Redo of a Romanceless Author’s Life Devoid of Love; Another Chance at Youth Chapter 214

Chapter 214. Valentine’s Day: Morning. (3/3)

“Hahaha! What the hell? That was actually pretty fun.” With her back on the ground, still sliding on the ice, she let out a carefree laugh and said that.

“What’d you follow and copy for, you goth weirdo?”

“Who are you calling a weirdo? You’re the weirdo for jumping off the bridge first.” She sat up and shot a crooked grin my way.

I frowned and headed to the bank on the side to climb up.

“Hey, could you help up? It’s hard to stand on the ice with how thick my boots are.”

I turned to her with one brow raised and asked, “Are you really so dumb that you didn’t think about that before you jumped?”

“Shut up, just help out and I’ll give you a kiss on the cheek or sothing as thanks.”

“That just makes want to help you even less. Why offer a punishnt for helping you? You really are an idiot after all.” I shook my head and continued up the bank.

“Co on! What will you do if I get stranded here and die?”

“Then die.” I rolled my eyes at her.

“Ugh, the ice is cold too.”

“Dress warr!” I was about to have a nervous breakdown from wanting to retort too much.

“Fine, I’ll pay you $10 if you help out.”

“Huh? $10… just to help you stand up? Are you serious?”

“Yeah.”

“What a bargain. Finally, you’re speaking my language. Why didn’t you offer that reward from the start?”

I walked along the side, balancing atop the snowbank toward her. When I was lined up with her and the opposite side of the bank I dropped down onto the ice and pushed off the snowbank behind . I wrapped my left arm under her arms and used my montum to carry us both to the opposite side of the stream.

I stepped up onto the snowbank and extended my hand out to her.

When she tried to grab onto my hand I pulled it away.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

“Huh? What do you an? Aren’t you going to help stand up and pull up onto the snowbank?”

I scrunched up my brows and said, “The $10 cos first. I’m not about to let you scam . If you don’t hand it over, I’ll push you back to the center and leave you.”

“Wha- are you kidding ? Do you think I’d really scam you?”

“Yeah, you definitely would. Do you really think I’m stupid enough to naively believe anything a random girl I don’t even know tells ? Admit it, you probably thought sothing like, ‘Heh, once this idiot helps I’ll just leave without actually paying him. Guys are like sooooo gullible.’”

She averted her eyes to the side as if I’d hit the nail on the head.

“Well? Pay up now or I’ll push you back to the center and leave.”

“Tsk. Fine. Fine. I get it. I get it, you cheapskate.”

She stuck her hand under her tube top and pulled out a $10 bill.

I yoinked it out of her hand and stuffed it into my pocket. When I grabbed her hand, I pulled her up to her feet then helped her climb up onto the tall snowbank.

The second she stood up she raised her leg up and kicked in the stomach.

“Hmph! Jerk.” I fell off the snowbank into the soft snow behind . She jumped off the snowbank and landed on top of with her boots buried in the snow to my sides.

“Give it back.”

“Isn’t snow going to get into your stupidly designed boots? Why the hell have these open slits on the side anyway? It makes no sense.”

“Yeah, the snow’s cold, so hurry up and hand it over.”

“You know, I can see up your skirt from this angle.” She had a black thong on.

“Exactly, I’m letting you look, so pay back my money for offering you so fan service.”

“You call this fan service? I call this a scam, a ripoff.”

I tried to stand up, but she squatted down keeping my legs in place as she simultaneously pushed my chest back into the snow with one hand.

“Is $10 really that big a deal?”

“It is, I didn’t bring much money with today.”

“So what? What do you even plan to do with a asly $10?”

“What? Uh… that is…” she looked away showing a bit of shyness for the first ti.

“The hell? Are you really broke or sothing? Your apparel definitely doesn’t look like it though. I can only imagine maintaining such an appearance and having an outfit like yours costs quite a hefty sum every month. Makeup, clothes, accessories, piercing your ears, hair dye, tattoos, they add up to quite a bit.”

“I’m not broke, like I said, I just didn’t bring much money with .”

“Then just withdraw so from your bank account or sothing.”

“All my money is in cash, I keep it at ho.”

“Who the hell uses cash these days? Use your debit card.”

“I don’t like banks.”

I cupped my fist when it clicked in my head and I exclaid, “Oh! Right, you’re goth, fuck the establishnt or sothing like that, right? Power to the people.”

“Y-Yeah. You get it?”

“Yeah, I understand now. You’re dumber than I ever imagined. Sacrificing convenience and security for sothing stupid. What will you do if you get robbed because you’re carrying all that money?”

“Th-That’s also why I don’t carry a lot around with .”

“How much are you carrying right now then?”

“Altogether… $50. I keep it under my top in case soone does try to rob . If they search my pockets they won’t find anything.”

