Volume 1 Chapter 4 : "What Feeling Do I Have?"

1st black and white illustration:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P9-q7neWcGF4UI78V9EoG93KnP7Uo0Jh/view?usp=drivesdk

2nd black and white illustration :  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P9AkYQy1BMeZddTpY1SD3KwLRSlhuaMb/view?usp=drivesdk

3rd black and white illustration :  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P5TYNRZAIymazv79RWWz9p1tgeNftbQ8/view?usp=drivesdk

4th black and white illustration :     https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P_5WtgIYdZDxa72eI7WD-hJAZRlMs8xU/view?usp=drivesdk

"Sometimes, in life, we create enemies in the name of friends."

My name is Yui Omari.

I am an extroverted girl now... but before, I was an introverted girl, one who didn't talk to anyone easily.

This story takes place when I was just five years old.

I was shy.

I didn't talk to anyone.

Not even to my own family.

I spend most of my time looking away in my room.

Why?

Because they always ignored me...

They never even tried to talk to me.

I was always in the care of a caretaker.

He never showed his face to me.

He always wore some kind of mask.

But still,

He kept taking care of me...

Not just once but many times,

But from the moment I was born.

He was very caring.

He always played with me,

Watched funny videos with me,

And made me smile when no one else did.

But after five months...

Right after I turned five years old...

He left.

He stopped taking care of me.

The last thing I heard from him was.

"I have been hired by a big company owner. My new job is to keep an eye on him...

from behind."

Listening to this...

Something began to stir in my heart.

It was jealousy.

I didn't understand it completely at the time...

But I was angry...

The one my caretaker had chosen to protect.

The fact that he was going to keep an eye on another kid...

Instead of me.

But I tried to relax.

The next day, at kindergarten...

I saw my caretaker again.

He was keeping an eye on a boy.

That boy...he was the one my caretaker had been hired to watch.

At first, I was going to ignore them.

But then...I saw something that shattered me.

All of my friends ran toward him.

They were smiling. Laughing

In that moment, something was buried inside me.

Jealousy.

Pure, blinding anger.

"I will take everything from him."

"Everything he has..I will make it mine."

A few seconds later, I walked up to him.

"Hey," I said. "Can you tell me your name?"

He turned to me with a cheerful smile.

"My name is Soda...Soda Akito. Nice to meet you!"

I bite my lip, holding back the storm rising inside me.

"Nice to meet you too," I replied, forcing a smile.

"Let's be friends forever," He said, holding out his pinky.

"Really...? I will try my best to be your friend " I said with a nervous smile.

After that, we became very good friends sometimes, he would even invite me and my mother to his house.

I accepted those invitations... maybe I'll learn some of his weaknesses.

After 2 years I found out that his mother had passed away...

And that his father had remarried.

That's when something inside me twisted.

I began to spread rumors...Whispers and lies, dropped one by one like poison into the wind.

And slowly...I made sure those rumors reached everyone.

My luck was good.

Because just a few days later, when i arrived at the door of his house...

I overheard everthing...

They were kicking him out.

The reason?

They said he had harrassed his stepsister.

No one noticed I was there.

No one knew I had heard it all.

The next day at school, I did exactly what I had planned.

I twisted the story.

I made sure the rumors spread like wildfire...

So much that even his closet friend turned against him and bully him.

And when he was at his lowest... that's when I got close to him.

I safed him from bullies once.

And after that...

He started to follow me...

Like a puppy follows his master.

I was very happy.

Truely happy.

Because the meant... I had him where i wanted.

Years passed.

And then I found someone else.

Another peraon who was tired of soda.

He told me...

That Soda had stolen something precious from him, just lime he did with me.

So, we teamed up.

We made a plan.

The plan was simple:

Make soda work at part-time job.

My "partner" would get close to him...

Act like a brother.

A friend.

Someone he could trust.

Then, when the time was right...

When Soda finally asked me out...

We would stage everthing.

Perfect scene.

One that would make him belive that I...

That we...

Had shared something intimate.

Private.

Something that would break him completely.

And once his heart was shattered...

Once his soul crumbled...

He would have no reason left to live.

He would end it all.

We both laughed.

A twisted, bitter laugh that echoed only between the two of us.

And then, we looked at each other...

"Thanks," he said, smirking

"For letting me share my plan with you for destroy life of soda with you"

I smilled back.

"No..thank you, " I replied coldly.

Years later...

When his father finally stopped sending money and completely abandoned him...

I told him like our plan,

"You should start a part-time job"

And like always...

He listened

He did exactly what I said.

Then, years later...

When I was 18

He asked me out.

And i replied him yes.

Only to make him suffer...

As much as I could.

At Christmas night, when I saw him walking toward my house.

I made sure lights were dim. The curtains barely closed. Just enough for him to see what he wasn't suppossed to.

And when our eyes met through the window...

His face froze.

That look of confusion... of heartbreak... of shattered trust.

It was perfect.

After he walked out of the house...

I felt something twist deep inside my chest.

It hurt.

It wasn't part of the plan.

Something felt wrong.

I turned to yuta and muttered,"Hey... listen. We did what we planned. We succeeded... Now get out. got it?"

Yuta didn't say a word. He quietly walked out, shutting the door behind him.

Tears started falling from my eyes.

I remebered everything... every single moment I'd spend with soda.

The way he'd smile... the way he'd look up to me like I was the only one who ever cared.

Why?

Why did it feel so wrong now?!

I ran.

Ran into the rainy night, searching for him.

But I didn't find him... not immediately.

And then... there he was.

In the park.

With another girl.

Looking into eyes of her.

His eyes... so warm

And in that moment, a storm awakened inside me.

Jealousy.

I took a step forward... but froze.

Am I even... worthy to be by his side?

After everything I did...

I turned back home, my mind spinning.

But as I lay on bed, staring at the ceiling, something clicked inside me.

No... I won't let anyone else have him.

I will make her disappear.

I swear... I will be the one who becomes his bride.

Believe me, my dearest Soda...

This is only beginning.

Me.

Your dearest "friend" Yuta...

Will drag your life into a place far worse than hell.

Chapter 2 Ended...

Chapter’s Note – Banri Tada:

Thank you so much for reading Volume 1, Chapter 4 of Days With a Gal Who Was Living With Me. I have added new illustration in chapter 1 it is the illustration of akito and yui.

What did you think of Yui omari revenge and then new feeling called "love" to her and her irreversible mistake? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

Chapter 5 releases next Sunday. Stay tuned.