Volume 4 - CH 44.1

No way it’s settled…!

The light faded from Mone-san’s eyes and I felt the ice-cold air in the surrounding.

Ah, did the air conditioner get too cold?

“Heh… You love each other…? I wonder if you could tell me what that means…?”

Mone-san glared at me with eyes as sharp as knives.

This is not good, it’s a death flag.

I felt like running away, but I’m on a part-time job right now, so I couldn’t.

With a chill running down my spine, I had no choice but to scramble to clear up the misunderstanding.

“Um, Mone-san…? I’d like to clear up a misunderstanding…”

“Oh, misunderstanding? Please explain exactly what the misunderstanding is from the beginning, okay? If it’s not a misunderstanding, you know what will happen…, right?”

“What will happen to me…?

“Hmm?…Fufu♪…?”

“Stop laughing like that!”

I feel terribly scared when she doesn’t answer me.

Thus, I had no choice but to be brave and tell everything to Mone-san.

I told her that I lied to cover up the situation and I had nothing to do with this blonde-haired lady, Orihara-san.

After hearing everything, Mone-san showed a look of relief.

“So you’re saying that this lady and Kakeru-kun have nothing in common? Is that what you’re saying?”

“Um, yes…”

“Why don’t you just say it earlier? I almost killed you.”

Mone-san said something horrible without hesitation.

I was wondering which one of us was going to be killed, but I felt like I shouldn’t ask, so I decided to keep quiet.

Anyway, the misunderstanding seemed to have been cleared up somehow.

“Eh? Didn’t you fall in love with me, Kiryu-kun?”

Orihara-san looked extremely disappointed, but it didn’t matter to me, at least for now.

In any case, while I was happy that Mone-san’s mood had improved, Mone-san’s lips pouted.

“So, why didn’t you choose me at that moment? You don’t like me…?”

“Huh…?”

Once again, Mone-san was in a bad mood.

I thought the matter was settled, but now there is one more problem after another.

Now, what should I say to her?

If I answered that I didn’t choose her because I didn’t like her, I don’t know what would happen to me after that.

Then, what would happen if I answered that I liked her?

Surely, Mone-san will be happy and try to have a relationship with me and brag about it to Sarasa-san and the others.

What would happen if she did that? The scene that awaited me would surely be more than just throwing a sharp knife at me.

“Ah, let’s see…”

As I was struggling with how to respond, she squinted her eyes and glared at me.

“You like me, don’t you…? “

“If I say that I like you…?”

“We’re gonna get married now.”

“You skipped dating and want to get married directly?”

If Mone-san suddenly gets married to me, Sarasa-san and Chiaki-chan won’t keep quiet about it.

If that happens, what awaits me is sure hell.

As the saying goes: Marriage is the graveyard of life.

“What if I say that I don’t like you?”

“Do I have to tell you…?”

Seeing the smile on Mone-san’s face gave me chills.

It was that creepy smile that made me understand in my head what was going to happen, even if I didn’t like it.

Let’s just pretend I didn’t hear…

“So? Do you like me? Or you dislike me?”

And then she asked me the same thing again.

How should I respond?

“Guess, I’ll pause this.”

“There are only two choices, there is no pause, okay?”

“I don’t know what to choose.”

Perhaps she knew what I was going to say, Mone-san squashed that option for me.

According to her, there are only two choices left for me, that is to say, that I love her or I don’t love her.

But I’m not giving up here.