Taming the Yandere

Chapter 4 – The Yandere Getting Jealous

Chapter 4 – The Yandere Getting Jealous

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“See you later, Dane. Don’t go home without me.”

As if nothing happened, Daisy went back to her class, leaving me alone in the hallway. I could only blow some hot air from my mouth as I looked at her fading figure.

My parents are all aware of how much I tried to straighten Daisy’s path. However, that persistent woman only went back stronger than ever. Her obsession escalated to the point where our parents had accepted it as something normal. They laughed it off while saying that I should just marry her after we finished our studies.

They sure are pretty lax even if for someone with a crazy daughter and prospective daughter-in-law. I guess that I am the only sane person in our family.

“Hey, Dane. Can I talk to you right now?”

My train of thought was disturbed when a voice sweeter than honey made it to my ears. I looked back and saw a figure akin to a Goddess, smiling sweetly at me.

Isabella Gordon, the top of our class, had been my friend since we started junior high. Needless to say, we needed to conceal our friendship when Daisy started running amok.

We can only secretly converse with each other whenever Daisy is nowhere in sight. She is the most understanding person that I ever met in my entire life, to the point that she is willing to accept Daisy’s behavior without any negative remarks.

It was the same reason that I fell in love with her, head over heels, without a chance to look at another person. I felt sorry for Daisy, but I could never dictate my heart. Isabella is just too perfect no matter what.

“Yeah. The coast is clear.”

I reciprocated her smile, showing off my braces in the process. To be honest, until now, I can’t still see the reason why Daisy fell hard on me. I don’t have any redeeming qualities except for the fact that I excel academically, and we are childhood friends. I’m sure that she was just being blinded by the fact that I saved her when we were young, something that I couldn’t even remember that clearly now.

“Haha. Looks like you had another babysitting fiasco with our lovely Daisy. Anyway, I need to find this reference book this weekend. Can you spare me a couple hours of your day?”

Isabella winked at me, and I couldn’t even tell if I was still alive after that. I felt like my soul jumped out of my body and it was still floating somewhere in the face of the world.

“Sure. Anything for you.”

I smiled awkwardly while preventing myself from asking if this was a date. We are just friends, I know it, and I couldn’t be hopeful to retain that friendship. It would be my loss if Isabella suddenly avoided me after I assumed that something was forming between us. It will surely break my heart and recovering would be the greatest struggle of my life.

“Awesome! See you this weekend, then. I’ll treat you to a nice sundae, I swear.”

Unconsciously, I laughed at her cute dance as she leaped away from me. My hand reached out to my heart and I felt it thump like crazy toward that classmate of mine.

Bad. So, so bad. I need to get my facts straight and not let this kind of emotion rule over me. There is no way that I would want to be another Daisy who brandishes her love like a deluded warrior.

In the end, I could only sigh as I gave myself a pat on the back after being able to control the urge of my youth. Good job, self. Keep up your hypocrisy until the last breath that your body can exhaust.

After all, I still need to prepare my mind for this upcoming weekend.

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“See you later. I’ll be quick.”

Days flew like they were meant to pass like nothing as I awaited my little trip with Isabella. As usual, I walked out of our door wearing the normal shirt and thick glasses that a dork like me wears. The only difference between me and those nerds is the fact that my body is pretty well-built for a bookworm.

I never train or exercise, so I guess that I should only be thankful to my father for giving me such specs. I inherited his stature and, unfortunately, his abnormalities when it comes to beetles.

I’m more than comfortable with this outfit and changing my wardrobe now would only be calling so much unnecessary attention. In particular, I don’t want Isabella to think that I purposefully dressed up and considered this trip as a date. No way in hell that I will commit such a basic mistake.

As for Daisy, I could only be thankful that she needed to attend her extra swimming lesson.

Escaping her would be the biggest hurdle of this day and I couldn’t be more grateful that I don’t have to spew some lies just to escape her grasp. It was a rare peaceful day that not even my big, fat brain was able to grasp the foreboding energy lurking within the corners of the city.

Isabella and I truly just went around some bookstores, looking for the item that she wanted to buy. After an hour or so, she finally bought it, and we ended our trip after she bought me the promised sundae. I thought that we would end up sitting inside that fast food chain until Isabella bade her goodbye.

She left me alone with my sundae, looking more and more like a dork with no future in this world.

I could only helplessly smile as I tasted the sweet melting sundae in my mouth. However, by some means, it turned bitter the moment it touched my tongue, representing the same bitterness in my heart.

“Did you enjoy your date?”

Like a husband who got caught after cheating on her wife, I almost jumped right on the spot when I saw Daisy’s figure standing right before me. Her expression is dark and so is her entire outfit. Her words let me realize that I was nothing but a frog, jumping inside the well. I never escaped her grasp, even for a single second.

“Since when did you start following me?”

Daisy smiled, but the darkness of her expression did not fade even a bit. It only sent a scary shiver to my skin as she took one step at a time to cross the distance between us.

“Since she said…“Hey, Dane. Can I talk to you right now?”

Crap. We are dead meat now.