Chapter 2: As I thought, They are adorable.

“H-Hello.”

“. . .Hello.”

I dared to say hello, and she returned the greeting with a confused face. No, why are you looking at me like that? Do I look suspicious?

“Um, did you forget your umbrella?”

“Well. . .yeah.”

“That’s rough. If you’d like you can use this.”

I reorganized my thoughts and with a smile I tried to look like a good person. I got out my prepared folded umbrella from my bag. Okay, if Sara receives this she will not meet Aoi, and avoid a possible future where she is stabbed. I would be happy if she and I could survive, and Koharu has both rivals disappear, making it easier for Aoi to fall into that happy ending. Everyone is happy.

I handed over the cheap umbrella you often see at a convenience store. More than that, I’ve opened it up before to make it seem used. If it’s a good quality umbrella, they’d be more hesitant to accept, but if it’s this rappy, the hurdles to accept will be lower.

“I-I can’t accept this gift.”

“I have a spare. I don’t want to abandon you soaked in water and go home by myself.”

Rather I’m more afraid of a future where she is soaked in blood.

“Well, then thank you very much.”

She bowed her head and reached for the umbrella. Alright, I’ve avoided the worst ending! It was at the time of my mental celebration, as I walked away, that I heard a modest sneeze. We both looked over to a small grandmother who was as wet as Sara. She was wiping her face with a handkerchief to remove the water. Moreover she was lightly dressed for the season. The grandmother must not have seen this coming.

“Um. . .I’d like to give this umbrella to her instead.”

Yeah, that makes sense. I think it’s odd to give it to Sara instead of the grandmother over there.

“Alright, then do it.”

“Thank you.”

Despite the fact she was now out of an umbrella, the beautiful girl’s smile was priceless!! Has she always been so nice? Was Sara like this character? I think she was always a little cool, I didn’t expect this. I’m also a big fan of the kind Sara, she is super cute.

Even after she gave her umbrella to the grandmother, she smiled saying “I’m glad.” Was she an angel?

She was apparently my previous life’s fan favorite, not mine.

But from now on she has become my fan favorite.

“Well then, shall we go?”

“Eh?”

I waited for her to come back as I opened my lavender colored umbrella. She tilted her head.

“Well you don’t have an umbrella anymore. It’s small but it should work. . .Is the station good enough?”

“Um, wait. I’m sorry, but you will get wet.”

She was waving her hands in dismissal, but I have no intentions of retreating.

She is so against help. I feel like it was easier to get her under an umbrella in the game, but do I just look too suspicious? How did Aoi get her to join her?

Aoi: “Hey don’t go without an umbrella!”

Sara: “Eh, Um. . .”

Aoi: “Ahaha, don’t freeze up. Here!”

. . . Ahh, that’s right. While Sara was confused she was quickly pulled underneath the umbrella without fuss. As expected from the protagonist to spontaneously throw a plan together. If I don’t do that, I feel like she won’t ever accept my help. I can’t be thinking about this, the crisis(Aoi) is approaching.

There is only one thing to do!

“Well, A person should accept kindness when given. Let’s go.”

“Eh, Wha?”

I sorta threw a tantrum to imitate Aoi, but I wanted to leave here immediately. I lightly pushed Sara’s back and into the cover of my umbrella, however she doesn’t seem like she minds it. At this point she finally seemed to have got the idea and apologetically thanked me.

My reward is to be this close to my fan favorite character! Her skin is so fine that you can’t see any pores, and such long eyelashes. I was delighted when I realized I got lucky being reincarnated with a pretty cute face, but Sara’s beauty is on an entirely different level. If my beauty score was 56, her’s would be far over 70. She’s the pretty girl character, isn’t she? . . .So beautiful.

“Fufu, don’t worry I won’t try to sell you a phone plan or get you to follow a religion.”

“I’m not worried about that ma’am. . .”

“Yeah, yeah. Also you don’t need to be so formal. I’m also a high school student.”

“Ah, Yeah. Um oh. . .I thought you were a college student, you act so mature.”

Maybe so. Shiori is a character designed to look mature because she is the senior character, and now she has the experiences of a 26 year old mixed in. So it’s even easier for me to look like an adult.

“I’m a second year student of  Yurinomiya’s school for girls, Shiori Sugimura. Based on your uniform, you are from Tsubakigaoka Highschool?”

“Sara Fujioka, first year. Well since Sugimura-san is a senior, honorifics should be used. . .”

“It’s fine because I’m not your senior in the club and you aren’t my junor. So it’s okay? Just talk more casually.”

“O-Okay.”

She seemed like a type of person who is quite reluctant to change. In my image of Sara from the game, I thought if I said that it would end in slapstick, or she’d say “I can’t do that” and continue to speak formally in spite. This confused fluster character isn’t bad though.

Sara in the game had no other connections with characters other than Aoi, so I think this side may not be shown in the game. I’m a little happy to see a side of her nobody knew before. This alone made it worth the trip.

