Chapter 243 (2/2)

We’re…? We’re what!?

“… Not a couple, right?”

“Not… a couple, yeah…”

Rokuko hung her head with a serious look on her face Yeah, now it’s come to this

“… crap This is the Godly Co divine retribution…! What should I do, Rokuko?”

“Eh!? Ah, th-that? Umht when I give the peret set up with things like that?”

“Uhhh… yeah Definitely”

Seriously? Tell me sooner if you can ood then… Man, now that I know it’s fine, I’m tired Can I borrow it?”

“Eh? M outside, huh Meat, is anything wrong?”

“No, I just ca If you’re safe and back to yourself, that’s good”

Finished saying that, Meat left

Alright, let’s go back to sleep

“Hey, Kehma? … What kind of, err, what kind of relationshi+p do we have? We’re not… a couple, right?”

“… Yeah We’re not a couple We haven’t really went through a e or the formalities, after all”

“Is that… why? Kehma, do you not… want us to be a couple?”

Rokuko looked at me with an expression that seemed like she was about to cry

… It’s not like I don’t want to I mean, I definitely don’t dislike her Rather, I couldn’t think about anyone else in this world being my parter other than Rokuko Ah, irl… Which means Rokuko really is the only one

But if I say that we’re ht now, Haku-san would kill me Twice Once to remove [Super Transforone In other words, she wouldn’t stop killing me until I’m dead

“It doesn’t feel like we’re lovers, so… isn’t it alright to stick with being partners?”

Even if I said we’re lovers this far into our relationshi+p, I think I’d still get killed by Haku-san I don’t exactly want to be killed, so I feel like my best bet is to bulldoze forith our [Partner] set-up and not step on the landmines that are ‘lover’ and ‘married’ We’ve been like that this whole time, after all

“Then if you make someone else your lover, I’ll, I’ll… I’ll pout!”

“You’ll pout? Not oppose it?”

“Keh like that without a reason, so it’s alright But you do know that I’ll definitely pout about it, right? I’d need at least three servings of fresh melon bread”

“I don’t really think it’ll happen, but you should be really angry if it does”

“I’ll forgive you if it does! Nehee~”

I rubbed Rokuko on the head

… She sht

“Oh, u with Meat?”

“Eh? Meat’s a hug pilloould you stop?”

I just don’t get Rokuko so pilloadays, so it’d be a bit hard on ht… Meat is your exclusive hug pillow, isn’t she…? Could you lend her toher for a while now I’ll let you use the Godly Coe”

“Sure, why not”

Our negotiations concluded Now that I know there won’t be a divine retribution, there’s no reason for me to hesitate about the Godly Coht be addicted to it That isn’t a reason to hesitate froh

“We could also all three of us sleep together in the Godly coreat, let et back to sleep”

“Wait, Meat has a shi+ft and there’s only the two of the in can wait till later… How about we sleep till lunch?”

“Sure~”

Rokuko and I somehow arrived at a comproiveas how she was thein the Godly Comforter Not, let’s not It’s Leona, after all

Still though, pushi+ng forith our relationshi+p as ‘partners’… I don’t think the old me would’ve done that

Rokuko and I were—no, I think I was caring about the typical concept of ‘lovers’ and ‘couples’ too ot soe?