I’m Sick and Tired of My Childhood Friend’s, Now Girlfriend’s, Constant Abuse so I Broke up With Her - Chapter 5

“Sen! Pai!”

Leaning on a wall, with the overhead street light illuminating her, she gets off the wall and walks towards me with an exaggerated gait. She has a foul smile on her face.

“You’re late, I hope you know that. Don’t say that you were just dropped by, you probably forgot didn’t yo- Hey! Don’t me ignore, come back here.”

She runs in front of me and sticks her arms out, not letting me escape. For fuck’s sake…

“So?”

“So?!? You kept me waiting here for hours!”

Hanabi always has a demanding tone, she always has an attitude of wanting everyone to serve. Likewise, I always played the part of the servant, chaining myself to this single mindset.

Today is where it’ll all end. It’s her own fault for waiting here anyways, I’m sick and tired of Hanabi. She keeps on stalking me even after all of this. What’s her reason? “I love you, so I want to get back together”. Utter bullshit.

I still remember her words, “You’re completely hopeless by yourself, that why you need someone like me to help you all the time.” How ironic, as she treated me as a punching bag without fail, causing me to lose my self-dignity. Why did I let myself continue to be a servant for her every need? At this point, the only thing we can do is go our separate paths. I let out a sigh as this whole situation is so tiring to deal with.

“Get the way out of ears so you can hear me this time: We’re just strangers to each other; you’re being a fucking nuisance to me!”

“Tss… Is that so? So you really do mean it.”

While her mouth is still positioned in a smile, her eyes are glaring at me with the utmost contempt.

“I’m glad you heard for once.”

“If I leave you, you won’t be able to live anymore!”

“Ha, it’s more like the reverse, isn’t it?.”

“You really are pathetic, for the whole day you were resting on your laurels. You don’t understand your position do you? You think just because a bunch of lowlifes start sucking up to you, that makes you Mr. Popular? Yeah right. Remember, how will you even survive without me? No one else is going to help you. Don’t you see, senpai?”

Today, lots of my classmates talked me. Most of them will stop after a while. I don’t blame them since I can sort of see where Hanabi is coming from. But ever since I was a kid, Hanabi has always been drilling a sense of worthlessness into me. Sometimes to nice to receive praise once in a while. Today was my first time experiencing this.

Little by little, it’s possible that this could build over time and I could form proper relationships. I want to build these by myself, not having someone like Hanabi watching me like a hawk and choosing what I can and can’t do.

“You’re dysfunctional senpai. You need someone to guide you 24/7. You can’t read the room at all, but I’m fine with that. If you apologize now, I’ll forgive you. I’m used to everything about you already. So if you sincerely apologize, everything will be fine.”

“No way in hell. No particle in my body would want forgiveness from you.”

“So that’s how you want to play…”

“Listen to yourself. Can’t you realize how controlling you are. I’m not yours at all.”

Hanabi opens her eyes to the point of straining them. Then, she mouth contort to an uncomfortable smile, her lips have a spasm of its own.

“Ahahahaha!!!! You reeeeally are ANNOYING… such a piece of shit, go show off for all I care.”

“Finally, that settles things. We can finally let this stupid relationship die.”

“……….”

Hanabi plays with her hair, messing it all up while scowling at me.

“And that’s the end of that.”

“You’re making fun of me, aren’t you? I’ll make sure you’ll pay. Don’t ever forget that senpai.”

Passing by her in the hall during lunch really was a humiliation for her. And here, I leave her again, the whole atmosphere eerily tense. I don’t dare look back.

Hanabi’s words flash in my mind, “Don’t ever forget”. It instantly disappears from my mind. Nothing worth worrying over. As it stands now, not having Hanabi constantly hanging over me will be great. ______ Translator’s Notes: Yikes, seems like Hanabi is turning a bit… crazy. This chapter was pretty fun to translate with all the crazy, tense dialogue. Thanks to everyone who keeps on reading, I love reading all your comments <3