Subaru and Katsuki sat together eating burgers.
Katsuki: [So, how was Valentine's with Emilia?]
Subaru: [Well, um...]
Subaru remembered the night.
Subaru: [Well, um... my present was nice.]
Katsuki: [Seriously? What did you get?]
Subaru blushed a little as Katsuki deadpanned.
Katsuki: (This lucky bastard.)
Subaru: [How was your Valentine's?]
Katsuki: [You know I'm single, you ass.]
Subaru: [Yeah, but... I thought maybe you found a date?]
Katsuki slumped.
Katsuki: [No luck.]
Subaru patted his shoulder.
Subaru: [It's okay, buddy. You'll find someone.]
Katsuki: [I just want a cute girl!!!]
Subaru: [Any other preferences?]
Katsuki: [Huh? I guess I like girls who are badass, too. Maids are pretty cute, though. I can't decide.]
Subaru sweat-dropped.
Subaru: [Well, alright...]
Katsuki sighed as he turned to Subaru.
Subaru: [Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?]
Katsuki: [How the hell did you manage to find a girl as cute as Emilia?]
Subaru: [Well, um... randomly on the street. I helped her get something back from a pickpocket.]
Katsuki: [Lies! There's no way you'd be able to meet a girl that cute in the middle of the street! The world is a big place, and she's in the top 0.1% of cuteness and beauty!]
Subaru sweated at this.
Subaru: (He's not wrong, but I can't just tell him that I went to another world, can I? Wait... why can't I?)
Subaru: [Aha. I was pretty lucky. You know.]
Katsuki: [Subaru, please teach me your pull game!]
Subaru: [Huh?!! I'm not even that popular!]
Katsuki glared.
Katsuki: [Domain Expansion: Deadly Sentencing!]
A courtroom manifested, and a shikigami formed behind Katsuki, who was now in a lawyer's suit as he straightened his tie, while holding a gavel in his other hand.
AN: Just kidding. Katsuki is not Higuruma.
Katsuki: [Objection!]
Subaru: [What?]
Katsuki shows off a photo of a drunk Subaru that he had posted on the site.
Katsuki: [The prosecution brings this evidence to attention]
The post had so many likes and reposts that it rivalled Emilia's debut posts. Subaru tugged his collar.
Subaru: [The defence... pleads pure luck and coincidence.]
Katsuki: [The prosecution calls forward testimony from every comment in the post!]
Comment: So hot🥵 .
Comment: Damn😍.
Comment: I'm a guy, but holy shit, he's majestic.
Reply: Gay.
Reply: Yeah. And?
Comment: Take me. Please. Please!🙏
Comment: Holy crap! 🤯
Comment: I think... I think I'm gay now. AN: Julius, how did you get into the comments section?
Reply: Gay.
Reply: Bro, shut the fuck up.
Reply: You're gay, lil bro.
Reply: "Lil Bro?" 🙄 I remember the days when everyone imagined a buff dude on the other side of the screen, but the truth is, you probs got the Discord mod build😂.
Subaru deadpanned at that last one.
Subaru: (What the hell are these comments?)
Katsuki: [The prosecution declares that these are tame comments. Many NSFW comments have been automatically filtered out.]
Subaru: [The defence um... objects! They're just being nice, and people will say anything on the internet!]
Katsuki: [Bruh.]
Subaru: [What's wrong? Can't find a rebuttal?]
Katsuki: [The prosecution calls testimony from....]
Katsuki looked around and walked over to a random woman who was sitting down and eating some Risotto.
Katsuki: [... this random woman in the restaurant!]
Woman: [What?]
Katsuki: [Maam. I will show you a picture of a guy and ask you whether you find him attractive or not.]
Woman: [Is this some kind of internet prank?]
Katsuki: [It's a court trial.]
Woman: [What?]
Katsuki: [Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?]
The woman looked confused.
Woman: [I guess? What is this about?]
Katsuki showed her the photo as she blushed.
