I am that male friend in the harem story-Chapter 344: Fear

"I am sorry, Tobe-kun."

Fortunately, the confession that was expected didn’t come, but instead it was a confession of what Yuuta felt and why he said all of that to Tobe previously.

"Why did you apologize?"

"Because... I tried to make myself better by asking you that question."

Tobe looked at Yuuta strangely and asked, "I thought that you would apologize because you let your emotions get out of control since you love Shiori-senpai so much."

"I don’t have such a feeling toward her..." Yuuta’s eyes were like those of a dead fish when he said those words.

Only, Tobe’s gaze became even weirder as he tried to move away lightly. "Are you a homo?"

"...." Yuuta.

"Of course not!"

"I mean... she is cute, beautiful, and more importantly, good at conversation, which can make you happy. I have heard that you two were quite close before, so if you don’t like her, then isn’t it weird?"

"...."

Taking a deep breath, Yuuta was a little helpless as she said, "I can’t see her as a woman. I mean... no woman acts like an old man, right?"

"That’s not the case." Tobe shook his head softly and said, "Many girls often have quite a manly personality, and many of them are even more disgusting than a simple old man act, but they are good at acting, so they don’t show that."

"...."

Yuuta couldn’t say anything in an argument since, compared to Shiori’s old man’s act, who often ogled a cute girl when they came as guests to the bookstore, which increased dramatically due to Tobe’s appearance, it was nothing compared to his mother’s act.

’Mother...’

Yuuta shook his head softly, throwing away the thought of this bitch from his mind.

"...you are right."

"You had a bad experience with a woman, Asamura-kun?"

"You can say it that way..."

The two of them were on a break, so they somehow started to talk to each other.

"Were you being cheated on?"

"....."

Yuuta’s eyes widened as he looked at Tobe in shock, and he asked with doubt, "...why did you say that?"

This experience of being cheated, in the eyes of the public, was a shameful experience, and those who knew what had happened would think that the man, who was being cheated, was a weak man whose partner was stolen, yet was that the truth?

Tobe didn’t think so for many reasons, but in most cases, it was because the female was just the bitchy, who couldn’t control their impulses, and followed their desire, then at the end, they realized they had no one by their side.

People change, and the sincere love that two people feel will change over time, whether for the better or for the worse.

Though, hopefully, it was for the better so that way, people wouldn’t lose their hope as a true, genuine love truly existed.

Yet, for Tobe, who has dated many women, was there ever even a true, genuine love?

Probably yes, probably no.

The first time he felt that way was toward Kaguya Shinomiya, as for the rest, he was just looking for the rewards for the system, which made him sigh at how dirty he was.

Still, his focus should be on Yuuta first.

"Generally, if someone has a bad impression of a woman, it is because they have been betrayed."

"...is it?"

"There is no other reason other than that, after all. Or, you can think of another reason why men hate women so much, except for being betrayed?"

"Hmm..."

Yuuta tried to think of another reason why men felt hatred toward women, except for cheating, but he couldn’t think of any other reasons.

Generally, men were quite patient toward their loved ones, and as long as they weren’t cheated, they would stay with their loved ones till death, even if they had a lover.

The reason?

Tobe wasn’t sure, but it should be because of laziness since a marriage was quite troublesome, and once was enough unless one was an emperor, a billionaire, or a king, who could marry as many times as they wished to be.

Or just simply a love, since no matter how many lovers those powerful men had, their hearts were only for their wives, which was quite messed up on their own.

The wives owned their hearts, but their bodies were owned by their mistresses.

’Like him?’

"Well..." Still, Yuuta couldn’t find another reason why a man could hate a woman so much.

"Even if you become a homo, it doesn’t mean that your partner won’t cheat on you."

"...I am not gay."

"That’s good." Tobe nodded, then said, "Still, like a man who is hurt by women, many women have also been hurt by men, so you shouldn’t just treat all the women as if they will hurt or betray you the same way."

"...you are different from what I imagined you to be, Tobe-kun."

"Do you think I am a flirtatious guy who will seduce many women?"

"....." Yuuta.

"You are right, though."

"....." Yuuta.

"Just kidding." Tobe smiled, then showed a solemn expression. "Well, a relationship is like a business, I think."

"Like a business?"

"In this economy, you know that a business is risky, right? But even so, many still do it since we know that it is more lucrative than being an employee who only has so-so income, which is then reduced further by a tax, national insurance, utilities, food, rents, then leaving us only a few, right?"

"But... you might fail in the business."

"But you can also be successful in business." Tobe stretched his arms high and said, "In the end, you won’t know what’s further ahead. Whether it will be bad or not, it is impossible to know all of them, but we can learn to control them, so we can minimize the loss.

"Even Buddha said, ’No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.’"

"..."

Yuuta was in a daze until Tobe said, "It’s almost the time for my break to end. I will see you later."

"O-Oh..."

The trauma, fear, and anxiety of the past made people afraid to take the first step.

If everything ended up in a failure, and they would be hurt once again, why should we even start again?

This thought had always been in the minds of many, as they were afraid to get hurt, but wasn’t it a loss to just give up everything with the limited time of our lives?

People’s lives are limited, and they can die at any moment, so let’s make a meaningful life in a way that we won’t feel regret in our lives.

Many chances are waiting for us; those beautiful memories, meaningful encounters, and everything that we might lose due to our fear.

Fear.

This is a normal feeling, especially when we have been hurt once, but isn’t it a loss to feel like we can’t be happy again just because we have been hurt once?

After all, people often said that the best revenge was to live even happier, right?

"I never knew that you were also a philosopher, Kakeru."

Shiori, who had been listening to their conversation, couldn’t help but say those words to her secret boyfriend, who acted like a holy son despite being a scumbag.

"There are a lot of things that you don’t know about me, but you sure are a naughty one for eavesdropping on our conversation."

"Don’t you know that I am such a naughty one?"

Watching her lewd smile, Tobe was a little helpless, but he wondered why she was so adorably lewd. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

"Let’s go to my place later."

"You have your own place? Don’t you live with your parents?"

"I do sometimes, but most of the time, I stay at my grandparents’ rented house, working as a landlady."

"...."

Tobe looked at Shiori strangely, never expecting that she was also a landlady.

My landlady is beautiful and lewd.

Somehow, it could become the title of a light novel.

Regardless, the relationship between all of them was somehow fixed, but it wouldn’t change the fact that Tobe and Shiori would go back together, leaving everyone, and went to her place, ready to have their immoral exchange once again, but as they thought of having to fix their loneliness, someone interrupted them.

"Shiori~!"

"....Haruno?"

"....." Tobe.

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