for the ring.
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