Vol. 1 Chapter 4: Farewell, my junior.
Translated and Edited by: luccayn.
Common Honorifics:
-san: A polite suffix, but not excessively formal.
-kun: A common suffix among friends and younger people.
-chan: A common suffix among people you’re close with, mostly used for feminine nicknames and girls, since it’s cutesy and childlike.
-senpai: A common suffix and noun used to address or refer to one’s older or more senior colleagues in a school, workplace, dojo, or sports club.
The chime rings, signaling the end of another school day. All students around me rejoiced at the release of another tedious barrage of classes. My smile, however, was due to me being able to see the person I care about once again. My heart raced in anticipation.
I can’t wait to see my senpai’s face. I wanna talk to him as soon as possible!
“Akane, wanna go to karaoke with me today?”
“Sorry! I have somewhere to be right now…”
“That senpai again? You like him, don’t you~?”
Being teased by my friends was embarrassing, but I couldn’t worry about all that. After all, it was the first time I could see him after a whole month of vacation. As soon as homeroom ended, I rushed out of the classroom to pick him up. I was supposed to be walking, but couldn’t control myself and ran all the way. Skipping two steps at a time, I climbed the stairs and pushed onward to the classroom, all so I could reach him as quickly as possible.
“Yuta-senpai, I’m here to get you!”
However, his seat was unusually empty. Every time I visited his classroom, he waited with a smile on his face. Most students still hadn’t left, yet he was nowhere to be seen.
“Um, excuse me, is Yuta-senpai absent today?”
“N–no, he isn’t… I think he went home already…”
I go see him every day, so I’m a familiar face around here. Knowing why I showed up, his classmates immediately tell me where he went… But why did he leave me seeing as he usually waits? Maybe he just wasn’t feeling well, so tough luck. In this case, I’ll take care of him! Thanking the person that told me where he went, I left the classroom.
As I was walking out of the school figure, I spotted the back of that senpai I longed to see. His hair and posture were a bit different, but I could tell it was him regardless. This is the power of love! Looking a bit closer, he walked with poise and seemed to be in good health. I was worried since he didn’t reply to a single message I sent during the summer break, so today he’s gonna give me plenty of attention until I’m satisfied.
Soon I reached my limit after a few moments of watching his back, and I couldn’t resist it. I ran up to and hugged him from behind.
“Senpai~~~!”
“…Kurosaki, huh. It hurts.”
He turned his head halfway toward me, checking out his cute junior. He seemed a bit more brusque than usual, somehow, but that was cool in its own way. It made my heart clench.
“I’m sorry! Wait, before that, what happened with you?! Is this your ‘summer vacation debut’ or something? Did you get a girlfriend or something?”
It was probably because I haven’t seen him in a while, but he looked even better than he did before. His neat face was outstanding as well as his new haircut, and he held himself with confidence. I’d already liked his kind looks before, but his new self also had enough charm to ensnare my eyes.
I was so happy to see him after a long time, I didn’t even wait for his response and kept talking cheerfully. “Even with your summer debut, you won’t get a GF senpai! Hehe, do you want one that badly? It can’t be helped then, if you want one, I could be your—”
“Sorry, but shut up. Your voice is ringing in my head.”
“…Huh?”
“…Huh?”
Her words had come out as bullets shot from a machine gun, only stopping with my interjection. All that remained after my interruption was her puzzled face and deafening silence.
“So what if it’s my ‘summer vacation debut’? So what if I want a girlfriend? Why do you think I couldn’t get one, huh? Don’t laugh at another’s efforts so easily.”
“Wait a sec senpai… I–I…”
Sweat trickles down her forehead as she comes to grips with the situation, her hands frozen in mid-air with nowhere to go.
“What is it? You always made fun of me, but now that I’m punching back you can’t take it? If you’re so weak, you’d better work on your own mental strength before you consider abusing others.”
The junior’s eyes swayed and her cheeks twitched in anxiety. Her slightly upturned look have a harsh impression, but her face was well-defined by itself, so it didn’t matter much. She was beautiful regardless.
She was also about the height of an average boy and had larger-than-average breasts. She had an outstanding style, differing from Asakawa. Despite not having many guy friends, she was the object of admiration of basically the entirety of the first years, seeing as she treats everyone the same.
