I Quit the Going-Home Club for a Girl with a Venomous Tongue

-You see, that’s why even if I received a confession from 3.5 billion women, I can’t accept them! A-Ah right, by Arina, I meant I liked the other Arina, the angelic and gentle one, not—”

“…”

“Oi oi, stop giving me that look! My Dear angelic Arina, please come out!!”

I f**ked up.

“…I see.”

“…Yeah…”

Heavy.
Not the atmosphere, but my feet felt heavy.
Who turned on the gravity machine? Why couldn’t I move my feet? My back was wet from cold sweat and it felt disgusting.

No one could mistake my words, it was a clear confession.
I didn’t plan to say that out loud, I mean, I didn’t even want to go out with her.
Yes, I liked her, but that wasn’t enough reason to go out with her.

Saying that out loud was not my intention.
Someone manipulated me to make me say that out loud! Who was it? Show yourself!

“You know what happened to everyone who confessed to me, don’t you?”

“I know, but you don’t need to take me seriously!! Just treat me like an ant–”

“Then you know what you’re getting yourself into, you maggot.
Do you think you are good enough to keep me company? Do you still want to live? I’ll dispose of you right this instant, come…”

She crossed her arms and glared sharply at me.
Seeing her face, I felt somehow aroused… Wait no, I’m not an M! This feels humiliating though…

Well, I expected this reaction.
I mean, she wouldn’t blush and squeal out of nowhere, she wasn’t that kind of person.

“Anyway, I got your answer regarding your things with Shirona.
Everything is cleared up now too, so good for you, you can stop acting like a loser.”

“Ah… I guess…”
“Then, I’m going back.
Oh, if you tell anyone some bulls**t like I’m kidnapping you, I swear I’ll rip your organs out of your body and throw them all into the ocean.”

“At least sell them away! They make good money, you know?”

She turned her face away and stormed out of the Rose Garden.

I was expecting a follow-up from her, but she kept her silence.

*   *   *

Back to the present.

Seriously, what the hell was I doing?…

I want to forget everything.
I should drink my tomato juice, if I drink enough of them, I should be able to forget about everything.

So I took a carton box of tomato juice out of my bag and downed it in one gulp.
Man, this kind of tomato juice is great, I could just throw them into the trash can inside the classroom whenever I’m done drinking them… Wait, no, I have more pressing matters at hand.
I have to reply to Shirona.

But…

How do I even reject her?

I knew I was being indecisive, but the fact that I was hesitating like this was enough proof that this matter wasn’t as simple as it seemed to be.

But still, Shirona wouldn’t want a relationship born out of pity…

I opened up my phone’s contact list and looked up ‘Namiki Shirona’.

{Hello, this is Shirona…}

“It’s Sui.
After school, where should we meet?”

{…The old staff room…}

“Eh?”

She hung up the call.

I heard her clearly.
The old staff room.

Why would she choose that place? The old staff room… In other words, the Rose Garden… The school was large, why did she choose that place out of all the places? Why would she choose to meet me at that place filled with my memories with Arina? It was the place where the person that she liked hung out with another girl, wouldn’t she feel repulsive to be there?

I don’t know what’s going to happen anymore…