Chapter 43 - Cried

Miyu blushed. She grabbed a pillow off her bed and snuggled her face into it. With a muffled voice, she yelled at the fox. "You're wrong! Why would I be jealous of a playboy like him?"

Arata continued to laugh, so much so that he began to choke and his white fur became Pinker around the areas of his cheeks, "Master, you're so cute when you're embarrassed! My gosh, you're adorable when you're in love!"

With every minute passing by of Arata laughing, the more Miyu became embarrassed. She stuffed her face with more and more pillow to cover her blushing face until she couldn't handle it. She threw the pillow at the fox and screamed, "No! Never! I'll never fall in love and that is a fact!"

Arata stopped laughing, fearful for his life. He stared at his master, wanting to say something. He didn't, though, worried that he would tick her off even more.

Miyu was panting, face red, with anger. She glared at Arata, "Get it through your head, Arata. I won't love anyone and no one will love me!"

A tear slid down her face. Her mad rant was over.

She fell down to the floor, knees first, a pushed her hands into her face. She began to bawl, spit and tears fell down her face and onto her hands. Arata noticed this and rushed over to her, "Master, master! Are you alright?"

Miyu cried even more and reached her wet hands out and caught Arata. She pulled him towards her body for some warmth. Arata decided to try to ignore the disgusting hands and instead comfort her, "What's wrong master? I'll help you in any way possible."

Miyu sniffled, "J-just, stay with me. D-don't leave m-me..."

Arata sighed and pushed himself into her embrace, "Silly, human. Of course I won't leave you."

Miyu smiled and patted his head, "Thank you. I don't think I would've survived these years without you."

Arata grinned arrogantly, "I know."

Miyu laughed and continued to rock Arata in her arms while she spilled silent tears and tried to control to swirling emotions in her stomach that she thought she already has gotten rid of.

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Ryota was disgusted. He was behind the school building with Kasumi and was talking calmly with her. He tried to not give her hope while trying to be friendly, so when he gets married she'll turn crazy and tell everyone that he's cheating. But, wow, this girl really has the hots for him.

She was pressing her arms together to accentuate her breasts and kept looking into his eyes with fluttering lashes. With every question he asked, like what her favorite food or color was, she always answered with the answers he wants to hear, like the same favorite color he likes or similar foods that he likes. Though he was kind of creeped out, he was also very impressed with how much this little girl knows about him. He wondered how she got all this information, probably from his mother.

Ryota wanted to roll his eyes as he watched her flip her hair for the millionth time to catch his wandering gaze.