Maid For You (Ai Hayasaka x OC) [Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War AU]

Chapter 16: From One Traitor To Another

"OC, do you hate traitors?"

OC is taken aback by the question, he wasn't used to Hayasaka asking him such direct and serious questions.

He takes a moment to think, exhaling as he remembers his mission. A feeling in his chest tells him to say the truth, but at the same time his mind convinces him to hide it.

"I absolutely despise them," OC states, finally looking up at Hayasaka. "A traitor is worse than scum, they deserve nothing but hell. I wish all traitors could die a slow and painful death, they all deserve it," he continues, thinking about how he feels being a traitor himself.

Hayasaka's heart drops. When breathing in, she could feel a dagger struck in her heart. But what else was she expecting? Of course OC would hate traitors, and of course OC would hate her as soon as he finds out.

Hayasaka's eyes dim as she imagines how OC would react the moment he finds out about her final duty, she felt absolutely miserable. Her throat had thorns constricting her airflow, her eyes threatened to pour waterfalls if she let her guard down.

Even so, Hayasaka wanted to latch on to a small piece of hope. Anything that could keep her stable.

"So you...you would never forgive a traitor?" She asks while looking down at the floor.

OC leans back in his chair and folds his arms, he didn't know how to respond.

"Well..." OC trails off, he didn't know if he would forgive a traitor or not, but he did know that he would never forgive himself.

"No, I would never forgive a traitor. You couldn't pay me enough money in the world to forgive one of those dirty sacks of shit."

"Oh, I see," Hayasaka slowly exhales. OC notices her slouching position, as if she had something to hide.

He convinces himself that she's just tired, after all they had to deal with a Bakaguya for the whole day-and-a-half.

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Hayasaka and OC work in silence for the next few minutes, Hayasaka not daring to say a word.

The silence is broken when OC finally speaks up,

"You know...I'm interested in your perspective too. What do you think about traitors?"

Hayasaka exhales and looks at OC, wondering about how she would react if OC was some sort of traitor.

"I would be mad if someone betrayed me, but some may have a reason. I would assess it by a personal criteria, and maybe I'll even forgive them," she explains.

OC impulsively sighs in relief, clinging on to the hope that Hayasaka would find it in her heart to forgive him if the details of his mission ever got revealed.

Hayasaka and OC chat about anything that comes to mind for the next few hours, occasionally heading downstairs to check on the staff.

"I'm not kidding OC, she literally slapped the Pres—"

*—CRASH*

As Hayasaka was telling her story about Kaguya, a crash and thud can be heard coming from Kaguya's room, followed by female yelling and male yelling.

OC puts his wig back on, sighing in annoyance while Hayasaka is already half-way through the door.

"I had a feeling something like this might happen." Hayasaka explains, looking at the scene in front of her.

Kaguya is throwing random items at Miyuki while Miyuki is on the floor shielding himself.

OC quickly helps Miyuki up and heads downstairs to escort him out of the building, while Hayasaka investigates and sees just how far they went.

After escorting the President out, OC heads back to the room where he sees Hayasaka checking Kaguya's sheets with a magnifying glass.

"Nothing actually happened? How boring." Hayasaka states while discarding the magnifying glass.

"That is how he is after all." OC responds, not shocked in the slightest.

In complete contrast to OC and Hayasaka however, Kaguya was in complete shock.

Not only was Miyuki in her bed for a major amount of time, the fact that he didn't do anything but sleep was somewhat disappointing to her.

OC checks Kaguya and makes sure she's no longer sick while Hayasaka turns in for the night, aware that it is now close to midnight.

As OC walks back to his room, he hears something peculiar coming from Hayasaka's room.

Although he doesn't want to pry, nor is he in the right to do so, he feels drawn towards the noises he hears.

He silently walks towards Hayasaka's room, purposefully avoiding making any creaks in the floorboards and puts his ear to her door.

"Yes, she is okay. She's lo...I don't real..."

OC tries to listen in, but can only faintly hear her voice through the door, and what's more is that what he can hear is pretty much gibberish.

Even so, he still attempts to listen in, trying to pick up any sort of clue of who Hayasaka is talking to and why.

"I understand...Kaguy...bothersome...OC hasn't...no,"

At the mention of his own name and what he believes to be Kaguya's name, he knocks on the door.

"Ai? Can you help me with this?" OC asks as he knocks, wanting to enter her room and possibly confront her.

He hears silence from the other side, however after a minute, he hears Hayasaka's door unlock.

OC quickly enters and re-locks the door behind him, observing his surroundings and Hayasaka herself. Instead of having any plausible answers, he's left with more questions after seeing Hayasaka sitting down on her bed with bloodshot eyes and a red nose.

'Has she been crying?' OC thinks as he calmly approaches Hayasaka.

"So...what did you need help with?" Hayasaka asks in a trembley voice.

"Well...when I was walking back to my room..." OC trails off as he weighs his options. On one hand he didn't want to pry, however on the other hand he felt like he had an obligation to.

He takes a deep breath before continuing,

"I'll be honest." He finally responds, walking closer to Hayasaka and sitting down next to her on the bed.

"Who were you talking to?"

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