“It’s rough for this to happen right after entering school. When you get home, make sure to dry your uniform and take a bath.”

“Yes, I plan on it. But, Sugimura-san, you saved me with your umbrella. The rain doesn’t feel like it will stop anytime soon.”

“Fufufu, I’m just lucky to share an umbrella with such a cute girl.”

“Uwaa. . .That’s embarrassing.”

“Ahaha, sorry~”

Aaaaaah so cute!

The plan was just to hand over an umbrella, but thanks to the grandmother, I was able to share an umbrella with her. And now she has shown me such a cute, shy face. What kind of blessed karma did I gain in my past life!? I only remember pursuing Yuri work!

We arrived at the station while containing my joy from this preciousness, we’ve also shared a friendly chat, and parted soon after.

If I were Aoi there would be another coincidental reunion event later on, but now that they haven’t had this chance encounter they wouldn’t recognize each other, so she is now saved. On that note, I’m not Aoi, I will not have a cosmic enforced encounter with her, so this is most likely our last meeting.

Sara will avoid a bad ending and enjoy a peaceful high school life. I won’t know how her story will progress but it’s for the best so she can be happy.

“Well, What should I do now?”

Although I kept away the threat to Sara. My life as “Shiori” is still going on. By meeting Sara it has solidified the truth of that theory. This is the world of “Fragmented Rhapsody”. I will go to school starting tomorrow. I’m sure I will see Aoi and Koharu. I will simply not get involved too much, but if Aoi joins the same club I will have to have some contact despite my own feelings. It’s hard to say whether I will ever be absolutely safe. Yuri is fun because I watch from a distance as love grows, so please pardon my presence.

“What do I do about it?”

Just worrying about it will solve anything. Anyways, I did accomplish something today, I was able to protect Sara. It didn’t go exactly as planned, but the results were still positive. I did my best.

I looked towards the ticket gate where I parted with her. She was no longer visible, I returned home with a sense of accomplishment.

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The following day. It was finally the day of truth. I was swaying as I rode the train to school. I wrapped my head around how I could not be involved with Aoi or Koharu. Due to my lack of sleep I left earlier than normal. The dazzling morning sunlight shone through the window, hurting my eyes. I couldn’t sleep well last night because of the tension, and I woke up much earlier than my alarm. So I’ve gotten on the train two routes earlier than usual. I felt restless at home anyways, so I thought it would be better to distract myself at school.

The train isn’t empty enough to find a seat, but it’s also not full. It was quite peaceful. Even though it was early in the morning, students from highschool were onboard, and some of them wore uniforms without any wrinkles on them. They had the atmosphere of “It’s my highschool debut”.

Speaking of freshmen I wonder what happened to Sara? I just hope she didn’t catch a cold from yesterday’s shower.

“Um. . .”

I gazed out the window towards the scenery as it passed by, remembering yesterday’s interaction.

The daze was broken when a girl standing beside me tapped my shoulder. I turned to a voice and face quite familiar.

“Eh, Sa. . “

It was Sara. A person I never thought I’d meet again.

“As I thought, it was Sugimura-san. Thank you for yesterday.”

She laughed with a relieved face. Saying “I wonder what I’d do if it wasn’t you.” I was frozen solid from shock. At that time I noticed that her hair flowed smoothly to her shoulders and down her back. I didn’t know she had such shiny hair because it was wet and stuck to her forehead and nape the last time I saw her. Her pale greenish eyes and red blushed cheeks were more apparent than yesterday. I thought she was already good looking yesterday, but today along with the bright sun of the morning light, she is divine.

“Good morning, This is a surprise.”

Sara smiled and replied.

“I was also shocked, but I’m glad, because I wanted to see you again!”

This ended my steadfast face.

Oh, my fan favorite is the cutest in the world.

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So here is my new project. It’s from the author of “The AI said my destined one is. . .A girl?”. So far it seems well written and interesting. Yuri is usually not too popular as a novel. So I doubt this will gain traction, but I like it. So look forward to more. I’ve already finished chapter 3. It will be out tomorrow, just needs to be proofread and fixed up. And I will work on chapter 4.

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Summary:

Shiori Sugimura was just a normal second year high school student when her world shattered when she remembered her past life. In her previous life she was a serious Yuri Otaku, and with that knowledge she also realized that the world she has been living in is the Yuri game “Fragmented Rhapsody”. It was a game that she enjoyed dearly in her previous life, and now she is a sub-Heroine.

This wasn’t good news, she doesn’t want to get involved with the protagonist and simply wants to keep her peaceful life. However that can’t last, she chose to give up that dream, and protect with all her might Sara Fujioka, her favorite heroine and a character that is killed by a love rival in the bad ending!

Yanderes are scary, and the characters in the world don’t act like they should. The scenarios are changing and the world is different than before, but she will still do her best to protect her fan favorite.

Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n0307gl/

Tags: Girl love. Reincarnated in another world, Yandere, Otome Game, School Life, Youth, Yuri, Female Protagonist, Romance.