After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back-Chapter 210 - 209 Act 2: Angel and Devil

"Generous? Are you saying I should just sit quietly and do nothing while my boyfriend is kissing some random woman? Is that what you mean by being generous?"

"If you choose to, I won’t stop you."

"What a joke, you ex-girlfriend!"

"Better than you, who’s been his ’current girlfriend’ for less than a month. Our memories together far outweigh yours."

"Tch, if it wasn’t for the fact that you deceived me back then, hiding Kagura Hikaru’s identity from me... You did it on purpose, didn’t you? You liked him back in elementary school already!"

"So what if I did, the one who got deceived is at fault."

"If it were really like that, there wouldn’t be any fraudsters in this world! You wicked woman, and to think I used to consider you a friend, I was totally blind!"

"Pfft, how come you’re breaking down all of a sudden? It’s so funny. Are you sure your boyfriend should see you like this? He might have nightmares tonight."

"How about I come to your house tonight and give you nightmares instead?"

"Oh my, aren’t you afraid of running into our step-mother at my house? Oh, my bad, my mistake, she’s my step-mother now."

"You—!"

Chiyoko Ayakoji, obviously not used to arguing with people and reluctant to swear due to her upbringing, was verbally outmatched by Hina Kiryu.

She really needs to enhance her Yin Yang Power.

Kagura Hikaru, who took the first opportunity to distance himself, was munching on the snacks the Drama Club members had brought, all the while calmly providing commentary in his mind.

"What are you doing?" Takeuchi Momo Department Head walked into the backstage only to find Christine, dressed in a white gown, fiercely arguing with Raoul.

Is this the real attitude of The Phantom of the Opera’s heroine towards her childhood friend? Damn, she felt disillusioned.

"Christine, Act Two of the play is about to start, come and get ready right now! The Phantom of the Opera, you too!" shouted Takeuchi Momo Department Head.

"That’s right, I’m off to perform a romantic scene with your boyfriend, I mean, my bad, with The Phantom of the Opera. Just watch."

Hina Kiryu left behind a triumphant, restrained smile, under the resentful gaze of Chiyoko Ayakoji, and strode up to Kagura Hikaru, extending her hand, "Mr. Phantom of the Opera, shall we?"

Kagura Hikaru glanced at her, said nothing, bowed his head to wipe his hands with a tissue, put on his deerskin gloves again, and then slapped Hina Kiryu’s hand away, striding alone onto the stage.

Behind him, Chiyoko Ayakoji’s laughter turned from anger to amusement. Hina Kiryu’s face stiffened slightly, unwilling to look back at her rival, she quickly lifted her dress and hurried after him.

Bam—

The school auditorium amplified the sound of the horn signaling the imminent start of the play, along with the voice of the narrator.

"’The Phantom of the Opera’, Act Two: The Angel and the Devil, now begins."

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Below the stage, the audience, who had been chatting, all looked up and lowered their voices.

As a massive red curtain slowly opened.

"Those who have seen your face draw back in fear, I am the mask you wear."

The stage bathed in a sickly green light seemed to depict a cave tunnel as rocks (colored foam) hung overhead.

Under the lighting, water ripples were reflected on the floor, and The Phantom of the Opera and Christine, in a rowboat, rowed across the water, singing in unison like a perfectly harmonized couple:

""They hear only my song (your song). My song (your song) and your heart (my heart), together as one. The Phantom of the Opera is here, in my heart (your heart).""

Moved by the performance, Christine’s voice trembled, "There he is, The Phantom of the Opera, singing for me!"

The long-sought Angel of Music finally appeared before her--mysterious, powerful, and talented, truly mesmerizing.

This was unlike the image of the Angel of Music she had pursued; after all, he wasn’t really an angel, but a ghost that lingered in the troupe, a phantom from the opera, who had recently injured someone.

Yet, years of nurturing comradeship made Christine subconsciously overlook the darker aspects of The Phantom, her gaze drunken and infatuated as she focused on him.

At that moment, he was undoubtedly her god.

This part of the play didn’t even need Kiryu Hina to make an effort to act; she just had to show her true self.

A girl obsessed with the opposite sex, her heart stirred.

Her gaze penetrated The Phantom of the Opera’s mask, through the hideous and gloomy makeup, and saw Kagura Hikaru’s familiar handsome face.

Kiryu Hina didn’t deny that she was a superficial person.

If Kagura Hikaru had been as physically unattractive as The Phantom of the Opera, perhaps their lives would never have intersected from the start.

But his good looks were just a part of Kagura Hikaru.

By now, what Kiryu Hina loved had gone beyond mere appearances.

She loved his voice, his talent, his loneliness, his perseverance, his desires.

Whether it was his extraordinary attributes or his mundane aspects.

Every time she learned a little more about this man, the fondness in Kiryu Hina’s heart grew a bit more, as if it would never lessen.

Until that Christmas Eve.

When she and Kagura Hikaru parted, it felt like her heart had been torn in two, the half that was discarded was human warmth, and what remained in her heart was a boundless, endless cold.

After graduating and seeing him in high school, all that remained in her heart were desires for revenge and possession.

But that day in the Student Council office, Ai Cheng Hua Lian confessed the truth, and a split heart was pieced back together.

It turned out, Kagura Hikaru hadn’t betrayed her. It turned out, it wasn’t his fault.

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She fell in love with Kagura Hikaru once again and once again, hopelessly in love with him.

He still liked her, Kiryu Hina finally realized this, otherwise he wouldn’t have been so readily at her beck and call before.

It was something she should have known if she had thought about it, why hadn’t she realized it before… No, perhaps she had realized it but just didn’t care.

Back then, what she wanted was dominance, and why would a puppeteer care about the feelings of the puppet?

However, by the time her heart was filled with regret, it was already too late.

She had pushed the person she loved, the person who loved her, away, towards Ayakoji Chiyoko.

Their disputes had dragged in unrelated, innocent people.

Deceiving emotions, exploiting emotions, relishing the wait for the ultimate shattering ending.

Kiryu Hina felt fear towards her past self who manipulated others without any scruples, though Kagura Hikaru had clearly warned her not to do so.

Regrets were futile, the consequences had already occurred.

Kagura Hikaru had constructed a fantastical dream for Ayakoji Chiyoko, a dream that could shatter at any moment.

When that bubble burst, not only Ayakoji Chiyoko, but also Kagura Hikaru would leave.

Somehow, Kiryu Hina had this feeling.

She must salvage what she could before the worst had yet to happen.

So, even if she had to cooperate temporarily with the woman she despised most in the world, she could pinch her nose and do it.

As for what that woman truly thought, Kiryu Hina didn’t want to judge; it was beyond her own moral line, but for that person, it seemed like the most beautiful future.

A person unaware of their evil deeds, heading straight down that path, would eventually fall into an abyss.

The future of Kohinata Motoyo wasn’t something Kiryu Hina should worry about.

What she wanted was always just one thing.

Kagura Hikaru’s love.