After My Girlfriend Dumped Me, I Got Reincarnated As A High School Student. That Part’s Fine—But Why Are All My Ex-Girlfriends Here Too? - Chapter 12 – Crazy For You

“I don’t wanna! I’m not going!”

“Yeah, yeah, stop acting like a kid and get moving.”

Dragged along by Rio, I was being forcibly escorted to the rooftop.

“It’ll be okay, Onii-chan. We’ll all be with you,” Hinami said to cheer me up.

That’s nice and all, but after what she said earlier, it’s kind of hard to feel reassured…

“You can do it, Yuu-nii!”

Mari-chan cheered from behind, but… what exactly am I supposed to be “doing,” again?

Ugh, I really don’t like this. I wanna go home.

Ow—stop pulling me so hard!

“Hey, Yuta, if she turns out to be cute, introduce her to me, yeah?”

Akina, as usual, was completely unserious.

“Then you go instead of me.”

“No thanks.”

Damn it… at least he’s honest.

“Relax, Yuta. You’ll be fine. We’re right behind you,” Tomonari said encouragingly.

“I’m right behind you too… hehehe… I’m getting excited…”

And Miki, as always, was being… Miki. Ugh, she’s drooling again.

Anyway, we finally made it to the rooftop.

The door here has a glass panel, so you can see inside before opening it—apparently to make sure no one’s still up there when locking up for the day.

“Looks like… someone’s there.”

Rio said, peeking through the glass.

I leaned in to see too—and sure enough, there was a faint silhouette of a girl with long black hair.

“Wait. That doesn’t necessarily mean she’s the one who sent the letter. Could be someone else. And even if she is waiting for me, it could still be a prank or—”

“Just go already, lol.”

Akina smacked me hard on the back.

“Ow! Could you not hit so hard!?”

He’s definitely holding a grudge or something.

“Is… someone there?”

Crap, she noticed.

Okay, time to retreat!

“Nope, you’re not going anywhere.”

Rio grabbed me by the collar and spun me back toward the door.

…Guess I have no choice.

With a resigned sigh, I opened the door and stepped onto the rooftop.

“You’re late. But… you really came.”

…In this kind of situation, the first step is to check your surroundings.

No one hiding behind the vents. No hidden cameras, either.

“Um… what are you doing?”

The girl tilted her head, watching me suspiciously.

“Just, you know… making sure no one’s hiding or filming us or something.”

Well, technically my friends are spying on us right now, but still.

“That’s kind of rude, don’t you think? There’s no one else here. It’s just us.”

“O–Oh. Right.”

Still not exactly comforting, though.

Up close, I realized I didn’t recognize her at all. Which made sense—most of my classmates are basically strangers to me, aside from the few I knew before… well, dying.

“But wow! You’re really tall, huh?”

As I was wondering how to talk to her, she suddenly closed the distance between us.

Whoa—too close! Way too close!

“And you smell nice… I could just sniff you forever.”

She said that while pressing her face into my chest and sniffing.

“Eek!?”

My whole body broke out in goosebumps.

This girl is dangerous. My instincts are screaming it.

“Your hands are big, too!”

Now she’s grabbing my hand!?

Her skin is soft—super smooth, even—wait, no, stop that thought!

Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, retsu, zai, zen! Alright, composure restored!

Now that she’s closer, though, I can tell for sure—Her scent matches the one on that letter.

Damn it… what’s her deal?

Is this… a confession?

No way. Getting all touchy-feely like this right away—it’s the kind of thing that’d make any normal high school guy completely misunderstand.

But not me! …Totally not me. I swear.

Still, come to think of it—

“Uh… who are you?”

“Huh?”

“Wait, that’s your first line!?”

The five idiots who’d been watching from behind suddenly burst in to yell at me.

“What!? I seriously don’t know her!”

Which, fair, is a pretty important detail.

I mean, in the infinitesimal chance that someone actually would confess to me, that’d belong to some rare “what-if” spin-off universe, not the main story!

“Why are you talking like that!? And how little confidence do you have in yourself!?”

Rio sighed in disbelief.

But seriously— If this girl “likes” me, it’s not me-me she’s talking about. It’s gotta be the original version of me that used to live in this world before I reincarnated here.

So no, there’s no way she’s confessing to this me.

Just as I steeled myself, the girl—still looking shocked—spoke again.

“You… you really don’t remember, do you? That’s so mean. We used to talk on the phone every day when we were dating.”

“E–Every day…? Wait, no way…”

“It’s been a while, Yuta.”

There’s no mistaking that voice.

There’s only one person who ever did something like that to me.

My first girlfriend—Shima Kanazawa.

“Wait—how do you not recognize your ex-girlfriend!?”

“I–I mean… well, it’s complicated…”

“Come on, Yuta. Spit it out already.”

Rio and Akina looked exasperated, but seriously, I can’t help it.

Because the truth is—

“S–She’s my ex, yeah. But… this is actually the first time I’ve met her in person.”

“…What?”

Rio muttered it, but honestly, everyone else was thinking the same thing.