Woman: [Um... wow. That's... oh wow.]
Katsuki: [So. What's your verdict out of 10?]
Woman: [I... um... uh... don't really think 10 is enough to describe this.]
She blushes, confusing Subaru to no end.
Woman: [If only I were 10 years younger. Um... Can I have this photo?]
Subaru deadpanned.
Katsuki: [Well, it's a public photo on our fashion site, so yeah.]
Katsuki turned to Subaru with a smirk.
Subaru: [The defence... objects! Mere coincidence! A woman with unique taste!]
Katsuki: (Is this guy deadass?)
Katsuki: [Then the Prosecution draws this evidence into consideration.]
A crowd had gathered around this exchange.
Katsuki: [The filtered out NSFW comments!]
Comment: I want to #### him. C###### style.
Reply: The huzz be crazy nowadays.
Reply: Any girl who isn't attracted to that has horrible taste.
Subaru: [What the fuck?]
Comment: He's 19? Zaaam. AN: Satella? That you?
Satella: Yep. Give me that cake.
AN: Damn girl. Calm down.
Satella: Give it to me!!!
AN: WTF am I writing? 😭😭😭
Subaru: [What the hell?]
Comment: Yeah, no more internet for my daughter. I've caught her #########ing to this. She's got good taste, though.
Update: Girls, please help me. She somehow found a way to bypass my parental locks. She literally hacked her phone just to g##n😭. I've never seen her put this much effort into something in her entire life.
Subaru: (That doesn't mean what I think it does, does it? Oh god. It does.)
Comment: Is that Natsuki? Holy crap. Talk about a glow-up. Damn. That's some fine shit. Gives off Daddy vibes. Is he into S&M play?
Reply: Did you tap that shit, girl?
Reply: No. Unfortunately, not😔.
Reply: 🤦♀️.
Reply: I know I'm an idiot. Stop rubbing it in😭.
Subaru: (This is getting really embarrassing. I seriously can't believe this. This has to be fake... or something.)
Subaru started blushing as the crowd was trying hard to hold in their laughter.
Comment: Just look at that 🍰!!! God dayum!
Satella: I know, right?
Subaru: [Again. What the fuck?]
Comment: Is it bad that... I want to have his babies?
Reply: Nah, girl. That's a cold ass take.
Reply: This comments section is crazy. Bro can literally pick and choose😭.
Subaru: [Huh? Ba... babies?!!]
Subaru just looked at the comment, dumbfounded.
Comment: Please go on a date with me. Please. I need this. My dating life... is kinda non-existent.
Emilia: No.
AN: You're here now?
Emilia: Yes. I have to make sure no hussies are getting to my Subaru.
AN: Damn, I see. Respect to you, EMT. I feel bad for the girl who commented, though.
Emilia looked at the comment as she closed her eyes and smiled.
AN: Emilia. I can see you. Why are you trying not to laugh? That's disrespectful as hell, girl.
Subaru: [I kinda feel bad for her.]
Katsuki: [So?]
Subaru: [The defence... objects again! It was just a very good photo.]
Katsuki: [Your rizz runs in the family and you know it!]
Subaru: [No, it doesn't!]
Katsuki: [Then the prosecution brings forward this evidence.]
Comment: That's my grandson!
Reply: Gramps is really seeing all of us fawning over his grandson😭.
Reply: He gets it from me 😏😘.
Reply: 😳. What the heck? How is this working on me😭? He's an old grandpa! Does this run in the family? 😭
Reply: Digits?
Reply: 04 ### ### ###. What am I doing😭?
Subaru: [Gramps, what the hell are you doing?!!]
Katsuki: [The prosecution rests. In the case of Natsuki Subaru being charged for the crime of having a generational pull game, along with obliviousness that would make any man cry, what is the Jury's decision?]
The crowd whispered among themselves before a woman walked up.
Woman: [Guilty.]
Subaru: [What?!!!]
