“Hey Toyama… won’t you become my affair partner?”
What on earth is this guy thinking?
“Hey Hayami! Are you kidding me?”
When I got mad and said that, Hayami looked at me and retorted.
“I’m not joking. I am completely serious. I want you to help me cheat with you so I can completely cut ties with Yumi.”
No, I can only think that you are joking.
“Of course, I won’t say it’s for free. I will let you make me do whatever I can.
Besides, you can just tell people in the end that you were tricked by me.
That way, there shouldn’t be any trouble for your school life.
This is a consultation I can only ask of you, the only person who knows my situation.
I am aware that I’m saying something unreasonable. But it feels pitiful to keep Yumi by my side forever.
If so, it’s better if Yumi ends up hating me altogether.
It’s for the sake of Yumi’s future that she hates me and forgets me.
That’s why I’m asking you, even though I know it’s a huge favor. Please become my accomplice…”
Hayami, does he want to break up that much? I don’t understand it at all. But this guy’s enthusiasm is real.
I am always alone at school. People keep their distance from me. So, it’s not like I can’t go along with Hayami’s plan. There’s no particular problem even if people hate me.
But I just can’t accept it. Even though he loves his girlfriend that much, he’s going out of his way to be hated just to break up.
He should just talk normally and break up, so why…
The girlfriend he’s talking about is his childhood friend who has been with him forever. The bond of trust between them is surely much stronger than anything I can imagine.
But if she also knows the situation, I’m sure things would work out.
“Hey Hayami, can’t you think of any other way? I mean, don’t you plan to go with the option of not breaking up?”
Even when I said that, Hayami shook his head.
“I thought about it over and over. I ran simulations. But the result is that Yumi would just be wasting her time. I don’t want that kind of ending.
Yumi… I want Yumi, whom I’ve loved since long ago, to be happy even if it’s not with me. I just want her to live smiling in the future.”
Hayami’s guy, caring that much about his girlfriend. Well, I don’t really feel like it, but should I help him?
“Alright, Hayami. If it’s for the sake of that girlfriend of yours, I’ll cooperate.”
“Really?”
“But let me say this first, I don’t actually want to go along with this ridiculous story.
Still, if you’re going to be satisfied with that, I’ll ride along.
And let me tell you, you are definitely going to regret this?! Realizing how stupid of a thing you did. Are you fine with that?”
“Yeah, I don’t mind. As long as Yumi is happy in the end.”
“Geez. Also, can I put down some conditions?”
“I don’t mind, as long as it’s something I can do.”
“First of all, don’t you die! Stay alive properly. That’s one. Also, you used to have top-tier grades in our grade, right? So, use that academic ability for my sake.”
When I told Hayami that, he looked blank for a moment.
“I understand the first condition. If it grants my wish, I’ll do that. But what does the second one mean? Do you mean I should take tests in your place?”
“No way in hell! Who said anything about becoming a body double?! The point is, you need to teach me how to study.”
When I said it so clearly, Hayami finally seemed to understand.
“Oh, you should’ve just said that from the start. You don’t need to say weirdly difficult things, you know?”
“Shut up! I was matching your pace.”
“That makes even less sense.”
What is this guy? Make up your mind whether you’re smart or stupid.
“Anyway. That is the condition for helping you. You will teach me how to study, and you will make sure I don’t fail any tests.”
“Hey, aren’t the conditions increasing again? Not failing tests… Do you intend to make me sneak into the staff room and find out the test contents beforehand?”
“That’s why! You just need to teach me normally! Are you really smart?”
This guy doesn’t understand what I’m saying at all. Is he really smart enough to rank in the top 10 of his grade? Earlier, he was thinking ahead to the future and I was impressed, but now that we’re talking, he’s like a totally different person!
However, my heart had softened a little while having this kind of conversation with him.
“Whatever the case, I’ll help you with your plan, so you’d better teach me how to study, okay?!”
“Got it. I will do my best to assist you.”
“There you go again! Stop using weird phrasing for everything!”
“Well, you just need to understand, right?”
“What did you say?”
“No, my bad. Let me ask for your cooperation properly once again.”
“You should’ve just said it honestly from the start.”
Thus, I decided to cooperate with Hayami’s plan.
I figured I had no choice but to go along with Hayami’s ridiculous story, both to keep this guy from dying and for the sake of my own graduation.