How does ordering someone to play with you become your girlfriend?

Chapter 69 It’s great to know you, Yuuka

Tokyo on Christmas Eve is different from usual, with dazzling lights everywhere.

In the park near the student dormitory, Shiori Nanamiya curled up on a chair.

She didn't know what she was thinking just now. When she came to her senses, she had already arrived here.

Jealousy not only made her feel guilty, but also awakened the inferiority hidden deep in her heart.

The belief that she once had in being able to protect Yuka was torn off like a fig leaf, and Shiori Nanamiya was terrified.

She didn't dare to imagine how Yuka would react after knowing her true thoughts, and she just instinctively wanted to escape.

As long as she left, Yuka wouldn't know about her dark thoughts just now. As long as she left, she wouldn't have to think about facing Yuka for a while.

But what's the point? In the end, it's just self-deception...

Shiori Nanamiya raised her head and looked at the night sky full of stars.

"I'm alone again... As expected, someone like me doesn't deserve to have friends."

This is good, after a while, I can keep my distance from Yuka.

Anyway, I had already gotten used to living alone during the time when Yuhua transferred to this school.

"Being alone is not scary at all..." Shiori Nanamiya murmured to herself, her fingers tightly clenched around the corner of her clothes.

Why do I feel so uneasy? I should be used to it...

The night wind whistled past, blowing up Shiori Nanamiya's golden hair and enveloping her body with a hint of chill.

But Shiori Nanamiya did not move, letting her hair be blown away. She was more afraid of being alone than the cold.

It would have been fine if she hadn't met Yuka again, but after meeting her again, the wall of heart that Shiori Nanamiya had built with great difficulty collapsed, and she could no longer survive alone.

"I can no longer pretend to be strong..." Shiori Nanamiya showed a bitter smile on her face.

"Then stop pretending!"

A piece of clothing was lightly draped over Shiori Nanamiya's shoulders, bringing her a sense of warmth.

The familiar scent on the clothes and the voice behind her made Shiori Nanamiya know who was coming without turning around.

"Yuuka..."

"Aren't we friends? The meaning of friends' existence is that I can show my weak side in front of her without restraint!" Yuka came in front of Shiori Nanamiya and looked at her squatting on the chair.

This scene was just like the first time the two met.

"No, I'm not qualified to be your friend." Shiori Nanamiya lowered her head and spoke.

It would be fine if she could be jealous of others without any burden like other casual people, but what Shiori Nanamiya hates most is hypocritical people.

So after she understood her innermost thoughts, she had no way of forgiving herself for being like this.

"How could that be? Shiori has always been very nice to me. I think you are the most reliable friend in this world." Yuka spoke softly while sitting next to Shiori Nanamiya.

"If Yuka knew what I was thinking, you would understand what a bad person I actually am." Shiori Nanamiya raised her head, her eyes a little red.

Yuka didn't say anything, but just raised her hand to straighten Shiori Nanamiya's messy hair and gently stroked her head.

"I am a child from a single-parent family. My mother had a difficult labor when giving birth to me and passed away after failed rescue efforts. I was raised by my father and grandmother." Shiori Nanamiya spoke slowly.

"I seldom saw my father since I could remember. It was not until my grandmother passed away that I realized he actually didn't want to see me."

"Because it was my appearance that caused my mother to pass away, my father always thought that I killed my mother."

"But there was no one else to take care of me except him, so he had to take me back home. He would usually ask other people to take care of me, and when he came home, he would start drinking heavily after work." "Later, for some unknown reason, he chose to bring me to Tokyo, and I transferred to a junior high school here."

"Everyone hated me at that time because I didn't have a mother and because I had an alcoholic father."

"He would get drunk at the parents' conference and make a scene at school because of tuition fees. Sometimes I really think the world is terrible."

"Until I met you that time, you were the first person willing to reach out to me. I was thinking at that time, it would be great if I could be friends with you. You are alone in school, and I am alone too, and you will definitely not dislike me." As she spoke, a hint of bitterness appeared on Shiori Nanamiya's face.

"Actually, I now feel that you were right not to agree to me at that time. After all, I always make friends with such despicable thoughts."

"After you transferred, I was admitted to an ordinary high school in Tokyo, but there was no one like you who I could talk to anymore."

"The boys I chatted with had other ideas about me, and the girls chose to isolate me because I didn't fit in, so I thought... I might as well become a delinquent, and that way I would have less trouble."

"Because of my status as a bad girl, I had a very comfortable life in high school. No one bothered me, and I could study hard and stay away from my alcoholic father."

"The reason I was admitted to Ochanomizu was actually because I didn't want to live with him anymore. I didn't want to face a father who always treats me as an enemy. But I didn't expect to meet you here." Shiori Nanamiya looked at Yuka.

"I've been observing you for a long time, and you still have no friends like before. This makes me feel fortunate. It turns out that even after we've been apart for so long, you're still the same."

"So I want to reunite with you, find a chance to fulfill our unfinished promise, and be friends with you..."

"Of course, in addition to these, I also want to repay you. You protected me when I was a child, so now I can protect you too."

"You've already done it, haven't you?" Yuka said softly.

"Shiori has always cared about me, I can feel it."

"No, actually it only looks like this on the surface, actually..." Shiori Nanamiya wanted to say something, but Yuka interrupted her.

“Sometimes, the essence of things is not what you think, but what you do.”

"Shiori is very considerate and takes good care of me. These are undeniable, right? And... if you are really that bad, why did you tell me?" Yuka looked at Shiori Nanamiya seriously.

"I don't think you, Shiori, are as bad a person as you say."

"..." Shiori Nanamiya was silent. She hesitated for a moment and finally couldn't help but speak again.

"Do you know why I ran out? Because I'm very jealous of you, Yuuka. I'm jealous that you can find someone who cares about you besides me, so I've actually been making trouble for your relationship with that guy."

"Huh?" Yuka was stunned.

"Whether it's to remind you of the distance or to ask you to give him a handmade gift, in fact, deep down, I have always hoped that you would break up with him." Shiori Nanamiya smiled, and her smile was full of despair.

"Do you think I can still be called your friend?"

A warm touch came, and Shiori Nanamiya was instantly pulled into Yuka's arms.

"So that's how it is. If I had met Shiori earlier, would you not have had this thought?" Yuka spoke gently into Shiori Nanamiya's ear.

She didn't hear any jealousy in Shiori Nanamiya's words, but rather loneliness and fear.

A girl who has no friends since childhood, whose father is an alcoholic and who lacks love, may have regarded herself as the only ray of light in the world.

That's why she had such thoughts and was afraid that she would become lonely again after falling in love.

"Don't worry, Shiori will always be my best friend. I won't forget you just because I'm with Yujun." Yuka said softly.

After being stunned for a moment, Shiori Nanamiya hugged Yuka tightly.

At this moment, all her other thoughts disappeared and she hugged Yuka and cried like a child.

It’s great to meet you, Yuuka…

(End of this chapter)