Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway Vol.2 Part 3 by Shimesaba & booota

Author:Shimesaba & booota [Shimesaba & booota]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KADOKAWA

Chapter 8: Reality

I opened my mouth to begin to speak, but I knew that I had nothing to say.

"I..."

I started, then shut my mouth again. A minute went by, or maybe even longer. Ms. Goto and I may have even spent five minutes in silence.

"No answer, huh?"

She said, breaking the silence and smiling kindly at me. Her tone wasn't one of reproach; she was just making sure.

Ms. Goto looked down at the desk for a moment, as if she was trying to think of what to say next.

"...Middle schoolers and high schoolers are special."

I could see a hint of sorrow appear in Ms. Goto's eyes as she said this.

"No matter how hard they may try, or how grown-up they try and act, a high schooler is always going to be a high schooler at the end of the day. As frustrating as it is, you can't be anything else."

Ms. Goto continued to speak in a lilting tone without looking me in the eyes.

"That's how powerful the status of being a high school student is."

Then, she lifted her head up and looked my way.

"You can go elsewhere and stop wearing the uniform, but you still won't be anything but a high schooler."

Her words sharply and precisely dig away at the naivety in my heart.

This was something I'd been vaguely aware of. Even when I abandoned my old environment and ran away to somewhere new, I was still treated as a high-school girl, no matter where I went. All the men I'd met before had sex with me because I was a high school girl and they thought I was cute. And after that, they saw me as an inconvenient, runaway school-girl who had overstayed her welcome. That's why I ended up moving from one place to another. Mr. Yoshida, on the other hand, thought of me like a child because I was a high school girl.

"Yoshida might let you get away with this, but society won't."

Hearing Ms. Goto's words made my heart ache, but at the same time, I could feel the gloomy uneasiness within me dissipate.

Yoshida never once asked me for what the other men did. He simply let me stay with him. As long as I did enough housework, he would never say a word about how I spent the rest of my time. Although this lifestyle allowed me the greatest peace of mind I'd experienced in my life, it also brought about the most doubts.

That was significant, considering what a bad situation I'd escaped from.

Was it really okay for me to have such a peaceful life? Could I really be allowed to live like this?

Ms. Goto had given me my answer.

Society would never have allowed it.

"...Thank you very much."

Before I even realized what I was saying, the words had already escaped my lips.

Her shoulders twitched in surprise at my response, and she stared at me.

"I think...I needed someone to tell me that."

I felt like the words were spilling out of my heart, one after another.

"I wanted to run away from everything, to find comfort, but.

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