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 28 – Mizuho Tsugawa
I guess it’s kind of a pattern by now…
I first met her—Mizuho—through social media, of course. We hit it off right away online, chatting about all sorts of things, laughing over late-night calls.
Then one day, she suddenly said,
“Hey, why don’t we go out?”
It came out of nowhere. But back then, I was still traumatized from what happened with Shima.
“I… I can’t really give you an answer right now.”
“That’s fine. We can meet first, and you can decide after.”
And then came the day we met in person for the first time. When I saw her, I couldn’t speak.
She was—without a doubt—the cutest girl I’d ever laid eyes on. Totally my type. It was like the world around her dimmed just so she could shine brighter.
I had no words for her. None. She was that beautiful.
Our first date was amazing. Honestly, I’d already fallen for her at first sight, so being next to her, watching her laugh, was almost too much for me.
Then, that night, standing in front of the fountain glowing with light, she looked at me and asked,
“So, have you decided?”
“I want to go out with you!”
There was never a chance I’d say no.
“Are you sure?”
“Of course!”
We held hands.
That night, we spent time together at karaoke, and I had my very first kiss. Her lips were soft, warm, and tasted faintly of lip balm.
We spent the entire next day together until evening. And when we parted, she told me it had been really fun. I felt the same—and I already wanted to see her again.
At least… that’s how I felt back then.
“There was a time when I thought that way.”
“Wait—what? That came out of nowhere!”
“Can you blame me? The very next night, she broke up with me out of the blue.”
“Haha! You were so lovesick, Yuta! Totally pathetic!”
“Hey, hold on! What even happened!?”
“Oh, you broke one of our promises, that’s all.”
“Ugh…”
Now, for some reason, Mizuho had tagged along with us and followed me all the way home.
Why did it have to turn out like this?
If Hiromi showed up next, that would just—
“Did someone call?”
When I opened the door, there she was. Standing right inside the entryway—Hiromi Segawa.
“Why are you here?”
“What, I’m not allowed to be?”
Yes, you are absolutely not allowed to be!
“I brought your first-year notes, but things sounded interesting, so I stuck around.”
She said that with a smile… But her fists were clenched so tight that her nails were digging into her palms.
What on earth is happening?
That day, the impossible happened—all of my ex-girlfriends, together under one roof.
“Yuta! Welcome home!”
Out from the room crawled not a caterpillar… but Shima, tied up and wiggling toward me. I decided to ignore her.
“That’s mean!?”
“Yuu-nii! I did my job! Praise me, praise me!”
“Yeah, yeah. Good job.”
When I patted Maria’s head, she closed her eyes happily like a cat being stroked. Cute. Too cute.
“Hey! That’s not fair! Me too, big brother!”
“Yuu-nii’s busy petting Maria right now~”
“That doesn’t count as being busy!”
“Oh, Hinami. Is Mie okay now?”
“Yeah, she just stopped crying.”
“Good. That’s a relief.”
We headed back to the living room. For a moment, my eyes met Mie’s.
“Here. A souvenir.”
I handed her milk tea and some chocolate mochi. She hesitated, then took them.
“You still remembered what I like, huh?”
“Of course. We did spend over a year together, after all.”
“Hmm.”
She turned her face away.
“Oh wow, so she’s one of your exes too? You sure get around, Yuta.”
Mizuho laughed teasingly. Hiromi just stared at her quietly—then shifted her gaze to me.
“So, after this worm, it’s Tsugawa now?”
“I’m not a worm! I’m Shima!”
…Apparently that’s acceptable.
“Oh, you know about me?”
“Of course. You were all anyone talked about at school.”
“Talked about…?”
“So, Yuta, you didn’t know? There was this rumor that she was this sweet, innocent-looking girl who kept switching boyfriends—like some kind of ‘pure-faced player.’”
“What—!?”
I was speechless.
“Now that you mention it, I think I heard something like that too…” Hinami said, frowning.
“Well, it’s true,” Mizuho replied lightly, almost unfazed.
And honestly, I had believed that too. Even in the real world, she told me she’d dated plenty of guys before me—and that she got a new boyfriend right after we broke up.
“Actually, I just broke up with someone today. Didn’t really click.”
Oh wow. Real-time update.
“Still, with how cute you are, you must get hit on a lot.”
“Hey, Yuta—was that ‘cute’ really necessary?”
Shima glared. Ignored!
“Yeah, but you saw, right? That roundhouse kick? Not exactly the damsel in distress type.”
“Ugh…”
Right. I remembered. I’d said some awful things to her after she broke up with me. Sure, I broke a promise, but she’d cut me off without warning—and I lashed out.
She must’ve gone through that kind of thing over and over again. It made sense she’d learn self-defense.
“Anyway,” Mizuho said with a shrug. “Yeah, I dated a bunch of people—but never more than one at a time. So, no offense, but it’s really none of your business.”
She looked right at Hiromi as she said it.
“I… I guess that’s true.”
Even Hiromi couldn’t argue back.
“So yeah, I’m single again, and with all the rumors, I don’t really have many friends. So… let’s hang out again, okay?”
“A-again?”
“Yeah, as friends.”
I almost shouted “Yeah right!”—but no, I wasn’t falling for it. I knew this would happen. I totally knew it!
“You sound desperate,” Rio sighed, shaking her head.
In this world I’d been reincarnated into, somehow all my ex-girlfriends had gathered in one place.
Just what was going to happen to my life now…?
As I held my head in my hands, lost in thought, she quietly watched me—without letting anyone notice.
She wanted him to be happy this time. That wish alone was enough.
After all, she was the one who created this world for him.
That girl—Hiromi Segawa—thought so once more.