63 Two Half-Naked Man in Each Other's Arms
Miyu-chan's eyes widened, and she squeaked in surprise!
"Ohh my!" She covered her mouth to stifle the sound. The girl stared at the pretty men in a compromising scene, and couldn't take her eyes off them. "Yep, Miyu-chan. It's exactly what you are thinking," Haruki spoke, using the situation in their favor. She would stop hitting on Takashi and possibly trigger his traumas.
"Ha ha ha, Haruki-san, you are such a joker! I heard it all from outside. You are bros. This is so cute, aw! I LOVED IT! I love bromance!!!" Miyu-chan made a little child's voice, in awe.
Haruki released his arms. But Takashi held him tight, grabbing his arms and preventing Haruki from moving away.
The singer looked at him for an explanation. Takashi looked down, making Haruki remember he was without his pants.
"Since you got us, Miyu-chan we need some privacy. My pants are wet. Can you go for a walk elsewhere?" Haruki strove to be polite and recover from the embarrassing surprise.
"Of course, Haruki-san! But only if you promise to go outside later and take some pictures with me in the snow."
The girl made hearts with the index fingers and thumbs of her hands, placing them next to her face, which was already beautifully framed by the gray fur hood.
"Yes, Miyu-chan, I will. But please, leave now for me to get dressed." Takashi asked politely.
"Okay, brothers. Just please clarify something before I go. If Haruki had wetted his pants, why are Takashi-san the one in underwear?"
"Ohh!" Takashi blushed, opening his mouth and mouthing something inaudible without answering the question.
"Grr," Haruki grunted.
Miyu-chan smirked and waltzed out of sight, leaving them alone.
Takashi closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before revealing,
"I'm just holding on to knowing she doesn't know the truth."
Haruki nodded in agreement. But he knew the girl was researching who he was, and she saw news of his disappearance in the press. The singer couldn't say whether Miyu-chan still didn't know what was going on there. Or if she didn't even suspect that something was at least suspect in this virtual reality.
Haruki was brought out of his thoughts by a knock on the door.
"Come in," Haruki replied, thinking it was Miyu-chan again.
"Delivery to Takeda-san. And for Noguchi-san." an android with two big gift boxes entered.
They acknowledged receipt, approaching their smartwatch to the device the android showed them. Immediately a message arrived at the singer's device. Haruki stopped to see what it was this time.
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New System Messages:
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Takeda Haruki won 1 point of happiness!
Total: 4 points
Happiness Status: (4) DOWNCAST
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Takeda Haruki has just done MODERATE PHYSICAL EXERCISES for 20 minutes.
Takeda Haruki won 2% health
UPDATED STATUS:
CHARISM 53%
INTELLIGENCE 50%
HEALTH 62%
[10,344 DIAMONDS IN ACCOUNT]
[Permanent defect: (1) OPEN]
[FEATS: (1) - OPEN]
[EQUIPPED ITEMS: (1/4) OPEN]
- Poker Face (Emotion Display Off)
[EQUIPABBLE ITEMS IN THE INVENTORY: (2) OPEN]
-Fox Mask (+ 5% CHARISMA)
-Diamond and Gold Rings (+ 5% INTELLIGENCE)
[STORE] (10037) OPEN
Happiness Status: (4) INDIFFERENT
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When opening his gift, Haruki found a white overcoat and other common clothes, to compose a minimalist monochromatic look with a turtleneck blouse and white pants. But he also found a small white box with a pair of exquisitely crafted small hoop earrings. Two small diamonds adorned the otherwise minimalist jewels.
With a card signed by Miyu-chan,
~ Haruki dear, hurry up! The snow is melting fast. ~
Curious, the singer went to look at what his new bro had received as a gift. It was a black overcoat and a stylish hat. In addition to a nice fitting black shirt and pants. In a box, a pair of fingerless leather gloves seemed to be special enough to make Takashi look twice.
"Come on, Takashi, it wasn't too bad to be the favorite. And those clothes are at least dry," he patted the artist on the back cheerfully.
The singer happily donned his new outfits for not having to return to his master suite wearing the show's outfits. And even happier to have won something warm and cozy. Besides the earrings he equipped right away, increasing his intelligence stats promptly. Now he saw the urgent need for him to study the system and learn how to use the advantages, how to increase the attributes, etc.
Haruki and Takashi joined the girl in the lookout when they are properly dressed, and take the promised photos.
Miyu-chan was trying to make a snowman. The small amount of snow, melting fastly, was an obstacle to her artistic expression.
"It would be cool if it snowed again, I didn't even see the first snow," Haruki whined.
"Yay! You arrived. Let's take a picture, quick!"
Miyu-chan ran towards them and smiled looking up. Then she turned to the singer and said,
"Haruki, you're stunningly beautiful all smudged like that!"
Miyu-chan spoke, doing another pose to be photographed.
"What do you mean, smudgy?" I confused Haruki.
"Your eyes are smeared with black eyeliner. But as Miyu-chan said, it's really cute," Takashi explained. "Miyu-chan, where's your camera at?"
"My system is biovirtual. I just need to position my eyes and focus my thinking, Takashi-san. What about snowing again…? I have another snow shower to use today, and I thought it would snow when we go to the shrine, Haruki-san."
"So you made it snow here?"
"Yes, Haruki. The Tanabata Matsuri Destiny is one hundred percent mine. The developers made it a game inside a game, and I am building its interior. It's my dream. When I was a child, and my mother was still alive, we went to the sanctuary Ise in Mie Prefecture. After visiting it, our family would go to the Tanabata Matsuri. In the sanctuary, my mother told me that the festival celebrated the romantic encounter between Princess Orihime and the cattle farmer Hikoboshi who cross the Milky Way once a year to meet again. That day was the happiest day we spent together," Miyu's eyes filled with tears. She wiped them away quickly before they fell on her face.
Haruki's mind, inspired by Miyu's speech, brought to the surface several special moments in his life, together with his family and friends. To his dismay, the moment he and Jun were sitting in the sand of the Princess Island's shore, looking at each other's lips, and connected by that thrilling electricity running between them, popped up in his mind, too.
