Dumped by One, Chased by Another? My Ex's Sister Is a Gal and She's Coming for Me - Episode 49

“What do I do… What do I do…”

Where… did I go wrong?

That was the only question swirling in my head, now that even Honoka and Marco had turned their backs on me. I was completely alone.

Up until university, everything in my life had gone smoothly.

I had a father. I had a mother.

My father was a doctor, my mother a nurse—so naturally, I gravitated toward nursing school.

And in high school, I experienced a fateful encounter.

“Kengorou…”

Akishima Kengo-kun.

I knew everything about him.

His smiling face, his troubled face, his pained expression, the way he looked at me with love.

All of it—all of him—used to belong only to me.

“Why… why did I do something so stupid?”

It all started so innocently.

Natsuyama-senpai was just a senior to me.

My real boyfriend was Kengorou.

I didn’t have any ill intentions. Not really.

“Ugh… ngh…”

Leaning on my crutches, I dragged myself one painful step at a time toward home.

Not that I could actually go inside.

My mother had banned me from the house.

And after my father helped throw me out, it was clear he no longer intended to support me, either.

But even so… I had nowhere else left to go but my childhood home.

Even if they didn’t let me in, it didn’t matter anymore.

I still had a spare key. I’d sneak in and use my old room—if it was still unlocked.

I had no money.

No home.

At this point, I was fighting just to survive.

At least until my leg healed completely…

“Today was so much fun!”

“Yeah, totally!”

“…Kengorou?”

I froze at the sound of a familiar voice.

Instinctively, I ducked behind a utility pole and peeked out.

Next to him stood a girl I didn’t recognize.

Their fingers were intertwined as they walked together.

They looked like… no, they were lovers.

“No way…”

I hadn’t spoken to Kengorou since that day.

Most people had blocked me.

Even my own little sister, Haruki.

That should tell you just how completely alone I was.

Naturally, Kengorou had blocked me too.

I was the one who threw him away—so it made sense he’d want nothing to do with me.

But still, this was too cruel.

“This can’t be happening…”

Kengorou had abandoned me… and chosen Haruki instead.

How could he do something like that?

Haruki is five years younger. She’s still a minor.

Isn’t this crossing a serious moral line?

And what the hell was she wearing?

Even I, her sister, barely recognized her at first glance.
“I have to stop this.”

This… this relationship is all wrong.

What they’re doing—it’s nothing short of stealing.

I’m still here. I existed. How could he ignore that and go after a minor of all people?

To Kengorou, Haruki was supposed to be like a little sister.

This isn’t right.

I leaned forward, ready to step out from the shadow of the pole—

“…Eh?”

Our eyes met.

Haruki… was looking directly at me.

It wasn’t just a coincidence.

Her eyes locked on me with laser precision.

And that sweet, gentle expression she’d worn just moments ago twisted into something else entirely—

A glare as cold and hateful as if she were staring at the murderer of her parents.

“Ah…”

The breath caught in my throat.

No fear could compare to this.

Haruki… she used to adore me in her own quiet way.

She never really had a rebellious phase.

But now, she was glaring at me with open hostility.

My crutches slipped—I nearly fell—but I caught myself just in time.

“Did you hear that? Sounded like something fell.”

“Hey… c’mon, big bro, eyes on me right now, okay?”

“W-Wait, Haruki-chan! Okay, okay, I get it! I’m sorry, alright?!”

Even when Kengorou tried to glance in my direction, Haruki didn’t let him.

She grabbed his face with both hands, forcing him to look only at her.

“Jeez, I said I’m sorry, okay?”

“Fufu, alright then. But today’s our anniversary, so I expect you to give me your full attention, okay?”

“Haha, yeah, of course.”

And then—

He smiled at her.

Not the kind of smile he gave to friends.

No. It was that same gentle smile—

The one he used to give only to me.

Now, that smile belonged to another girl.

“This has to be a lie…”

And just like that, Kengorou walked away, waving goodbye.

He never even noticed me.

There’s no way—

No way something like this should be allowed.

“Why… why is this happening?”

All I could do was curl up behind the utility pole.

Tears blurred my vision as confusion and despair choked me.

Why did things end up like this?

He was my boyfriend.

He said he only loved me.

“Ugh… ah… sob…”

I stayed there for who knows how long, crouched and crying—

“What are you whining about now?”

It was a voice I knew well.

I looked up—and there stood a beautiful blonde girl.

“…Haruki.”

“Long time no see, sis.”

My sister…

After a month of silence, she was standing above me, staring down with eyes full of scorn.