Falling in Love with a Sick Girlfriend Twenty Years Younger Than Me

"Actually, I broke up with you for a reason!"

Kaori bit her vermilion lips lightly, as if she was struggling for something, with a strange look of wanting to speak, but couldn't.

'reason'?

Ah, that?

Is it what she said at the time, such as [I'm tired, it's too bitter, and my feelings have faded]?

What's the point of bringing up old things now?Want to get sympathy from yourself, put yourself on the victim's side?

But I... have apologized many times.

"Actually, actually!"

Just when Kaori was about to say something, her face suddenly flushed, and she threw herself into the arms of her senior sister, making me confused.

"Sure enough, I still can't tell! Senior sister!"

"Ha... I knew it. I'm really stupid for expecting your courage."

Senpai gently comforted Kaori who was crying, then looked at me helplessly and sighed.

"Hey, I really can't help it...Since she can't say it, let me say it."

"Sister?"

Kaori stopped crying, and looked up at her senior in surprise.I saw that the senior sister gently stroked her head a few times, and said softly: "Don't worry, you just need to wait for his response, and you don't have to speak in person. After all, it is such a shameful thing."

After all, the senior sister stood up from her seat, wearing high heels, her eyes were almost at the same level as mine. Under the influence of her huge deterrence, I almost forgot my previous dissatisfaction with Kaori's performance at this time.

Then, the senpai kept looking at me, and words that made me lose my mind came out of her lips that looked a little pink without lipstick.

"The reason why Xiangori broke up with you is because she thought she was seriously ill and was afraid of burdening you, so she chose to leave you!"

"......what?"

"The medical expenses for the disease that I learned about from her parents are so high that you can't afford it at all. She left you in order not to cause you any trouble!"

I stared blankly at my senior, wanting to respond, but couldn't make a complete sound.

not... this...

Just because of such a stupid reason, Kaori chose to leave me?

I looked at Kaori with an indescribable feeling in my heart.

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When watching TV dramas, I always see some tragic protagonists who are terminally ill and have to leave their lovers.Then began a strange love song that made people lament, and finally gave a smile of relief.

I, who can ridicule them off-screen for being too hypocritical and not daring to spend the last time with my beloved, seem surprisingly vulnerable when I actually encounter such bloody things.

That Kaori who has been with me through thick and thin for many years, graduated from me with nothing, accompanied me through all kinds of hardships, finally got her own residence and a stable job, and even planned to marry me and start a family in the past few years, unexpectedly because of【Ill For this reason, he chose to leave me.

This made me, who was willing to pay all the price for her, even the most precious thing like life, feel a burst of sadness from the bottom of my heart.

Love should be unrequited.

I can't ask her to be like me, to have the level of awareness that she can give her life for me.She even said that as long as she really felt that being with me was too tiring, I would take the initiative to propose a breakup.

But there is one thing that I still can't understand.

——Why, instead of telling me the truth, she lied?

Is it because I am afraid that I will blame myself?Or are you afraid that I will do something illegal in order to collect medical expenses?

Moreover, what concerned me the most was the matter of 'medical expenses' that my senior sister mentioned.

Even Kaori, who has cut off all ties with her family, cannot afford huge medical expenses.But as long as there is a big backer like senior sister, as long as the amount does not exceed a few hundred million, isn't it something that can be 'borrowed' at will?

It will neither embarrass the senior sister - the bond between us and the senior sister is far from being measurable by money.

You don't have to break up with me either—if you still don't pay the money, at most you can use the rest of your life to repay the senior sister.

After all, in front of life, any face problem is no longer a problem.As long as I can keep her by my side and live a healthy life, no matter how much I pay, I will still get together the money for her medical treatment.

Love is so selfish.As long as you can save your loved one, don't care about the flood in the future.

But why... She didn't even have the heart to ask me for help. After learning about her illness, she chose to leave herself?

——Besides that the relationship between myself and her has already developed a rift, I can't think of other possibilities.

Only those who have already felt tired of their feelings will choose to break up without hesitation when they encounter a chance to break up.

One minute has passed since the senior sister told the truth.

I still didn't speak, I just silently watched Kaori who was guarded by my senior.

Trembling slightly, she kept sticking her head out from behind the senior sister, secretly looking at me.When I found that I was still looking at her, I retracted my head in a panic.After a while, he stuck his head out again.

Repeatedly, it looks cute and pitiful.

However, I can't soften my heart until I ask her the truest thoughts.

"Kaori."

I spoke to her, and my tone was much calmer than I imagined.