CH 106

Chapter 106: Saturday, Staring at Your Face

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Velke-san… Velke had fallen asleep again. 

Now then, I also need to think about what I should do from now on. If I went out without saying anything to him like I did this morning, he was going to get anxious for sure.

Well for the time being, let’s do the chores that had been piling up. I took my several days worth of laundry from the basket and Velke’s clothes that I had stored in a different basket. When I have consecutive days off in the weekend like this, I usually spend the whole Saturday sleeping in but for some reason, even though today was Saturday, I felt so energized and motivated to do the chores. 

Let’s finish them all today!

Velke’s clothes were stained because he had vomited blood on it last night but since I had put on a stain remover beforehand, the stain had started to fade now.

Is it alright if I just wash these kinds of clothes normally…?

I thought to myself as I carefully put his clothes into the washing machine and turned it on. It was better to wash Velke’s clothes first and not mix it with my clothes. I then separated my own shirt and other clothing I had in a separate laundry bag. 

In the meantime, since the vacuum cleaner would create too much noise, I decided to clean the floor with a lint roller and other cleaning tools to remove the dust. I opened the window a little bit to have some air circulation in my apartment and did some light wiping. Hearing the washing machine had already finished washing, I took out the laundry and hung them to dry completely. I continued my chores and by the time I was washing the dirty dishes, it was already almost noon time. 

Velke was still fast asleep and I just couldn’t bring myself to wake him up so I decided to have a light lunch with the leftover bread and the sweets I had bought this morning. I could eat again after he woke up anyway. Oh right, I should make porridge for him. 

Right… If he was going to stay here for a while, I’d have to leave Velke alone on weekdays because I had to go to work… In any case, I should prepare some movies for him to watch to kill time. Of course, the movies were all my personal picks that I highly recommend for anyone to watch.

I slid my drawer open, taking out the movies I had stored inside. 

………. Mangas, huh… I should take this out for him to read… Ah, this is one of my favourites. I’ll keep this in an easily accessible place. That’s right. Since I have free time, I should use it to work on my job for a bit. My goal for next week is to minimise my overtime as much as possible. 

I decided to start by preparing the data required for my presentation so I could have less work to do on the weekdays. I turned my computer on to start working. Maybe because he saw me working near the bed, Velke would occasionally fumble around, affirming my presence. 

He stretched his arms from the bed and rested his hand on me but he was careful enough not to disturb me. I guess he felt safer when he could feel my presence physically like this. 

……… But this small gesture is really making my ‘desire to protect’ going haywire. 

Having someone around was something that I had missed dearly. I ended up occasionally playing with Velke’s hair as I worked on my job. 

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Phew. The hell, is this the side effect of sitting close to an ikemen? My productivity is super good, I’m getting so many things done. 

By the time I finished my job, it was already evening. 

Ah! I completely forgot about Velke!!!

『Are you finished?』

“Ah, yes. Sorry. I was too focused on… You must be hungry…”

『No, I was asleep most of the time so… There’s no problem.』

“I’m going to make rice porridge now so please wait a minute.”

『… ? Mahiro…. You’re going to cook…..?』

I mean to be fair, I do agree just by looking at my apartment, I certainly don’t look like someone who cooks but you don’t have to look THAT surprised. 

As I worked in the kitchen, Velke brought in the clothes I had aired and folded it for me. I felt guilty for making such a beautiful man like him help me with my chores. 

… Ah… Yeah. He even folded my boxer… I’m really sorry for making you do that….

As the porridge was beginning to thicken, I added egg as the finishing touch and stirred it so the eggs turned into thin, silken strands. With the egg done, I had finished making the porridge. 

The two of us ate it together, puffing and blowing the hot, steaming porridge as we ate but… It seemed Velke looked like he was…. Emotionally touched? For some reason, he was eating the porridge like he was deeply moved by the porridge. 

