Tokyo Sick Girlfriend

Chapter 51 Retreating to Advance
"So, Shiratori-kun, are you saying she's also your girlfriend?"

In the evening, at a restaurant outside the school, Mio Takahashi held her forehead and looked at the boy across from her with a complicated expression.

"She's my ex-girlfriend."

Shiratori Seiya corrected him, swallowing the sushi in his mouth.

There's nothing to hide.

He asked Mio Takahashi out tonight to clarify things and prevent this jealous girl from overthinking and affecting her studies.

Upon hearing Shiratori Seiya's words, Takahashi Mio sighed and smiled wryly:

"How come you have so many ex-girlfriends? And why did you break up with her? You're not going to break up with me too, are you? You're not going to go back on your promise to me, are you...?"

Shiratori Seiya pondered her words and comforted her:
"It's just some special reasons, but you don't need to worry. I won't break my promise as I made before, so you can rest assured."

"Oh."

Mio Takahashi responded and took a swig of beer.

Her peach blossom eyes narrowed, a blush spreading across her fair face, and she looked at Shiratori Seizaki with a half-smile, saying:

"However, it seems your ex-girlfriend still likes you a lot. It feels like you haven't completely broken things off."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Shiratori Seiya frowned.

As Mio Takahashi said, judging from Saori Hasegawa's reaction this morning, the previous breakup was entirely wishful thinking on her part.

However, Shiratori Seiya couldn't help but wonder why nothing happened when he was dating Hojo Shione before, but this time she reacted so strongly.
And so much time has passed.

Thinking this, he looked at Mio Takahashi and said:
"I will make it clear to her that these things are indeed my fault..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Mio Takahashi quickly put down her cup, waved her hand, and said:
"No, Shiratori-kun, you've misunderstood."

"I didn't ask you, Shiratori-kun, to completely cut ties with her, after all, our relationship..."

At this point, Mio Takahashi paused for a moment, and then continued:
"I mean, have you ever thought about getting back together with her?"

Upon hearing this, Shiratori Seiya frowned, narrowed his eyes, stared at Takahashi Mio's face, and asked in a deep voice:

"What do you mean?"

Seeing that Shiratori Seiya's expression was clearly off, Takahashi Mio sighed and bit her red lips, saying:
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't say I wanted to break up with you. I just meant that even if you're dating her or something..."

"I can actually accept it."

Upon hearing this, Shiratori Seiya gave her a meaningful look, too lazy to play along, and said directly:

“If you could really accept it, you wouldn’t have barged in while I was talking to her today. And when she pointed a sword at you, you weren’t scared at all.”

"I……"

Mio Takahashi opened her mouth, but was momentarily speechless.

After a long pause, meeting Shiratori Seiya's gaze, she gritted her teeth, a hint of resentment appearing in her eyes, and said:
"Yes, I'm just unhappy."

"When you were at the dojo, you were hugging and cuddling, and then the two of you were alone in the rest room. Even if I were your official girlfriend, I would still feel wronged, right?"

"Besides, who knew she was so capable?"

"Anyway, that's our relationship now..."

"I don't want to get stabbed through the heart while walking alone at night..."

As she spoke, Mio Takahashi picked up a chopstick and stabbed it into her outstretched left hand. Then, resting her chin on her hand, she said in despair:
"Anyway, we're not in the same school. As long as you don't go too far and embarrass me in front of my friends, you can do whatever you want."

"..."

What she said was quite reasonable and well-founded, but after a moment of silence, Shiratori Seiya said:
"Don't joke around, I think you've had too much to drink."

On the surface, what Mio Takahashi said seems to make no problem, but in reality, there are huge problems.

She might not care, but Saori Hasegawa probably cares a lot about it, otherwise she wouldn't have stabbed her with a sword that morning.

Moreover, this kind of two-timing is clearly unfair to Saori.

Seeing that he didn't believe her, Mio Takahashi pouted and said:

"It's just beer, how could you drink so much? I'm serious..." Shiratori Seiya clearly didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer, and staring into Takahashi Mio's eyes, he suddenly said:

"I'm asking you, did Hojo Shione say anything to you?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Mio Takahashi's heart skipped a beat.

My mind raced, wondering if I had slipped up in some way.

However, upon closer examination, it seems unlikely that Hojo Shione directly told Shiratori Seiya about sending her the text message.

Otherwise it is absolutely impossible.

Thinking this, Mio Takahashi didn't say anything, but slowly took her phone out of her bag.

She switched to the chat interface with Hojo Shione and handed it to Shiratori Seiya, then chuckled self-deprecatingly and said:
"What do you think a celebrity like her would say to someone as insignificant as me?"

"Unless she still has lingering feelings for me, I really can't think of any reason why she would want to talk to me..."

"Oh, there's also the possibility that she wanted to deliberately annoy me. At first, I thought that was her purpose in adding me as a friend, but now it seems that I was just being cynical."

Shiratori Seiya took the phone and glanced at the chat history, discovering that the two hadn't spoken a word since the initial greeting.

"You will become famous in the future, and you may not lose to her."

Sensing the bitterness in Takahashi Mio's words, Shiratori Seiya offered a word of comfort, then glanced at the time and said:

"It's getting late, let me take you home. I didn't get to show you around properly today, but I'll take you out to have some fun before the special training starts."

"Hehe, we'll see. Actually, I'm too tired to go out and have fun these days."

Mio Takahashi packed her things, stood up, and followed Seiya Shiratori out of the restaurant.

It wasn't far from her rented apartment; she arrived downstairs in about ten minutes. Looking at the young man in front of her, she said earnestly:
"By the way, what I was talking about wasn't a joke. Do you want to seriously consider it?"

After saying that, Mio Takahashi winked at Seiya Shiratori without giving him a chance to speak, then turned and quickly ran upstairs.

Standing at the window on the third floor, watching Shiratori Seiya leave, Takahashi Mio finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He slid down the wall and plopped down on the tatami mat, staring blankly at the incandescent light above him.

After a while, a smile unconsciously appeared on her face, followed by a silly laugh.

She had already anticipated that Shiratori Seiya would ask her if she had any contact with Hojo Shione.

That woman was clearly no pushover, but Shiratori Seiya was definitely not stupid either; sooner or later he would discover that Hojo Shione was up to no good.

So I always delete the chat history after sending her a message.

As for what I just said to Shiratori Seiya, that I don't mind him associating with that madman...

That can be considered a genuine expression of one's feelings.

Since Hojo Shione enjoys designing things for herself and making herself suffer so much, why not just go along with it and push her all the way?

Heh, if Shiratori Seiya really rekindles his old flame with that madman, let's see who suffers more. At least I'm still his official girlfriend...

Scheming bitch.

I'd like to see what else you can do.

Mio Takahashi rubbed her temples, took off her socks, and stared at her toes for a while.

Recent events flashed through my mind, and suddenly, a question popped into my head.

How come all his ex-girlfriends are so amazing?

It involves both kendo and singing...

Now I need to help myself realize my dream of becoming an actor.

Shiratori Seiya, what exactly do you want?

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