I, Who Was Ridiculed as a “Video Game Otaku and Creepy” and Dumped by My Childhood Friend, Was Actua

Chapter 1

A Broken Heart, a Legendary Omen

Translated by NotBlueYet
Edited by Kingavent

Cherry blossom petals are fluttering in the air.

The cold of winter is gone, and it is a pleasant season.

I’m in my third year of high school, and I have a childhood friend.

Unlike me, she has excellent grades, is an all-around athlete, and has good looks.

In my class, she was called the “flower of high peak.” (Takane no Hana.)

And today, I confessed my feelings to my childhood friend.

You can guess the result.

“Huh? Game otakus are too disgusting. There’s no such thing as a Game otaku in high school.”

Ema said.

“You don’t have to go that far to say it’s disgusting, right?”

“I mean, games are for relaxing, right? I don’t understand why you are so serious about it.”

Even so, I mustered up the courage to confess.

I had one year left until I graduated from high school.

There was a reason why I confessed at this time.

After graduation, Ema and I will probably go our separate ways.

If that happens, we won’t have as many opportunities to be together as we do now.

Ema will probably go on to college.

I think she has the academic ability to go to a famous university.

On the other hand, I ……

I never really thought about going to college.

In any case, I wouldn’t be able to go to the same university as Ema.

“Okay? You’re just my childhood friend. Please don’t misunderstand.”

Ema said, twirling the ends of her long brown hair with her fingers.

“I am misunderstanding ……?”

“Yes, you are. Because I have a boyfriend.”

Ema says easily.

“Oh, did you have a boyfriend?”

“Yes, I do. Why did you think I didn’t have a boyfriend?”

“Because I didn’t hear anything about that, and I didn’t get that vibe from …….”

I’ve been with her for quite a while now, but I didn’t realize she had a boyfriend.

“I don’t have to tell you every single thing, and you’re too slow to notice.”

“I see. ……”

“Why are you so depressed?”

Emma is giving me a condescending look.

“You don’t understand a woman’s heart too much.

I’m going on a date with my boyfriend, so please don’t get involved.”

Saying this, Ema walks quickly toward the station.

The person on the other end of the phone was probably her boyfriend.

I walked home slowly.

Usually it takes me a little more than ten minutes to get home, but today it took me twice as long.

“I’m home. ……”

I unlocked the door to my apartment and turned on the front door light.

“Hey, welcome home.”

“Oh.”

My little sister, Yuzuki, welcomes me as usual.

“What’s wrong?　You look like you’re about to die.”

“Well, yeah.”

“I don’t know what happened, but are you okay?　Do you want to rub my tits?”

Yuzuki brought her big grown breasts in front of my face and said.

“You should do that with your boyfriend.”

“I’m sure men feel better after rubbing tits, right?”

It’s hard for me to deny it.

“Where did you learn that?”

“Secret.”

“You.”

“A woman becomes beautiful by keeping her secrets.”

“I like that.”

It was a line from a cartoon about a detective.

“Well, thank you. I’m feeling a little better.”

“If you want to cheer yourself up, you can rub it.”

“Just looking at your face is enough to cheer me up.”

I patted Yuzuki’s head.

But, Ema didn’t notice, even though she didn’t know.

This man, Ryo Takamori, is definitely not just a game otaku.