Never Playing With You Again

"I think I've finally reached my popular phase"

"No you did not" answered Makoto without even looking at me

"No, I'm really sure! I think I might even get a girlfriend before you"

there's no doubt, I tried to play the fool multiple times but it's obvious after the kiss! Emma is in love with me, everything is connected!

"you remember what happened last time you said that right?"

"did I say it before...?"

I have a bad feeling about this...for the first time Makoto put his phone away and looked at me with a surprised face

"you really don't remember? is that how trauma works?"

"Oi just say it already!"

he thought about it for a moment and then he shrugged his shoulders and started talking

"a girl talked to you a bit back in middle school and you completely thought she was in love with you, you remember the rest right?"

He's trying his best to avoid the subject...I can really feel how bad it must have been if this guy can't talk freely about it...but man it can't be a misunderstanding

"she kissed me so it can't be wrong right?"

i wanted to keep it a secret but my pride stopped me from backing off without putting a fight

"wait is this like...an actual..real...kiss?"

"well no it's a..."

I continued with a low voice

"a kiss on the cheek"

I already feel my confidence going down damn..

"Oh, I see the girl must be Emma then"

"wait ho-I mean no she's not!"

"it's too late to hide it"

Tch he's only sharp when it comes to useless stuff like this...but how did he know?

"she's not accustomed with our traditions you know? kissing in some countries is the same as saying Hi"

there's no way that's true...right..?

"what're you looking at anyway?"

"changing the subject huh?"

he caught to my desperate attempt quickly but he didn't want to go further in the other topic so he answered me honestly

"top 10 ways to confess 100% guaranteed to work"

"I felt physical pain holy shit what are you even trying to do"

there's no way he's actually using the internet for something like this, there's no way he'll get any good advice

"what should I do then? ask you for advice?"

"...that's fair"

he probably should just go for the normal way but it won't be an effective advice coming from me

I sighed and looked at the time, we were supposed to have a club meeting today but no one is here for some reason, Chi-senpai asked us to wait but what are they doing?

after about ten minutes of waiting someone opened the door with a stupid smile

"let's play the king's game!"

Chi-senpai held a box with chopsticks and put it on the table, the rest of the girls followed her silently and took a seat looking as serious as ever

I gave Emma a look but she waved to me normally...no way right..?

"what's this game anyway?" I asked since everyone else seems familiar with it, even Emma who normally shared me the confusion

"Eh Arucchi don't know? we even played it before at the castle....well anyway, I'll just explain it quickly"

Makoto gaze is burning the back of my head but I'm not looking back, I can't explain even if I wanted to

"everyone will take a number from the box, the one who get the red one will be the king, the king will order the numbers to do something, you can't see the other's numbers so please don't cheat"

it's right that I can probably see it if I want but...let's not do that for now

Chi-senpai pulled a paper and put it on the table, purple writing on it

"it's Black magic, if someone refuse to obey the king they'll instantly die"

"Huh?"

I can't feel magic from it but...Chi-senpai might actually do something like this

"It was my plan to follow the orders from the beginning so it does not affect me"

Hiragi-senpai said confidentially and asked Suzuki who was trembling

"you mustn't be scared, just follow the rules"

"y-yeah that's right!"

the crazy thing about this situation is that no one could deny the possibility of the magic being real

anyway, just by knowing the rules I can have a good idea about how's the game gonna be

"now let's start"

Chi-senpai took a chopstick and pushed the box to me, there's still 5 inside, if I focused enough I can see the numbers but..

I closed my eyes and took a random one, at least for the first one I wanted it to be random, I slowly opened my eyes to check my number

2 huh...I'm kinda disappointed I didn't get the king but that shouldn't be bad, more importantly

"who is the king?" Chi-senpai asked energetically

the worst one to get the king would be Chi-senpai, her orders are obviously going to be extreme since she bothered to bring the magic thingy

I kinda trust the others won't go too far

"It's me It's me!!!"

Makoto shouted happily, but he soon stopped moving and started thinking deeply

"number 3 tell us your type"

that was a good command, he's obviously targeting Chi-senpai but it won't be bad if it was anyone else

"I am 3"

Hiragi-senpai raised her stick to show the number 3 written on it

"so? what's your type Hikari-chan?"

Chi-senpai asked with a smug

"it is difficult to narrow it down, but I will go with the thing I like the most"

she's obviously into Makoto so I'm wondering what's even good about this dude

"My type...is someone who is kind and put others before himself"

This is not my guy here, or...Tch, it kinda works even looking atchis stupid face now he doesn't even realize it's him

"let's go again"

this time I got 1, still not the King but I'll get there sometime...right?

"I am the king!"

Chi-senpai raised her stick highly

"you lowly people should kneel before your king!"

I'm genuinely worried about her commands...

"let's see...let's go with three and one come here and kneel!"

she was serious about it...and it had to be my number too huh?

I was going to refuse but Suzuki was already on the ground, Chi-senpai looked at me with a smile even though I didn't say my number yet....she didn't cheat right?

"I can't refuse now huh...?"

I scratched the back of my head and tried to finish this as fast as possible, Chi-senpai crossed her legs with a disgusting smile on her face

"this feels so good, maybe you should always treat me like this?"

my body is rejecting it more than I thought, it's because I don't want to see that attitude..

