Chapter 111 Anger

Anger

“Unn… I’m sleepy.”

Having just gotten out of bed, Sou rubbed his sleepy eyes and descended the stairs step by step.

His consciousness was still hazy, and his head wasn’t working smoothly.

Sou came down the stairs and went from the hallway to the living room. There he saw Haruki and the other two.

Remembering what happened yesterday, Sou felt uncomfortable when he recognized Haruki and the others. The drowsiness he had felt a moment ago vanished instantly, and his consciousness fully awakened. His mind started to function normally.

“Sou, I’m sorry to bother you while you’re just waking up. Can we talk?”

Haruki asked with a serious look on her face. Mizuki and Manami had similar expressions as well.

A heavy atmosphere hung in the living room.

“Y-yeah, that’s fine, but….”

Overwhelmed by the pressure from the three, Sou’s reply was hesitant.

“Okay, that’s good.”

Haruki replied flatly and picked up Sou’s smartphone that she had put on the dining table. She operated it several times.

“This is sudden, but why are you exchanging messages with this Shitty #2 on LEIN?”

Haruki held up Sou’s phone for him to see.

“By Shitty #2, she means Ishii-kun.”

Mizuki added an explanation for clarity.

“Eh? Why my phone? And why….”

Sou’s head was spinning from the sudden turn of events. The fact that he didn’t want them to know had been revealed to Haruki and the others. The shock was enormous for Sou.

“Why do you ask why? Can’t you answer me quickly?”

Haruki pushed him and put pressure on him.

“That’s…”

Sou looked away from the three of them as if he wanted to escape.

He really wanted to confess honestly. If he told Haruki and the others, he might feel relieved, as if he had vomited something he had been holding in. Honestly, it was hard for him to keep it bottled up alone.

However, Ishii’s threat continued to dominate Sou’s mind.

Telling Haruki and the others that he had been threatened after his secret had been discovered might be okay until then. But if Ishii found out, it would be the end. Ishii would definitely tell the whole school about their secret.

Even though his trust and popularity had decreased significantly compared to before, he was still the former number one handsome guy in his grade. Some girls might listen to Ishii’s words. Those girls who listened might jump on Ishii’s words, and it would spread even further. It was a vicious circle.

“If you don’t answer, I’ll say it myself. That incident yesterday when you pulled up my skirt and refused Mizuki’s hug was definitely on the orders of this Shitty #2, right?”

“…”

Strongly suppressing the urge to react to Haruki’s words in his heart, Sou remained silent and never met her gaze. That was all he could do.

“You can’t deny it. The proof is in the LEIN chat history.”

Haruki looked a little irritated.

“Sou-kun, I want you to tell us honestly.”

On the other hand, Mizuki looked at Sou intently with her right fist clenched in front of her chest, seemingly worried.

“Amane-cchi, are you going to force us to say it?”

Manami’s words pierced Sou’s heart.

“Ah, so it’s been discovered.”

Resignation overcame Sou. He couldn’t help but notice that everything had already been discovered.

“I’m sorry. To be honest, Ishii found out that I was living with the three of you. I was threatened that our living together would become known to the whole school, so I had no choice but to obey.”

Sou confessed everything to Haruki and the others as if he had given up.

Even though he had kept it in his heart for so long, once he started talking, the words came out easily. With each word, he felt a sense of relief.

“…”

Haruki approached Sou silently.

Strangely enough, Sou felt fear from Haruki’s approach. It was a feeling he had never experienced before.

Bang!

A high-pitched sound that seemed to tear through the air echoed loudly in the living room.

Haruki swung her right arm and slapped Sou’s cheek.

“Eh?”

Sou let out a stupid voice, not understanding what had happened for a moment.

“Why… why didn’t you tell us!?”

Haruki shouted at Sou as if she were accusing him strongly and grabbed his collar with both hands.

As a result, the collar of Sou’s pajamas was crumpled.

“Gah!”

Overwhelmed by Haruki’s intense anger, Sou was greatly shaken.

“Don’t mess with me! Was I that insignificant to you?”

Haruki, who usually never showed her emotions so strongly, continued to scold Sou with a flushed face.

“Whoa, Haru-cchi, calm down for a second!”

“Yes! Let go of Sou-kun’s collar quickly!”

Sensing something strange about Haruki’s sudden change, Manami and Mizuki tried to stop her. They tried to pull Haruki away from Sou by force.

“Don’t stop me! Get out of my way!”

Haruki resisted them and grabbed Sou’s collar even tighter. There was no sign that she could be stopped with a little restraint.

“Hey! That’s too much!”

“I’ve never seen Haru-cchi like this before.”

The gap between Haruki’s usual self and her current self was so big that Manami and Mizuki couldn’t hide their surprise.

Sou, like Mizuki and Manami, was confused and couldn’t resist at all.