Chapter 55 Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

“You contacted me through LEIN to talk to me during my lunch break. What’s with this sudden thing?”

“…Yeah. Sorry for contacting Kazuhisa-kun so suddenly.”

Seira weakly answers Ishii’s question and looks down. She doesn’t seem calm. Maybe she’s nervous.

“Well, that’s okay. I was able to escape the uncomfortable classroom, too.”

Ishii looks around, not getting particularly angry. Probably to make sure there are no other people around.

Lunch break has just started. So all the classrooms are filled with the voices of the students and are noisy.

Meanwhile, as soon as the bell rang to end the fourth period, Seira and Ishii left their classrooms and gathered at the meeting place they had decided on. Seira had come up with the idea.

They chose an empty classroom that was usually completely deserted. This empty classroom was once used. It is a quiet, empty room that is currently not being used.

By the way, this is not the empty classroom where Mizuki was bullied by the three girls. The empty classroom used by Seira and Ishii is different.

“You know, I confessed my feelings to Kazuhisa-kun before, right?”

After finding the right moment, Seira looks up, looks at Ishii with serious eyes, and tells him a shocking truth.

Only Seira and Ishii know this truth.

“…Yeah. That’s right.”

Ishii answers matter-of-factly, as if he just remembered, without seeming to be particularly concerned about anything. Ishii seems to take Seira’s confession lightly. We can see it in his expression and his tone.

Seira clearly frowns at Ishii’s reckless words and actions. She must’ve felt uncomfortable.

But she quickly returns to her normal expression and continues her story.

“I didn’t like Amane-kun at all. But I couldn’t bear to be without a boyfriend, so I confessed to him because I thought he was an introvert and I could go out with him in secret. My confession was successful, and we started dating.”

Seira reveals facts that have never been revealed before. And the story doesn’t end here.

“But one day, after Kazuhisa-kun made a move on me, I didn’t care about Amane-kun anymore. I didn’t like Amane-kun at all in the first place, and Kazuhisa-kun was much more attractive than him. So we went on several dates and went to a hotel. I even dedicated my first time to you. But Kazuhisa-kun refused my confession because you had other people you liked. But things are different now, right?”

“What? What does that mean? I don’t get it.”

Unable to understand Seira’s last words, Ishii furrows his brow and asks.

“Lately, Kazuhisa-kun and I have been feeling uncomfortable at school. It’s gotten to the point where I see all the other students as my enemies. It’s really painful for me. Really.”

Seira looks down as if she has given up everything, avoiding eye contact. It is as if she regrets her past actions. But time moves on, and we can never go back. Life is so cruel.

“So why don’t we start dating to protect ourselves? It’s not a bad suggestion for Kazuhisa-kun, right? Of course, there are advantages for you as well. I think that by going out with me, you will be able to make the only reliable ally in the school, and you will have a place you can rely on emotionally.”

“…”

Unable to answer Seira’s proposal right away, Ishii remains silent.

To be honest, Ishii doesn’t like Seira. Indeed, he sees her as a member of the opposite s🬀x, but he can’t help but see her as a girl to play with. Ishii’s feelings were with a certain girl. That’s why he feels even more strongly that he wants to reject her confession.

But Seira was right. There were advantages for both of them, and he could see a future where school life would be a little easier from now on.

And after weighing his own feelings against the advantages of accepting the confession, he made a decision.

“Okay. Let’s do that. For the sake of our future school life. I’m going to start dating you.”

Prioritizing the need to protect himself at school, Ishii accepts the confession. He ignores and suppresses his own feelings.

“Fufufu. Thank you so much. I’m so happy! I finally have a boyfriend. And he’s much more handsome and attractive than my previous boyfriend.”

In stark contrast to the gloomy atmosphere from earlier, Seira is smiling with joy.

She seems really happy that she has a boyfriend and that she can go out with Ishii.

Even though she is so obsessed with Sou, she acts as if she has completely forgotten about her ex-boyfriend.

What a horrible woman.

However, Seira and Ishii were unaware of this at the time. It will be a hard and destructive way for them from now on.