Chapter 7 Living in the Game

Living in the Game

Summer of the second year of junior high school. I learned the truth about this world.

“Ha, ha, ha.”

I wake up and drag myself out of bed.

Wet.

Sweat poured down my body like a waterfall.

“Ahhhh!!!”

I let out an inaudible scream.

Mia was going to be cuckolded.

I can be sure of this because my dream told me so.

She’s my childhood friend, whom I love and with whom I should be together.

She will be cuckolded by the protagonist.

It’s a dream, but it’s not a dream. It was real.

For some reason, I thought so.

I want to deny it. But I can’t deny it.

Mia …

What should I do?

No, I can’t do anything.

This world is a game.

I am the side character and Mia is the heroine.

That’s the way it is and it can’t be changed.

“Damn!”

What a f🬀🬀king game. Die!

I hit my thigh, feeling helpless.

“Akito, Mia-chan is here!”

At the sound of my mother’s voice, I grabbed my bag and went outside.

“Good morning, Aki-kun!”

Mia smiled as usual.

“Good morning, …”

“What’s up? You look pale? What’s wrong?”

Mia came over worried and put her hand on my forehead.

“I don’t think you have a fever. Aki-kun, are you okay?”

“… yes.”

Stop!

I’m still trying to sort out my mind. I’m still a mess.

I don’t know what kind of face to make.

I don’t know how to fix it.

Don’t smile at me.

Don’t touch me.

Don’t look so worried.

Mia will belong to the protagonist, won’t she?

I’m in pain.

—Why?

Because Mia is being cuckolded.

—Why does it hurt to be cuckolded?

Because I love Mia.

—Why do you love her?

It’s not logical. I just love her.

—You’re a sick man.

Shut up!

—The future doesn’t work, does it?

I’m a minor player! I can’t change it!

—Then forget it.

Forget what?

—Forget everything you feel for Mia. Erase it all. Leave no trace. If you can’t, hide her deep inside you. Lock it away, out of sight. You’ll forget her.

… yeah, got it.

“Mia.”

“… hmm? What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well? Then you can rest today.”

“Go out with me.”

Mia’s eyes grow wide.

Her face turns red, and even the tips of her ears turn red.

“… is ‘that’ what you mean?”

A drop forms in the corner of Mia’s eye.

“Yeah.”

“Me too, I’ve loved you for a long, long time!”

Mia tells her feelings with a big smile on her face.

‘Me too,’ huh?

“What’s your answer?”

I asked and Mia jumped into my chest.

That was her answer.

This world was a shitty game.

But that was fine.

I will act until my part is done. I will endure until I am released.