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「Welcome home.」

Still wearing her school uniform, Miyu said with her usual calm tone.
She slowly approached me.

It’s not just me hallucinating or any of that horror movie crap.
She’s actually here, standing with her feet firmly on the floor.
When? How? I’m so confused.

「Aren’t you pretty late?」

Ignoring her question, I quickly scanned for any signs of her boyfridged. Naturally, there was none. It’d be scary if he were here.

Miyu moved her phone away from her ear and held it up towards me.
… *Eh*? Did she just take a photo of me? What?

「*Nfufu*, that look… Surprised?」
「I-I was; why are you even here…」
「I told you, didn’t I? We’re together at home.」

*’We’re right here, together at home,’* she meant *my* home, together with *me*? That’s so damn misleading. I’m pretty sure she intentionally phrased it in a way I’d misunderstand it.

*But how?* I was about to ask, but Miyu does have a spare key to my apartment unit. I was panicking too much, if I say so myself.
But wait, her shoes weren’t there at the entryway… Or were they? I can’t recall. Did she hide them?

「… What? W-were you hiding?」

To my question, Miyu let out a muffled laugh.

「Yeah. I thought of surprising you.」

Putting her phone away, she slowly sat down on the bed… right next to me. With a smile on her face, she asks,

「Are you curious? About my boyfriend?」

Of freaking course, for sure, obviously.
But for some reason, words couldn’t leave my mouth.
So I strongly nodded in reply.

「So you’re really curious, huh?」

Miyu’s lips curled into an enormous grin. The type of smile has changed.
What is this expression? A slight chill ran through me.
Is my desperation that amusing? Is it that enjoyable?

「O-of course I am! Of course I would be curious!」

I finally said it out loud. I did it.
I thought of doing the understanding boyfriend act, like, *’You got a boyfriend? Well, you’re around that age, after all,’* and so forth, but I can’t do it.
Taking the opportunity, I let out everything.

「Miyu, you never told me anything about it at all! That boyfriend, who the f̲u̲c̲k̲ even is he!? Since when were you dating? When did you meet him? How? Who confessed first? What do you even like about him!? Did you go to the karaoke with him today!? Did you have fun, huh!?」

Huh? Wait, don’t I sound pretty Yandere-ish?
I didn’t really like those kinds of heroines, but right now, I can totally sympathize with them.

The term ‘yandere’ is already known at a global level. From today onward, I’ll be making my global debut as a Super Yandere Cutie. Gotta farm likes and comments from the foreigners.

Cornered by a yandere girl, Miyu had a surprised look.
While maintaining eye contact with me, she pursed her mouth. Her lips shivered before melting into an enormous grin.

「That was, you see…」

She put her lips next to my ear.

「*All a lie.*」

She said, with a breathy voice.
Her warm breath had a jolt running through my spine.

「You took it seriously?」

She peered into my face with upturned eyes.
Her face was practically brimming with glee and delight.

In contrast, I was frozen stiff. My cheeks are twitching: stiff, slack, and stiff again.

I’m pretty sure I look crazy right now.
As she continued staring at me, my cheeks started burning up. Even I can tell that my face must be bright red right now.

What? It was just a lie? That’s a relief… But honestly, more than relief, I felt like I lost. Completely humiliated.
That’s why I wanted to get one over her somehow.

「… A-and your proof is?」
「You want me to show proof that I was lying? Isn’t that weird? I don’t have any proof; it was all a lie, after all.」
「Really?」
「Really.」
「*Really* really?」

As I was sulking like a distrustful child, Miyu put her hand on my head. While gently combing my head with her fingers, she showed a troubled smile.

「I’m sorry for lying, okay?」
「*O-okay*? You think it’s that easy…」
「Oh, true. Then, here’s my proof.」

Her hand gently came down, as if tracing the outline of my face. Miyu then cupped my cheeks with both hands.

Her slender face drew close.
Her slightly pursed lips touched mine.