I recall I was listening to a band I liked on a train ride from school, and Akane Kurosaki approached me since that band was also one of her favorites. After that, she got attached to me and we often went to the arcade, watched movies, everything together. However, after I told her I was cheated on and abandoned by my ex, she started to make fun of me.
…Y’know, I was starting to believe her. I was certain at the time she’d never leave me hanging, that she’d never deny my feelings. Reality had other plans, however. I was betrayed once again, though in a different sense of the word. Still, I continued to laugh. I thought back then that if I tried harder, if I was nicer, maybe she’d eventually understand me. So I accepted her constant jokes, but that ends today.
I have given up on that sweet lie called hope. Kindness with no feelings was meaningless. Judging from Kurosaki’s reaction now, I guess she was never made fun of due to her attractiveness.
She was no longer necessary in my life.
“I’m not your dear senior anymore. You don’t care whether or not it’s me so long as you can abuse them comfortably, right? Sorry, but you’ll have to find someone else to do that to.”
“I–I didn’t mean to make fun of you… Hic, I’m sorry… senpai…”
“I have to forgive you since you’re crying? Then is it all my fault because I’m not the one crying? That’s ridiculous. I can’t go along with it anymore.”
I wobbled, moving away from Kurosaki. She slowly walked toward me, even after escaping from her hug. Despite seeing her sobbing, my heart didn’t waver a single moment.
“S–Senpai… Don’t go…”
Turning my back on her and her frail words, I headed home. I’ve reset all the major relationships in my life, and I finally cut off all the toxic girls. At last, I’m starting anew. Only I can truly love and protect myself. I’ll regain the self-esteem and self-respect I lost because of others.
What a nice feeling… To not be influenced by the words of other people.
When I came to, it was already dark outside. Looking through my window, I saw stars stretching to infinity beyond, twinkling beautifully above my head. I usually couldn’t see them, but now it felt as if the brightest star of all watched me with warm eyes.
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Vol. 1 Chapter 3: Farewell, my ex. – Soafp Translation
July 19, 2022 at 7:28 pm[…] NEXT CHAPTER […]
Kastler
July 19, 2022 at 9:40 pmWell mc just kind of a douche bag this chapter isnt he?
This girl isnt so close or has the responsibilty towards you as your ex gf. She isnt even the same year as you… This man doesnt seem to of even properly told her how he felt about how she talks to him but just because his ex gf hurt him its justified to go 100% mad at her as well…
These novels really fall into the trap of lacking any form of communication on either side…
The girl fail at communicating their feelings.
Boy gets fed up at dealing with it silently.
Blows up on them.
Doesnt even let them try to ACTUALLY communicate with them.
Even worse here since you can see the girl trying to explain what she meant to try and clear things up but NOPE time for self righteous ignorance to her.
Also if the girl is talking as she is in this chapter to him man is also dense af but I guess if you just broke up that is fair.
Literally if the author wants to make it a misunderstanding you either have to make the girls iredeemable regardless if it to justify the mc’s outburst (thinking color goddesses although that mc is patient af) or have the mc not just f*****g blow up because he just…like I said seems like a douche.
I literally been reading that Girlfriend Threatened Me novel and it feels this author would definitely of gotten mad that the mc didnt just verbally murder his gf…
MrDev
May 6, 2023 at 8:44 amLol people had the audacity to blame the MC for being a d*ck to them. I hope y’all get treated this way irl too. Imagine getting dumped by your bf/gf then someone you know you thought as a friend or someone close make fun of you for it instead of trying to cheer you up. Brainrot at it’s finest. 🗿
Angel Guzman Ruiz
June 29, 2023 at 11:29 pmBro wtf, there’s no excuse to treat others as garbage just because they are “bad at communicating”. And it’s very convenient that they try to communicate after the other person gets mad at them! what’s wrong with you.
Mind you, the mc is also weird, he literally acted like a m*******t, coming back for more insults for no reason. Still, that’s not reason to keep treating him like that unless it was clear.
This excludes the maid, that was just a misunderstanding and nonone was really wrong there, external circustamces caused the issue.
theguywhoinsultedyourlogic
December 4, 2023 at 11:41 amaren’t you major simp…. Mc just found out that he can’t just take lowblows just because they’re tsundere…. the problem is, they don’t even show him affection but hover around with slur of insults….
Mc doesn’t deserve that…. if mc had cried, just like in this chapter, when they’re insulting him… then maybe you can argued that he is being a dick right now….
