Tiring Morning

Kuro forgot what happened yesterday. After grieving in shame under his bed(literally), Kuro fell asleep.

As he instinctively raised his head, it hit the the wooden stool of the bee as it made an uncomfortable sounds.

"Ouch, ouch…" That's how he forgot it.

Feeling his forehead through his slowly growing bang, Kuro rolled out from his bed as he happily opened the door starting a new da…

Ayame coincidentally appeared across his room at the same time. He remembered it.

*bang!*

Kuro closed the door as his teeth shivered nervously inside the room.

'I don't know what kind of face should I be making when meeting with them. Ahhh, Past me. How could you've done that. How could you get carried in the momentum!'

*thung* *thung*

A knock were heard from across the door making Kuro feel the vibration through the doors.

It was awkward but it was more awkward if he kept this door closed. Without a choice, Kuro opened it as he was met with the childish face of the Oni.

"Kuro, I will be going out." Smiling over to him, she said out.

"Hm-hmm… sure. B-be careful. Get back before it gets too dark outside." Kuro nodded to her nervously, yet slightly reassured that she didn't bring out the topics yesterday.

"Yes~" responding childishly, she turned back and stepped out—before stopping and looking at Kuro again.

With an devilish smiles, she said. "I like you too, Kuro!"

She soon turned back again giggling, even if she didn't see it, she could imagine Kuro's face; and her imagination was right.

He was blushing. Really hard. Like an tomato. As if he was sick.

'Kill… me…' whilst suffering inwardly, the doors opened from the other farther side as he instinctively felt the another waves of attack.

The doggo saw Kuro as she went back to her room and took something—getting out of her room she gave Kuro what she was searching for.

"Here!" Korone just said one word before giving it out to him.

'A papers?' The details in paper were as such:

[Finger Contract]

I, ___ deeply loves Korone-sama that I am willing to give her my everything.

If she ordered it, I am willing to give her my limbs.

If she ordered to give her my hearts, I won't give her my brains.

I, ___ swear my obligation, under the contract on the paper, the third-party, Nekomata Okayu, are Inugami Korone-sama's, and if I were to take an obscure acts towards the third-party,

I, ___ is willing to become absolute slaves, accompanying her throughout my entire life and will not leave her whatever happens.

Kuro's… astonished at what he read. So astonished that he forgot his embarrassment. Kuro understood the first two rules. But he didn't get the third one.

The prices of breaking the rules written in the papers. [I, ___ is willing to become absolute slaves, accompanying her throughout my entire life and will not leave her whatever happens.]

Isn't that what he's doing right now?

Even Kuro got scared at the first two so he only wrote his name on the third.

"Write your name on the 2 blanks spaces too!" Korone said as her pupils indicated greed.

"I-if I get the ability to regenerate a limbs…" Kuro nervously said. Finally persuading Korone, she left happily.

'So tired…' 2 minutes in after waking up yet Kuro was already so tired.

When he left his guard down, another door opened, it was from the other side.

'Seriously? There's no way this is a coincidence, right? It must be their plan, right?' Kuro shouted inwardly.

Okayu came out from her room as her tails swayed adorably.

"Kuro~… good morning." Yawning, Okayu greeted him.

Now that Kuro thought about it, it was truly weird. Usually, Okayu always sleep with him but yesterday, she actually used her room for the first time. That was strange.

"Good morning." Kuro instinctively greeted her back as his thoughts went somewhere else.

Just as he dazed off to think the reasons behind Okayu using her own room, he suddenly felt a soft touch in his cheek dragging him back in the reality.

With his eyes wide-opened, Kuro looked surprised at Okayu's back.

"I like you too~" with a usual unmotivated voice, she said while her back still-turned onto Kuro.

'Haaa~' Kuro no longer had any energy to even shout inwardly. Just as he thought it was finally really over, door opened again!

'Cra- , oh, it's Uruha. Unlike those four she's a good person so I can relief.' Kuro's thought was off-the-target for the first time.

"Kuro-kun… do-do you really like me?" Rushia's eyes glimmered.

"Ye-yes…?" Kuro wasn't an idiot. He felt something was wrong but couldn't tell what was.

"Really? Not an acting? I am so happy… like… me… Kuro… like… me…" just as she psychopathically smiled, her smiles disappeared.

"He like not just me but everyone… everyone… hinderances… I want Kuro all for myself… if everyone disappeared…. Kuro will only belongs to me…." As if she had a genius idea, she smiled once again.

'I am just 6 years old… give me a break.' Kuro knew of this kind of character as he heard it from 21, and it is said that this one in front of him was the most dangerous species.

"…How was it Kuro? Did you think, my acting was good?" As if a switch has been flickered, the strange light in her eyes disappeared.

"That… doesn't feel like an acting but… it was great!" Kuro said out his honest opinion as he complimented her.

"Really!? Yay! Acting like that was easy! I just needed to over-amplify what I am feeling and I could do that! Strange, isn't it?" Rushia felt delighted as she made an discovery that she hadn't made.

"…that is true. Good for you." Although as crazy as it seem, Kuro nevertheless felt glad that she's opening up.

Rushia followed Kuro into going downstairs to eat a breakfast… which obviously he is going to cook. After this, he'll clean the house, do the laundry, and wait for the cloths to be dried.

Although it's troublesome, he didn't hate it as the invisible pressure from when he was working in now-considerably-big company didn't exists when doing the house work.