"Yukito-san..."
I heard someone calling my name. But, I couldn't see who that person was.
My eyes still couldn't see anything; it seemed like I was still asleep.
I tried to get up from this sleep, but I couldn't yet. It felt like I was being forced to keep sleeping, without needing to do anything I was supposed to do.
Well, sleeping a little longer shouldn't be a problem—
"Wake up, Yukito-san," again, that voice was heard once more.
That voice sounded very gentle, it didn't feel unfamiliar, as if I had heard it countless times before.
This time, I tried opening my eyes, and succeeded. Bit by bit, I started waking up and could see what was happening to my body.
My eyes opened, and I saw several people surrounding my body.
But my vision was blurry, so I couldn't see who they were or what they were doing here.
Because of that, I sat up right away so that my vision could return to normal.
I rubbed my eyes, closed them, then opened them again.
Ah, now I could see clearly. My sight had returned to normal, nothing to worry about anymore.
"Yukito-san..." for the umpteenth time, I heard that person call my name.
Of course, if she was just calling me for fun, I'd make sure she regretted it.
I turned to my right, since the voice came from there. Ah right, my body was currently lying on a bed.
So that person was to the right of the bed I was lying on now.
My eyes widened, shocked by what I saw, as if I hadn't seen her for a very long time.
I didn't know how long I had been in that game world, but seeing her made me feel like it had been ages.
A girl with short black hair, wearing clothes dominated by the color purple.
Her beautiful face was now covered in tears, and her delicate hands were holding onto my bed.
N-no doubt about it... I finally got to see her again.
She quickly wiped her tears, then suddenly hugged me.
That made me fall back down and lie on the bed again. Her body was now on top of mine.
"Yukito-san, Yukito-san..." she said.
"C-calm down a little, Hime..." I replied.
Yeah, the girl who was hugging and pinning me down now was Hime. I already knew it was her the moment I saw her face.
"You've been sleeping for almost a week... how could I not panic!?" Hime said while hugging me even tighter.
Almost a week? It felt way longer in the game world. But all that only counted as one week here?
Also, Hime seemed really worried about me. The way she acted now was like someone who had been waiting forever for me to wake up.
Well, being welcomed like this did make me happy... but if she hugged me any tighter... I wouldn't be able to breathe.
"H-Hime..." I said, already running out of breath.
"Ah, I overdid it." she immediately released her hug from my hands.
She didn't leave my body right away; instead, she sat on my stomach. That still made me feel heavy.
I looked at her face, and her cheeks were slightly red. Why was she suddenly like that...
"Y-Yukito-san... since it's already like this... let's do it..." Hime said with a teasing tone.
W-wait a second... what was she planning to do?! And why did she look so fired up?!
Wait... this isn't going to turn into that kind of situation, right?!
"H-Hime, there are a lot of people behind you, you know!" I said.
If I remembered correctly, the ones standing near the door were Lis-san and a few men who worked as farmers in Lis-san's garden.
Was Hime really bold enough to do all this in front of others? Didn't she have any shame?!
"..." Hime just went silent, not answering my question.
Suddenly, a girl came and placed her hand on Hime's shoulder. Hime instantly froze, as if surprised.
"Hime, we agreed not to bother Yukito-sama, didn't we?" the girl said.
Hearing her words, Hime slowly got off my stomach. She was now standing beside the bed.
And the girl who had touched Hime's shoulder... was Yuu-chan. Ah, thankfully I still remembered her.
Our eyes met, and suddenly she hugged me.
"Yukito-sama!!" she said.
Honestly, her hug was just like Hime's earlier. She hugged me like a child begging their parent for a toy.
Honestly, I was happy that they missed me, but this hug... was a bit too much.
I pushed Yuu-chan's body, making her get down from my bed.
"Both of you... can you be quiet for a second?" I asked.
Yuu-chan and Hime immediately bowed their heads and said nothing.
I turned to Lis-san and was about to ask her something.
"Lis-san, what exactly did you and Weinz do?" I asked.
Lis-san then whispered to the men beside her. Some of them left right away.
Lis-san walked up to me and stopped at one side of the bed.
"I'm sorry, they were just playing around with you... and you had to enter Weinz's magic... I truly apologize," Lis-san said while bowing to me.
"W-wait, Lis-san, it's not your fault..." I said.
Seeing someone bow to me made me feel like I was forcing them, so I preferred if she didn't bow.
"Thank you... I just finished making soup... let me go get it first..." Lis-san quickly left the room, probably to get the soup she mentioned.
I got up from the bed and began fixing my clothes that might've gotten messy.
But I was surprised, because right now I was wearing the robe that Rosa-chan had bought for me back then.
If all of that only existed in my mind, then how come this robe was still on my body?
"Oh, that robe suddenly appeared on you about three days ago," Hime explained.
Three days?! That was quite a while. So, in that world, that must've been when I was on a date with Rosa-chan.
I turned to look at both of them, and they still looked down, as if feeling guilty for making me a bit upset earlier.
I held my head; maybe what I did earlier was a bit too much.
"I... can't eat alone..." I said.
They both stopped lowering their heads and looked at me.
I could feel that their gazes were filled with hope.
I didn't know what had happened to them while I was trapped in Weinz's world.
Maybe their feelings and views toward me had changed. So, I didn't know how they truly felt now.
"What I mean is... wanna eat together?" I said, turning my face away.
I was pretty sure my cheeks were slightly red.
This was also the first time I'd ever invited two girls to eat with me. I'd never done that before.
Maybe because I had been with Cyve and Rosa-chan... I'd started to understand a bit about a girl's feelings.
Besides, both of them could be said to have romantic feelings toward me.
Hime and Yuu-chan's eyes sparkled, as if saying they both wanted to join me.
"I don't mind," Hime said with a smile.
"Yukito-sama, do you want me to feed you? Just for you~" Yuu-chan said with a mischievous smile.
"I'll leave you behind, you know?" I said, already outside the room.
I did that on purpose, so the two of them would follow me right away and not take too long in that room.
My stomach was also really hungry... maybe my body in this world hadn't eaten anything yet.
Just as I expected, they both followed me and walked beside me.
"Wait, which way do we go to eat?" I asked.
I had just walked out of the room without even knowing where to go.
I had totally forgotten the layout of Lis-san's house — where the bathroom or kitchen was.
Suddenly, it felt like someone was holding my right hand. I turned and saw Yuu-chan holding it.
She pulled me, leading me in the opposite direction from where we were headed before.
Of course, that made Hime feel like Yuu-chan was cheating.
—
We were only going to the kitchen, but my hand felt way too busy.
So much for walking peacefully...