How To Ruin A Love Comedy – Chapter 124

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Nekorune
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Even with her heavy bag, Miyuki ran at an incredible speed and stood between us. She then faced me, not Tetsuya, and stretched her arms out to the sides.

“What are you doing! Why are you hitting him!? Don’t you know how much I hate this? Don’t you?”

“I didn’t hit him, it was just a slap. And that bastard crossed the line first. Hey, Miura. Say what you said to me right here, right now.”

I pointed at Tetsuya, showing a slightly agitated reaction, and Miyuki placed her hand on my chest, holding me back.

“I was just kidding…”

Tetsuya’s spirit deflated as he made his excuse.

He added a gesture of utter injustice, stretching his hands forward.

Scoffing in disbelief, I said, “Really? Then you can consider me slapping you as a joke too.”

Miyuki raised her index finger to my face, as if calming down a misbehaving puppy.

Did she think the situation would escalate?

“Matsuda-kun…! Calm down!”

“How can I calm down right now…”

“Stop it! I’m going to get really angry.”

“…”

Miyuki spoke firmly with a serious expression.

Though full of complaints, I shut my mouth, pretending to endure it for Miyuki’s sake.

Seeing this, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Tetsuya, pointing towards the outside of the main gate.

“Tetsuya-kun, go on ahead. I’ll hear the whole story later.”

“Miyuki, I…”

“I said I’ll talk to you later. Just go…!”

Miyuki’s voice rose considerably.

Tetsuya flinched and nodded.

“O-Okay.”

Tetsuya backed away and then quickly left the academy grounds.

Miyuki watched Tetsuya walk away, glancing back several times, and once he was completely out of sight, she brought her hand to her forehead.

Then, she took me to the security office and started persuading the security guard in a sweet voice.

“Um… Sir. You saw, right?”

“Hmm… That I did. But I don’t know what happened.”

“Can you please overlook it just this once? It’s a guy thing. Close friends fooling around, then getting into a little scuffle…”

“Who’s close friends with whom?”

Miyuki shook her head in disappointment at my indifferent tone and said, “See? He’s so childish.”

The security guard burst into laughter.

“Alright. I won’t report it.”

If it had been ordinary students fighting, the security guard would have contacted the school affairs office without hesitation.

But he let it go with just a laugh?

It meant that my efforts to become friendly with him during volunteer hours had paid off.

“Thank you so much… Matsuda-kun, quickly thank him too.”

Miyuki tugged on my arm.

I reluctantly bowed to the security guard with a sullen expression.

“Thank you, Sir.”

“Alright. But you have to make up properly, okay?”

“I can’t promise tha- Ouch… Okay.”

I was about to add something, but Miyuki pinched my waist hard, and I quickly changed my words.

Her pinch was so painful. It was killing me.

Having successfully silenced the security guard, Miyuki dragged me by the wrist to the gym storage room.

In the dimly lit, eerie atmosphere, Miyuki, with her arms crossed tightly, scolded me.

“Matsuda-kun, you’re so immature, resorting to fists when you’re angry. But…”

“Don’t say things that hurt my feelings.”

“Listen. But lately, you haven’t been acting like a reckless maniac, Matsuda-kun. If someone who doesn’t even get annoyed and lets the other person go after a fender bender where it was entirely the other person’s fault ends up resorting to violence after an argument, there must be a reason… Right?”

“How did you know I wasn’t annoyed? I don’t remember telling you.”

“The vice principal came to the student council room and asked if you were in any club activities. I found out when I asked him what happened.”

Ah… the good karma returning from good deeds… I could almost feel my chest puffing itself up.

It felt nice. Almost as good as when Miyuki gave me head.

So this was why good people accumulated merits.

“Anyway, explain yourself. Why were you so angry that you hit Tetsuya-kun?”

Snapping back to reality at Miyuki’s words, I smacked my lips awkwardly.

“Well… Do I really have to say it…? It feels like snitching…”

“This is not the time for that. Tell me everything.”

Her glare was unexpectedly sexy.

“Well…”

Scratching the back of my head, I explained what happened.

From Tetsuya mentioning “forcing” when the ice cream topic came up, to him asking if I had blackmailed Miyuki with her weaknesses, and then saying it was all a joke.

I didn’t embellish the story with flowery language.

I simply tried to explain it from a third-person perspective.

“…Did Tetsuya-kun really say that?”

As soon as I finished, she asked with wide eyes.

Sighing in frustration, I lightly kicked a nearby pebble.

“I knew you wouldn’t believe me.”

“Who said I don’t believe you? I believe you, I do.”

“Then why did you ask again?”

“Well… I just couldn’t believe that the Tetsuya-kun I know would say something like that. Hmm…”

Miyuki started stroking her chin with her index finger, as if lost in thought.

Miyuki in deep thought… so beautiful.

Should we go into the gym storage room and have a round?

After a long silence, she looked up at me.

“Okay. I can understand what got you so angry, Matsuda-kun.”

“Really?”

“Yes. But I think the violence was too much. Of course, from your perspective, Tetsuya-kun was the one to be in the wrong first, which explains why you got so angry, but…”

Bringing this up here was something only amateurs would do.

As long as Tetsuya was steeped in his inferiority complex, it was better for me to appear as if I was holding back my anger.

