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

"Kaori... may I call you that?"

"......kindness."

"Huh... Kaori, senpai said that you have no plans to find a new boyfriend after that. Is that true?"

"I can't say that...but I don't feel that way for the time being."

Kaori, who answered me from the back of the satchel, glanced at me quietly, then quickly shrank back.

Sure enough, she was afraid of me... It seems necessary to enlighten her.

After sorting out the words in my mind a little, I coughed twice and said seriously.

"Kaori, it's my fault that I broke up with you a few months ago. Because I haven't been able to become an ideal man, I've put you under a lot of pressure. I'm here to apologize to you."

Kaori's shoulders trembled a little, and at the same time, I suddenly felt a lot of pressure from Senpai behind me.

However, I have no plans to stop there.I won't stop until I correct Kaori's thoughts.

"But if it's because you broke up with me that you're mentally frustrated and refuse to accept a new relationship...here, I implore you not to."

"......why?"

"We have loved and cherished each other...even now, I don't want you to be unable to obtain your happiness because of my own reasons. It's like your thin body now... .I'm afraid it's because I used to say that you like 'fuller women' and you've recently started a diet to lose weight. That's what I'm most afraid of."

"..."

"Don't treat your life negatively because of me, we are no longer children. I am 28, you are 27. In a few years, we will have to face the fact that we have entered middle age.... ..so, don't be bound by past feelings and pursue your own happiness, Kaori."

"Huh...happiness?"

Putting down the satchel, Kaori's tearful eyes came into my sight, making my heart ache suddenly.However, now is not the time to be gentle, you must be ruthless and cut off contact with her.

- It's all for her own good.

"Ah, it's happiness... Stop sticking to a useless man like me, find a good man who loves you, and you love him too. It's me who can see you happily marry and have children. The greatest wish of my life."

"..."

Suddenly, Kaori rudely wiped the tears from her eyes, and stared at me with her slightly red and swollen eyes.

"Do you really think so?"

"...Well, that's right. When you broke up with me, I already realized that I couldn't give you happiness... So, please be sure to Grasp the future life and find the happiness that belongs to you.”

"Ha ha......"

Kaori smiled weakly, and stumbled out of the seat.Although I feel sorry for her appearance, I know that if I reach out to her now, all the words just now will be in vain.

"Li Ling! You kid!!!!"

"Senpai! Let's go... Now there is just a former classmate sitting there."

"Kaori!? You—"

"Please!—let's go, shall we?"

There was a hint of pleading in Kaori's tone.

A violent fist blows from the back of my head, but I didn't dodge it, because I knew that if Senior Sister really wanted to hit me, dodging would be impossible.

"...Next time, if I see you again, I will definitely hit you!"

"Thank you..."

With the sound of footsteps walking away, Kaori and Senpai left, leaving only my Reina on the table.

Feeling a little out of strength, I leaned on the seat, raised my head and stared silently at the neat ceiling.Then, the worried face of the junior came into my sight.

"Senior! Are you okay!? Your face suddenly turned pale!"

"No, it's fine...just a little tired."

"Tired!? Do you want to call an ambulance!? Isn't that a type of heart attack!?"

"Eh? Calm down! I'm talking about mental tiredness! It's not a heart attack!...Ah, I'm even more tired..."

As a result, until I regained my spirits, Rena stayed with me silently, saying some comforting words to me from time to time.I am grateful for that.

I didn't know one thing until today.That is the reunion between me and Kaori, which is already impossible.

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"Sorry for worrying you."

I don't know how long it took before I recovered from Kaori's heartbroken expression and apologized to Rena, who had been watching over me.

The sky has turned completely dark.

"It's okay! Senior encountered something sad. As a junior, I will definitely be by your side to encourage you!"

"Reina..."

"Predecessor, senior!? It's hard, could it be said that people unknowingly gave senior to—"

"You're such a good person, thank you. I'm all right now, let's go back."

"Gah!...Senior is an idiot!"