In My Second Life, I'll Do Everything To Win You Over—My Beloved Childhood Friend Will Never Be Given To Anyone Else - Episode 29

No good. My mind isn’t working properly. Normally, I should be able to cover it up well, but I can’t even stop the tears.

“Momoka-chan?”

Kusakabe approached. When I tried to lift my head, Nagisa covered my head with a handkerchief.

“Looking at the face of a girl who’s feeling down is bad manners.”

Nagisa said that and gently patted my head on top of the handkerchief.

What should I do?

They were suspicious of me, right?

“You can rest until your aunt arrives.”

In a gentle voice, Nagisa softly patted my shoulder.

“……Yeah”

For now, let’s just take a break, just like Nagisa said.

♡

“……sigh”

Staring at the ceiling of my room, I let out a sigh, not even knowing how many times I’ve done it.

I got into my mom’s car, went home, and was forcibly taken to bed with the command to sleep.

“Nagisa, what do you think?”

Clearly, my behavior must have been strange.

Or rather, if I think about it calmly, I feel like I did something akin to confessing.

“What should I do?”

I want to become Nagisa’s boyfriend eventually, and I’ve been doing various things for that purpose.

Trying to get close to Kusakabe before Nagisa, or using Kusakabe to provoke Nagisa’s jealousy.

But everything is ruined.

Surely, it’s already obvious that the one I truly like is Nagisa.

I reach for the bag next to the bed and take out my smartphone.

Messages expressing concern for my health had arrived from both Nagisa and Kusakabe.

What is the right thing to do?

Even though I couldn’t find the answer after thinking about it, before I knew it, I had called Nagisa.

I might not be in a condition to think properly because I’m not feeling well.

“Momoka?”

Nagisa came out right away.

“Are you okay now?”

“Yeah. I slept at home too.”

“I’m glad. Why did you call out of the blue?”

“Um…”

“Hey, Momoka”

I wonder what expression Nagisa on the other end of the phone is making right now.

“Momoka really hates it when I date someone.”

“Yeah”

I can’t deny it anymore.

“Why is that? Is it because you’ll feel lonely if your best friend gets a boyfriend?”

“Yeah”

“Is that all?”

Nagisa’s voice was light and cheerful.

“I thought it might not be just that.”

Even if they tease me, I can’t come up with a good comeback right now.

It feels like the more I open my mouth, the deeper the hole I dig for myself.

“Hey, Momoka. You know, before I entered high school, I used to think that I wanted a boyfriend when I became a high school student.”

I know. Nagisa was talking about wanting to go to summer festivals and try going to the beach if she got a boyfriend.

From Nagisa’s perspective, I know that it was just a trivial, off-the-cuff remark without much significance.

But every time I heard such stories, my heart ached.

“There are even friends who have gotten boyfriends and seem to be having a great time.”

“Yeah”

“But if you really insist, Momoka, then I don’t need a boyfriend.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, really.”

If you’re going to say something like that, there’s no way I can brush it off anymore.

Love is said to be a game where the one who falls in love first loses, and that might actually be true. If that’s the case, I’ve been losing to Nagisa my whole life.

“Nagisa”

I never intended for it to turn out like this.

“Please. Don’t go making a boyfriend.”

But, whatever. It’s much better than Nagisa being taken by another man.

“I’ll do anything, so please stay with me.”