Chapter 9 Satsujin Misui Jiken

Satsujin Misui Jiken

(Tl: An Attempted Murder Case)

“Shit!!!”

I threw the phone and it hit Akane in the face.

The blow was so hard that she lost her balance.

“Gyaaah!?”

Just then Akane dropped the knife.

Rumi saw the opening and picked up the knife.

With that, the murder weapon was gone.

“Thanks for saving me, Rumi-san!”

“No, it’s okay. More importantly, Hayaato-kun is badly injured! Here, apply pressure to the wound. I’ll call an ambulance.”

Rumi-san gave me specific instructions. I followed them.

I’m in a lot of pain right now, and I feel dizzy and nauseous.

… Oh no, I’m dying.

But it’s not over yet.

Akane just gasped.

“Rumi-san, Akane …!”

“Okay. I’ll secure her.”

Rumi-san quickly caught Akane who had lost her weapon. Now… I feel safe.

After that, Rumi-san called the police and an ambulance.

Akane was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and taken away.

I …

I lost consciousness.

… Rumi.

When I woke up, I saw a ceiling that I didn’t recognize.

Apparently, I was then taken to the hospital.

I was lying on a bed in a hospital room.

… Is it already noon outside?

“… Hayato-kun, you’re awake!”

Rumi-san cried and jumped on me.

“Ah, Rumi-san. …It hurts!?”

“I’m sorry. But I was worried.”

“Looks like I’m not dead.”

“That was close, Hayato-kun. You’re bleeding more than I expected…”

Was I that close?

No, that’s right.

I was stabbed in the waist with a knife.

Ah, if it weren’t for her, I would have died a long time ago.

“Rumi-san saved my life. Thank you.”

“No, I just did what I had to do.”

“What happened to Akane?”

“Akane-chan was arrested and is in custody. The case is being treated as an attempted murder.”

I see, it became a case.

Looking back, I think Akane did it because she didn’t want to go back to her uncle.

In the end, I think I was used until the end.

But now it’s over.

All I can do now is leave the rest to the police.

“Will she go to jail?”

“Hmm, she’s still a minor, so probably to a girls’ rehabilitation center…”

“Rehabilitation for girls…?”

“It means exactly what it sounds like. A girls’ rehabilitation center, a place where you go if you committed a crime when you were under the age of 20.”

“So she was rehabilitated there?”

“Maybe.”

Then I’ll probably never see her again.

“I see. I can forget about Akane now.”

“Uh, is that right?”

“Yes. Akane tried to kill me. I can’t change that, and … I don’t want to live with Akane anymore either.”

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

That’s what I want.

“Then you want to live with me?”

“Of course. Because I love Rumi-san.”

“… I’m happy. I love Hayato-kun too.”

Rumi-san kissed me on the lips.

It was a loving adult kiss.

… I was happy.

And then I made a decision.

I would make Rumi-san my “stepsister”.