CH 7

That Person Who Helped Me ~Aya Shimizu Perspective~

Translated by AmaLynne

I wonder if this is love…?

Because just remembering…makes my heart pound so much…

I’ve never felt anything like this before, and I don’t know what to do…

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That day I was shopping in an unusual place.

People would come up to me when I was in my hometown and other people would bother me.

Why should I, who didn’t do anything wrong, be bothered? I sometimes think.

But if it works out, I’ll put up with it.

People say that I am a strong, kind, and cheerful girl.

But that’s not true.

I’m just scared.

I’m scared of being left out of everyone’s circle or being told I’m not what I’m supposed to be…

And as a result, I get bullied and hobbled…

My way of relieving stress is to dress fashionably, shop, and walk around in a strange city.

If you don’t want to stand out, why don’t you just dress plainly? You might think.

But I didn’t want to do that.

Because I like dressing up!

And if I had to endure it to relieve stress, it would be a real downfall.

So today I’m strolling around the city where I don’t know many people.

But it didn’t work…

I get picked on, I get scouted, I get stared at by everyone…

In the end, I guess I’ll just have to put up with it…

And when the sun went down, things didn’t change.

Disgusted, I went into an empty alleyway.

But that was not a good idea.

Apparently, I was followed.

I got tangled up with two bad-looking delinquents.

They tried to take me away.

I was 16 years old, so I knew what they were going to do to me.

So I desperately resisted.

But I was too scared to speak out and the difference in strength was too much…

Just when I thought it was all over, he appeared.

He had a reasonably well-defined face and a wild all-back haircut.

He was reasonably tall and seemed to be in good style.

Above all, I was attracted by his eyes.

It’s……his strong-willed eyes that he would not give in to anything.

He was hit at first, but it was on purpose.

With one blow, he beat one of the delinquents and then fought off the other one.

Then, bluntly, he said a lot of things to me.

To be honest, I had never had a guy talk to me like that before, so I was a little confused.

But I could feel his gentle air, so I thought, oh he is a good man.

He firmly walked me to the street where people were.

Then he left without telling me his name…

I wanted to thank him…and…he was so cool…

There are people like that nowadays……

Someone who would help a girl and then leave without showing any ulterior motive……

He’s like a hero in a comic book world…

I might have fallen in love with him.

When I go home, I think about him all the time…

I remember him in bed, writhing and grinning.

Is this what love is like? It’s amazing…

But I don’t even know…his name.

And of course, I don’t know…how to contact him.

I’ve made up my mind! Let’s go to the same city tomorrow!

I don’t know if we can meet, but I have to do something!

I decided so and went to sleep…

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The next day, I got off at the same station and strolled around the city.

As usual, I was approached by men, but I endured.

And…what a surprise, I found him easily.

Even though it was still morning…I wondered if this was fate?

But he was looking comfortable and slumped over on the bench.

For some reason, the sight of him made me squeal! I was so happy to see him.

I don’t know why, but I thought he was…cute.

I thought it would be bad to wake him up, but I made up my mind to talk to him.

But he ran away like a rabbit…

I was stunned because I didn’t expect him to run away.

Wait! I shouted and tried to chase after him, but he was already far away.

He’s fast! Not very fast, but I can’t catch up to him! I thought.

But if I miss this moment, I’ll never see him again! I thought, and tried to catch up with him…

Something fell out of his back pocket.

I picked it up and was very surprised.

To my surprise, it was his student ID card.

Moreover, it was the same person as a boy I had been interested in in the same class.

Come to think of it, I don’t think they look alike…

I was happy.

I couldn’t believe that the guy I was originally interested in and the guy I might have liked was the same person…

Isn’t this fate!?

But he looked totally different…Which one is the real him?

I became more and more curious about him.

Then I decided.

I’m sorry for him, but I’m going to try to talk to him tomorrow at school.

If we were outside, he might run away from me again…

I know he’s probably staying quiet for some reason…

I’m sorry, Yoshino-kun.

I might destroy your daily life.

But I still want to talk to you.

No one can stop a girl in love!