Love Is Dark, Vol. 1 by Ao Juumonji and BUNBUN

Author:Ao Juumonji and BUNBUN
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On

12

Attempted Confession

The destructive power of being left on read was staggering. This was the first time in his life that it had happened to Sousei. The way he conceptualized it changed drastically after experiencing it for the first time.

He used to think:

Being left on read means that they’ve read your message. Isn’t that better than being ignored?

Sousei had thought lightly of it before he’d gotten a taste of it for himself. Now his thoughts changed to:

Being left on read… It’s unbelievably rough… Beyond imagination, even… This is an absolute sense of despair… Being left on read is a weapon that can kill people… I still have a lot of lives left, but…even though the number of lives I have isn’t decreasing, it feels like I’m dying every second…

The afternoon classes were hell. In this hell, Sousei turned into a stone statue of Jizo, the guardian deity of children. Sousei just sat like a Jizo statue at his desk in the classroom. No, wait, Jizo statues were never sitting. They’re always standing. Sousei was a Sousei-shaped statue sitting in a chair.

After all the day’s classes were over, he had a thought. The one thing he wouldn’t do was commit the folly of remaining in the classroom, unable to move.

That—just that—would be in bad taste. I don’t want to make Yukisada or Wakkuu or anyone worry. It would be bad if they showed me concern right now. I might end up crying. Really, that would be…

So Sousei quickly left the classroom, going straight to the restroom and shutting himself in a stall.

…I’m always going to the restroom after school. I must look like I have serious stomach problems. My stomach doesn’t hurt, but my chest does. It’s seriously unbelievable how much my chest hurts. Has something happened to my heart for real…?

He sat on the toilet and soon found himself tightly clenching his phone.

Am I…expecting it? For Shiramori to reply? Even now, after all this time… Am I an idiot? I…must be an idiot. The day I’m no longer left on read will probably never come. I don’t know, but she probably won’t reply. She probably won’t. She won’t, will she? Of course not. I guess she won’t…

Sousei shook his head from side to side.

He shook it to the right.

She’ll send me a reply.

He shook it to the left.

She won’t.

He repeated this single-mindedly.

She will. She won’t. She will. She won’t. She will. She won’t. She will. She won’t. She will. She won’t—

Before he knew it, a lot of time had passed.

“Seriously, what am I doing?”

Sousei left the toilet stall. He washed his hands with his phone sandwiched between his chin and collarbone. His phone could go off at any moment. He might get a reply from Asumi.

“…I’m not getting one.” Sousei left the restroom and headed back to his classroom.

Pretty much the only people left at school were students working diligently on their club activities.

Wait, no—

Sure enough, when he entered the classroom, Kuchina was there. She was sitting at the back by the window, resting her chin on her hand, and looking outside.

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