Chapter - 34: Stranger's Problems

In some moments, there may be really implausible behavior of the character, but this is my fantasy, so... I'm sorry if you don't like it

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At the moment when Hiro left Alice, leaving the girl alone, which she did not mind, because she felt that after the events that happened today, she needed to be alone and think about everything. Having prepared the bed for bed, Alice immediately lay down on it. Thoughts were spinning in her head about what she had experienced today. From meeting my grandfather to this day.

All this, of course, pleased her, especially since she could normalize relations with her cousin, but at the same moment it dawned on the girl that behind the changes that had taken place her cousin was someone who had recently sympathized with her, but until now she was not sure about it. But comparing everything that happened today and some moments that happened earlier, she realized that she was very pleased to spend time with this guy.

The girl also realized that throughout the party, some girls threw interested glances at the guy. And as a consequence of today's events, her cousin is beginning to like him, which Alice was categorically not happy about. The girl did not even have the thought of sharing a guy with other girls, given that the law of the country does not prohibit polygamy, even if it is her beloved cousin.

With this kind of thoughts, the girl spent time lying peacefully on the bed for about two hours. As soon as this thought crossed her mind, she thought about it, going over almost every development of events, but the most pleasant outcome for her was to appropriate the guy to herself. With this thought, she lay for a couple more minutes, after which she resolutely got up and headed towards Hiro's room, but still the girl restrained herself from running as fast as she could into the guy's room. Instead, the girl calmly left the room and headed towards the stairs, while leaning against the wall, as it was pitch dark.

The reason for refusing to run headlong to the guy was not because she was afraid of the dark, she just remembered the bounds of decency in time.

Coming closer and closer to the guy's room, she involuntarily stopped, noticing the light from the crack under the door. This fact only provoked an unknown idea, so, continuing to touch the wall with her hand, she went on, but only once again stopped a meter from the door, this time the reason for this was that a calm, with a bit of playfulness, the guy's voice reached her ears, as it turned out at the moment Hiro was talking on the phone with an unknown person to the girl. For a good couple of seconds, the girl struggled with her demon in her head, but in the end she gave up and decided to find out who he was talking to now. Leaning her ear against the door, she started trying to eavesdrop, but due to the fact that Hiro stopped the conversation, making the girl nervous, as she thought she had been discovered, but exhaling, the girl realized that he was only thinking about something before giving an answer.

But in those few seconds that she managed to secretly eavesdrop, she realized that the one the guy was talking to now was a girl. Her accelerated stream of thoughts was interrupted by the guy's next words, "Alice is not my girlfriend!

These few words plunged the spy girl into extreme shock, so she subconsciously did not listen to the guy's subsequent words. Trying not to make noise, the girl left the third floor as quietly as she came, but under the rare moonlight it was noticeable that a small trickle of tears flowed from the edges of her eyes, but she was too immersed in her thoughts. Running into her room, Alice lay down in bed and covered herself with a light blanket.

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Hiro, having descended to the second floor, headed towards the rooms where his two guests lived, but after taking only a few steps from the stairs, Hiro heard strange sounds from their room Alice. The guy decided not to pay attention to this situation yet, but first go to a stranger.

The stranger was lying on the bed, almost the same as Hiro put her on the bed a couple of hours ago, but it wasn't critical, after checking the rest, the guy came to the conclusion that the girl was recovering too quickly, since it took about three days for an ordinary inhabitant of this planet, but it took her only a couple of hours. Having covered the girl, the guy left the room and went to the next room.

Opening the door to the room, Hiro realized that the sound was coming from the side of the bed.

- Alice? Are you all right? - Hiro asked, still standing near the entrance.

- Hiro, what are you doing here? – Alice answered the question with a question, wiping the drops of tears from her cheek, since the light was still not on in the room, the girl thought that Hiro would not notice anything, but it was quite the opposite.

- I heard strange sounds from your room, so I thought something had happened to you, if everything is fine with you, then I'll probably go, I won't bother you, - the guy replied, avoiding the question about the girl's tears, – sorry! – closing the door, Hiro said, but was stopped by a voice.

- Wait, - Alice muttered, but the guy still heard her and stopped, - if that's the case, then you don't have to apologize! Can you stay here with me? - Alice asked forcefully.

- Of course! – Hiro answered briefly, because he understood what was wrong with the girl, it seemed that she was saddened by something, and at the same time delighted, to put it simply, the girl's behavior was difficult to explain, so Hiro sat down on a chair that was near the window without saying anything else, also opposite the bed.

- Listen, I still haven't thanked you for finally setting my cousin's mind straight, to be honest, I'm very grateful to you, but I'm tormented by one question, why did you do it? - Alice asked, in such an unusual tone for a girl that Hiro was surprised for a while.

