Chapter 637: Chapter 401: Uesugi is a Scumbag
On the endless seashore, Uesugi Sakura and Hanamaru Hanabi sat together.
She seemed to recall the way Uesugi Sakura treated her that morning.
"Sakura-kun, do you dislike Hanabi a little?"
"How could that be..."
"But Sakura-kun was speaking ill of Hanabi to Rika and the others this morning, saying Hanabi has changed and that they should be careful."
"That’s... it doesn’t count as dislike, it’s just that my wife’s personality has changed, anyone would feel something’s off."
"Sakura-kun, do you know why Hanabi is like this?"
"...I don’t know."
"It’s all Sakura-kun’s fault."
"My fault?"
"Yes."
The sea breeze blew on Hanamaru Hanabi’s profile; her face, originally exquisite and cute, now bore an undeniable loneliness that Uesugi Sakura had never seen in the sickly Hanabi.
Usually, she was extremely possessive, frantically calling his name, wanting to claim all of his mind and soul.
"It’s all Sakura-kun’s fault... so now Hanabi wants Sakura-kun’s love to make it up to Hanabi."
Hanamaru Hanabi turned her head, her gaze meeting his face, her small face still smiling cutely, but with an indescribable trace of mischief at the corners of her mouth:
"Sakura-kun, Sakura-kun, Sakura-kun absolutely mustn’t have any contact with other girls."
"Whatever Sakura-kun wants, Hanabi will give him, but he can only love Hanabi."
"Sakura-kun... do you understand?"
Uesugi Sakura took a deep breath.
After all this time together, he decided to tell her the truth:
"Compared to you... I still prefer the other Hanabi, the timid Hanabi who grew up with me."
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Uesugi Sakura was a little unnerved by her wide-eyed stare.
Hanamaru Hanabi stared straight at him, tilting her head, "Sakura-kun, can’t you divide your love in two? She and I are both Hanabi, the same Hanabi."
"...Even though I don’t know why you became like this... I definitely can’t accept your sudden change into this personality, I like her."
"What if the timid Hanabi suddenly changed to have a personality like mine one day? Would Sakura-kun still love her? Would you?"
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"Sakura-kun, you can’t answer, can you?"
"You... ultimately have two types of personalities, you’re two different people."
"What if the previous Hanabi suddenly changed? Does Sakura-kun truly like Hanabi’s personality, or does he like Hanabi as a person? If Hanabi’s timid personality disappeared, Sakura-kun, would you still like her?"
"I would," Uesugi Sakura answered without hesitation, "she’s still Hanabi."
"Then doesn’t that make this Hanabi not count as Hanabi? Sakura-kun, can’t you like this Hanabi more?"
Uesugi Sakura fell silent, unsure of how to answer this question.
Hanamaru Hanabi’s expression suddenly cooled, and Uesugi Sakura sensed a hint of ominousness.
"Sakura-kun, you’re still the same Sakura-kun."
Uesugi Sakura saw Hanamaru Hanabi’s dimmed expression as she suddenly stood up.
He hurriedly asked, "Wait a minute, where are you going?"
"Back to the hotel."
With just that, Hanamaru Hanabi turned and left, walking along the small path on the coast, surrounded by the blue sea, her fluttering skirt shimmering in the sunlight.
Kitagawa Sakisa and Kyujuu Rika were returning with cooked fish at that moment, and they happened to see Hanamaru Hanabi leave suddenly, glaring at Uesugi Sakura:
"Hey! Uesugi, didn’t you make Hanabi-chan mad?"
"Uesugi!"
"Ue, sugi!"
Kitagawa Sakisa shouted several times before Uesugi Sakura heard.
"Don’t pretend you didn’t hear! Say! Did you abuse Hanabi-chan!"
He turned his head and found Ayaka Rie talking to him:
"Hurry and catch up to her!"
Uesugi Sakura reacted and quickly started running to chase after her.
Many classmates saw his running figure on the small path by the sea.
Hanamaru Hanabi walked quickly and disappeared around a corner. Uesugi Sakura didn’t see her along the way until he followed some glimpses of female figures back to the hotel and found her crouched by the corner of the large bed.
"Hanabi..."
Uesugi Sakura didn’t know what was wrong, so he just crouched beside her, leaning his back against the large bed behind them.
Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t look at him; knowing he was there, she simply leaned her body toward him, resting her head on his lap.
Her eyes were fixed on the wall ahead as if she was recalling something.
"Sakura-kun... Hanabi really likes you..."
"Really likes you."
After saying these few words, she turned her head, her amethyst eyes looking up at Uesugi Sakura’s face.
She reached out to cup his face, whispering, "Sakura-kun, will you forget Hanabi?"
At this moment, Hanamaru Hanabi’s eyes were constantly flickering, seemingly moist, stirring feelings of sorrow.
Uesugi Sakura no longer dwelled on anything, no longer considered whether she was another personality of Hanabi.
Regardless, she bore the familiar, cute face of Hanabi, and seeing her like this truly pained Uesugi Sakura:
"I won’t."
Hanamaru Hanabi’s small hand continuously stroked his face. "No, Sakura-kun will, Sakura-kun will fall for other girls, will abandon Hanabi, and Hanabi can cry out in the rain all she wants but he won’t respond... Hanabi crouched in a corner crying, but he couldn’t hear anything, he had already discarded Hanabi like a used tissue."
After saying this, Hanamaru Hanabi withdrew her hand, closing her eyes tightly on his leg.
Uesugi Sakura looked at her little sleeping face, constantly recalling the words she had just said.