Chapter 2: Legally Dodged Responsibility.

"Phew. Ah. Phew." A brunette with red eyes, who now looked no older than fifteen, suddenly found himself in the middle of the street, breathing heavily and clutching his chest. Bystanders stared in astonishment at the boy.

"Did I imagine that?"

"No, I think not. You saw that guy appear out of nowhere too, right?"

"Hey, kid. Were you abducted by UFOs or something? Do you understand human speech?"

A middle-aged fella with rectangular-lensed glasses addressed him. The brunette glanced at the fella suspiciously and took in the surrounding crowd.

He's home. He's home! Home! Home!

The brunette grinned widely. He looked at his hand; it was no longer trembling. He began to laugh loudly and hysterically.

The bystanders stared at him in shock and fear; many stopped looking and ran away, while some began recording him on their phones.

"How wonderful! What a wonderful damn feeling! I am the first person in the world to legally dodge responsibility! Kids, ahahaha. All that is in a past world that no one here even knows about, ahahaha. Hey pal, have you ever abandoned twelve pregnant women at once? It's a fantastic feeling. No guilt and a silent conscience. It's all in another world; those girls might not even exist. Maybe you're right? Perhaps I was abducted by aliens, put into some kind of simulation capsule. Yes! Maybe they were testing if humans could take responsibility for their actions. Sorry, dude, I failed their experiment. Now there will never be any contact between humans and other life forms, ahahaha!"

The brunette happily said, leaving the stunned fella behind and running ahead.

"Yes, baby! No monsters, no 'this is just the beginning'. I don't give a damn about that crap! Internet, proper toilets, games – all of it's back to me, ahahaha."

Later, I found out that only a week had passed since I disappeared. That means five years in another world equates to a week here. Of course, my parents were extremely worried and had lost hope, but upon seeing me, they began to cry and all that. When I told them I was in another world, they thought I got involved with drug addicts. Because of that, I had to undergo drug rehabilitation. It was quite painful.

I later found out that my abilities and skills, unfortunately, didn't vanish. The downside is that it's 100% proof that being in another world wasn't a dream, delusion, or alien brainwashing. But I already knew that since the sensations were too real to be a dream.

The black-haired one was lying on the bed, clenching and unclenching his hand.

But somehow I don't care. What's done is done. We will never see each other again, and I don't regret anything. It's their problem that they trusted me, barely knowing me. In addition, they all fell in love with me for very contrived reasons, even though it was all real, but they all behaved like third-rate characters in some fantasy manga. Yandere, tsundere, kuudere, the knight-girl who values honor and all that. They fell in love with me just because I was a strong hero, and calmly agreed to be in my harem, not paying attention to the fact that besides them, I also have sex with other girls. What normal girl would agree to that? That's why I don't care; that's why I see them more as imaginary friends than people. Hmm.

"Are you listening?"

"Huh?" The brunette with red eyes was walking down the school corridor with a brown-haired boy with green eyes. The brown-haired boy with green eyes narrowed his eyes and looked suspiciously at the brunette.

"I can't understand. What happened to you this week? Just look at yourself. Not only do you have a body like a playboy, but you also don't pay attention to any girl. You. The biggest pervert in our school!"

Well, even though I've returned to my own body, as I said, my abilities and stats haven't gone anywhere, so neither has my musculature. Although I've become the same height as I was at 15. Well, that's probably a positive thing. There's a chance I'll grow even taller than I was at 20. Back then, I was 179 cm tall. I've always dreamed of being 180 cm, so I need to try harder. I'll eat more foods that stimulate growth and hang on the horizontal bar more often. At least now I'm more chill about training.

"Hey! Hey! Can you hear me at all? Look, just look at you! The most beautiful girl in our school just smiled at you! Hey! Wait a minute, this is the one you've been crushing on since middle school, and who has rejected you dozens of times! You used to squirm with delight, but you didn't even look at her! Listen, is this really Akihiro Suzuki that I know? Really? Hey, answer me!"

It's true. If I think about it, after everything I've been through, girls no longer attract me. If before, when I looked at girls, I felt lust and desire, now... I feel nausea.

Akihiro entered the classroom and carefully looked over all the girls in his class, who blushed slightly from his gaze.

"Hey, don't you think that Suzuki-kun is, um... How should I say..."

"Became hot, right?"

"Yes, for some reason he seems much more attractive to me than before."

Now I can't feel anything for girls at all. Whenever I now imagine something lewd with them, an image immediately comes to mind of them showing me a test with two stripes, and I start to feel nauseous... Plus, I probably will never again be able to believe that girls are attracted to me for myself, and not my body and appearance. Maybe I should try switching to guys? – thought the red-eyed boy, looking carefully at his friend, who shivered and grabbed his shoulders.

"Hey, Akihiro. I don't know why, but you're scaring me somehow."

"No, he's certainly a handsome guy, and the most attractive thing about him is that he can't get pregnant, but do I want him? No, unfortunately, yaoi doesn't particularly interest me. Maybe I should try to find a trap? Or maybe just give up on all of this and live for myself."

"What's wrong with you? Why have you been so quiet for the past week? By the way, are you still thinking about starting a band or have you finally given up on that idea?"

"Band." Akihiro repeated and widened his eyes.

That's right, before I ended up in this world, I had dreamed of becoming a rocker, but due to my frequent depression, lack of self-confidence, laziness, and inability to focus, I abandoned all my songs, hardly having started composing them. Now, I've become much more patient; maybe I'll be able to do it.

"Thank you, Yasuhiro. You've been a big help." the brunette smiled.

"Eh? You're welcome, I guess. No, seriously, man, you've changed a lot. Though, in any case, I'm glad you're with us." Yasuhiro looked thoughtfully at the brunette and then smiled.

After that, nothing much happened.