Chapter 59 Unexpected Acquaintance

Unexpected Acquaintance

Thanks to Yukitsuki-san, I remembered my past with Airi and stared intently at her face.

Maybe it was because she was drunk, but her face was quite red.

But when I looked at her sleeping face, I thought she was kind of cute, and my heart pounded a little.

“Fufufu, araraa. You’re staring at her so intently… I’m a little jealous.”

“Ah, no, um…!”

Startled by Yukitsuki-san’s words, I quickly looked away from her.

At that moment, I think I heard a tongue click, but it was probably just my imagination.

While I was thinking about it, the entrance of the bar opened.

“Araa, welcome.”

It looked like a new customer.

I glanced over and froze.

Because there was—

“Makoto-san?”

“Yume-chan…!?”

Yume-chan was there in casual clothes.

Since there were several girls around her, it was clear that she had come with her friends.

But why is she here?

Yume-chan seemed to be thinking the same thing, and her surprised expression changed to a narrowed look and a serious face.

“…Makoto-san, why are you here? Who is the woman next to you?”

“Hik…!?”

Feeling the overwhelming atmosphere of fear, I involuntarily let out a small scream.

Her friends must have sensed the situation and hurriedly called out to Yume-chan.

“Y, Yume? Calm down? What’s wrong? Do you know that person?”

“Be quiet.”

“Hik…!?”

Her friend, who had been trying to calm her down, let out the same scream as me at her cold tone.

Leaving her friend behind, Yume-chan slowly approached me.

I don’t know why, but I felt like I wanted to run away from here.

“Hey, Makoto-san…? Answer my question. What kind of relationship do you have with that woman? Or rather, is this a date? If so, is it cheating?”

“C, cheating… I, I don’t think we’re dating, are we?”

“Not now…? But in the future… So I won’t forgive you for cheating.”

Yume-chan had the air of a yandere who was about to pull out a knife and stab me at any moment.

Yume-chan’s friend, who seemed to have figured out the situation, trembled uncontrollably and was unable to stop her.

However, it was an unexpected person who broke the heavy atmosphere.

“…Yume?”

Airi looked at us and rubbed her sleepy eyes, not sure when she woke up.

When Yume-chan saw Airi’s face again, her eyes widened in surprise.

“Could it be… Airi-san?”

“Eh…?”

Could it be that they knew each other?

I couldn’t quite believe it and looked at Airi.

“Ah, Airi… Did you know Yume-chan?”

“Eh? Ma-kun, have you already forgotten?”

“Eh? F, forgotten…?”

Yume-chan and I met in a ConCafe.

I thought it was our first meeting, but from what Airi said, it seemed like we knew each other.

And it seemed like we were quite close.

But I have no memory of that.

“Airi-san, don’t say anything unnecessary.”

“Unnecessary? …Oh, I see. So you want to pretend that nothing happened and try to start over with Ma-kun?”

“Shut up… It’s none of your business….”

What the hell is going on?

It seemed like they had a strange relationship, but it didn’t seem like a good one.

On the contrary, they seemed to be on bad terms.

In fact, the atmosphere felt much heavier than before.

Unable to stand it any longer, Yume-chan’s friends quietly moved away and sat at a table, whispering and watching us.

“Hey, what’s going on…?”

“I, I don’t know… but it’s bad. Maybe it’s a love triangle?”

“Really…? She was talking about cheating earlier, so maybe it is….”

I could hear an unintended conversation, but I couldn’t deny it because I couldn’t move from this spot.

No, more than that, I was curious about something.

“Airi… What’s going on? Maybe we know each other?”

“You really forgot… Well, since something like that happened, it’s understandable that you forgot because of the shock.”

Something like that? What kind of thing?

Since I knew Airi from high school, maybe I met Yume-chan then?

While I was wondering, Yume-chan interrupted us with a stern expression.

“Stop it, Airi-san. Don’t say anything to make him remember. He’ll get hurt again.”

“After what you did to Ma-kun… How dare you say that? I’m telling you, I haven’t forgiven you yet!”

“I… I’m already sorry. I’m different now.”

“Huh, is that so?”

From the way they looked at each other, it was clear that something had happened in the past.

Curious, I asked Airi.

“Airi… what happened?”

“Ma-kun… Yume was your stalker in high school, you know?”

tl: Caught Up. Last updated August 18, 2024