Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 11Volume 1 .2 - The Present and the Past...?

The Present and the Past…? 2

“That’s why Chii-chan is amazing… She keeps it straight even by herself… She’s too dazzling for me, and even though I want to go to school with her, my legs just won’t move…”

“Hikari… can I tell you what I think?”

“Yes…?”

Sakuto pulled Hikari up.

“Chikage said she’s scared too. She seems to think standing out isn’t bad, but Chikage gets scared sometimes. So Hikari is no different from her. Everyone has something they’re afraid of.”

“But, it’s not the same kind of fear… The quality, or should I say, the position and situation are different…”

“Well, that’s true. Everyone carries something different.”

Hikari tilted her head in puzzlement.

“But, maybe there comes a time when you have to face that fear and join forces with someone, right? Sure, it might be cool to face it alone like a protagonist, but even protagonists sometimes cooperate with their companions, right? After all, we are just ordinary people.”

Then Hikari seemed to understand something and said, ‘I see.’

“Sakuto-kun, you think of me as an ordinary person, right?”

“Ah, was that rude? Would you prefer being called a genius?”

“Genius… When Sakuto-kun says it, it sounds a bit sarcastic.”

“Why?”

Hikari just smiled without replying.

“You know, after I met Sakuto-kun, fell in love with you, and was kissed by you… I finally found the answer.”

“…Answer? To what?”

“After finding out we were twins, you said, ‘I like both of you,’ right?”

“Ugh… Looking back, I think that was a terrible thing to say…”

“No, for me, it was the best declaration. At that time, Sakuto-kun didn’t say anything like ‘Let’s cut off our relationship’, right?”

“That’s because, well, I did like both of you and even if we couldn’t date, I wanted to stay friends… Is that thinking too low? Too convenient?”

Hikari smiled happily.

“No, it’s the best. The words Sakuto-kun said back then were very positive.”

“Really…?”

“Yeah. It wasn’t ambiguous, and you properly said you liked us. On top of that, you considered both me and Chii-chan. You tried to stay friends with us──Those were exactly the words I couldn’t say when I was in fourth grade.”

“What…?”

“I love both of them, so I want them to stop fighting and get along with everyone… I finally understood that after hearing Sakuto-kun’s words.”

Sakuto realized one more thing. That’s where Hikari’s past was linked.

“So that was it… So, when I rejected both of your confessions…”

“Yes. I suggested, ‘Why not make both twins your girlfriends?’ It felt like I found the best answer that I couldn’t find back then.”

Sakuto was thoroughly convinced and impressed.

Hikari, comparing herself to her past self, chose a new path in that situation.

Even if it seemed nonsensical to others, it was a new path that brought together the feelings of all three of them.

A path where no one would be sacrificed and no one would be saddened.

Her decision not to go to school for the sake of her two conflicting friends—and through her truancy experience and meeting him, Hikari carved out this new path.

“Hikari… You really are a genius, aren’t you?”

“Ehehehe〜 Yay!”

Watching her make a peace sign with a smile, Sakuto naturally smiled as well.

“But you know, it’s thanks to you, Sakuto-kun, that I came up with this idea. You unraveled the answer to what I wanted to say—the answer I had been struggling with myself.”

He chuckled wryly.

“Ah well… I never thought that terrible declaration would lead to this…”

“Hehe, but it was the best confession I’ve ever heard.”

But it’s not over yet. Hikari’s fundamental problem hasn’t been resolved.

“Hikari, let me try this——”

Sakuto inserted a coin and started operating the crane.

“Choosing only one of the two may seem obvious and correct in conventional thinking.”

“Eh?”

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“But, thanks to Hikari, I finally understood──”

The crane grabbed both the white and black Usapyoko at the same time.

As it lifted them, it moved towards the drop zone. When Hikari exclaimed, ‘Ah,’ a sound of congratulations played.

Sakuto took out the prizes and handed them to Hikari, saying,

“I’m happy to have met and dated both Hikari and Chikage. Maybe it’s not about choosing one over the other sometimes but enjoying the happiness of both options. Every day is fun with the two of you, and I’m always in the best mood.”

“Sakuto-kun…”

“So, we can’t be missing even one person. We’re like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, it’s perfect because the three of us are together.”

“…Yes!”

Hikari narrowed her eyes happily.

“So, Hikari, I have a favor to ask.”

“A favor? What is it?”

“I’m the same as Hikari. Right now, I’m scared of going to school…”

For a moment, the scenes from his junior high school days almost resurfaced in his mind, but Sakuto held back.

“Sakuto-kun too? Right now…?”

“Right now, those two from the other school are people I had various issues with in junior high school… But I still like Chikage and want to do something about it──If Hikari is with me, I think I won’t be scared. So, I want you to go to school with me.”

“But, I’m…”

Hikari clenched her right hand tightly in front of her chest.

She seemed to be hesitating.

Sakuto’s face tightened, but a smile appeared on his lips.

“If Hikari gets scared, I’ll hold your hand. I won’t let you feel scared because we’ll be together. So──”

Thinking back, it all started here with Hikari──

『…? What’s wrong? Don’t like handshakes?』

『Ah… no, it’s nothing…』

‘Back then, I was afraid. Afraid that the same thing would happen again──’

‘But now, I won’t hesitate. ‘

Sakuto extended his right hand towards Hikari──

“So, will you come with me, Hikari? To help Chikage?”

***

──And so.

What could be the cause of Sakuto Takayashiki’s fear?

It traces back to a time before this world was colored, when he met a young girl ──

It was when Sakuto was still in the fourth grade of elementary school.

In a corner of the classroom, he always spent time alone reading a vehicle encyclopedia.

He was treated as a weird child by those around him.

Expressionless and reticent. He struggles with verbalizing abstract concepts and is insensitive to others’ emotions.

Some even mocked him, calling him a ‘robot.’