Chapter 71 - Betrayal

*shove*

Arata fell off the bed in a crash. He groaned as he stood up, hurt from the impact. He stretched his back and yowled, "What was that for?"

Miyu groaned as well, "Why are you even on my bed? Didn't I forbid you from it?"

Arata shrugged his shoulders,"Maybe, maybe not. But you were unconsciousness, so you didn't know."

Miyu lifted her body up from off the bed and clutched her head in her hands in pain, "What happened?"

Arata climbed up and onto the bedside table next to her and said, "Well, you fainted after your stepmother beat you..."

He licked his paws for a second and then continued, "So Ryota and I jumped through the window after she and her daughters left. We healed you up and put you on your bed."

Miyu shook her head, trying to make herself see straight. After a while of trying to focus her spinning vision, she said, "Speaking of Ryota, where is he?"

Arata coughed at the question and looked away from her. Miyu tried to capture gazes with Arata, but he kept avoiding her gaze.

Miyu sighed loudly, "Arata, what are you hiding?"

Arata mumbled, "Nothing. Nothing at all."

Miyu got up from her bed and lifted Arata off the table to face her and made him look into her eyes, "Don't lie to me, you know you can't."

Arata stared into her eyes with absolute defiance, trying not to admit a single thing, "I won't tell you anything."

Miyu stared at him a bit longer before sighing and dropping him. She sat onto the edge of her bed and thought about what Ryota is doing. Besides the obvious, she thinks about what else he might try to do with her being unconscious.

Arata hopped onto the bed next to her and asked, "How are you feeling? Are you sore? Dizzy?"

Miyu smiled and petted Arata's back, "I'm fine."

Arata purred and laid onto his back, asking for some belly scratches.

Miyu laughs, "Sometimes I forget that you're a king fox with powerful skills. You act more like a spoiled cat!"

Arata glared at her, "Just because I like being pampered doesn't mean I'm spoiled."

Miyu laughs and begins to tickle him, "Sure!"

Arata shivers and runs away. He hid underneath her desk as he stared down at her, hard.

Arata grumbled, "Why the hell did you do that?"

Miyu laughed on the bed so badly that tears were coming out of her eyes. She was clutching her stomach and her breathes came out like heaves. Her throat hurt and it was dry.

Arata growled at her, preparing himself to pounce, "You knew I was sensitive, and you still decided to tickle me. That's betrayal!"