"So this is how you get up here. I didn't know there was a secret spot like this."
"Wahhhh!!! Miyu likes the view!! How long has this been here Sora-kun!?"
"I don't know. I stumbled upon it by accident." The three of them walked towards where Sorata was going. The rooftop. Originally the rooftop was supposed to be closed off but Sorata in the beginning of the school year wanted a place to eat and he found this. There was a way to open the door without the key and Sorata accidentally did so.
"Miyu can see the other students walking around!!!" Miyu was getting excited over everything. Sorata just ignored her and sat down on the floor since there were no benches and took out his food. Emi followed him though she was just enamored with the view as well.
They could see the flower bed made by the flower club and other things. Furthermore, the way they could see the buildings and cars, felt very surreal. The school was very big as 10,648 students attended. There were five floors. They were in the order of your placement in academics, personal record,and your results on the entrance exams. They used the students' middle school grades to judge their placement and depending on the entrance exam score either brought them up or put them in a lower class.
The classes went from E to A. Each letter had 7 classes and the 1st was where the smarter students of each letter were placed. Sorata of course was in class A-1 year one. The girls who were harassing Hikari earlier were in class C-7 year three. They most likely used the pretense of her hobbies as a way to vent their envy of Hikari. Emi placed down her bag and sat on it while also taking out her lunch. It was a convenience store lunch.
"Ah. Emi-Chan Sora-Kun! Why are you starting to eat without Miyu!!" Miyu who finally snapped out her daze looked at the two who left her out and started to walk towards them. She sat down on the left side of Sora facing Emi who sat in front of him. She took out a bento with rice balls. Their lunches weren't exactly extravagant. Compared to Sora's which looked like a 5-star chef had made it, theirs looked like something a child would make in comparison.
'Does Emi-San not have any maids? I'm pretty sure a rich girl like her would have a maid to cook for her.' Sorata thought while taking out his food. He had three rice balls with Tamagoyaki(basically just eggs rolled). He also took out his thermos with the miso soup. Sora had bought a good thermos even if it was pricey. The miso soup was still warm and even slightly hot and his bento box made sure the food was warm as well.
"""itadakimasu.""" The three of them said and began eating. Emi and Miyu clearly didn't like their meals but they needed to eat so they continued eating while Sorata didn't really feel hungry since he ate breakfast so he ate rather slowly.
"Hey! Sora-Kun! What type of girl do you like!" Miyu didn't like eating in silence so she decided to ask Sorata a question. 'Is this what girls my age like to talk about? Or is it just her. On second thought Emi seems to be interested as well.' Sorata thought he could simply ignore her question but Miyu was a rather stubborn person and he found it easier to just deal with whatever she wanted than delay it.
"I don't particularly have a type." Sorata was telling the truth. He didn't really care about looks and body. Though he had to admit that Shiuzku would certainly fit his type still he could say with confidence he didn't have a type. He grew up witnessing his mother and father who loved each other dearly. Whenever his father was home his mother was always by his side and father clearly enjoyed her presence. His mother was an extremely beautiful woman, this could easily be seen by looking at Sora's face; his father was a man with slightly above average looks. Sorata's mother could easily find a man more rich and handsome than his father but his mother chose his father because she loved him more than anything.
"Hmm? D-Do you perhaps swing that way?" Emi, who heard his response said, While looking at Sorata dobisuly. 'Just how imaginative is her mind? Oh and now it looks like Miyu is thinking the same thing.' Sorata thought.
"If you're asking whether I'm attracted to a girl or boy then it's girls." Sora said. He never found himself attracted to the same gender in fact his experience in middle school made him repulsed to the idea of it. He still remembers some of those determined perverts who tried to get pictures of him while changing for Gym class. Those perverts were really determined.
"I see. Still, Miyu has been showing off her boobs this entire time. You could easily take a look at them or even feel them by moving your arm a little and you haven't even shown the slightest bit of interest."
"Yeah exactly! Emi-Chan is right!" Miyu's breasts were almost at the level of Rika-San. Most guys would immediately look at them especially since the way Miyu had her uniform was practically showing them off.
"Just because I don't show the slightest bit of interest doesn't mean I'm not straight. I'm just not interested in that at the moment." Sora spoke his mind. He really didn't want to have a girlfriend and wasn't exactly interested in sexual activities. Though if he was being really honest he was slightly curious about it as most teenagers were.
