The Pain of an Inferior: A Blistering Love Comedy That Begins After a Broken Heart - Chapter 77
Chapter 77 – Abyss
“Which do you prefer, this one or this one?”
“Nn, that one.”
Yunika displayed two sets of clothes and asked Haruka which one he preferred.
Thinking that saying left or right would confuse the other, Haruka pointed his finger and told Yunika which one he preferred.
“Hmmm. So you like this kind of thing.”
“I just think it looks good on you…”
“It’s fine. I like them both, I just thought I’d pick the one you like.”
“I like the other one, the white one.”
A voice suddenly interjected from the side, Haruka and Yunika both turned their heads to his direction.
It was Kashiwagi Rui.
Haruka, who had never seen his face so closely before, looked at him again.
Unlike the sweet-faced Shun and the fresh but fearless face of Akito, Rui gave a cold impression to Haruka.
Rui’s eyes remain sharp and he smiled only with his lips.
“Well… I’ll take it as a reference.”
Yunika smiled lightly at him.
Rui was pleased by her smile and tried to continue the conversation.
“So, Yunika, on Saturday…”
“Harukaa~”
As if interrupting Rui’s words, someone called out Haruka’s name in a hushed voice in his ear.
A shiver ran down his spine and his face looked silly.
Tsuyuri, with a faint smile on her face was standing by Haruka’s side before he knew it.
“W-what is it? Tsuyuri…”
“Tickets… We’re going to perform… There are other bands coming, too.”
“Oh, I see… I’ll be there. How much?”
Haruka asked, receiving a ticket printed on a piece of paper, a rarity nowadays, and tried to send Tsuyuri some money using his Talisman.
“No charge… But you must come and see it…”
Even though Haruka pulled his face away and kept his distance from her, Tsuyuri brought her face closer and whispered in his ear.
Tsuyuri blocked Haruka’s head from Yunika, so that Yunika would not be able to see him.
She glanced at Yunika provocatively.
At Tsuyuri’s gaze, Yunika glared back at her with a miffed expression on her face.
“Absolutely. I promise.”
“Okay. I’ll look forward to it.”
Tsuyuri placed her cheek against Haruka’s and rubbed them together.
“What?!”
Yunika, who was shocked from watching them, involuntarily stood up.
With a smile on her face, Tsuyuri silently left Haruka’s seat.
Yunika stared at her back and turned back to Haruka with a serious expression.
“…. When did you become friends with Tsuyuri?”
“We had a chance to get to know each other during summer break.”
“Hmm… What happened?”
“Um… Various things.”
Yunika couldn’t pursue the matter any further because of Haruka’s unusual deceptiveness.
Her heart ached, she wanted to know everything about Haruka.
“Have you been invited to Tsuyuri’s concert too, Yunika-san?”
“Yes, I was invited. …… Eh? Did you just call her by her name?”
“Oh, don’t worry about it.”
Haruka shrugged Yunika off with a wave of his hand.
Yunika wanted to tell Haruka that he could call her by her name too, but she didn’t have the courage to do so.
The first time Yunika got acquainted with Haruka, Haruka wanted to call Yunika without honorifics. Yunika ended up declining him.
Yunika wallowed in regret.
Rui, who got interrupted and lost his chance to continue talking to Yunika due to Tsuyuri, clucked his tongue in annoyance and turned his head around to face forward.
Hibiki, who was watching the whole scene, sympathized with Rui.
Rui lightly glanced sideways at Haruka.
What he knew about Haruka was not much.
He’s a childhood friend of Kureha Shun and Uta Miyako.
He’s especially close to Yunika and Ise Ria, a rank E citizen.
He’s ferocious and causes violence.
Garbage status.
For some unknown reason, he suddenly joined the drama club.
Rui heard a story during summer break that Haruka used to torment Miyako due to his abnormal obsession when he was in elementary school.
The girl that told him said that Miyako was mentally exhausted at the time.
It was terrible.
A trashy guy like that was coming on to Yunika and the members of the drama club.
?
In a hall in the same floor as the classrooms.
There were many sofas and tables, designed for the students to relax.
Hibiki, Shun, and Akito were gathering there after school before going to their club activities.
“Hey, can’t you do something about that guy?”
Hibiki complained while shaking her legs.
“More importantly, Shun, is it true that Obi was stalking Miyako?”
“Yes, he was. Miyako was too kind to reject him strongly, but he was very aggressive with her.”
“Is that still the case now?”
“No, he’s not so obsessed these days… Maybe he changed his target.”
“Are you saying that it’s Yunika now?”
Akito reacted strongly to Shun’s words and leaned forward to ask.
“Yunika is getting along fine with Obi, but it’s scary not knowing what’s going to happen.”
“He’s a guy who doesn’t mind being violent with women, too.”
Akito told them, remembering how Haruka harmed a girl went he went on a rampage at the forest school.
“Tsuyuri was also suddenly talking to Obi in a friendly manner too. He also joined the drama club full of girls, which is frankly scary.”
“Haru had a violent incident during elementary school as well, so maybe we should do something about it.”
“Ha? He’s like that during elementary school too?”
Akito looked indignant with a look of disbelief.
“He was. So you’d better be careful. Akito, you know Ishidou, right?”
“Yes, I know.”
“Ishidou’s in on it. Ask him later.”
“Got it…”
The conversation got cut off, and a hush fell over the hallway.
The distant chatter of the students echoed hollowly in the distance.
“It’s impossible to get him expelled at the moment, but still someone has to warn everyone…”
“For now… We should tell everyone what happened during elementary school. Right, Shun?”
“Yeah I agree.”
While Hibiki was seriously threatened by Haruka, Akito and Shun smiled with a bewitching look on their faces.