Miyuki would definitely call Tetsuya to cross-check the story.

He would definitely find a way to earn some points for himself, so there was no need for me to justify my use of violence.

Sighing and trembling my lips, I stared intently at Miyuki and nodded.

“I’ll apologize to Miura when I give him a ride tomorrow.”

At those words, Miyuki’s cold expression softened considerably.

“Are you reflecting on your actions?”

“Not really.”

“Matsuda-kun.”

“Well… honestly, I can’t reflect on it right now. But I admit that using violence was wrong, so I sincerely apologize for that.”

“And you’ll reflect on it, right?”

“…I’ll try.”

“Okay. Let’s go back now.”

“Aren’t you angry? Then let’s go to the gym storage room for a bit…”

“I am angry, and hearing that makes me even angrier.”

“Alright. Sorry.”

Obediently shutting my mouth, I left the academy with Miyuki.

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“You’re going out right after getting back?”

Her mother’s voice came from the kitchen.

Miyuki, holding her phone, replied, “I’m going to meet Tetsuya-kun for a bit.”

“Really? It seems like it’s been a while since you last saw him. Don’t be too late.”

“Okay.”

Putting on her sneakers and opening the front door, Miyuki headed to the small playground where she and Tetsuya often met.

As she sat on the swing, waiting for Tetsuya, thoughts of Matsuda drifted into her mind.

She remembered a time… shortly after Matsuda saved her and started tutoring her, when she saw him sitting alone on the swing in this playground.

He was probably waiting to meet Watanabe Takashi back then.

‘Sigh…’

But that wasn’t important. Today’s incident was.

Matsuda had said it before. That Tetsuya was very devious.

Come to think of it, Matsuda seemed to have been wary of Tetsuya since then… Had he heard similar things from Tetsuya before, like today?

Lost in thought, Miyuki heard,

“Huff… Puff…”

Tetsuya’s ragged breathing as he ran to the playground, and she greeted him.

“Oh, there you are.”

“Yeah… Sorry I’m late.”

“I just got here too. Want to sit next to me?”

Tetsuya caught his breath and sat on the swing next to her.

Miyuki stared at him and asked, “Why did Matsuda-kun hit you today?”

“Ah… well, it happened like this…”

Tetsuya’s following explanation was the same as Matsuda’s, just from a different perspective.

They were talking about ice cream on their way to the main gate to meet her, and when she mentioned the three of them, including Nanase-senpai, going to have ice cream together, Tetsuya, under the guise of a joke, brought up forcing and blackmailing.

It wasn’t much different from Matsuda’s explanation.

However, unlike Matsuda, who tried to explain objectively, Tetsuya’s words subtly hinted at him trying to defend himself.

“…That’s what happened… Did you hear about it from Matsuda, too?”

“Yes.”

“What did Matsuda say? Did he only say things that were favorable to him? Like distorting the facts…”

Miyuki frowned slightly.

She didn’t like how Tetsuya tried to badmouth Matsuda immediately after finishing his explanation.

“He didn’t do that at all.”

“Really…? That’s unexpected. A-Anyway, it was a joke.”

Judging from the current situation, it was clear that Tetsuya was in the wrong first.

Despite that, Matsuda offered to apologize to Tetsuya first.

Of course, it felt like he was doing it reluctantly for her sake, but he still took a step back.

He even offered to give Tetsuya a ride as usual, even after their fight.

But what was with Tetsuya’s current reaction?

His attitude was all about making excuses.

Even considering that he was hit, it seemed a little… petty.

Matsuda had become much calmer, if not exactly nicer, after meeting her.

He hadn’t completely stopped cursing, but knowing how much she hated physical violence, he had completely refrained from raising his fists.

Yet, he lost his temper and slapped Tetsuya?

It seemed like there were other underlying issues besides today’s incident.

Was it because Tetsuya kept slamming the car door?

No, that couldn’t be it.

Although he complained, Matsuda wasn’t petty enough to get angry over something like that.

‘I’ll have to ask Matsuda-kun about this.’

She didn’t want to ask Tetsuya directly, because she didn’t like his current reaction.

Although she trusted Tetsuya, she felt that it would be more accurate to get answers from Matsuda, who tried to be objective today.

Matsuda would probably be reluctant to tell her, saying it would feel like pointless gossiping…

But if she pressed him, he would tell her.

By the way, Tetsuya wasn’t usually like this… Did something happen to him recently?

Miyuki, who had been listening while kicking the ground with her swing, asked, “Tetsuya-kun, have you been worried about anything lately?”

“Worried…?”

“Yes. Is something wrong?”

“No. If something was wrong, I would have told you first. You know me.”

“Yeah… That’s true. Then going back, why did you say that to Matsuda-kun? Didn’t you think it was too much?”

“Well… you hate Matsuda, so…”

Miyuki shook her head and interrupted Tetsuya.

“I don’t hate him, I used to hate him. Not at all now.”

“….Not at all?”

“Yes. I like Matsuda-kun now. But what does hating him have to do with what you said to him… Ah!?”

Miyuki gasped and covered her mouth.

Tetsuya, who had been gently swinging while listening to her, suddenly fell backward.

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I was resting at home when I heard the front door open just as I was about to go to bed, and I perked up my ears.

‘Miyuki?’

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