I'm in a Messed Up Situation that I Couldn't Care More. - Chapter 47 My Heart Belongs to Aoi

Chapter 47 – My Heart Belongs to Aoi

It might have been a severe case of the flu or a heavy cold.

It took several days for my physical strength to recover.

During that time, I felt bad about staying at Aoi’s house the whole time, so I returned to the gym temporarily.

Aoi tried to stop me, though.

Once my energy returned, Aoi and I went back to “Hotel Another World.” 

It was the love hotel infested with those “barbaric women.”

Room 502, where the croissant man, Noguchi-san, had stayed, was empty.

“He must have taken the passage bag and run off.”

“I thought Noguchi-san wasn’t a bad person.”

Aoi gave me a look of exasperation when I said that.

“You probably think anyone who gives you food is a good person, Koichi.”

Before we knew it, the deadline for the promise with the fake Aoi was approaching— “2 a.m. one week later.”

Aoi and I were staking out the hotel, watching the people coming and going from a fast-food restaurant across the street.

Noguchi-san might come back.

That is what we were doing this for.

However, there was no sign of him.

All we saw were the barbaric women occasionally going out to find men.

“I wonder if Yuuka is doing okay.”

I ordered a hot tea and only drank the hot water, leaving the tea bag untouched.

Aoi was drinking coffee.

“The fake Aoi said she didn’t want the dark divergence to happen. 

If she hurts Yamaguchi-senpai, it might open the path to the dark divergence. 

So, for now, she should be treating her well.”

“……For now.”

I repeated Aoi’s words.

“What exactly is this dark divergence?”

“Well…”

Aoi took a sip of her coffee and began to explain.

“Never mind! It’s probably something bad that’s going to happen that I wouldn’t be able to imagine. 

I don’t think I can understand it even if you explain it, so you don’t have to.”

I sighed.

No matter how complicated the explanation, I probably wouldn’t understand it with my brain, and I’d forget it soon anyway.

“I’ll become the fake Aoi’s subordinate.”

“Koichi, I won’t let that happen.”

“I’ll just pretend to be her subordinate for now.

Then, when the opportunity arises, you can rescue me. 

Even if I get hurt, it won’t lead to the dark divergence, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

Aoi looked down.

“But… I don’t like it.”

She said in a small voice.

“Eh…?”

“The thought of you being at the mercy of that fake Aoi… I don’t like it.”

Aoi looked up at me with upturned eyes.

Her face was slightly red.

……Eh?

She’s so cute.

“Could it be that you’re jealous of the fake Aoi!?”

“Damn it! That’s not it!”

“Stop saying ‘damn’ like that. You’re a girl.”

I gently poked Aoi’s forehead.

“Even if I become the fake Aoi’s subordinate, my heart only belongs to you, Aoi.”

I said, looking straight into her eyes.

“Damn! I said something cool again!”

Aoi glared at me and pretended to punch me with her fist.

It had been a long time since Aoi punched or choked me.

The days we spent alone in the storage room of the club room felt like a distant past.