CH 30

Chapter 30 The Foolishness of Foxes and Raccoons (Part 2)

February 19, 2022

>Successfully cancelled T’s trip as planned. >Okay, I’ll get back to you when I get a response from K.

>T seems to have contacted K a little while ago, behind my back, to cancel the trip. Perhaps K will be contacting me soon.

>Will it come that soon? I was supposed to go on a last minute fling trip with another guy. If it were me, I’d hesitate.

>She probably will. Just trust my instincts here. And just a reminder, don’t be cold to K. I know you’re upset, but you have to keep your cool. Just be gentle and listen to her feelings. Give her a sense of absolute security. >I understand. 

Right after I replied, I received a call on my phone.I received an incoming call on my phone. …… It was just as Touko-senpai had predicted. …… I took the call, thinking so. “Hello?” “Hello, Yuu-kun?” “Oh, what’s wrong?” “Listen, it’s awful! Tomorrow’s trip was suddenly cancelled today!” …… Is it ‘awful’ that a horrible woman tried to do a horrible thing, and then it got cancelled? …… I listened, dumbfounded. “Is that so? You were looking forward to this trip so much, but to suddenly cancel it is terrible.” I said this in a way that I didn’t feel at all comfortable with.

“Isn’t it? It’s terrible, isn’t it? I was looking forward to it so much, and then today, you cancel.” Maybe it was because I was on the phone, but even my heartless words didn’t seem to bother Karen right now.But Touko-senpai told me to do it.She said, ” I have to go along with Karen’s feelings here.”

“That’s right. I feel sorry for you, Karen.” Oh, man, this line is not sincere at all. “Thank you, Yuu-kun. “Thank you, Yuu-kun. Karen, I’m so sad, I’m crying.” Karen was in full-on ‘tragic heroine’ mode, so my verbal comforting seemed to be enough. “Don’t cry. If you were closer, I’d be there to comfort you.” I’ve become quite an actor, haven’t I? “Yes, Karen, I want to see you, Yu. I want to see you, Karen. You wouldn’t do something like this to me, would you?” How much worse do you think you’re doing to me?

But I didn’t think it was exactly what Touko-senpai had in mind so far.I couldn’t help but smile as I listened.But verbally, I continue to play the role of Karen’s kind boyfriend. “Of course. Of course I’ll always be on Karen’s side.” I could hear Karen’s sobbing from the other end of the phone.However, compared to Touko’s sobbing when Karen went to Kamokura’s apartment, it was much weaker. “Karen is lucky that Yu is her boyfriend. ……” The fact that I made her say this means that her dependence on me has increased.The worst part is that you’re my girlfriend. 

“Is there a cancellation fee for the trip? I’m afraid they’ll charge the full amount the day before.” Since I had nothing to say, I said something that would worry them anyway.Then there was silence for a while.Karen’s speech seemed to be at a loss. “It looks like the cancellation fee is okay, but …… we were going to drive there and ……” Oh, maybe I hit a bad spot?Was Kamokura paying for the accommodation, or was he going to stay at an affordable love hotel because he couldn’t get a place to stay? “I see. No, I just felt sorry for Karen if she had to pay the cancellation fee.” I’ll follow up for now.But Karen seemed to be satisfied with that. “Thank you, Yu-kun. Thank you for worrying about me.” Oh, my God. She’ s a real piece of work. “So, Yu-kun. Can we meet tomorrow? “What?” I couldn’t help but raise my voice in surprise. No, I can act if it’s just my voice on the phone, but…It’s impossible to be nice to this bitchy cheating bitch face to face.If I see Karen blushing in front of me right now. I would really want to punch her in the face. I mean, come on, you were about to go on a cheating trip with another guy just a few minutes ago, weren’t you?And it was with a guy I knew who was my senior.I think you’ve got a lot of nerve just calling me with that, but how thick-skinned do you have to be to want to meet me just because the trip was canceled?I guess this is what you call shamelessness. “I’m sorry. I want to see Karen, too, but I’ve already made a promise for tomorrow.”

I don’t want to be summoned as a substitute for a cancelled appointment at a time when you should have been having sex with another man. So …….” Karen said, sounding depressed. “I’m sorry, Karen. I’ll make some more time for you. I said and hung up the phone. 

After that, I immediately called Touko-senpai.I wanted to discuss the situation directly with her. “You were right, Touko-senpai. Karen’s called me right away!” However, Touko-senpai remains calm and collected. “Yes. She probably has a self-image of her “pretty self”. She always sees herself as a tragic heroine. So she’s looking for someone who can help her and empathize with her.” “But isn’t it a bit presumptuous to ask me, the victim of an affair, to do that? “For her, the victim is the one who is being cheated on, isn’t it? It’s like, “My boyfriend doesn’t understand me,” or “My boyfriend leaves me alone,” or “My boyfriend doesn’t give me what I want.” Hmmm, I don’t understand these feelings. “By the way, how did Touko-senpai get Kamokura-senpai to cancel the trip? “It’s easy. I said, “I want to go on a trip too.” “That’s it?” I was stunned.I was stunned, because I thought she had used a more sophisticated technique. “Yes. He said, “There’s a place we really want to go together. He insisted that this was the only time of the year when the two of us could take a relaxing trip together.” 

Huh, women are so lucky.But that’s not the problem for me right now. “So, are you going to go on a trip with Kamokura-senpai?” But that was quickly denied. “I’m not going. I’m going to cancel the trip. Tomorrow, “Pretending to be sick” She said. Who would go on a trip with a man who is in the middle of an affair with another woman? Even Touko-senpai, as expected, said so as if spitting it out at the end. I’m glad ……

I patted my chest, relieved. “Karen told me she wanted to see me tomorrow, too. But I couldn’t bring myself to meet her. I told her I had an appointment tomorrow and turned her down.” Then Touko-senpai said in a stern tone. “No, no, no. You have to go see Karen. And you must comfort her gently.”

These words were a surprise to me. “You don’t want to see Kamokura, do you? It’s the same for me.” “The situation is different between you and me. I have an effective card against Tetsuya at the moment, but you don’t have such a strong trump card against Karen. That’s why you have to attract Karen’s attention more. That’s why tomorrow you need to meet Karen-san and make sure you get her heart.” …… effective card? …… I was curious about the meaning of those words.But before I could ask that, Touko-senpai’s words continued. “And if Tetsuya can’t go on the trip with me, he might ask Karen out again, right? To avoid that, you have to secure Karen-san for tomorrow!” “I understand. If Touko-senpai says so, then ……” I said yes, but I was really disappointed. …… I wonder if Touko-senpai doesn’t think anything of me and Karen meeting each other. ……