Your Maid - Maid!Ouma Oumasai Fanfiction

Chapter 9: Behind His Back

Last night Shuichi laid in bed, staring at the ceiling. Right after the conversation with Tsumugi, Shuichi could do nothing but contemplate his feelings.

He remembered the way Kiibo and him interacted together, the way he felt about him before he got banned from seeing him, and before he moved away...until he reached the conclusion that Tsumugi was right. He used to have a crush on Kiibo and was attracted to both girls and boys.

But then again, did it matter? He was in a perfectly good relationship with Kaede now. And he loved her and wanted to be with her. After all, she was so sweet and nice and sure they had some...bumps in the relationship in recent years but everyone's relationships are like that.

And besides...it was his fault their relationship was rocky...after all the conflicts only happened when he brought them up...everything was fine when he didn't speak of it...

He sighed. He needed to rest for a bit, just to clear his head. He glanced over to Kaede who was sleeping on the other side. He smiled putting his hand on hers, fingers intertwined. He felt Kaede but he began to feel drowsy and felt sleep overcome him.

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It was another day. Ouma was walking towards Saihara's house with a smile, humming the same tune he was once before. When he reached the house he gently knocked on the door and waited for a response. Soon Saihara opened the door.

"Ah, Ouma. Good morning." he said shyly. 

"Good morning Saihara-chan!" he said before noticing Shuichi had his coat on. 

"Listen, I'm heading to work on a new case and I have to go to the office. So if anything I'll be out all day." Shuichi said. Ouma frowned lightly. 

"Aww I was looking forward to playing chess with you again." he said to which Shuichi shook his head. 

"Well, you can always play with Kaede. From what I remember she doesn't have any concerts or parties today." Saihara said. Ouma lightened up slightly. Maybe playing with Kaede won't be a big disaster.

This, of course, turned out to be false.

As soon as Ouma walked into the house, he was basically scolded all the time. One drop of water, one speck of dust, the amount of time he took cleaning a room, he was scolded for everything. However, he bared it. He had encountered insults and harsh criticism in the past. In other words, he was immune to this.

It was late and honestly, he was slightly fed up with Kaede's whining. He wondered how Shuichi stayed for her longer than a day. It was just so tiring. The living room was the last place he needed to clean before leaving this house and resting in his own comfortable, small, and most importantly QUIET house.

He slowly walked into the living room, a broom in hand. He sighed. This would be the last of his work. But as soon as he walked into the room, he saw something he didn't want to see. 

Kaede sat on the living room couch making out with another girl. In other words, he had just walked in on Kaede cheating on Shuichi. He felt the broom fall out his hand and fall on the floor with a clunk, making Kaede turn towards him.

"Miss Akamatsu? Is that-?" he said in shock looking at the two. Kaede quickly got up and got closer to Ouma. 

"Shut it ya purple-haired twerp!" she said, anger building up in her voice. Ouma looked surprised at the insult but didn't let it bother him much. He wanted answers. 

"Were you just making out with that girl? Does Saihara kno-!" Kaede grabbed Ouma by the collar of his outfit. "Gh-!" Ouma squeaked but before he got the chance to process what happened, he heard Kaeda shout at him.

"No, he doesn't you dumbass peasant! And he can't! So you better not tell him or I'll beat the shit out of you and kick you out the front door! Ya got it you piece of utter garbage?!" She said in a scream, her face so close to Ouma's it felt intimidating. 

"But Miss Akamatsu-" he tried to say but got interrupted when Kaede lifted him into the air.

"GOT. IT?" she said seriously. Ouma panicked. 

What is he supposed to do? Should he agree or not? "I...Y-Yes, Miss Akamatsu..." he stuttered unsurely. He'll think about those words later, now he just needs her to put him back on the ground. Kaede huffed and dropped Ouma on the floor. 

"Thank you, now fuck off somewhere. And clean the living room will ya? We spilled some wine on the white rug that was there. Let's go Miu." She said taking the blond girl by the hand and heading in the direction of the bedroom. Ouma slowly got to his feet and reluctantly went into the living room, where on the white rug, was a huge dry red wine stain. He sighed. This is gonna take some time.

As he cleaned the stain, he couldn't stop thinking about what he had just witnessed. Kaede. She kept nagging, whining, borrowing money, and leaving the house while Shuichi silently put up with it, and now on top of that, she was cheating on him too. He felt anger grow inside him. 

How can Shuichi live like this? He doesn't deserve this treatment from his girlfriend of two years. He doesn't deserve this treatment from anyone! It turned his stomach how much affection Shuichi showed this girl and she repaid him with nothing. He gritted his teeth, taking his anger out on the rug.

"Oh Shuichi, why must you be with that wretched woman? She doesn't deserve a sweet boy like you..." Ouma said to himself quietly. He wondered what now. Should he tell Shuichi or should he not? What if Shuichi doesn't believe him? He can't prove anything without evidence, but... if he tells that to Shuichi, how will he react? Was it a good idea?

Ouma shook his head. No, it's not wrong to even think that. If this goes on Shuichi will continue to be miserable. He deserves to know the truth.

"I'll think about that tomorrrow."