For Some Reason, My Ex-girlfriend, Who Lost Interest in Me, and My Current Girlfriend, Whom I’ve Kno

☆ Shota Komori ☆

“Don’t bully Sho-chan!”

Memories of my childhood spread out before my eyes. Apparently, I’m dreaming.

Ahead of me, I can see Mayu-nee with her arms outstretched to protect me.

–I have a past that I want to erase from my memory.

I’ll never forget it. It was when I was in the third grade.

Ever since I was a child, I was ordinary.

My appearance, my studies, my athletic ability. I was never good at anything.

No matter what I did, I couldn’t find any talent.

That’s why I don’t like to be coerced into doing something.

When I carry the expectations of my family and others, they will only be disappointed in me anyway.

That’s when it happened. I was ordered by the leader of the class to confess my feelings to a girl I didn’t like.

It sounds like something you’ve heard somewhere recently, doesn’t it?

At the time, I strongly refused to do so. Because I didn’t want to do it.

But the next day. What awaited me was bullying.

Shota Komori was perceived as ‘not funny,’ ‘cocky,’ and ‘can’t read the air,’ and they began their harassment.

It was not uncommon for my things to get lost. And scribbling on my notebooks and desk was a regular occurrence.

In this kind of situation, I really should have asked for help from adults, but sadly, I didn’t have the courage to confide in my parents, so I always cried alone.

Then one day.

I was forcibly brought to a park and subjected to violence.

I think they got tired of me not obeying them even when they harassed me.

So they tried to physically force me to give in.

And to make matters worse, there were also upperclassmen there.

For elementary school students, older students are just an object of fear.

I can still vividly remember the scene of being surrounded by four or five boys.

It was nothing more than a trauma. I was really scared.

There was no way I could resist the violence of numbers when I couldn’t even fight properly on my own, so the situation was one-sided.

My clothes were stained with dust, the taste of blood was spreading in my mouth, and my eyes were filled with tears.

It was h**l.

To be honest, I didn’t want to go to school anymore.

No. I even wanted to die.

But at that time, there was someone who could stop me from doing that.

That’s right. Mayu-nee.

She is a childhood friend of mine, and she was the only one who didn’t turn a blind eye.

As soon as she came across me being beaten, she immediately rushed to my side to protect me.

She stood in front of my battered body, held out her hands and said,

“Don’t bully Sho-chan!”

Usually, the positions of men and women are reversed in this kind of thing. It was really embarrassing.

I guess they thought it was a bad idea to hurt a girl. The group lynching ended there.

I know it sounds shameful, but this incident made me fall in love with Mayu-nee. Yes, my first love.

Her courageous back is still burned into my eyes.

That’s why I’ll never forget this day.

I hope to repay my debt to Mayu-nee one day.

If there is anything I can do for her, I’ll do it.

–Because I still haven’t thanked her for that day yet.

☆ Mayuka Takamine ☆

Uwaah… That reminded me of something from a long time ago.

I sat up, rubbing my eyes sleepily.

The dream I have just had is still vivid in my mind.

That day, I happened to come across Komori being bullied, and before I could even think about it, I was standing in front of him.

It was an action I would never have thought of now. Looking back, I don’t even know why I went to help him.

Maybe I was driven by a little sense of justice.

Komori probably doesn’t know this, but there was more to that incident.

In fact, it wasn’t him who had a hard time after that, but me.

I was in a different class from Komori, but the fact that I went to help him spread quickly, and I became the target of bullying.

I’ll never forget it. The queen who reigned at the top of the class hierarchy hated me.

At the time, I was just as much of a potato as Komori. I was a target for harassment.

To be honest, I had a hard time understanding it at first. How could someone who did the right thing be in an unreasonable situation? I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t frustrated.

But the answer was simple.

No matter how nicely you put it, there is always a hierarchy in society.

Equality and fairness is a lie.

It was the riajuus who ruled the classroom. They decided the atmosphere of the classroom.

That’s why I worked so hard to improve myself in order to get there.

I learned makeup and fashion, which I was never interested in, and paid attention to beauty.

Before I knew it, I found myself at the top. The view from the top is even more spectacular than I had imagined.

The top exploits the bottom. This is true in every era. History has proven it.

That’s why I can’t forgive women who are fawned over just because of their talent and good looks without making any effort.

After all, the woman who bullied me was also a woman who had it all, just like Natsukawa.

It’s not like revenge is a big deal.

It’s just that I don’t like the idea of Natsukawa getting Komori without any trouble at all.

That’s why I decided to gamble.

I’m going to Em. Bel. Lish. my reason for moving to this school.

I’m actually a victim of a stalker.

That’s why I need a fake boyfriend.