Living with the Arrogant Queen from High School is Surprisingly Not Uncomfortable

“He must have been seriously resented by the cultural festival committee back then, right?” After my bitter laugh, I expressed my candid thoughts.

“Why do you think that?”

“Because he’s not very articulate, and he’s stubborn…”

“Yeah, that’s true. Well, I only occasionally went to support him, so I may not know everything, but I remember he often clashed with the senior students.”

“I knew it.”

“But wasn’t Yamamoto definitely the hardest worker on the cultural festival committee? He made the schedule and checklists instead of the unmotivated festival committee chair, even though he never received any thanks.”

The materials Yamamoto made were forcibly taken by the festival committee chair and used without a word of thanks.

The image came to my mind as soon as I closed my eyes.

I felt a bit indignant.

…But, probably, he didn’t get upset over such things.

He probably thought that as long as it worked out, it was fine.

But in the end, things turned out quite miserably.

“Kako-chan, was Yamamoto’s job back then… related to ordering?”

“No, not that.”

“Then what?”

“He probably handled everything.”

I was at a loss for words.

“Well, it’s like that every year with the festival committee. Everyone wants to share memories with their classmates, right? So, everyone tends to prioritize that. Meaning, the teachers should have kept the committee in check.”

It’s easy to imagine that Sakigawa-sensei, the teacher they had relied on, didn’t restrain them enough.

So that’s why, doing everything himself is a bit…

“Even the kids who stepped up, none of them were particularly motivated. They defended themselves by saying they were only instructed to do this much work. As a result, countless tasks rolled over to Yamamoto.”

“…That’s horrible.”

“It was a terrible situation then.”

“…Why didn’t anyone help Yamamoto?”

I thought I shouldn’t get angry, but I was reaching my limit.

I muttered.

…Suddenly, I remembered a phrase.

That phrase was surely spoken by the man I now secretly harbored feelings for.

“People are, in the end, self-centered creatures.”

…Perhaps the reason Yamamoto said this to me was…

Kako-chan shrugged her shoulders.

“In the end, people are self-centered.”

Then, Kako-chan said.

…The reason why Yamamoto told me that people are self-centered.

That’s because Yamamoto himself had been belittled and harmed by self-centered people.

“Living for others is indeed a wonderful thing. Even if it results in your own ruin, I believe you should be praised by everyone. But strangely enough, no one in this world praises you for doing something that no one else can do. Heroes are lavishly praised for defeating the demon king after devoting half their lives, yet even if you ruin yourself, you receive not even a word of thanks… not even from your lover.”

Once again, I recalled the words Yamamoto once told me.

…My heart warmed slightly as I recalled those words.

Yamamoto, who had been belittled and harmed by self-centered people, must have been dumbfounded.

The reason why Yamamoto said such a thing to me…

…Perhaps it was because he didn’t want me to go through the same thing.

He didn’t want me… to suffer like he did.

Did Yamamoto tell me that… back then?

Self-centered.

That’s how Yamamoto described himself once.

But…

Honestly.

That man really isn’t straightforward.

“Who is it that’s really living for others?”

I muttered.

That day… he lectured me on the absurdity of my actions when I tried to return to my ex-lover.

Those words were probably derived from his own experiences.

…It was him.

The one who had taken actions that no one else could, yet received no praise… it was him.

…In hindsight, it’s always been like that.

The time when he tried to send me back to my parents’ home.

The time when he cared for me after the domestic violence.

The time when he sheltered me in that room.

He said all of those were self-centered actions.

But if you think about it… those were completely, utterly, actions for the sake of others.

“…Next time I go home, I think I’ll thank Yamamoto.”

“Eh?”

“We’re living together.”

“Eh?”

“…So, I want to say, thank you, there.”

“…Hey, Meg?”

“What is it, Kako-chan?”

“Are you two living together?”

…I ended up saying it due to the flow of the conversation.

I had intended not to mention this…

I smiled bitterly, internally apologizing to Yamamoto.

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