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No way it’s settled…!
The light faded from Mone-san’s eyes and I felt the ice-cold air in the surrounding.
Ah, did the air conditioner get too cold?
“Heh… You love each other…? I wonder if you could tell me what that means…?”
Mone-san glared at me with eyes as sharp as knives.
This is not good, it’s a death flag.
I felt like running away, but I’m on a part-time job right now, so I couldn’t.
With a chill running down my spine, I had no choice but to scramble to clear up the misunderstanding.
“Um, Mone-san…? I’d like to clear up a misunderstanding…”
“Oh, misunderstanding? Please explain exactly what the misunderstanding is from the beginning, okay? If it’s not a misunderstanding, you know what will happen…, right?”
“What will happen to me…?
“Hmm?…Fufu♪…?”
“Stop laughing like that!”
I feel terribly scared when she doesn’t answer me.
Thus, I had no choice but to be brave and tell everything to Mone-san.
I told her that I lied to cover up the situation and I had nothing to do with this blonde-haired lady, Orihara-san.
After hearing everything, Mone-san showed a look of relief.
“So you’re saying that this lady and Kakeru-kun have nothing in common? Is that what you’re saying?”
“Um, yes…”
“Why don’t you just say it earlier? I almost killed you.”
Mone-san said something horrible without hesitation.
I was wondering which one of us was going to be killed, but I felt like I shouldn’t ask, so I decided to keep quiet.
Anyway, the misunderstanding seemed to have been cleared up somehow.
“Eh? Didn’t you fall in love with me, Kiryu-kun?”
Orihara-san looked extremely disappointed, but it didn’t matter to me, at least for now.
In any case, while I was happy that Mone-san’s mood had improved, Mone-san’s lips pouted.
“So, why didn’t you choose me at that moment? You don’t like me…?”
“Huh…?”
Once again, Mone-san was in a bad mood.
I thought the matter was settled, but now there is one more problem after another.
Now, what should I say to her?
If I answered that I didn’t choose her because I didn’t like her, I don’t know what would happen to me after that.
Then, what would happen if I answered that I liked her?
Surely, Mone-san will be happy and try to have a relationship with me and brag about it to Sarasa-san and the others.
What would happen if she did that? The scene that awaited me would surely be more than just throwing a sharp knife at me.
“Ah, let’s see…”
As I was struggling with how to respond, she squinted her eyes and glared at me.
“You like me, don’t you…? “
“If I say that I like you…?”
“We’re gonna get married now.”
“You skipped dating and want to get married directly?”
If Mone-san suddenly gets married to me, Sarasa-san and Chiaki-chan won’t keep quiet about it.
If that happens, what awaits me is sure hell.
As the saying goes: Marriage is the graveyard of life.
“What if I say that I don’t like you?”
“Do I have to tell you…?”
Seeing the smile on Mone-san’s face gave me chills.
It was that creepy smile that made me understand in my head what was going to happen, even if I didn’t like it.
Let’s just pretend I didn’t hear…
“So? Do you like me? Or you dislike me?”
And then she asked me the same thing again.
How should I respond?
“Guess, I’ll pause this.”
“There are only two choices, there is no pause, okay?”
“I don’t know what to choose.”
Perhaps she knew what I was going to say, Mone-san squashed that option for me.
According to her, there are only two choices left for me, that is to say, that I love her or I don’t love her.
But I’m not giving up here.