CH 2

My Girlfriend is Having an Affair with Senpai (Part 2)

“You said what? To the Goddess of the Library, nonetheless?”

Youta Ishida stared dumbly at me.

“Yeah, I was in a good mood no matter what happened at that time,” I replied absentmindedly.

Youta Ishida.

We’ve been buds since high school, and we were even both freshmen in the same department, at the same university.

When I told him that Karen cheated on me with Kamokura-senpai, he hurried over to my house with a concerned look on his face.

“So, how did Touko-senpai answer you?”

Ishida cleared his throat, only to gulp right after.

“Touko-senpai said…” began I with a hollow voice.

“What in the world are you saying?” 

When she first heard my request, she sounded half-surprised and half-shocked.

“Don’t you understand? I’m asking you to have sex with me.”

I no longer minded the public opinion, nor did I give a crap about the inevitable whispers and rumors behind my back.

After a few moments of silence, Touko timidly spoke—

“What’s going on?”

Even through the phone audio, I could hear the concern in her voice.

I didn’t answer.

I couldn’t think of where to start.

…Your boyfriend slept with my girlfriend…

…I want to get payback… by sleeping with you…

…I have the right to do so…

…You were also betrayed, so you should do the same…

Fragmented thoughts such as these flew turbulently around in my mind.

But the words couldn’t come out.

Touko-senpai’s voice rang through the phone again.

“There’s something going on, isn’t there? Tell me about it. You’re not the type of person to suddenly propose such an insane request.”

Those words struck a chord within me, causing tears to well up in my eyes.

Yes, I’m not insane.

If anything, I’m completely normal.

The ones who were insane? Those guys.

Tetsuya Kamokura and Karen Mitsumoto.

An upperclassman who sleeps with his underclassman girlfriend without a care in the world. A woman who cheats on her boyfriend without a second thought.

All of my painful thoughts, stashed deep inside my subconscious, came pouring out along with my tears.

“M-My, *hic*, girlfriend, *hic*, Karen and… Kamokura-senpai are having, *hic*, an… affair… and I don’t, *hic*, know… what to do.”

That was all the words I could muster while sobbing.

From the other end of the phone call, I could hear, and even see, Touko-senpai gasping.

“…Really? Is that true?”

“Lie… I wish, *hic*, I wish… it was… one…”

After that, I couldn’t speak.

I could hear the echo of myself crying from her audio.

“Isshiki-kun, calm down for now. I’ll meet up with you tomorrow. Until then, don’t mention anything about this to anyone.”

With those words, Touko hung up.

“But I just really couldn’t stay by myself. That’s why I went back to my room and called you, Ishida.”

I told him the whole story.

“Well, it must be hard to keep it all to yourself. I’m glad you told me,” replied Ishida.

Talking about it to someone else didn’t make me feel any better, but it was still better than being in solitude.

“So, how are you and Karen gonna sort things out?”　

It hadn’t occurred to me yet.

…That’s right, what am I going to do with Karen in the future?

I can’t allow it.

That was my first thought.

But at the same time, I couldn’t leave her right then and there. I didn’t have the heart to do so.

“I haven’t decided on a plan yet, but I’m not going to let this go.”

“It sure isn’t easy to break up, is it?”

Then Ishida leaned forward.

“And what are you going to do about Touko-senpai?”

“What do you mean?”

“You’re meeting her tomorrow, right? And you’re going to somehow have sex with her?”

I became completely lost in thought, for a while at least.

“I just said that on the spur of the moment… but I also have to consider… her feelings. Plus, I don’t think Touko-senpai would allow me to do it with her that easily,” I finally said.

“You’re right. She seems really stubborn.”

Ishida turned around and crossed his arms behind his head.”

“Yuu, what are you going to say to Touko-senpai tomorrow?”

“I don’t know. I’m just going to tell her everything I know.”

“And the evidence photos of Karen-chan and Kamokura-senpai’s interactions?”

“Probably.”

“Hmm…”

Ishida seemed to be pondering something.

“I’m not saying to not do it, but I think you should think about how you say everything. I’ve heard that when someone cheats, the boyfriend would hate the girlfriend, but the girlfriend would hate the girl that the boyfriend cheated on her with. “

I couldn’t quite understand what Ishida meant, but I guess it’s more accurate to say that I didn’t have the time to think about it.

Either way, I had to meet Touko-senpai and tell her everything.

That much I knew.

That’s all I could think about.

(TL: C’mon.)