Prologue

It was good up to middle school.

“I’ve always liked you. Sakakita san, will you go out with me?”

I’ve had a ton of boys come up to me and say stuff like that.

“Sorry, I can’t go out with you.”

When I told them that, they all simply retreated with a look on their faces that said, “Ah, I knew it”

Of course. It must have been obvious. They knew I had a crush on someone. I never said so publicly, but I’m sure everyone knew who it was.
Since elementary school, I went to school with him every morning, we called each other by our first names without hesitation, and my attitude changed in front of him……..That’s right, people around me would notice.
I was told that it was only a matter of time before we will be in a relationship …….
And yet…

“Confessed again, wait…..how many is it? It hasn’t even been a month since we started high school. That’s way too fast a pace.”

Next to me, that guy smiles and said that

“You’ve been dumping everyone since middle school. Is there someone you like?”

Sitting on the sofa, fiddling with his phone, he asks such a question as if it were nothing.
It was extremely insensitive.
It’s you, Idiot ! I wanted to scream from the bottom of my heart.

Why…..? Why, how can he not notice !?
Like this, he comes to my house every day.
Aaah, Mouu…..Pissing me off !
I was so angry that I turned my head away and said coldly.
—Like usual

“It’s none of your business.”

When we were in junior high school, everyone in the school believed and suspected that it was only a matter of time before we got together. In fact, it was even rumored that we were already dating. It’s been almost a month since we graduated from junior high school and entered high school. We were still …… just childhood friends.

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It is often said that a beautiful rose has thorns. …… is not that naive.

Stand and she is beautiful, sit and she is beautiful, walk and she is a lily. But when she opens her mouth, she is wild.
–She’s been with me ever since I can remember.
Sure, she looks pretty. I’ll admit that.
She has long, lustrous, chest-length black hair. She has plump cheeks and big, round eyes. Her face, which still has a somewhat childish appearance, is adorable. Just staring at her makes me feel protective of her. You feel like you have to protect her, and there is no end to the number of misunderstood guys who become captivated by her.

-yes, it’s all a misunderstanding.

Despite her innocent and pretty appearance, she spews nothing but venom when she opens her mouth. There is nothing cute about her. If I say something to her, she will come at me with a defiant, “Haa?” she would come at me with a defiant attitude. And only to me.
What’s really annoying is that she never shows her true nature in front of other guys. That’s why misunderstood guys are born one after another, and she tell them off.
That seems to be the same even after entering high school. ……

“Confessed again”

I was lounging on the couch in the living room when suddenly such a bomb was thrown at me from next door.
My hand, which had been fiddling with my phone, stopped for a moment. But I quickly responded with a curt “hmmm,” and started fiddling with my phone again, trying not to let her know how disturbed I was.
We were alone in the quiet living room with no TV on. We sat side by side on the sofa and fell silent, and after an uncomfortable pause, I heard a voice whisper, “Well I reject him though”
Immediately, I felt a sudden relaxation in my shoulders. The tension was released, and a smile broke out from my loosened mouth.

“Confessed again, wait…..how many is it? It hasn’t even been a month since we started high school. That’s way too fast a pace.”

I said that in a mischievous way, …… but really, it’s too soon! I was still upset on the inside.
I’m sure this is your third, right? Three in just a few weeks? How many people are going to confess before you graduate from high school?

No, but – and suddenly, something slowly and unpleasant seeps out of my chest.
I know. No matter how many people confess….. she’s going to keep rejecting them.
　
“You’ve been dumping everyone since middle school. Is there someone you like?”

I found myself asking such a question in a nasty way.
I didn’t even have to ask. Was it meant to be sarcastic ……?
But I didn’t have time to feel regret or guilt.

“It’s none of your business.”

As usual, I was brusquely kicked out.

I want to say back to her, “Of course it’s my business”. I like you, and you like my brother – I want to tell her.
But I can’t say it. If I said it, it would be the end. I would not be able to be next to her like this anymore. I didn’t want to do that.

She’s really not that cute, to the point of annoyance. She’s not even a rose, she’s more like an aconite. But I’ve been around such a person for so long. I must have been poisoned to the core. Now, I can’t live without her

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