Chapter 44 – Great Exercise Revolution

Despite the newly held authority that Takei held at school after Akari coldly shut down the prince, his school life didn't actually change that much.

Many people strayed away from him in fear of angering the goddess. Messing with the goddess's special person was a no-go to anyone who wanted their social life to stay afloat. That fear of the goddess's divine wrath helped to ensure that Takei's loner life continued uninterrupted.

While Takei was being protected by Akari's surprising outburst, there was also another person affected by the goddess's anger.

As a result of everyone witnessing the goddess's anger, Ryuto's popularity dropped significantly. He was practically dethroned as the prince and reduced to a peasant. Well not literally, but that's pretty much what happened.

A couple days passed after that event happened, but not much changed.

If there had to be a change though...

"Let's get healthy together!"

A sudden declaration by the goddess was made.

After having some cake and desserts with Takei's family the other day, Akari suddenly became very conscious about her weight.

It was odd since Akari exercised a decent amount, so her weight should be completely fine.

So when Takei asked Akari about her concerns, she answered ambiguously while trying to dodge the question.

"It's a girl's secret~"

That answer left Takei scratching his head at what she was trying to imply.

Nonetheless, he decided to agree to exercise with her since it sounded quite amusing and because it was a weekend tomorrow which made things much more convenient for him.

The next day, Akari showed up to Takei's house bright and early in the morning.

A little too early, in fact.

"Nn, five more minutes..."

"That won't do!"

Takei was having trouble waking up at the crack of dawn, so he pleaded with Akari to let him sleep in for a little bit more. Unluckily for Takei though, the goddess was a bit too motivated today and wouldn't let him sleep another wink.

Akari pulled the bed sheets right off him and got on Takei and straddled him to wake him up.

"Wake upppp, or I'll do something to you..."

She started off initially only wanting to wake him up, but it led to Akari eventually wanting to mess with him.

Since Takei didn't wake up or respond at all, Akari decided to lean forward and start stroking his cheek to mess with him.

The soft tender feeling of his cheek was something Akari didn't expect from a boy, but the fragile expression he had on his face was quite different compared to most people's sleeping expressions. Not like she had seen many people's sleeping expressions either way.

As Akari was stroking Takei's cheek, his face relaxed into a happy expression and he began to draw closer to the warmth that he felt on his cheek.

Takei nuzzled up to Akari's hand and began to rub against it unconsciously. A small smile spread across Akari's face as a result.

She enjoyed spoiling him a bit too much, since Akari ended up doing it for another 15 minutes before even realizing how much time had passed.

That realization somehow made Akari experience a wave of drowsiness overtaking her.

It was most likely due to her relaxing in Takei's cold room while she was on his warm body. The tiredness of waking up in the morning was coming back as a form of recoil.

Any second now would be the time when Akari fell into a deep slumber.

Deciding to prank Takei and give him a surprise when he wakes up, Akari laid down over his body and rested her head on his chest.

She dragged the weighted blanket over the both of them and promptly closed her eyes.

"Let's hope this works," Akari mumbled, before falling asleep to the warmth that enveloped her.

***

Why do I feel something heavy on me?

Takei awoke from his slumber only to feel something odd on his body.

That foreign object felt warm and tender to the touch, so it was most likely a human.

Judging off what he was supposed to do today, Takei made an easy assumption on who the intruder was.

He lifted the blanket to find a cute golden haired girl quietly breathing on his chest. It was a sight to behold, and it made his pride as a man go up.

I'm going to break one day if she keeps doing stuff like this...

Takei was extremely overjoyed at the sight of such a cute specimen sleeping peacefully on him, but the embarrassment was slowly creeping up on him.

They weren't even dating and stuff like this was already happening. A truly romcom type event was happening thanks to the gods.

Not knowing what to do, he unraveled the covers a bit to reveal her beautiful golden blonde hair. Without a single ounce of restraint, he started to rub her head while thinking about what action he should take.

Takei looked over to the clock that was on the desk next to his bedside to find out that it had been three hours since he was supposed to meet up with Akari.

They were initially supposed to meet up at the designated time to work out, but Takei was too tired and ended up causing this mess to happen.

Well, I can't exactly get up when she's sleeping on me like this.

Deciding to relax for now, Takei kept up with the repetitive motion of rubbing her head in a circular motion.

Several minutes passed by and finally, Akari began to wake up from her slumber.

"Hnn, Takei?"

The goddess lazily opened her eyes to find the person that was rubbing her head. After confirming that it was Takei, she let out a relaxed smile.

"It feels good..." Akari mumbled.

Takei looked at her warmly. "We can stay like this for a little bit longer if you want."

"Yes, please!" Akari energetically agreed.

Due to this event, no exercise was done today.

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Akari's True Affection Meter: 60 -> 65%

Spoiling is always a surefire way to increase her affection towards him.

Akari has entered the realm of wanting to sleep and wake up next to Takei everyday.

Serious-san: The title doesn't even make sense?!

Sugar-san: You don't need it to make sense if you have fluff!