412 After Story: Emilys Proposal 2 (1/2)
'If I'm having trouble now in just giving the ring, how am I going to deal with married life, and with Emi no less?... I already tried my best but I guess I was never fit for her nor was I fit to be part of the Mercenary Club.'
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Kei was feeling a bit depressed since after failing to propose and losing the ring again, he had read an article about the Mercenary Club. The article focused on each of the members of the Mercenary Club.
When Kei read the article he was once again reminded of how absurd his friends were. On the other hand, when they got to the part about him it was lackluster compared to the others. Kei looked at the article again and sighed.
'I've changed so much and I tried so hard but all of that was for naught, I still couldn't keep up with them. Am I really right for Emily?... She's bright, she's beautiful, she's fun to be with, she could've gotten anyone she wanted, but she still chose me... If I break up with her she would kill me... Maybe it's okay to die if it was by her hands.'
While Kei was walking deep in thought he suddenly remembered that he had a date with Emily later. He was going to propose to her then, but now that he had lost the ring, he didn't feel like meeting with Emily today. He would feel too ashamed to face her. Kei then took out his phone and called Emily, after a few rings she picked up.
”Hey Emi, I'm sorry but I have something important that I need to do so that date of ours I won't be able to come.” Kei was ready for Emily to scream in anger and teleport beside him, but to his surprise, she didn't do that.
”Oh it's alright, I'm actually with onii-chan right now, and we were planning to go out and do something.” When Kei heard that Emily was with Kyle, he was once again surprised. Didn't he just call Kyle a while ago, does Emily know about the proposal? As Kei was about to ask Emily she spoke first interrupting him.
”Alrighty Kei, see you, bye-bye, love you.” Emily ended the call there and then. Kei's mind was in a mess as he looked at the ended call.
'What are they doing? Did Kyle tell Emi about the failed proposals?... Damn, of course, he did after that many repeated failures even someone as cool as Kyle would've found it frustrating. Will he advise Emi to break up with me? Well even if he does Emi won't do it, would she?... Now that I think about it, she might actually do it Emi loves Kyle way too much... Am I screwed? Wait this might be a good thing, I love Emi too much to force her to marry a screw-up like me. Still, can I give her up to another man?'
Kei felt truly embarrassed as he bowed his head and said sorry to everyone present. He then showed his badge to the gathered people and told them that he was part of the police force and reassured them that no one needs to worry. Once he was done apologizing and explaining the situation Kei quickly left the scene.
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Kei continued to be depressed as he wandered around the streets. While he was walking he had bumped into some criminals and was able to swiftly apprehend them. He then went to the nearest station to drop them off.