Katsuki: [The decision has been made! Guilty! A sentence you to teaching me how to replicate your pull game!]
Subaru: [Hold on! This is a mistake! I'm innocent! Give me a reduced sentence!]
After things calmed down, Subaru sat in his seat, blushing as he read the comments on the post.
Comment: Is he taken?
Reply: Yeah, check Emilia Ellior's posts.
Reply: 😔.
Subaru held his hands to his face, blushing heavily as the realisation finally hit him. He was popular. Very popular. A bit... too popular.
Subaru: (You... can't be serious. Is this real?)
Katsuki stood there shaking his head in exasperation.
Katsuki: (This idiot finally realised.)
Subaru: (This can't be real.)
Katsuki: [You okay?]
Subaru nodded.
Subaru: [Well... none of this matters anyway. My heart belongs to Emilia-tan.]
Katsuki deadpanned.
Katsuki: [You say that, but I can't believe that it doesn't matter to you when you're smiling like that.]
Subaru: [Hey! A man is allowed to be happy when he's called handsome or sexy!]
Katsuki sighed as he sat down.
Katsuki: [So, how did you actually manage to meet Emilia?]
Subaru: [I was Isekai'd. That's the reason I disappeared.]
Katsuki froze.
Katsuki: [What?]
Subaru: [That's the reason I disappeared. It... happened out of nowhere, you know?]
Katsuki: [What? Then...]
Subaru: [Yeah... Emilia is from there. She came back with me. Beako too.]
Katsuki: [You're not joking around, are you?]
Subaru: [I'm not.]
Katsuki: [Was it... rough over there?]
Subaru: [Yeah.]
Katsuki gave him a hug as Subaru looked surprised, but let it happen.
Katsuki: [I'm glad you're back with us.]
Subaru smiled.
Subaru: [Glad to hear it.]
Katsuki: [Tell me about what happened.]
Subaru nodded as he began telling Katsuki about his time in the world of Od Laguna. He mentioned his looping, but not the trigger. He also... as one would expect, chose not to incriminate his friends in terms of their questionable actions against him in failed loops.
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Emilia sat with Yuki, Ayame and Haruna as they were drinking tea together.
Yuki: [So Emi-chan. How was Valentine's Day?]
Emilia blushed all the way up to her ears from remembering it.
Emilia: [Um... it was fine... Subaru... enjoyed his present a lot.]
Yuki smirked, realising what was going on. Ayame just sighed while Haruna looked confused.
Ayame sighed.
Ayame: [Have you seen the comments on the post of your husband?]
Emilia: [What?]
Ayame passed her phone over to her as Emilia looked at it for a second. She read the first comment
Comment: So hot🥵 .
Comment: Damn😍.
She was not happy.
Emilia: [So many hussies are after Subaru!]
Girls: (Hussies?)
Comment: I think... I think I'm gay now.
Emilia: [Julius? How did you get in the comments section?]
AN: Just kidding. She did not think it was Julius.
Comment: Is it bad that... I want to have his babies?
Reply: Nah, girl. That's a cold ass take.
Emilia: (Oh, Od. What is wrong with these people?)
Reply: This comments section is crazy. Bro can literally pick and choose😭.
Emilia: (Pick and choose? Subaru is mine!)
She gripped the phone, cracking it.
Ayame: [...]
Emilia realised as she snapped out of it and apologised.
Emilia: [Oh, I'm so sorry, Ayame! I'll pay for it. I'm reaaallly sorry.]
Ayame sweated.
Ayame: [It's... fine.]
Then Ayame smirked.
Ayame: [How about this? I'll forgive you if you tell me exactly how you met Subaru. I want all the details.]
Emilia: [... okay.]
Emilia hesitated for a second before speaking.
Emilia: [I'm... from another world.]
They all looked at her, shocked for a second.
Yuki: [Emi-chan... are you... serious?]
Emilia nodded.
