Dumped by One, Chased by Another? My Ex's Sister Is a Gal and She's Coming for Me - Episode 19

“What do I do now…?”

Standing at the entrance of the apartment building, I slumped my shoulders and slipped my phone into my pocket. The call had just ended.

My mother had scolded me and refused to let me come home.

And of course, I couldn’t go back to the apartment I used to share with Kengorou.

Naturally. I had betrayed him.

How could I possibly show my face there again?

If that’s the case, then the only person I can turn to now is—

“Senpai!”

The only one I can rely on anymore… is Natsuyama-senpai.

I know it’s wrong.

Kengorou, who used to be my boyfriend, has walked out on me.

My little sister brushed me off with a cold, “Do whatever you want.”

And my mother outright told me not to come home.

I know—painfully so—that I’m the one who’s made all the wrong choices.

“Natsuyama-senpai!”

Even so, there’s no one else I can turn to.

I rode the elevator up to Senpai’s apartment.

I couldn’t even enjoy the view through the reinforced glass panels. It only irritated me.

When I first came here, I thought it was such a wonderful place. It felt special.

But not anymore.

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Even what feels like an eternity must eventually come to an end.

I stood once again at Natsuyama-senpai’s door.

He’d told me to go back to my family home.

It had only been about fifteen minutes since I left… but it felt so much longer.

“This time… finally…”

He’ll hold me again.

Make me forget everything.

If he whispers sweet words to me…

If he wraps me in his arms…

If he thrusts into me again…

Then nothing else will matter.

Yes. I’ll just forget all the pain.

“Senpai, I’m sorry… I kind of got into a fight with my mom…”

I was about to blurt out that excuse when my words froze in my throat.

I had used the spare key to let myself in.

And what I saw in the entryway was both familiar and… unfamiliar.

The familiar: Senpai’s shoes, his shoehorn, his tennis racket—things that clearly belonged to him. No surprise there.

The unfamiliar: a pair of women’s shoes. Ones I didn’t recognize.

They weren’t mine.

I was wearing my own shoes—my only pair here.

After all, Senpai had always been adamant about me not leaving any of my things behind.

So, I had never forgotten anything here. Not once.

Then whose shoes were these?

“No way… right?”

I immediately rejected the possibility forming in my mind.

He told me he loved me.

He said I was the only one.

When I struggled, he was there to listen.

When I tried to return to Kengorou, he pleaded, “Please don’t go today.” That possessive, almost cute side of him…

“Maybe… a sister? Or a cousin? If it’s someone close, I should say hi, right?”

I walked down the overly spacious hallway of his apartment—too big for one person, he once said his parents helped pay for it.

I kept telling myself there must be some explanation.

But my heart was pounding so hard it felt deafening.

I couldn’t breathe properly.

Just a short while ago, this place had felt like home. Now it felt like a jungle—dark and full of fear.

My breathing grew erratic.

“Natsuyama-senpai—”

I opened the door to the living room.

And I saw it.

Senpai’s naked body—something I’d seen countless times before.

And beside him, entwined with him, was a beautiful woman.

Also naked—someone I had never seen before.

The two of them were deeply, intimately wrapped around each other.

“Ah… Wha… Why…?”

The words wouldn’t come.

Who is this woman?

What were they doing?

What about everything you said to me?

Senpai, what was I to you?

Were we really in love?

A flood of questions swirled through my head, drowning me.

I had no idea what to do.

“Ah—so I got caught, huh?”

“Ugh, seriously? What is this? I don’t do drama, okay?”

Senpai and the woman both sighed with visible annoyance.

My head burned with a rush of heat.

My heart—my entire being—screamed in pain.

“No… no…”

“Fuyumi, calm down. Come on, we can talk about this, okay?”

“Ah… ahh…”

What was I doing?

How could I have been so foolish?

I’d been betrayed… completely…

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

My scream of anguish echoed through the apartment.