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 48 – My School Days and My Wavering Feelings

Hello.

I’m Rio — a poor little angel-in-training who’s been unfairly called things like Loli Angel and Chorori Dried Sardine by a certain someone.

“Good morning, everyone. Let’s start today’s homeroom. Now, for the announcements — Misumi is absent today due to a cold.”

“Eh!?”

The moment that someone’s absence was announced, the class turned noisy.

In the first-year classroom—

“Yuta is absent!? I hope he’s okay…!”

“Don’t worry! My brother’s got me to take care of him.”

Maria, who heard it from Hinami, looked worried. But Hinami said it with full confidence.

“I’m still worried though…”

Maria fidgeted, pretending not to listen.

“You’re totally not listening!!

Meanwhile, in the student council room—

“Huh? Yuta’s absent? He’s skipping! Maybe I should skip too.”

Mizuho said that casually.

“Of course not! Well… still, I am a little worried. He’s been helping us a lot with the student council lately.”

President Ayase Haru said, chopping Mizuho’s head lightly while looking concerned.

“Ow! Jeez! Even though you’re the president, you shouldn’t use violence!”

“Who do you think made me do it!?”

“Yuta’s absent, huh… Ran, you have a cat, right?”

“Yeah? I do. What about it?”

“What kind of Churu is the best? I wonder if the expensive ones taste better?”

“Uh, Emi? You do know Churu isn’t for people, right?”

“Geez, I know that! I’m not gonna eat it!”

“Ahahaha, yeah, I figured—”

“It’s for Yuta.”

“Yuta’s a human though!?”

In the infirmary—

“Yuta-san’s absent!? Can the infirmary take a day off too, I wonder…”

“No, you can’t…”

Nurse Chizuru started packing to go home, but I stopped her.

“Yuta… even if he’s an M, he didn’t catch a cold on purpose…”

“Pretty sure that’s not how it works…”

The masochistic nurse was as strange as ever.

Back to the second-year classroom—

“Yuta’s absent!? A school without Yuta is meaningless! I’m not feeling well, so I’ll go home early!”

Shima, who found out before anyone else—even from another class—decided to ditch school.

Hiromi looked like she didn’t care, but she was clearly restless.

“Pffft—hahaha!! Man, Misumi’s so popular! Why’s that guy such a chick magnet!? Just explode already, bro! Is it his talking? His looks? His vibe? What’s his secret!? C’mon, share that aura with me! Ah, never mind, having a girlfriend sounds like a pain.”

“Miyato, calm down… But yeah, I’m worried about him too.”

Yaene tried to calm the hyper Miyato.

“Yuta-chan’s absent, huh. Well, if he eats enough, he’ll get better fast. Let’s bring him some food.”

If he’s really sick, he probably doesn’t have an appetite. Only Akina would think eating a lot cures everything…

“Yeah, I’ll go too,” Tomonari added.

“Oh! So, it’s an ‘hospital visit battle’ between Tomo-bro and Akina-tan for Yuu-bro!? Woohoo, I’m fired up!!”

Miki yelled, nose bleeding.

“Huh? Are you… a fujoshi?”

Miyato asked.

“Uh… yeah, I love BL, just a little.”

Just a little?

“Oh, comrade!”

“Wait, you too!?”

And thus, a strange alliance was born.

“Seriously…”

In such a short time, so many people were worrying about him, caring about him, getting jealous of him, stalking him, even treating him like a pet… and turning him into BL material.

It’s kind of amazing, really.

Though… I’m not sure the last part counts as amazing.

Still, Yuta-san really is something. Even if he’d never admit it.

But… Shima actually went over there. I hope Yuta-san’s okay.

What if she takes advantage of him while he’s weak?

The thought makes me feel… weird.

Wait, why do I feel weird?

If he got attacked, maybe it’d teach him a lesson—Well, maybe I’ll just prepare a little get well soon gift for him. No—maybe he’s already being well taken care of. And that thought somehow… bothers me.

No, it doesn’t! I’m not bothered!

Who am I even trying to convince!?

Then, during lunch break—

Using my Heavenly Door of Anywhere tool, I peeked in to check.

“What are you doing…?”

“I should be the one asking that.”

As expected, Shima had snuck into Yuta’s bed, happily sleeping beside him.

Seeing that made me feel that weird sting again.

“Well, looks like he’s fine.”

“Ah, hey, wait! You’re totally misunderstanding this!”

“And if I am, what about it…?”

“She just crawled in there while I was asleep—wait, Rio?”

Normally, I should be happy for him. Seeing him smile, seeing him cared for— That’s what I wanted.

Even if Shima’s his ex and a little crazy… If she truly regretted what happened, she wouldn’t leave him again.

“Fine then. Let him stay happy, sleeping next to some girl, all smiles and content.”

“What’s with you? Why’re you so mad?”

“I-I’m not mad!”

Wait… why am I acting like this? Why am I being so mean to him?

This isn’t like me at all…

“Yuta, you keep saying you don’t want romance, but somehow everyone likes you.”

“Hey, it’s not like that—wait… Hold on, are you jealous? You’re actually jealous, huh? Cute.”

“…What?”

Jealous? Me? A heavenly angel… jealous of a human?

“Eh? Rio? For real?”

He looked surprised, but also kind of happy.

“There’s no way! You idiot!!”

Smack!

I slapped him and stormed out of the room.

I heard him mumble something like “Did she just hit a sick guy…?” but I ignored it.

“Haa… what’s wrong with me…?”

I whispered to myself.