Chapter Twenty-four: An Illness That Can't Be Cured

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Masaomi’s PoV

I sat on the couch then sighed.

Ever since Valentine’s, Joan was avoiding me.

I’m really worried. What could I have possibly said or done to make her avoid me like that? And how should I atone for my wrong doings??

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I could see Maria from the corner of my eye. She was behind the couch, looking at me. Juli’s on her head.

The two of them tilted their heads to the right at the same time.

“What are you two doing there behind the couch?” I asked, looking at them.

“We’ve been caught, Juli,” I heard her whisper. “What should we do?”

The squirrel squeaked.

“Easy for you to say… You’re small so you can run without being noticed…” she answers.

“Just come out of there,” I said.

She stood up.

“What are you doing there?” I asked.

“My Tyrant’s Eye saw that you’re having a hard time!” she exclaimed.

“Tyrant’s… Eye??”

“Hehe… I’m trying to be a chunibyo,” she said then sat down on the couch. “Anyway, Juli and I are worried. You’re sulking… And sighing… If you continue to sigh, you’ll pollute the air with your breath. Unless you brushed your teeth, of course.”

“I brush my teeth.”

Juli squeaks.

“Oh right, he’s a doctor… Of course…” Maria muttered. “Setting that aside, what’s bothering you, Masaomi-san?”

“Joan… has been avoiding me since Valentine’s Day… I don’t know why…” I admitted then sighed again.

My breath doesn’t smell bad, right?

 

“Hmm… Well, did you say something to her on Valentine’s Day? Tell me what happened…”

“Well…”

I told her everything that happened on that day.

She sighed.

“What’s wrong?” I asked her.

“Boys…” she sighed again.

“Huh?”

I TOLD YOU SHE LIKES YOU!” she exclaimed, exasperatedly. “And you end up saying she’s like your little sister?? Do you know how much it hurts to have the person you like only see you as his best friend, or a sibling?? Hopes=Crushed.

“Oh…” I murmured. Of course… If Joan saw me as only her big brother and nothing more, it would hurt. “Then what should I do?”

She grinned at me.

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