I loaded the dream game

"Brother, welcome back~"

Xia Zhi, who was lying on the sofa with her legs crossed and playing with her mobile phone, heard footsteps. She looked up and saw the black-haired boy walking into the living room. She greeted him happily.

"Yeah, I'm back." Xia Zhi nodded and replied casually.

……what?

Xia Zhi tilted her head slightly, looked at the boy with doubt, put down her phone and asked worriedly:

"Brother, what's wrong?"

I've been seen through. Is it so easy for others to see through my thoughts? Xia Zhi thought.

"I just got dumped." After thinking for a moment, he briefly summarized the situation and answered.

"Eh……"

The girl showed a look of realization.

Xia Zhi glanced at her and said, "You don't seem surprised at all?"

Xia Zhi swung her slender legs wrapped in black pantyhose, gently touched her chin with her fingers, and replied after thinking for a moment: "Well... After all, my brother has been cheating on so many girls, it's normal for him to be dumped after being exposed, right?"

"In fact, people like me and Kaguya who can accept it are actually a minority."

…I have to admit that what she said makes sense.

Xia Zhi sat up straight on the sofa and winked at him.

"So, as a brother who is heartbroken after a breakup, do you need a gentle and considerate sister to comfort you?"

"no need."

Xia Zhi threw his schoolbag on the sofa beside him and looked around. Ailu and the others were not in the living room. They were probably still in the room.

"I just came back to say that you don't have to cook my dinner tonight... Please tell Eluke and the others about it later."

As he spoke, he prepared to go upstairs to the bedroom to pack up some props.

Don't you have to cook for him?

Xia Zhi tilted her head slightly and watched the boy walk towards the stairs, not knowing what she was thinking.

When Xia Zhi walked into his room, he saw Hubie sitting obediently on a chair waiting for his return, and the crimson-haired Star God girl sleeping soundly on his bed.

"..."

He was also wondering where Ailuko had gone, and it turned out he was in his room.

Can you tell me how you got from your room to my bed?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart and looked at the storage box placed beside the bed. The space inside had been expanded through a ritual, and various props had been sorted out in advance.

Hubie is always so thoughtful.

Xia Zhi touched Hubie's little head, making her smile happily and comfortably.

"...Xiazhi, do you need Hubie's help?" Hubie asked after a brief moment of enjoyment.

“No need for that this time.”

Xia Zhi answered and put away the props that the girl had sorted out. Then he took off his school uniform and prepared to change into new clothes.

Seeing this, Hubie blinked and covered his eyes with his hands, indicating that he could not see anything.

The relationship has already come to this point, why do you still care about these aspects?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

Besides, you didn't cover it at all, did you?

"Woo..."

As if he was awakened by their movements, or as if he sensed the boy's approach, the sleeping Ailuko made a cute little hum and opened his eyes drowsily.

"...Xiazhi, you're back?"

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and welcomed him happily. Then she noticed that he seemed to be taking off his clothes and tilted her head slightly.

"Want to sleep?"

"It's okay, just go back to sleep." Xia Zhi said as he rubbed her hair.

"Oh……"

Ailuko nodded drowsily, lay down again, yawned under his gentle touch, and closed his eyes comfortably.

I fell asleep again very quickly. Is there no CD time at all?

Xia Zhi couldn't help but think.

After he changed his clothes and gave Hubie some simple instructions, he left the room.

Just as he came down from upstairs again, he saw Xia Zhi running back from the kitchen. She came to him and stuffed a small package into his hand.

"If I go to visit someone, how can I not bring some gifts?"

Xia Zhi said this and winked playfully.

"Need some encouragement from your lovely sister?"

In just a few minutes, I posted three self-praising adjectives to myself. Xia Zhi complained in his heart

Before he could answer, the girl had already made a decision on her own. After carefully looking in the direction of the stairs, she tiptoed slightly...

This one

Xia Zhi thought with some hesitation.

...Isn't it appropriate to encourage someone like this in this matter?

"..."

Looking at the girl with a cute blush on her cheeks, Xia Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed her head, and left the house with her "encouragement"

……

"..."

In the dim room, the girl lay motionless on the soft bed, hugging her pillow, ignoring the ticking sound of the clock on the desk, letting time pass quietly.

