Chapter 10 The Truth Revealed

The Truth Revealed

In the hospital room, I talked to Rumi-san about my future.

“From now on, I’m going to live with Rumi-san.”

“Yes, let’s do that.”

“Then I’ll welcome you as my new little sister.”

“I’m embarrassed to say it myself, but I have a childish body type...”

Rumi-san is mature, but she’s short, and to be honest, if she told me she was a high school girl, I’d believe her because she looks so young.

She’s probably less than 150 cm tall.

Baby-faced and small in stature.

“By the way, is Rumi-san really in her 30s?”

“No, that’s not true. I’m actually in my 20s.”

“What!?”

Or maybe younger?

Rumi-san seems to be deliberately listing herself as being in her 30s. If she didn’t, she would be ridiculed for having a childish face.

Senjo-senpai also seemed very concerned about Rumi-san.

“To tell you my real age, I’m 20 years old.”

“20!?”

I was so surprised that I screamed.

I mean, when did she get pregnant?

“Oh, I forgot to mention that Senjo is my stepson. We’re not actually related by blood.”

“Really. That’s too surprising.”

“My ex-husband’s child. I married him when I was 16.”

“Oh, you were very, very young when you got married.”

“Yes. I got divorced right after that and was forced to take Senjo with me. … So I’ve been a single mother until now.”

I see, no wonder Rumi-san looked so young. I mean, she really was young. The reason she lied about her age was to show Senjo-senpai that she was a motherly figure.

Still, I wonder what kind of past she had, being forced to have a stepson.

“Then that doesn’t mean Rumi-san is pregnant.”

“That’s right. I didn’t know my husband had a child at the time.”

Rumi-san said this as if remembering a bitter experience.

In addition, her husband was having an affair with another woman. As a result, Rumi-san couldn’t leave Senjo-senpai and decided to raise him.

“You have already experienced a lot of hardship.”

“That’s why I’m concerned about Senjo’s recent actions.”

“I see.”

“Well, how can I put it, but the fact that we are not related by blood… It seems that Senjo already wants to be independent.”

It seems that he originally intended to take care of Senjo-senpai until he graduated from high school. But with this incident, that no longer seems to be the case.

“What are you going to do now?”

“Hmm, that might be hard for Senjo to accept. Or I think he won’t accept Hayato-kun at all.”

I think so.

In fact, he ran away back then and hasn’t come back yet.

“Is there any information from him?”

“Well, Senjo said he was going to work after high school, so I’m sure he can make it on his own. I’ve been supporting Senjo all this time... I haven’t had any time for myself. Actually, I want more romance.”

“Then let’s live together.”

“I’m glad. I like Hayato-kun because he’s mature and kind.”

“Emm… I actually have something to say about that.”

“Eh…?”

“Actually, there was a time when I was in a serious car accident and fell into a coma.”

“Car accident...”

“I was still in high school at the time. After the accident, I seemed to go to sleep for about five years. Before I knew it, I woke up in a hospital bed in the same condition as I’m now. But the people around me were different. Surprisingly, I still looked the same.”

So I started high school all over again.

“I can’t believe it, Hayato-kun...”

“Yes. My real age is 21.”

“No way...! That’s why you’re so mature.”

“Yes. I wanted to keep this a secret until my grave, but when I heard about Rumi-san, I decided to talk about it too. Isn’t it strange that I’m the only one keeping it a secret?”

“Thanks for being honest with me, Hayato-kun.”

At first, I thought it was a joke, but to my delight, I was able to welcome Rumi-san as my little “stepsister”.

Because that’s the truth...