Chapter 17 Regrets and Solutions of First Love

Regrets and Solutions of First Love

When she was a child, Ichika was quite competitive.

When she lost at a game, she would cry and wouldn’t stop until she won.

Now that she’s grown up, she seems to have calmed down a bit, but…she may still have it deep in her heart.

“I can’t forgive myself for giving up Takumi-nii to a woman like that. If I had played fair and won Takumi-nii——I’m sure I wouldn’t have made Takumi-nii feel like this.”

Sitting upright on the floor, her eyes staring straight at me——instead of being depressed, they seemed to have a sparkle in them, as if she had made up her mind to do something.

“Of course, don’t get me wrong, okay? I’m not trying to take advantage of your heartbreak because Takumi-nii just got dumped. It’s not like I want to go out with you or anything…Anyway, I just can’t forgive her.”

Ichika explained the ambiguous part.

“I don’t like Takumi-nii as the opposite s🬀x anymore. I’ve sorted out my feelings properly now…and I’ll never be a burden to Takumi-nii.”

…Honestly, I want to distance myself from romance for a while. I can’t think about dating or anything like that right now.

So I feel so much better now that she has clarified that for me.

“Also, if you want——I can help Takumi-nii feel better? If you don’t, I’ll be so frustrated that I won’t be able to forgive myself.”

Because she hates to lose, she probably regrets her past actions.

I could feel her desire to get rid of those feelings, even if only a little.

“…Chika-chan, what will you do for me?”

“Well, let’s see, I’m not good at…housework or cooking, but…games? Yes, I can play games, and then we can watch anime or movies or something like that together.”

Isn’t that just playing along?

But, well…Ichika’s words kind of took my mind off it.

There’s no need to do anything special.

I’m just thinking about all the bad things that happen when I’m alone right now…so just relaxing and spending time with someone I feel comfortable with——might be the best choice for me to get better.

When I think about it, I feel very, very grateful for an existence like…her who is willing to be with me.

“No? I’m pretty good at games and stuff, you know. And, um…that’s right! I can also give massages. My mom always compliments me on how good I am!”

Ichika tries her best to appeal to me.

I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw her like that.

“Haha…that’s, yeah. I’ll definitely ask for it.”

I nodded and extended my hand to her.

I laughed and told her she didn’t have to get down on her knees anymore…She laughed happily and shook my hand.

“Yes! Ehehe~…I’ll cheer you up a lot, Takumi-nii.”

That smile brightened my heart as well.

It’s not that she heals and spoils me like Hana-san does…but when I’m with her, my heart is strangely brightened and cheered up, so it’s a strange thing.

…Now that I think about it.

Since I plan on taking tomorrow off from school as well, Hana-san will probably show up in the morning. I’ll have to report about Ichika then.

I appreciate her presence, though.

She seemed to have said nothing to her mother, Hana-san, so I was a little worried.

In this situation, I can’t tell Ichika about Hana-san…it’s kind of complicated.

But I’m grateful for their presence, so I didn’t think I’d reject them, I’m just glad they’re with me——