I don’t know how long it was, but the cell phone that was casually thrown on the bed suddenly lit up, and the ringtone echoed in the quiet room.

"..."

Fumbling to pick up the phone, looking at the caller's name displayed on it, Kato Megumi blinked and sat up in bed.

After hesitating for a moment, she pressed the answer button.

"……Hey?"

"Good afternoon, Hui." A familiar boy's voice came from the receiver. The warm greeting as usual made her smile involuntarily.

"Well, good afternoon."

Kato Hui responded softly, and after a pause, she continued, "But, we just separated, right?"

"Yeah, Hui Ke is really mean."

Xia Zhi sighed on the other side of the receiver

"Just like last night, if you said something like that and then left, I might not be able to sleep for two nights in a row, thinking about Kei all the time."

"Is that so...should I apologize?" Kato Megumi held the phone to her ears in both hands, her eyes falling on the slippers that she was casually fiddling with with her feet, and asked softly.

"No need to apologize. It's not Kei's fault after all."

Xia Zhi answered like this, and then continued: "However, the topic just now is not over yet, right?"

"Eh?"

Kato Hui was slightly stunned, showing a hesitant expression

"But……"

Before the girl could finish her words, Xia Zhi interrupted her and said, "Before I could respond, Hui walked away on her own. It can only be regarded as you unilaterally interrupting the conversation, right?"

"..."

The girl pursed her lips slightly, looked down at her toes that were not wearing slippers, and asked softly

"So, what is Xia Zhi's response?"

dong dong dong...

The moment she finished speaking, there were several soft knocks coming from the direction of the window.

With a premonition in her heart, Kato Megumi went to the window and opened the curtains, and sure enough, she saw the familiar figure outside.

"Did I bother you?"

Looking through the window at the clear eyes of the girl in the house, Xia Zhi asked her on the phone.

"Isn't it a little late to say it now?" Kato Megumi tilted her head slightly.

By the way, this is the second floor, right?

She glanced out the window and the passers-by didn't seem to notice what was happening here and didn't react to the scene at all.

Considering the amazing powers he possesses, this isn't surprising.

Despite this, Kato Megumi still opened the window so that the boy could come in first.

This should be the first time I came to Hui's room.

Resisting the urge to look around curiously, Xia Zhi seemed to have remembered something and asked hesitantly:

"Should I say hello to the uncles and aunts first?"

So, isn't it a little late to say this now?

"Mom and Dad haven't come back yet. I'm the only one at home now."

Kato Megumi shook her head and said.

this……

Maybe I tend to overthink things. Xia Zhi felt that the atmosphere became a little subtle after hearing this sentence.

Is the timing bad or just right?

On the other side, Kato Megumi, who was alone in a room with the boy, clenched her hands nervously.

After she said that, she didn't expect to get a response from the boy...or rather, it was unlikely to get any response if she said that unilaterally.

It should be said that it was unexpected, but according to Xia Zhi's personality, it was also reasonable.

After suppressing her excited heartbeat and taking a deep breath, Kato Megumi looked at the boy and asked:

"So, Xia Zhi...what do you want to say to me?"

Looking at the girl in front of him who seemed a little nervous compared to usual, Xia Zhi recalled what Mr. Madoka said.

Don't let the girl who likes you get hurt...

He took a deep breath and said, "I just wanted to say that I guessed wrong."

"Eh?"

The girl was stunned again.

"I don't want to solve it in the same way." Xia Zhi said to himself, not paying attention to her daze.

No matter how you handle it, fake relationships always leave someone hurt

In that case, wouldn't it be nice to make this relationship real?

"I was serious in my previous answer."

Staring into the girl's eyes, Xia Zhi continued softly:

".‖ The girl named 'Kato Megumi' is a very ordinary, yet very special girl to me... Megumi seems to have only paid attention to the first half of the sentence."

Eh? But...

Kato Megumi was confused. She didn't know what aspect of her deserved to be treated as "special" by the boy. Maybe she did have some advantages, but they should be ordinary people.

"Because didn't Hui say that at the beginning? Everything is good means that everything is ordinary, so the opposite can also be understood this way."