Nightamer
November 25, 2023 at 10:28 pmThe f**k are you even talking about? How is he being a douche? Some people lack critical comprehension skills
Galacta
July 19, 2022 at 10:48 pmI think he is quite justified in his dislike for the junior, in his time of great weakness he confided in her and she laughed at him. Although he might have gone too far its more than fair that he wants to cut her off
curz0
July 20, 2022 at 1:52 amThanks for the chapter!
awakened weeb
July 20, 2022 at 7:14 amKinda shitty to poke fun of someone that just found out their girlfriend was cheating on them, but it seems more like she was just trying to joke around with him without realizing how much it was actually hurting him. Unless what she actually was saying is worse then indicated in this chapter, but it came across as pretty gentle ribbing.
Better then the ex who was trying to make him jealous or the maid who was abusing him for whatever reason. I’m assuming she thought he was a m*******t or something.
PassingReader
July 21, 2022 at 1:09 amI mean. This could have been communicated if he just told her “hey, too soon” instead of laughing at her jokes and making her think that she was helping you get over it.
But… oh well.
But seriously though, I think the MC is being a bit of a douche here, as although yes, her poking fun at him for this *that* soon isn’t cool, he didn’t exactly communicate that with words or through his reactions until now, where he blew up.
josegarciamo
July 25, 2022 at 8:50 pmThe victim blaming is strong in this chapter, like holy hell, it’s irrelevant if they teased him without malice in their hearts, it was still a toxic relationship at the end, and he was right to cut them off
Gatts
July 20, 2022 at 8:12 amThank you for the chapter !
tt
July 21, 2022 at 4:22 pmthis was pretty scummy , if he didn’t like being poked about that, he could have just said so, he literally made the problem himself and is now angry with it
ynlucca
July 21, 2022 at 4:27 pmYo yo, calm down. Don’t blame the guy who was hurting for being hurt. He didn’t know her motives and took it. Yeah, he thinks she’s done worse than she actually has, but that’s a misunderstanding, not some sort of scummy move.
Coolman
July 31, 2022 at 4:10 pmWell MC is homan too we make mistakes sometimes.
Derris
August 5, 2022 at 10:24 amThey are both in the wrong but MC is just in a bad mental spot. She probably just thought she was close enough to tease him, but wasn’t aware MC viewed it as bullying, abuse, etc. MC looking like he watched Andrew Tate over the summer.
ynlucca
August 5, 2022 at 11:20 amAndrew Tate lmaooooo
DMR
October 5, 2022 at 4:10 amHonestly, I’m against the MC in this one. It was obviously just teasing and he was playing along with it.
If he had problems with it, he should properly communicate…
Wtf is up with this writing. So far, only the ex-girlfriend actually seemed to be in the wrong…
yuki
November 2, 2022 at 7:06 pmthe juniors fault was not well execute, could have added more reasons for him to cut her
Vrad
April 18, 2023 at 9:18 amI’d blame the ex in this case. From what I’ve read so far, the other 2 women he got close to happened after the ex (yes, he knew them prior to that, but the distance closed after the ex). So it’s highly likely that due to him hurting from the ex, his perspectives have been coloured by his prejudices towards his ex.
Yes, he sounds like he forgave her in the beginning, but as we can see, he never did. So that grudge and anger carried over to his interactions with the other girls until it exploded splendidly in the first chapter.
And please remember that this is a whole novel that’s been divided into different chapters.
I doubt most of us here would have the same view if we finished the novel in 1 sitting instead of having to wait weeks on end like this.
Lily_810
April 19, 2023 at 1:25 amthat’s the reality… i mean do you like someone to laugh at your mistakes, nah… that’s not how it works, tsundere doesn’t apply to real life, stop hallucinating she just like to bully you cuz you funny looking
Neet
August 5, 2023 at 8:12 amTo those saying that MC was too scummy this chapter, I’m guessing it’s because that he is known by other characters to be kind and accepts insults according to the 1st chapter cuz that’s what his deceased parents told him. They probably won’t take MC’s words seriously if he just simply told them to back off so he decided to go all out assault on his words to get them to take him seriously. “But shouldn’t they just have a decent conversation about this whole thing?” They could, but guessing from the kouhai’s personality and her habit of picking on mc without any resistance due to MC’s previous good nature, I doubt they’ll reach a good conclusion. But then again this is all just what I think so far, feel free to point out what’s wrong.