“Uh, with how you dress shouldn’t you be more concerned about them raping you?”

She waved her right hand from left to right in front of her chest to refute while she explained, “I’m not worried about that at all. Most guys are scared off by my appearance and don’t even dare approach . They think I must hang around people who do drugs and stuff.”

“I… see. I can certainly see that being the case. Are you saying you don’t hang around such people?”

“Just because I like to dress gothic doesn’t an I hang around with such people.”

“Oh, that’s a surprise to hear. Could you please get off though?”

“Not until you return my money, I need it.”

“For what? You should have $40 left, right?”

“I used so for breakfast back at that fast food restaurant we were at, rember?”

“Surely you have at least $30 left then, right?”

“I do.”

“Then why do you need this $10 so bad?”

“Because! I’m thinking of getting sothing for Valentine’s Day for the guy I like!”

“Huh? Oh, I see.”

“It’s not you if that’s what sort of conclusion you jumped to.”

“I didn’t think that for even a second.”

“What? You don’t believe ? Since you’re so curious, the guy I like is the student council president at my school. He’s such a hunk.”

“I didn’t ask. Also, could you at least listen to what I said? I said I didn’t think that for a second. Is there even a brain inside that goth head you’re wearing on your body, or is it just empty and there for decorative purposes?”

“Ugh.” I let out a groan as she punched in the chest.

“You violent brutish woman, you’re actually just a she ape in won’s clothing, aren’t you?”

“Who are you calling a she ape?” She grabbed my collar and pulled close to her face with an intense glare.

“Okay! Okay! You can have your stupid $10 back. Here, take it.”

I stuck my hand into my pocket and held it out to her. She pinched it between her thumb and index finger then pulled on it.

“Hey, let go.”

“Sorry, the stingy part of is preventing my brain from letting go of it.”

“Liar, you just want to keep it because it was in direct contact with my chest.”

I imdiately released it and complained, “Ugh, I forgot how dirty money was.”

“Hah! Are you calling dirty?”

“Not at all. It’s just that there’s probably perspiration all over it which is kind of… gross.”

Her face cramped up as she fud and grumbled out a series of complaints, “This is really the worst day ever. Instead of being with the president on Valentine’s Day, I’m with this scumbag. Why did Valentine’s Day have to fall on a Sunday this year? It’s my last year together with him too. Ahhhhh! Tomorrow’s dance is my last chance. This is all that Alicia girl’s fault. If she didn’t exist, the president would definitely look my way. Alicia is just as unpleasant as this guy.”

When I heard Alicia’s na co up my eyes shot open wide. Huh? Wait, what? Hold on a damn minute here. What the hell does Alicia have to do with this president of yours?

No, is this crazy-looking chick a student at my school in her third year? There’s no way. Even if I don’t pay attention to other students, how have I not seen soone who sticks out like a sore thumb like this? I an, with Wisteria’s case who stuck out just as much, she only transferred in recently. But this girl stood out far too much for to have never seen her even once in passing in the hallway during my first ti through high school.

I’d definitely have taken notice of a person with such a flashy appearance. Well… I suppose it is possible I just never passed by this person even once. Even if I did, I might have just had my eyes glued to the ground when I passed by her.

Haaaaaah. I can only bla my shitty personality.

But… if I take her words at face value, it ans the student council president is interested in Alicia. Could what’s bothering Alicia be related to him then? Is she having a hard ti turning him down because of his position in the school? Did he maybe not give up after she turned him down the first ti and continue to change after her?

There’s too little information to go off of at this point in ti. Haha... just how many tis have I thought that sa line? If I was so sort of protagonist in a detective series, I might as well make that my signature go-to line.

The whole, ‘the culprit is you’ thing, is overrated.

If Alicia’s troubles were related to the student council president, would hooking this crazy goth girl up with him solve the problem? It might. But I don’t even know the guy, what use would I be? It’s really not sothing I can help with.

“Hey, you got your money, can you get off of now?”

Her body jolted as she snapped back to reality.

“Yeah. The sooner I’m away from a creepy guy like you, the better.”

“Good.” I’m absolutely not getting involved in this. Whenever I get caught up in anything related to won, sothing terrible goes wrong. I’ve learned my lesson. Stay clear of them at all costs.

She stood up and headed back to the small bridge. I didn’t follow her, rather, I slid across the ice back to the snowbank on the opposite side and walked back to the mall. She followed from not too far behind.

“Why are you following ?” Annoyed when I noticed her, I turned around and asked her that.

“I’m not following you, I’m headed back to the mall to shop.”

It seed our destination was the sa. I picked up my pace, put a good amount of distance between us, and left her behind.

By the ti I made it to the bridge near the mall, she was a small speck in the distance.