Chapter 12 End Mari (6) and Shuu (7)

Mari (6) and Shuu (7)

I was a little nervous because our anniversary was coming up.

I thought and thought about the gift I couldn’t give last year and finally decided on a watch.

I’m thinking of splurging a little and getting a brand new one to make up for last year’s.

I hope he’ll be happy. While I was thinking about it, Shuu told me he was going on a business trip.

It will be one week, and he will be back on our wedding anniversary.

I asked him when he would be back, and I thought it would be a good time for a little surprise.

He said it would be at 7:00 p.m., so I had plenty of time to prepare.

After Shuu leaves for his business trip, I go shopping for gifts and make reservations for hors d’oeuvres and other dishes.

I really want him to eat something I made, but unfortunately, he still won’t accept my homemade food, so I have no choice.

This is the first time in a long time without Shuu.

I’m sad, but I know he’ll come back, so I’m not worried.

Then comes the day of our wedding anniversary. I received the reserved food as planned and prepared to welcome Shuu.

When Shuu comes home, he looks surprised, as if he had forgotten that today was our wedding anniversary.

I’m so sad that he forgot, but I’m happy that I surprised him.

I opened the bottle of wine I had prepared for this occasion and served it to Shuu.

After toasting and enjoying the meal, I gave him a gift.

When Shuu opened the box and saw the gift, he smiled happily.

I also received a gift from Shuu, whom I thought had forgotten our wedding anniversary.

He said it was a video message.

Well, we’ve been through a lot, so it might be a little embarrassing to say it outright.

Excited to see what kind of message I would hear, I turned on my own laptop and checked the contents of the USB flash drive.

There were seven videos on the flash drive.

The file names are just numbers.

I asked to check the playback order of the videos.

Shuu replied that it was okay to play them from the beginning.

I did as I was told and started playing from video number one.

Then a familiar park appeared on the screen.

It was the place where Shuu confessed his feelings to me.

The two people on the screen were Shuu and my sister Aki.

The two of them were walking happily in the park.

It was just like the old me and Shuu.

Then the scene changes and the two of them face each other alone.

This time, the sound is recorded properly.

Then Shuu and Aki say something stupid.

“I’m sorry, Aki-chan. I’m sorry to keep you waiting. From today on, I’m going to repaint all my precious memories with Aki-chan.”

“Yes. I’ve been waiting for this moment. Please accept my feelings. I love you, Shuu-san. I will always love you more than anyone else.”

“Thank you, Aki-chan. I will only look at you from now on.”

They confessed their feelings for each other and hugged each other tightly as if to confirm their feelings.

I was suddenly plunged from joy to the depths of despair. Holding back the tears that threatened to spill, I looked up and asked,

“Hey, what is this?”

Shuu said with a pale smile, maintaining the cold look he had given me back then.

“So it’s a message from me.”

Hearing these words, I finally understood what was going on here.

Shuu had never forgiven me. He had been looking for a way to take revenge for a long time.

While I was stunned, the next video started playing by itself.

The next scene was the aquarium of my memories.

The two of them were holding hands and smiling happily at the place of our memories, illuminated by the setting sun.

Our precious memories are being rewritten by Aki.

And next is Aki’s birthday video.

I just stared at the video and felt betrayed.

In the video, the two are celebrating Aki’s birthday.

Shuu gives her a nice necklace.

Aki was overcome with emotion and shared a kiss with Shuu while shedding tears. It was as if the memory of our first kiss had been tainted.

“No, don’t do that…”

My heart crumbled and broke at the sight of the two of them kissing passionately, full of emotion.

“Now, did you understand my feelings a little bit?”

Shuu watches me break down and smile.

And he did not allow me to stop the videos.

The fourth video is a memorable school trip destination from my high school days.

One by one, the memories we made together are replaced.

The fifth was Christmas.

Although we couldn’t spend the day together because he had to go on a business trip, Aki and he were happy to celebrate Christmas together.

Yes, this was at the hotel of my memory, where Shuu and I were united in love for the first time.

Then I knew what would happen next.

“Please, no more; please don’t do this.”

Even though I know it’s a thing of the past, I can’t help but scream out loud to stop it.

But of course, the past cannot be changed.

