CH 50

Chapter – 50 Christmas on Fire! (The Hour of Judgment)

March 2, 2022

“Spend time with Isshiki-kun.

At these words, the hall fell silent.

And even I, who should have been expecting it, was staring at her in disbelief.

…… I should have been expecting these words for a long time, and carried out my plans for them. ……

Kamokura, who had been listening to these words as if dumbfounded, finally, barely, moved his mouth.

‘Such …… lies, right?’

Touko-senpai shook her head sadly from side to side.

“It’s true. I’ve already made up my mind.”

“You broke up with me and …… with a guy like this? …… with Isshiki?”

“Isshiki, he’s faithful. At least, he won’t lie to me.”

She tells him so quietly and nonchalantly.

Kamokura looks at me with hatred.

Then he shouts.

“You, you, you… You are not worthy of being to Touko! I won’t let you”

But I shot back at him.

“I know that! But while you were having an affair with Karen, I was fighting alongside her the whole time. We supported each other through the pain we were both going through! You don’t deserve her!”

“Don’t be ridiculous! In the first place, the tickets for the stay were given to me and Touko. There is no way I would allow her to go with another man!”

“That’s not true, Kamokura-san!”

It was Kazumi who clearly denied it.

“You agreed earlier and gave both of these tickets to Touko. What she does with them is her business!”

Kamokura gritted his teeth and pointed at me next.

“Shut up!” Touko, you’re being deceived by this guy, by Isshiki! Don’t lose yourself!”

But with those words, Touko-senpai once again shook her head sadly.

“It’s the same as Karen-san’s line earlier. Tetsuya, don’t say such disappointing things at the end.”

“No, absolutely NOT!” Touko is mine!”

Saying that, Kamokura tried to grab onto Tokuo-senpai.

I stepped forward to stop him.

“Get out of the way, Isshiki!”

“You’re the one who needs to get away!”

For a moment, Kamokura and I are struggling with each other.

But then, Mr. Nakasaki, immediately intervened to stop us.

“Stop it, Kamokura! You’ve already taken your mind off of her! Give it up!”

At the same time, the audience booed in unison.

“That’s right, get away from Touko!”

“It’s your fault. Kamokura-san!”

“Sleeping with your junior’s girlfriend is disgusting!”

“You got what you deserved!”

“You’re not looking good, Kamokura!”

“Why are you with Karen?”

“I’m so disappointed in you!”

“That’s disgusting!”

Fierce accusations from both men and women alike bombard Kamokura with torrents of fire.

“…… Touko……”

The name leaked out of Kamokura’s mouth in a tiny whisper.

However, his voice would not have been heard by everyone in the hall.

Probably only heard by Nakasaki-san, me, and Touko-senpai, who were present at the event.

“…… Touko……”

Kamokura repeated the words weakly.

His entire body was drained of power, and it even looked as if he was being supported by Nakasaki-san.

I have never seen him so powerless and pathetic before.

Then I huffed.

I look back at Touko-senpai.

At that moment, she was ………………

While feigning an expressionless face, …………

She was biting her lip, like trying to hold it.

And I was the only one who understood.

Touko-senpai was crying.

She didn’t shed tears, but in her heart …….

Tetsuya is a person who can be the center of any place, but there is no one to help him when he is really in trouble…….

…… I just want to be there for him when he’s going through those times. ……

That’s what senior Touko-senpai had said before.

And now this situation: ……

When the barrage of accusations from everyone had died down.

Touko-senpai opened her mouth again.

“Tetsuya, I have a question I want you to answer: ……”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Touko-senpai.

Kamokura, too, looked up helplessly.

“I will not change my mind about leaving you here. I’ve already decided. ……”

Touko-senpai cut off her words once there.

Then she said slowly, as if admonishing.

“But if it’s up to you, I’ll tear up this accommodation ticket.”

I gulped.

That meant that the ‘spending the night with me’ thing was never going to happen.

But I thought, “That might be a good idea.”

I wanted to treasure her feelings.

I didn’t want to leave her feeling sad because she had supported me and made me realize my revenge so far.

“I thought you were my last chance to stop me tonight.”

Kamokura was stunned, but shook his head cockily.

The entire hall fell silent.

“Tetsuya, from your point of view, what was my charm?”

Kamokura seemed as if he did not understand the meaning of the question.

He looked at Touko-senpai with a puzzled look on his face.

“What do you think is my charm for Tetsuya?”

Once again, Touko-senpai repeated the same words.

She looked at Kamokura with fearful eyes.

“Well, that’s all of it.”

Kamokura says this as if being pressured by Touko-senpai.

“What do you mean by everything?”

“I mean, everything about Touko is attractive.”

“I want you to say it in a way that I can understand it, not in such an abstract way…….”

Everyone listens to the quiet voice of senior Touko-senpai.

“Well, that’s right, Touko is a beautiful woman. ……”

Touko-senpai silently looks at Kamokura.

“She has good style and fashion sense.”

Touko-senpai just kept quiet and listened to what Kamokura was saying.

“She’s smart, she has a strong sense of self. She is not swayed by the opinions of those around her or others.”

Touko-senpai quietly, yes, just quietly, gazed at Kamokura.

“She is polite in her language, ladylike and womanly …….”

I alternately looked at and compared Touko-senpai and Kamogura.

“Is that it?”

Touko-senpai asked to be sure.

“That’s all I’m saying, …… what else can I say, ……?”

Touko-senpai closed her eyes.

Then, after a long silence, she sighed deeply, “Huh~.

“Goodbye, Tetsuya.”

After saying that, Touko-senpai took my arm and said, “Let’s go, Isshiki-kun,” and started walking straight to the exit.

Everyone in the hall breaks off and makes way for the two of us to go.

“Touko!”

Kamokura shouted.

But Touko-senpai did not even look back at him anymore.

Near the exit, she took her luggage.

I followed suit and picked up my luggage as well.

She took my arm again, and in front of the exit, Without looking back, she said this.

“Tetsuya, I think you should have been more honest with me. Maybe that’s where we went wrong.”

After saying this, she left the place with me.