I sighed and went back to my seat, I only wish her the worst

"I AM THE KING"

yes, I need to think of something quickly...

"number 4 slap number 2 with all of your strength"

I secretly hoped that Chi-senpai would be the number 2

"I...a-am 4" Suzuki said hesitantly

her slap won't be that bad...that's unfortunate

"I am 2"

Emma smiled as she got closer to Suzuki readying herself for the slap

"I kinda feel bad now..."

well it can't be that bad right?

*BAM*

Emma flied through the room coming directly to me, I caught her in a second

"are you okay?!"

I asked quickly, that shit was an explosion right?

"you said to use all of my strength so..."

Chi-senpai wasn't the most dangerous in the room, I realized it now....Suzuki is crazy

"I'm okay that was nothing"

Emma stood up quickly to make a distant between us which made me feel a bit self-conscious, anyway there's not even...nah this girl is bleeding

"Are you sure you don't need any help?" I asked trying to conceal my disappointment

"No, it's nothing. Nose bleeding isn't something uncommon it'll stop in a second"

If you say so...

The next round, it's Suzuki's turn as a King, I felt a little nervous but she won't go f-

"number 3 take off your pants"

she's nuts, there's a limit to how much you can go...

"ummm do you hate me by any chance?"

Emma asked trying to cover her embarrassment...

"N-No I wasn't targeting you....I'm sorry"

Suzuki bowed apologetically, if you're that sorry what about not asking something like this.

"what should we do now..."

"you have to do it, that's the rules"

Makoto said teasing her, but Emma didn't buy his shit she threw her chair at him instantly, I caught it before it hits him bit that would've actually injured him if it landed

"Um...we will leave the room while you finish the order'

I said dragging Makoto who was still processing what happened a second ago

"Did she just try to fucking kill me right now?"

"Let's not go that far, she definitely knew I'd be able to react to it"

I said that but even I'm not convinced completely

"Hey Aru"

"No you will actually die this time"

"They won't notice"

"They will"

How can someone be this stupid, I sighed but to be fair it's a little bit, just a liiiiittle bit compelling

"Pervert"

Makoto had a disgusting smile on his face when he saw my reaction

"You're the one who said that first!"

"Haha don't tell me you believed me? I'm not interested in the bodies of kids"

"Sorry because I'm a kid"

Emma said with a cold smile on her face..yeah this guy won't survive to see tomorrow you can see that on the expression on his face

"Let's continue"

After a few seconds of awkward silence Chi-senpai pushed us back to our chairs

"I AM THE KING"

Once again it's Makoto's turn to decide, this time he had a better strategy

"3 4 and 1 tell us if you have anyone you're interested in"

This time instead of targeting a single person he add more people to the question, since there's 5 people other than him the chances of getting Chi-senpai to answer were high

I was caught in thinking about this obvious yet good strategy and forgot to check my number

"Ugh 3"

"I'll start first since my answer isn't interesting"

Chi-senpai crossed her fingers and answered

"I'm not interested in romance at all"

She made it clear to reject any other tries Makoto might have, but she's underestimating this guy a lot, instead of thinking of it as a sign to stop chasing her it would be more of a "I'm free you can try as hard as you want" just by looking at his face it's easy to know this much

"I'm on the same boat unfortunately I'm sorry for not providing any entertaining answer"

"Eh?"

The one who said that was Emma...calm down Aru, she could be just lying out of embarrassment...yes that's right

"I don't have anyone e-Ouch"

The paper suddenly stung me, although it didn't hurt it was still surprising, did Chi-senpai really put dark magic into this?wait it didn't have any effect on Emma does that mean...

"lying is bad Arucchi you can't deny the king's orders"

"Fuck it Yes I have someone I like are you satisfied?"

I covered my face in embarrassment waaaaaj I want to kill myself I completely misunderstood Emma's intentions and even said this embarrassing stuff in front of everyone Iwanttodierightnowpleasesomeonekillme

"Since Arucchi l's mental health is about to collapse let's end it witty two more rounds, Hikari-chan and Emma-chan didn't try the king role yet right?"

"Very well, I will take the king's role then"

Hiragi-senpai took the King's stick while everyone else took the other numbers randomly

"..."

Hiragi-senpai stared at me for a while, I guess she wants me to help her? Makoto's stick has the number 3 I can see that bit can I really help her...?

After a sigh I just decided to wink three times, everyone else in the room must've noticed it, Makoti shouldn't be able to notice since he's sitting next to me he can't see my face

"Number three pat the king's head"

"Huh?"

Makoto got embarrassed, his ears are as red as...something red I don't know what's important now was the fact that Hiragi-senpai was smiling! She smiles more often nowadays but it's still pretty rare! It was worth helping her

Makoto stood up awkwardly and patted Hiragi-senpai's head slightly, it was two seconds but it must've felt longer for them

"Now now let's go for the final round! EMMA-CHAN IS THE KING"

this time again, the king kept staring at me, what does she want? My number? Makoto's?

"..."

I winked one time

"Number one hug the king"

"Are you stupid?" Shouted Makoto

"Eww it's you? I'd rather die"

"That's my line!"

They started fighting again but...does that mean she wanted my number this time?

Since both parties refused to hug the dark magic kept trying to kill Makoto for a while, we managed to stop it before it did anything big...physically at least