Emilia: [My name is Emilia Ellior from Eliior Forest. I'm a half-elf.]
Ayame: [You're serious?]
Haruna: [Eh? Really?]
Yuki: [Makes sense.]
Ayame: [What do you mean makes sense?]
Yuki pointed towards her own ears.
Yuki: [They make it very believable.]
Haruna: [Wow. Are you actually an elf? That's amazing!]
Ayame: [No wonder you're so beautiful.]
Emilia: [Um... thank you.]
Emilia smiled.
Emilia: [In my world, not many people would compliment me like that.]
Haruna: [Huh? Why not?]
Emilia: [I'm a half-elf. Just like... the Witch of Envy Satella.]
Yuki: [A witch?]
Emilia nodded.
Emilia: [She destroyed half the world.]
The three looked at her to test if she was joking and then sweated.
Yuki: [You're not joking. Then...]
Emilia: [I've been hated or feared by almost everyone I've met.]
Yuki: [Emi-chan.]
Emilia: [That's how things were, but I met people who didn't hate me. Maybe they hadn't accepted me, but they didn't hate me. And then... I met Subaru. I know he suffered a lot because he stayed by my side, but... he told me he loves me and... I love him so instead of feeling bad about my incompetence, I want to spend the time I have making him happy.]
Yuki: (You really love him a lot, huh?)
Ayame: [I'm glad I never had to knock sense into you.]
Haruna: [You're really amazing, Emilia. You have everything figured out.]
Emilia: [Eh? No. It's always Subaru who has everything figured out.]
Emilia: (Even with so little information, he makes good plans. I'd never be able to do that.)
Haruna: [That witch sounds like bad news, though. She made your life hard and...]
Emilia shook her head.
Emilia: [Subaru explained it to me already. She took in something that wasn't good for her. It made her into two people in the same body. The Witch Of Envy is dangerous, but... Satella is a reaaally good girl.]
Emilia: (She's been protecting Subaru this entire time after all.)
Emilia thought for a second.
Emilia: (I never hated her. No. It was resentment, but... I don't feel that way anymore. I think... I like her now.)
Yuki: [Well, if Emi-chan says so, it must be true.]
Haruna nodded in agreement.
Emilia: [Eh? You're going to believe me just like that?]
Ayame: [You couldn't lie about something like that if your life depended on it.]
Ayame laughed a little.
Emilia: [I can lie if I want!]
The other two laughed as well as Emilia pouted.
Emilia: [I'm telling you I can! You three are being reaaally mean!]
The three laughed as Emilia continued to pout.
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Emilia and Subaru sat together as they both tried to say something.
Subaru/Emilia: [Emilia/Subaru I... you go first... uh...]
They laughed for a second at the ridiculousness of it before settling into soft smiles.
Subaru: [Emilia. I told Katsuki about the Isekai adventures I went on with my beautiful fiancée.]
Emilia looked surprised at the coincidence.
Emilia: [I told the girls.]
Subaru: [Then it's all fine, right?]
Emilia nodded.
Emilia: [Subaru. How do you feel about Satella?]
Subaru: [Huh? Well... um... she's a complicated person, but I do care about her a lot. I promised to save ehr but I can't anymore. She came to me in my dreams and said it was alright, but...]
Emilia: [You don't feel like it is?]
Subaru nodded.
Subaru: [I want to repay her for saving me all those times and... I want to apologise for blaming her.]
Emilia: [Subaru...]
Subaru: [I don't know why, but... a part of me feels happy when I see her. Just like when I see you.]
Emilia: [It's fine. Satella is a good girl after all, and... you don't remember her after all.]
Subaru: [That's what scares me. It feels like everyone has left me behind when the world resets, so... I'm worried that... she feels the same way.]
Emilia: [Subaru...]
Subaru: [What she wanted was for me to be happy, and you've made me really happy, Mili. I think you two would get along.]
Emillia: [I agree.]
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To Be Continued
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Rating Out Of 10 For This Part:
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