NEET Received A Dating Sim System Part 1 (ch.1-200)

Chapter 134 - Hurt

"What's the matter, Haruta-kun?" asked Natsuya concernedly when she saw Seiji looking somewhat sad.

Seiji let out an awkward cough as he averted his gaze. "It's nothing, really."

Shika Kagura had yet to wake up.

"All the spells on her have been dispelled, and there's nothing wrong with her condition. She should wake up shortly," Natsuya explained.

Seiji nodded.

After that, he carefully returned Shika back to her room in Natsuya's residence.

Having placed her on the bed and covering her with a blanket, Seiji sat down on her bedside and observed her face.

Just earlier... what he had just heard was probably Shika-chan's gratitude... as well as her farewell...

Even though he had mentally prepared himself, Seiji still felt a twinge of sadness when he recalled the scene.

This was despite him knowing the young Shika-chan for barely a day.

That innocent girl who wanted to be spoiled by him and addressed him as "brother" so cutely left him with a deep impression.

This was a precious memory to him.

Seiji would never forget it.

However, as for Shika Kagura...

Shika-chan wasn't Shika's main personality. It was her hidden personality. Shika herself might not remember everything that Shika-chan had experienced.

Even if Shika retained her memory after she woke up, it was likely that her recollection of the previous two days would be hazy, just like childhood memories that people could only vaguely recall.

Shika-chan was Shika Kagura.

But Shika Kagura... wasn't Shika-chan.

Seiji's sadness welled up again as he realized this.

'Ahh, idiot. I've actually... become so lonely.'

Seiji covered his face.

He was being too unseemly.

He didn't have the right to say how spoiled Shika-chan liked to act...

"Mmm..."

He heard a sound from the bed.

Seiji uncovered his face and looked in the girl's direction.

He saw the black-haired girl furrowing her brows slightly as her eyelids slowly flickered open.

"Where... is this? Seigo Harano?"

She noticed the boy sitting by her bedside.

Seiji took a deep breath in order to calm his emotions.

"It's me." He smiled lightly. "I'm delighted that you're awake, Shika Kagura."

The girl looked straight into his eyes.

"You... aren't happy," she stated calmly. "You're... sad, aren't you?"

Seiji didn't reply.

"You're definitely sad right now," Shika stated with certainty, continuing to stare at him. "You... don't want to see me waking up."

"No!" Seiji denied instantly. "I'm definitely happy to see you wake up, truly! But, at the same time, I..."

'I was sad at losing Shika-chan... the you in the past.'

How could he explain such a thing?

Should he even explain it?

Seiji was unable to say it out loud.