The Dere Years

[I'm sorry about this being a late addition, and not working with my previous chronological format, but I got tired of waiting for one friend to reply and decided to skip past this part after everyone's reactions to my previous dating life parts. I never get a hushed silence reaction and didn't take it well.]

Thanks to previous chapters you know, I started Junior Year of high school alone and joined anime club. I never said was what my friends from that club did to cheer me up. They set me up with various girls in the club. I find it odd they chose stereotypes for different 'dere' classifications in anime. They even started with the most dangerous one!

My first date in Junior Year was with a yandere named Samantha. I won't call her by a nickname because I never gave her one, and because this is a likely chance she will stop following me. Yeah, after all these years, she still finds me and tries to continue the relationship. So, the date went fine, we went to a small restaurant by our school. Then, the waitress recognized me, and things got heated. Samantha threatened her with violence, and I had to get her away before she did more than that. As we left, I broke up with her. She told me she wouldn't give up, and I soon realized how much she meant it.

The next one they set me up with was a kamidere, in other words, a girl with a goddess complex. This was a week after the first date, and I was constantly hearing about fights between two girls in the school. I could guess who it was, but I didn't care. So, I broke up with the kamidere, and my friends decided to set me up with a himedere who was on the cheerleading squad. I don't know how they pulled off half of their set-ups, but they knew how to do it. This was going fine for around three weeks, until Samantha, the kamidere, and the himedere got into a huge fight. Sadly, I was the cause. However, I took it as a show. If you think that's cruel just know Samantha carried weapons, the kamidere had hidden sharpened rulers, and the himedere was similar to Harley Quinn. So, with zero combat knowledge at the time, I couldn't do anything. This was before I learned how to swordfight, and one of the reasons I took it up.

Anyway, those three weren't expelled, but ISS for two months meant I was free for a little bit. I started my tutoring and electronics fixing business around the same time. Too bad my friends sent me another dere stereotype to date that needed tutoring. I knew her already, Mario's little sister, and she had started going by Peach. I don't know why, but, knowing her brother, it was probably a messed up prank or joke that caused it. Anyway, she was the bakadere, in other words, an airhead. Tutoring was useless, and I quickly cut her off because I didn't need to deal with a lost cause during the one time I could gauge my pupils' progress. That one was cruel, but I had more important things on my mind during that time.

After that, my friends waited until summer break before setting me up again. This time it was with someone who was dumped at graduation. She was obsessed with cats, going as far as adding cat accessories, but was also extremely calm and collected while having a sick sense of humor. We went on four dates, and each one was uncomfortable and fun at the same time. She had a habit of wanting to eat at fish places, but once we were done eating, it got awkward. She wouldn't just flirt but got extremely descriptive while flirting. In the end, we would leave the restaurant we went to and she would calm down and lean on my shoulder while we walked. I had to deal with a lot of calls sent back to the foster family during this time. Yet, she broke up with me. She thanked me for being there for her and said she was going to college because of what I did for her. Apparently, my friends set me up with her to stop a suicide attempt. In the end, I saved a life thanks to my friends.

When school started again, I was already making decent money with my personalized tech. The bad news was I started attracting Kanedere, as in gold diggers. My friends told me to choose one, but after the previous year, I thought I would pick someone else. I felt like a loner even when around friends, so I decided to find someone who would feel the same way. I ended up dating a shundere and utsudere, both known for depression. I was able to get them to open up, but we broke up after seeing that despite starting out the same, we never connected in any other way. After that, my friends set me up with a deredere, I wanted a change from the depressing situation I put myself through, so I started dating this girl who was always happy. It was great until she asked about my past. I guess she thought she could help, but with how my life was up to that point, she was asking too much. She broke up with me, saying she could never be with such a sad person. I was fine with it. So, after that, I realized I had been followed by someone for the first time in years.

It turns out, my high school was selected to host a student from South Korea that year. This girl didn't know a lot of English, and pretty much stayed near the anime club members because some of them could understand her easily. Then, she started following me, and I had just noticed her because she was watching the breakup. Everyone called her Tsun. I would learn why later. I asked her out, but she didn't understand. In the end, I learned a few phrases in Korean to help myself communicate with her. Simple phrases like, "that is __" and even learned how to ask her out. The foster family went nuts when they found out, saying I was using her and making a bunch of other false claims. In the end, I rejoined the anime club to be with her. We were the only people left behind to clean during every meeting. Even going so far as to play KPop and dance a bit while cleaning. I was falling in love again, and decided to learn how to tell her. Within a month of graduation, I finally had learned. It was the last club meeting for the year, and I told Tsun, "Salanghae, Tsun. Geuligo nan dangsin-i algo sip-eo." She told me something that confirmed why they called her Tsun. She was a tsundere. Her exact words were,"Nan neol salanghae, neon hangsang nae kkeoya baka." I knew enough to see what she meant. I had basically told her I loved her and wanted to show it. And she told me she loved me, and I would always be hers. But the last word, that was what clinched it. She was a tsundere, and I had helped her be less shy by being her boyfriend. That day, we decided to finish quickly and go to the mall. When we got there, she ended up asking for a few items, and I bought them. I bought her a silver bracelet, a blue necklace, and a faux gold watch in the shape of a heart. When we left, she kissed me and went off on her own. At that moment, I noticed the foster family was getting out of a car around a few yards away. They had seen everything, and I knew they were planning a way to stop it thanks to them looking so mad but controlling themselves while in public.

Well, they waited until graduation. I had plans to be with Tsun after the celebration since her family wasn't in town. Yet, the foster parents stole my phone, and Tsun wouldn't even look at me during graduation. Even my friends looked ready to hurt me. I wanted to talk with them afterward, but I was rushed away by the foster family. When I got my phone back, I had noticed the foster family had sent a bunch of texts to every person from the anime club. As far as I know, all these years later, they ruined my social and love life, then deleted all evidence from the phone so I couldn't repair any of them. When I finally got a reply from someone, they said I had no chance of going back to being friends and Tsun had been through enough because of me. I'll never know what those texts said, but I do know they ruined my social life for months ahead.