CHAPTER - 33: Ninth place? (Bonus)

In one of the rooms of a three-story house, a couple of people were sitting. Throughout the area, the room was illuminated with bluish illumination. One of them was a handsome yellow-haired guy who was standing behind a red computer chair, on which a silver-haired beauty was sitting and reading a magazine about new culinary innovations.

The cover of the magazine depicted a man in a blue tuxedo, with short brown hair, and noticeably sharp eyes. Next to him stood a tall girl with long scarlet hair, bangs, which covers the left eye.

Every time Alice turned the page, she sighed a little, then nodded as if agreeing with something. While Hiro stood behind her with a smile and watched these innovations, as he thought it was understandable from the very beginning, but it was still interesting to learn the experience of the older generation, although biased.

After only a couple of minutes, after finishing the preparation, Alice was so focused on the new, read information that she did not notice several of Hiro's movements. It turned out that the guy, without warning the girl, started a live broadcast. Alice, who did not know this, continued to sit in front of the computer, looking through a magazine that was interesting to her, which also interested several viewers who had just come. After a couple of minutes of silence, Hiro finally warned Alice about the start of the broadcast.

- Alice, maybe you can say something? - Hiro asked with a smile, as several tens of thousands of people were watching her right now.

- Why? There are still a few minutes before the start of the live broadcast, - the girl reasoned, finishing flipping through the magazine in her hands, - do you have a laptop? I just wanted to see more information! - The girl asked, after which Hiro pulled a white laptop out of the closet without saying anything.

After a few seconds, Hiro noticed that his joke had no effect, decided to warn the girl again.

- Well, if you haven't noticed yet, the live broadcast has already begun! - Hiro said a few words, which shocked the girl.

While the girl was trying to figure out what was going on around her, Hiro started talking to people who came after the notification of the beginning. Naturally, almost the entire audience of 100 thousand people was interested in the drawing of the games, as well as the recommendations of their beloved Minako.

- Hello everyone! – after these words, the whole chat was filled with all sorts of greetings and emoticons.

- I'm glad that you came today to this little prize draw, which is dedicated to the imminent release of this phone. – Hiro spoke out, showing the phone that was bought in the store a couple of days ago. The audience, who saw additional information about which no one had told them anything, became enraged, but soon came to their senses after the following words of the presenter.

- Don't get so excited! You didn't miss anything, especially since some of you probably heard about the imminent presentation of this device. If not, then don't worry, the presentation will be held online, that is, on this channel. Let's talk, and the prize draw will start in half an hour. Do you have any questions? - Hiro calmly asked the enraged audience, but everyone completely forgot about the existence of some person who finally came to her senses

- How could you do that!? - Alice suddenly stood up and asked the smiling guy, which did not calm the girl one iota, but only made her even more excited.

- I just wanted to! What will I get for it? - Hiro asked, still smiling. Now it was the chat's turn to feel ignored, but they did not show any dissatisfaction at all, but only continued to watch with rare teasing of the characters, but only one comment stood out.

Cherry: Is my En-chan being teased? They won't believe who I tell! – this comment stood out strongly among a variety of cute emoticons. Which also distracted Alice from the showdown with Hiro.

- Is that you, Satsuki? Where are you from here? And who is teasing whom? – I immediately recognized my friend Alice by her characteristic name, since no one else calls her that.

Half an hour later, it was time to play the previously agreed prizes. At the moment, Hiro conditionally met Alice's friend, and also agreed to meet her and Teresa someday. Teresa is a new friend they met today. At the same time, Hiro answered some questions that interested the audience, but there was nothing serious.

- Well, it's time for what you're all here for! - Hiro said with a smile. Alice was sitting on a soft ottoman a little behind Hiro and was talking on the phone, when she heard about the start of the draw, the girl quickly stopped the call and walked up to the guy with a quick step.

- That we are already starting, let me help you! - Alice said enthusiastically.

- No problem, what do you want to do... - asked Hiro.

That's how the couple held a prize draw for two hours. After finishing the live broadcast, Hiro looked out the window and noticed that it was already quite dark, and looking at the clock, the guy realized that it was almost midnight. So Hiro looked at Alice and asked, - What are you going to do? Will you stay or go home?

- Why ask, I've already warned someone long ago that I won't be home today, - Alice replied with a smile, showing the phone screen on which the dialogue between Alice and Re was visible, - aren't you happy to stay with me in an empty house? - Alice asked with a malicious smile.

- I don't mind if you stay, but for the sake of decency, I'll say we'll sleep in two different rooms! -Hiro replied with a smile similar to Alice's.

- What? - Alice asked, as if she wasn't happy about it, but actually, she thought it was a good thing.

- Oh, do you really want to sleep in the same room with me, – while Alice pondered the words the guy said, he continued, - I can arrange it if you want!

- ... ah!? Don't tease me, - Alice exclaimed, then, hiding her embarrassment, asked, - where will my room be?

- Come on, I'll show you! - Hiro replied, and left the room in a great mood, followed by Alice, muttering something to herself.

