(Un) Fortunately the Yandere is Not After Me

The Ball's the Thing

It had only been a week since he was forced to follow the command of Erina, but to Arata, it might as well have been an eternity. He wanted this to end quickly, unfortunately, this was looking like a journey of a thousand miles.

"Ah, hello Arata."

"Oh boy, the last person I was hoping to run into." He sarcastically greeted the girl making his life hell.

"Aww, come on now. Is that the way to say hello to a friend?" She was enjoying this teasing. She liked seeing his anger at her.

"We're hardly acquaintances as is, in fact, when this is all over. I'm considering you an enemy, just to let you know." She laughed at him, not caring about a word he said.

"Ah well, it's just words anyway. So tell me, what's next?" She asked.

"Next for what?'

"Oh don't play dumb, you know, with Yogi." She nudged him, as if this was some inside joke the two shared.

"You can really expect me to do everything. If you've got any bright ideas, I'll do them, well not everything you come up with."

"Oh that's no good, what am I even blackmailing you for?" He was really upset at her aloof nature. It was one thing to make him do things he really rather not. But to make him do all the work was even worse. Not to mention how nonchalant she was about the blackmail business. This was his life on the line here.

"Oh come on, you can't honestly expect me to believe you don't have anything?"

"Oh I've just tried so many things to get him to notice me. Like making him lunch, leaving love letters in his locker. Oh I remember one time, I sneaked in his room to wish him a happy birthday the moment he woke up." He really would've wished he didn't hear that last one. How she was still friends with Yogi after that, he really didn't know. Yogi must be a really forgiving person.

"I see you're really dedicated to this."

"Of course I am, oh I just love him so much." Once again, she had her heads in the clouds, clasping her hands to her hearts as she always did when talking about him.

"You know, you're pretty similar to Kirua."

"Who?"

"I can say this to you because you know my secret, but I'm referring a manga character."

"Oh that loser stuff you read." He wanted to argue, but it wasn't like he didn't see his hobby like that. Otherwise, he would try so hard to hide it. "Also, how dare you compare me to something that people like you get off to."

"Okay first off, I've never done anything like that. And secondly, that was a compliment."

"C-compliment?"

"Well, yeah. That figurine you saw me buy, that was of her." She wasn't sure how to take this from him. "Look, don't take this to deeply, but I like her devotion to her love in the story. So what I'm saying is that I respect how you feel is all."

"You do?" Her generally upbeat personality was replaced with a much more meek one. Was something he said wrong, or did she take it negatively, he wondered.

"Yeah..." He was feeling pretty awkward saying this. He just wanted to be nice for once, and the similarities between the two were to clear for him to not point out.

"Oh, well it's just..." She started her hands tightly grasping her arms in her nervous state. "I've never heard anyone say that before. Only Yogi's ever respected my feelings." This was an unexpected turn in their conversation. There was more to this girl than what he could've ever imagined before meeting her.