Chapter 53 Me and Hiiragi-kun

Me and Hiiragi-kun

I, Akasaka Yuko, have always made mistakes in important situations.

When I was in kindergarten. At that time, I tried to stop a fight between the children, but I ended up taking the side of the child who was lying, and the children who were not really at fault because of me ended up being scolded by the teacher.

When I was in elementary school…

Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a good person, to be like my father. Whether it’s my studies, my sports, or my attitude towards life.

I thought I was doing everything right and setting a good example for everyone. There were times when the boys got annoyed with me.

But that was how I spent my days.

I think it was the day I left school.

I was walking home, thinking about my studies and my lessons when I got home.

I saw a car coming at a very high speed and an old lady about to cross the street.

It was obviously a close call. I have enough time to run now and still save her. So, I tried to run,

But my legs are paralyzed and I just froze…

…I don’t remember anything after that, I just remember the ambulance coming and the police coming. So many adults came and I just cried and did nothing.

I thought I was an honor student, a decent person who could protect someone.

But I was too selfish. I wasn’t a being who could protect someone, but a being who needed someone to protect me.

I was really pathetic. My father, mother, other people, and teachers all said it was inevitable, but I just couldn’t get it out of my head. If only I had moved my legs to help, the future would have been different.

All I could do was cry. I still dream of the moment when the old lady was hit by the car and blew away with a thud, her head bleeding.

I had such a bad experience…

So this time. I had sworn not to make mistakes in important situations.

But I did it again, this time to Hiiragi-kun.

That time I saw a hand on the woman on the train, and even though I didn’t know who it was, I grabbed it, it’s my justice,

But I didn’t think it was the hand of Hiiragi-kun, with whom I had been good friends.

The moment I saw his face, disappointment, resignation, and the feeling that the rumors were true swirled around in my head…

But the truth was, Hiiragi-kun was only trying to help the woman from being molested, but since I was already disappointed in him, I selfishly didn’t listen to him at all.

If the businessman had not told me the truth, I would’ve been even more disappointed and cursed him as a molester. I managed to explain the situation to everyone, the teachers and Hiiragi-kun’s family, and somehow Hiiragi-kun’s excessive bullying stopped.

But the look in Hiiragi-kun’s eyes when I tried to stop him from being bullied didn’t reflect anything, just a dark emptiness.

My heart ached with guilt.

“I will help you this time.”

I muttered to myself…

The bad woman with a bad character, named Shinomiya…

I heard about her from Hiiragi-kun’s younger sister, Yoka.

Shinomiya was a b🬀lly, the one who bullied a girl and got her expelled from her school. The fact that the girl was expelled from school, and after talking to her, (Yes, I was bullied) she said while crying.

I came to the conclusion that it would be dangerous to have a b🬀lly and a cunning person around Hiiragi-kun.

So, I will properly reform the heart of that person, Shinomiya-san.

I will also make her apologize to the girl she bullied.

In this way, I hope to atone for my sins a little.

With courage in my heart, I turned off the light…