Hiro left the room and went into the next room. Alice was standing in the hallway, looking at Hiro curiously, but a slight embarrassment was still visible on her face.

When the guy came out, the girl noticed a set of pastel underwear in his hands, after which Hiro said, - let's go, your room is on the second floor! – going down the stairs.

- And where will you sleep? - Alice asked with interest, as she noticed during the descent that there were 4 rooms on the floor. After the tour a couple of days ago, she knew that there were two guest rooms, one bathroom, and also one large laundry room.

- On the third! - Hiro answered shortly, approaching the room that was next to the stranger's room.

- I understand, thank you for sheltering me, then I'll do it myself! – the girl spoke out, taking a set of underwear from Hiro's hands. The room looked similar to the one in which the stranger lives, except that the room had two windows instead of one.

- Okay, I'll go, sweet dreams! - Hiro replied with a bright smile on his face, as he was glad.

The guy, after saying goodbye to Alice, headed back to the third floor, to his room. Hiro's bedroom was radically different from the guest rooms, most importantly in that there was access to a spacious loggia. In addition, there were all sorts of modern gadgets, for example, an ultra-thin TV hung on the wall.

At the moment when Hiro was about to go to the bathroom to wash, his phone suddenly rang. Looking at the person who called him at such a late hour, Hiro was a little surprised.

- Hello, Secretary-san, what's the reason you're calling me so late at night? - Hiro asked with a smirk.

- Hello Hiro-san! I'm calling you in order to tell you some information that may be useful to you in the future! – the girl expressed her idea, judging by the voice, completely ignoring the attempts to tease her, from the guy.

- Oh, interesting, let me listen to you carefully! - Hiro replied in surprise, as he did not expect this.

At the moment, in one of the apartments of a luxury house, a girl was sitting in front of a computer. She was wearing pink pajamas and black glasses, which gave her an aura of seriousness, but also childishness. The girl within a couple of days of searching for information, under the influence of adrenaline, called her boss, despite the late time. But when she heard her boss's question, at first, the girl kept a calm mood, but as soon as she began to comprehend the situation that had happened, she began to be embarrassed.

Hiro, who did not hear the answer from the girl, excitedly asked, - Rossweisse-chan, are you okay, why are you silent?

The girl who called turned out to be his assistant's assistant, to put it simply, Rossweisse could be considered Hiro's secretary.

- Sorry, something happened that I didn't foresee, but now everything is back to normal! - Rossweisse answered quickly, restoring her former calm, which seemed very difficult to the girl, but still she did it.

- So what did you want to tell me? - Hiro asked, exhaling.

- Well, recently a guy named Etsuya Eizan ordered someone to investigate your case from about the moment you started studying at school, as well as at the moment when your projects were released to the world! But since I couldn't identify it right away, I spent the whole day trying to figure out who wanted your information! – she told me about everything, but also did not forget to complain, which did not escape Hiro's attention, but only caused a smile on his part.

Hearing the girl's answer, Hiro was not a bit surprised, as he expected this, especially considering Etsuya's character, but he was interested in something else entirely.

- Thank you, what do you want as compensation? - Hiro asked, as he could tell from the girl's tone that she was expecting praise or compensation.

- I would like to go for a walk with you tomorrow, – Rossweisse said shyly, - at the same time I could discuss something with you about the release of your product.

- No problem, I'll see you tomorrow, - Hiro answered easily, - by the way, since when did you start looking through my file?

- Actually, I am doing this on the orders of Fi-san, since a couple of days ago your case was opened by at least two people, but since they were relatives of your girlfriend! – the girl calmly replied, but as it seemed to Hiro, he heard a note of resentment in the voice of Rossweisse.

- Alice is not my girlfriend, - Hiro replied, to which the girl on the other hand exhaled with relief, - at least not yet, but everything is still ahead, I've known her for less than two weeks, so it's too early to talk about it.

- Well, then I wish you good luck with your personal life! – the girl answered, but with more confidence in herself, as she realized that she still had a chance.

She didn't understand why, so suddenly she had feelings for the opposite sex, but she didn't have the slightest idea to resist it, since it seemed to her something so wonderful and pleasant, but also sad, since it wasn't mutual.

- Oh, it's nice to hear that someone cares about my personal life, then I hope that you will find your soulmate, - Hiro wished warmly, smiling, - I hope you will introduce me to your soulmate. I would be curious who could snatch such a beautiful flower as you, haha!

Hearing the guy's thoughts, Rossweisse couldn't find a place where she could hide now, but finding the strength, she replied, - don't worry about it!

And I thought to myself: "Maybe it won't be necessary, hee-hee!"

- I'll be glad! - Hiro replied shortly.

After these words, the couple continued to talk until late at night, after which they agreed to meet.

- then I'll wait for you at my house, after lunch! - Hiro said.

- Yes, I will try to be on time!

After finishing the conversation with his secretary, Hiro went to see how his guests were doing. The guy quickly found himself on the second floor, and the first thing that caught his eye was that strange sounds were coming from Alice's room. After quickly checking the stranger's condition, Hiro decided to go to Alice's room.

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Attention question: "What was Alice doing in her room?"