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“I’ve prepared the next part in your room!” Mika announced.

Right after she said it, her face turned somewhat sad. I didn’t know the reason, but… could it be that she prepared video games for me?

…Three nights ago, Kanata had told me what happened to her during the time I was gone. It was only in broad strokes and based on some guesses, so reality might have been even worse.

Yes, it certainly brought me a newfound sense of comprehension. She often said things like “I am yours, Ayumu” and “You are mine.” There was a high chance she had some yandere tendencies¹.

But I was fine with that. Our feelings were the same. I didn’t think I suffered as much as she did during my time in this world without her. In the end, I had died… and she hadn’t.

But what if our roles had been reversed? I could say for sure that I would have ended up the same as her. Besides, this was about Mika. Shouldn’t I be happy that she loved me to a degree that bordered on insanity?

Maybe I was weird like that, too. Still, we were fine with it.

“Ayumu? Come on!”

Before I knew it, we had arrived at my room.

…Come to think of it, Kanata told me that Mika went into my room after I died, didn’t he? Did she check under the bed? It would be bad news… if she found it.

At any rate, that misanga I created for today to suppress my reasoning and sense of shame sure was amazing. The instant I entered the room, I was hit with the urge to throw Mika onto the bed and have my way with her. Just a short time ago, we got all flustered when we kissed or hugged… but we ended up having sex twice, and at least the kissing and hugging became everyday occurrences. Anything beyond that still felt embarrassing².

It’s all thanks to the misanga. Or maybe it’s because I have confidence that Mika would be okay with it.

“Erm… I hope you like it.”

I had almost never used my room except for my sleepover with Kanata. In it, there were lots of presents in lovely wrapping paper.

“Thank you! Can I open them?”
“…Sure…!”

I took one of them and opened it. It was a video game console.
I opened another one. In there was an assortment of the Start Quest games.
I opened one more. This one contained several video game strategy guides.
Every single present was related to the games I used to play.

“Eh-heh-heh… it’s video games! I’m sure you could’ve created those yourself. But until now, you held back for my sake, didn’t you? It’s fine, from now on, if you don’t have work or any important tasks, you can play games whenever you want. Although… while I was preparing those, we found out we can return to Earth.”
“…That’s true. Hey, could it be that you also recreated my saves…?”
“Yeah, I did my best to recall them³! I mean, your save files were super important to you. Could you check if they’re the right ones?”

I took one of the game consoles and, after performing the initial setup, inserted the first of the Dragonar Story games. My saves were just how I remembered them.

“Hm… Eh-heh-heh, from now… there should be around eight hours’ time.”
“…What will you do during that time, Mika?”
“I’ll sit next to you and watch silently or do something in another room, just like in the past.”

Although she was smiling, her eyes betrayed a hint of loneliness.
Seeing those eyes… I can’t act like the old me…

“Eh… Ayumu~…!?”

Before she knew it, I had pushed Mika against the wall, cutting off any escape route. Then, I lifted her chin, forcing her to look at me.

“At this point, I’m much more enraptured by this world and you, Mika, than video games.”

For the second time today, I kissed her passionately. She let it happen without putting up any resistance. Caught up in the moment, I was about to grab her chest, but stopped myself.

“Huh…?”
“Heh-heh, we’ll continue this in the evening… alright?”
“S-Sure!” Mika agreed, looking extremely happy.

Phew, that was close. It’s a good thing, I didn’t suppress my sense of reason completely. I’ll have to save the fun part for the evening. After all, there’s something I want to give her first.

“So, you left those eight hours for that, Mika…”
“Ah, yeah, I also had other things prepared in case you got bored… or something. So, what’s the plan? We can do whatever you want, Ayumu.”
“I see, then first… I think I’ll check all these presents you spent so much time on.”

I opened all the remaining presents. To think Mika would remember them this well. All of them had the correct save data.

I picked up a multiplayer game.

“What about… “Urashima Tarou Train⁴“? That should take about three hours.”
“Yeah… let’s play that!”

1. Well, she managed to become friends with Karua instead of murdering her out of jealousy, so it’s probably a very light case.
2. It’s unclear whether having sex is included in what no longer feels embarrassing, but I doubt that, so I translated it like this.
3. I can’t even recall how the saves of the game I played yesterday look in detail. How in the world does she remember the saves of dozens of games she likely never played herself and only saw months ago?
4. The original is 浦島太郎電鉄 (Urashima Tarou Electric Train). Urashima Tarou is the protagonist of a Japanese fairy tale who finds himself 100 years in the future after spending a few days on a mysterious island. This game is probably about someone from the past ending up in the modern era.

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