There they are, a man and a woman whispering their love to each other. The man I love more than anyone else is embracing a woman who looks like me and making her scream with joy.

“It’s Not Me, Why Not Me…”

It was frustrating, painful, and sad.

My heart is breaking, and I can’t stop crying.

I never knew it would be so frustrating, sad, and painful for someone I love to whisper love to someone else.

The video keeps playing regardless of my pain.

The sixth is a nostalgic college campus.

The memory of our graduation together is also rewritten as Shuu celebrating Aki’s graduation in the same way.

I didn’t realize how empty it would be to have everything I believed in shattered, to lose my love, and to have nothing left.

Then the last scene appeared on the screen.

Aki, who appeared on the screen, spoke to me.

[How are you, Nee-san? Shuu-niisan. I hope you can understand how painful it is for Shuu-san. It’s frustrating, sad, and painful, right? But that’s what Nee-san did to Shuu-san; you got what you deserved.]

I understand without being told. I was put in the same position, and I finally really understood Shuu’s pain.

[But you know what? This is not the end. One week. Just like Nee-san did, Shuu and I will spend our honeymoon time together. I’ll make him love me with every fiber of my heart and body, and I’ll show him a love that can’t be compared to Nee-san’s flimsy love. If all goes well, unlike Nee-san, I may even be pregnant with the child of the person I love… so please watch to the end, Nee-san.]

And when Aki finishes, she hugs Shuu and begins to embrace him. It is a sweet and melting honeymoon. My head went completely crazy after being shown that endless hell.

“No, no, no, no, no, no…”

“Stop, stop, don’t look, don’t say that; please just look at me; just tell me you love me.”

I scream and desperately appeal to Shuu on the screen. Even though the real Shuu is right in front of me.

The pain of being betrayed by the person I believed in more than anyone else, even the feelings I had accumulated over the years of believing in him, were now painted over and destroyed.

I have nothing left; that’s how I felt.

Shuu must’ve felt the same despair.

And Shuu must’ve endured this despair for a long time just to carve the same despair into my heart.

Bear with me every day.

A truly foolish and effective method.

And the end of the despair that greeted me.

The scene of two people in love is replaced by another overlapping video.

In the final video, I see a shallow man and woman indulging in lewd pleasures.

The sow whispers her love only with her mouth and raises her disgusting voice at the pleasure given to her.

It was undoubtedly me.

After the video ended, Mari showed no reaction at all.

I said to Mari, who was motionless as if she were dead.

“This is really goodbye to you. I want you to fill this out at the end.”

I put the divorce papers in front of Mari.

She looks at them, and then, with a blank expression on her face, she writes her name on them.

“The fault is ours this time. If you want to claim alimony, you can claim it from both of us.”

With these words, I took the USB and left Mari’s house.

I called Aki-chan right away to tell her that everything was over.

“I see. Thank you for your hard work. Is everything settled now?”

“Ah, finally… Sorry, I made you play a bad role.”

“No, that was also for Shuu-san to get ahead.”

“Thanks. Can I visit you now?”

“Yes, I will wait for you in Shuu-san’s room.”

“Okay. I’ll be right there.”

I hung up the phone and went straight to my house, where Aki-chan was waiting for me.

In the end, I could only sublimate my feelings by giving Mari the same scars she had given me.

For me, hating Mari had become synonymous with loving her.

The only way I could think of to get over it was to vent all my hatred and destroy her completely.

But the memories of Mari that I had accumulated over the years stood in the way.

I knew it would be impossible to break my feelings for Mari without working together with Aki-chan to paint over the memories.

So I decided to take my time and take revenge on Mari. Even if it meant becoming a sc🬀m like Mari.

To others, it would probably seem really stupid and a waste of time.

Get alimony, break up with her, and live a constructive life. They think this is the smartest thing to do.

But I couldn’t do that.

That’s all.

I don’t regret it.

Because now I am free from depression, and I feel very happy.

If I ever see Mari again, I will be able to tell her with a big smile on my face.

“I am no longer interested in you.”

With honesty and truthfulness from the bottom of my heart.

This is like the days when I was pure…

The End.

tl: Thank you so much for reading until the end! Apologies for any mistakes in the translation.