CH extra 1

[??? PoV]

I had seen it all that day.

It wasn’t that I was planning to watch from the beginning. I was just following him as usual at first.

Then I was surprised. In the blink of an eye, they had become lovers. Even from a distance, I could see their happy faces.

It was a face I had never seen before, a face he had never shown me.

My heart tightened. I tried my best to hold back the urge to scream.

I knew that he would go farther away from me. I would never be able to tell him how I feel about him, and he would be even further out of reach than he is now.

I knew somewhere in my heart that it was a love that would never come true in the first place. I’ve been watching that person’s single-minded love for a long time from my side.

I knew that. I knew that, and yet……..

It was my first heartbreak. It was also the first time I fell in love. Everything I felt when I met that person became irreplaceable.

Maybe that’s why I felt so much pain.

After the two of them left the classroom, I entered the empty classroom.

After confirming that no one was coming, I sat down in that person’s chair and buried my face in the desk for a while. I remembered the smile he had given me in my memory, and the things I had been holding back began to overflow from my eyes.

Then I had an epiphany and hurried to look up. I mustn’t soil the desk of the person I love with my own tears.

Let’s go home and cry alone as much as I want. And tomorrow, I will be in front of him as if nothing had happened. Even if he doesn’t understand my feelings, at least I can be by his side as usual.

As I was wiping my desk with my towel, I heard voices of a man and a woman.

I don’t know if I should say this, but I was completely caught off guard because usually everyone had already gone home by this time.

I had heard these voices before. It’s the voice of two childhood friends, Rinto Kirishima-senpai and Rena Saito-senpai, who sometimes comes to the tennis club to play with us. I heard that they are in the same class with him.

Sh*t. What should I do if they come in?

I have never done anything that would make me uncomfortable to be seen. But I’ve always been uncomfortable with it. Their sparkling aura. For someone like me, who lives in the shadows, they are too dazzling.

Even if I ran out of the classroom now, I wouldn’t make it in time. I quickly hid myself in the locker of the cleaning supplies closet. Fortunately, I’m used to hiding because I’ve been stalking that person while hiding everyday…….or rather, watching over him.

I hid my breath and was thinking about leaving when I couldn’t hear them anymore when they entered the classroom.

If they came, I had no choice but to hide until they were done with their business.

As I was hiding under my breath, I heard a terrible conversation.

The two of them were talking about the most treacherous and dastardly plan to trap their friend.

I instinctively knew that I should record the conversation, so I carefully operated my phone so as not to make a sound. I almost dropped my phone and started to scream, but I managed to hold it back.

A few minutes later, after confirming that the two had left, I slowly

exit the locker to replenish my oxygen supply.

The conversation was repulsive. It was outrageous to frame an innocent person as a criminal.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

Good thing I happened to be here.

It’s a good thing I happened to be here. Too bad the plan they are planning is going to fail, because I have solid evidence here, and just when I was about to be motivated by a sense of justice….

I came up with the worst possible idea.

This is my chance.

I thought that if the two of them who became lovers were to be torn apart, I would have a chance.

I weighed my sense of justice against the love I had felt since junior high school, and I was troubled by it all.

And after much deliberation, I decided….

I foolishly chose to remain silent.

Thus, I became what might be called an accomplice to the two despicable people of that day.

I was aware that I was the worst kind of person. But I seriously believed that he would look at me, and I gambled on the possibility.

But the reality was different. That person had always been looking at the one person who was not me.

My foolish plan to take advantage of his weak heart failed miserably.

One day, his smile gradually faded away. And yesterday, I saw his face tinged with despair.

I am now deeply ashamed of myself. If only I had done the right thing back then… If only I had put an end to my feelings.

I wouldn’t have seen that face of the person I love.

I could have saved him from such sadness.

Now it is my turn to regret my foolishness and despair. But first I have to do what I have to do.

I got to school earlier than anyone else today, and I’m in his classroom.

[I know everything. Rinto Kirishima, Rena Saito. The time of your judgment has come.”

I write the words on the blackboard. All that remains is to wait for the crowd to gather.

The hour of their punishment has arrived. For those two, and for myself.

My actions will protect my hated love interest, but it’s better than hating myself even more. Above all, my beloved senpai who has always been kind to me….

It’s far better than having Mio Sakuragi-senpai hurt any more than she already is.

I’m sorry for being late… I’m sorry for hurting you so deeply, Mio-senpai… and… Yagami-senpai too.

I repented in my heart and decided to wait somewhere until more people gathered.