- It's a difficult question, but I still have an answer, - said Hiro, pausing a little to think about how to tell the girl about it, - let's start with the fact that at my first meeting with her, I realized from her eyes that she was lonely, but because of what-then she can't open up to anyone, not Hisako, not even you! - Hiro replied, noticing that the girl was silent, he continued.

- That's right, my acquaintance with her made me think to help her open up, at least to the people closest to her, that's why I talked to her about it, but from your stories, I realized that Erina no longer needs my help, since the relationship between you has already improved, although there is some swearing, but you can't get away from it, because this is in the order of things, since there are no ideal relationships, although there are exceptions to the rules, but this is quite rare. - Hiro said, which caused a smile to appear on the girl's face.

- I do not deny your good intentions, but do you understand that now you occupy some place in her heart? - Alice asked resentfully.

- Yes, but it's not the most important thing, - he expressed his opinion, but after a short pause he added, - maybe as an opponent, or a friend, but not a lover in any way…

Although Hiro understood that he would take a place in Erina's heart, but, in extreme cases, on the same level with Soma, that is, as a rival friend, but in the end everything went wrong, maybe it's for the best…

- You see, now you yourself understand what you have done, although you were already on the mind of one girl, - with a blush on her cheeks, she continued, - did you not think that she was going through now? - Alice said, holding back tears.

- To be honest, I didn't think about it, since there has never been such a thing that several girls like me at the same time, especially since this is the first time that I am alone with a girl at such a late time, - at the end of the sentence, the wallpaper were so confused that they could not continue the conversation, but Hiro still-still found the strength to continue, - just don't get it wrong…

- I understand you perfectly well what you mean, - the girl said through embarrassment, - but why complicate everything so much in this situation?

The guy didn't have time to comprehend the girl's words, as she jumped out of bed and rushed into Hiro's arms, with words that the guy will hear throughout his life, but not the fact that from the same girl, - I like you! – burrowing deeper into the embrace in order to hide the embarrassment that almost led the girl to a heart attack.

Hiro was still sitting on the chair in a stupor, thinking over every word the girl said. Only after a couple of seconds, he realized everything that was happening, which he could not believe, but every deep breath of the girl only confirmed everything that had happened. And all this led the guy to such delight that he, without controlling himself, hugged the girl, with the same words that sounded a couple of moments ago.

- Alice, I like you too, forgive me for not understanding your feelings, - stroking the girl on the back, Hiro continued, - will you become my girlfriend?

Alice, who was longing for these words, straightened up and looked into the crystal clear blue eyes, which under the moonlight seemed even more beautiful than usual - Of course! – taking a deep breath, she kissed the guy on the cheek, once again confirming her attitude towards him.

After that kiss there was silence, but for each of them it was so pleasant that just a few minutes later, the girl in the arms fell asleep with a triumphant smile on her face.

Hiro's head at that moment was ready to explode from the overabundance of what had happened, but he decided to throw away the joy for now, instead he started thinking about the words of Rossweisse.

"Knowing the character of the bespectacled man, I think he found out that I had started to produce a fairly popular manga, so he decided to take away my rights to produce manga by a culinary duel? I wonder what he will give me in return?" - thought Hiro, stroking his white hair. He was not at all worried about the upcoming meeting with a member of the elite ten, namely the ninth number - "Does he really hope to take away my production rights, or did he find out that the companies themselves belong to me? If this is the case, then things start to seem much more serious than the previous one, although I still have to agree to his terms, I can't wait to meet him, since in the anime he is a pretty smart and insidious person, will he bribe the judges, as in the duel with Erina? Although this should not help him, since I own 15% of the shares of all Totsuki's possessions, although I do not own any power, but since I am now in a relationship with the director's granddaughter, I have some power, so I hope the judge will not screw up anywhere, as it may end badly for them!"

While the guy was thinking about what to do tomorrow, he felt that something was happening to his unknown guest in the next room. Hiro quickly got up from the chair, put the girl on the bed, and went into the next room.

After leaving the room, Hiro quietly closed the door, and after taking a couple of steps to the side, he went into the next room, where he beheld an unpleasant picture. In front of him, a girl who had been lying quietly on the bed for only a few tens of minutes, now the girl was lying, twisting, on the bed from side to side, while at every turn quiet growls slipped from her mouth, tears also flowed from her closed eyes, as if she had terrible dreams, but it seemed to her that that it was all real.

When suddenly the guy came up with an interesting, in his opinion, idea…

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If he started traveling through the worlds, which world do you think he should visit first? Don't forget that the main character can travel through the worlds of fan fiction...