Velke looked like he was feeling so much better already, probably because he was working on restoring his magic power as he slept. He told me if we were only going to go shopping, his body should be strong enough to do it tomorrow. And so, I decided to go buy some clothes and daily necessities that I couldn’t buy at the convenience store. 

After doing the dishes, we still had some time left so I asked Velke if there was anything he wanted to learn about this world but it turned out, Velke wanted to know more about me instead. 

『I want to know more about Mahiro. I want to know about the things you’ve seen and what’s your life like growing up. I want to know about the path you’ve gone through that lead you to your current state of mind.』

Even if you ask me that…

The things I’ve seen…? Just some games and mangas. What’s my life like growing up? I’m the second son out of three siblings. I have one older brother and one younger sister and I fought with them almost daily since we are only one year apart…Yeah. I don’t know what to talk about when he asks something like that because I’ve been living a mediocre life through and through. Oh, right. 

“In the package my parents sent me because they said my stuff was in the way, there are some pictures of when I was little. Do you want to see it?”

『… ?! Please!  I’d LOVE to see it! 』

My older brother is planning to move back to my parents’ house along with his kid so I knew why they needed to clean up my room but still, saying that my stuff was in the way… Aren’t they being a bit too cruel on me? 

I thought to myself as I opened the box they had sent me the other day. 

Uwah… How nostalgic.. These are definitely the relics of my past. 

When I handed him one of my childhood albums that I randomly picked, Velke’s eyes were sparkling as he opened the album. 

『This is… 』

Velke’s eyes widened. 

“Oh? I think I was about 10 years old there. It was during school’s play. Uwahh… That’s right, the drama was called ‘Santa Claus in a Hurry’. I was the one playing Tree B.”

I had one line in that play.

While dressing up as a tree, I said,”Oh, oh, we’re in trouble! It’s not Christmas yet but Santa Claus has already left in a hurry!”

It was so embarrassing. 

『Mahiro… When you were a child… 』

Velke lovingly stroked the picture of me when I was dressed up as a tree. He took extra care to gently stroke my face in that picture. 

“I mean, I think I have a picture of me in something more normal. The one where I at least dressed as a human being….”

『You really… Look exactly like Maou-sama… Like two peas in a pod…』

Hearing that, my hand stopped flipping through the album. 

“….. Do I resemble him that much?”

『Yes…』

As if he was enraptured, Velke stroked the picture of me lovingly. 

“That… Maou guy, what kind of person is he?”

『Maou-sama is… Even though he has a very small body, he’s a very compassionate and big hearted person… It’s hard to believe someone so small like him could be overflowing with so much passion… 』

“I…. See….”

……. That’s right. The reason why Velke easily relies on me and treats me so intimately… Everything is because… I have 『Maou’s soul』in my body….

When I saw how Velke stared at the picture of me when I was a boy with his eyes filled with emotions as if he was staring at something so precious…. Somehow I felt a pang of pain in my chest. 

No,no,no. Why am I feeling like this? I’m being so weird. After all, for Velke, Maou in that other world is someone Velke adores and respects. 

As Velke stared at my picture without any sound, I continued my work. Perhaps because I was doing my work in pilot mode, I managed to get a lot of things done. More than I had initially expected.

Of course… It wasn’t like I wasn’t feeling consciousness about the presence of someone behind me as I worked. 

It was almost midnight when I finished.

I should sleep soon.

While thinking that, I turned off the light and prepared to sleep. But… My mind was filled with a bunch of incoherent thoughts, these thoughts kept on running through my mind. 

Suddenly… I wondered if Velke and Maou, who physically didn’t look old enough yet, had done some… Lewd things together.

When that thought crossed my mind, my brain immediately short circuited. Once again, I began to squirm restlessly under the cover.

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T/N: I CAN’TTTT. I’m so happy because I can see them being cute together, living their cohabitation life together but at the same time I’m also sad because there’s an underlying problem between them! I really just want the two of them to be happy… Also Mahiro, ohhhh Velke has done a loooot of things with you. A LOT.