"Hmmmmm. Miyu doesn't understand." Miyu seemed to be facing a world crisis for some reason while Emi seemed to understand based off of how she's seen Sorata these past days. All three decided to focus on eating but Emi and Miyu sometimes talked while Sorata either nodded or said simple responses.
"Ah. I finished my food." Emi had finished her lunch and Miyu had as well. From the looks of it though both of them were still hungry. Sorata wasn't really that hungry and he ate 1 rice ball, some miso soup and 4 rolled eggs.
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"...." Sorata, who had been eating, had two pairs of eyes on him. No, rather they were looking at his food.
"You guys can't actually be hungry?" Sorata said.
"I can't help it! I woke up late and couldn't eat breakfast. Besides, we had PE two periods ago."
"Yeah. Miyu was up late last night. So miyu couldn't get breakfast." Sora didn't know what other teenagers did. He himself interacted with Hiroto and Hiroto wasn't exactly a flashy person he was as others would say a goodie two shoes. Hiroto was never late; he did his work on time and never complained. The person Sorata knew who was somewhat indulgent was Elias. But even then Sorata knew Elias had plans for his future as Sorata's aunt and Elias's mother was a strict person when she wasn't doting on her children.
"Here." Sorata didn't really care and he wouldn't finish the food anyway so he got his chopsticks and pointed it out to Emi. It had a rolled egg between the two chopsticks.
"Eh. U-Uhm. That's.."
"What's wrong? Didn't you want it? Here."
"N-No. Isn't… that." Emi, who had Sorata, thrust the food in front of her. Emi was somewhat flustered by this and she was slightly fidgeting with her cheeks red.'Didn't she want the food? Why's she getting like this? What a weirdo.' Sorata thought. Emi was taken aback she didn't know what to do and was met with Sorata's expressionless face. She decided to just accept it but someone beat her to it.
"Thanks for the food!" Miyu without hesitation took the rolled egg in her mouth. Sorata was a little bit surprised at her sudden appearance but decided to just move on. Miyu was happily chewing on it and finally sawalloed it while Emi was stunned.
"Mhmmm. That was delicious! Hey Sora-Kun! Give me more!" Miyu said energetically, her big breasts bouncing up and down. Sora was about to get the chopsticks to feed her again but Emi finally snapped out of her daze and spoke up.
"Hey! You can feed yourself, you know! Don't finish it all either! Hmph." Emi said using her chopsticks to steal the egg that was in Sorata's chopsticks and ate it somewhat annoyed. 'What's wrong with her? Is she mad she didn't get the first one? It doesn't matter, does it.' Sorata thought, confused by the actions Emi has shown this past minute.
"Mouuuu. It's more fun to have Sora-kun feed Miyu!" Miyu said, pouting. She sulkily got her chopsticks and ate the Tamagoyaki with Emi. They actually ate it pretty quickly. They split up Sorata's remaining rice ball and ate it too. 'Why is it fun to have another person feed you? It sounds rather inefficient.' Sorata thought.
"Ahhhh. It was so delicious! Sora-kun! Please cook for Miyu forever!"
"Hahhhh!! Miyu! Don't say something like that!"
"Hmm? You want to hire me as a cook? I don't think I'll be able to work for you for life though."
"I don't think that's what miyu meant Sora!"
"What else could it be?"
"Eh? Could you really not know?" Emi and Miyu had finally finished Sorata's lunch and even finished the miso soup. It was seemingly good enough for Miyu to say something like that. Emi of course understood the implications of such a sentence. Sorata on the other hand had question marks floating around his head. 'Why is she getting so heated up over such a minuscule thing? Is she perhaps thinking of hiring me too?'Sorata thought.
"Ahhhhh. Miyu is so full now. Miyu wants to lay down. Thanks Sora-kun." Miyu stretched with her back on the fence with a somewhat sleepy movement. Emi wasn't the same as her and just sat down looking at the field. Sora had put his bento back in his bag along with the thermos. They had 10 minutes until lunch ended and the breeze was good so they decided to remain there until the bell rang.
"Now that I think about it, where is kaori?" Sorata said. He didn't notice her or think about it but he always saw her with Emi and Miyu but she wasn't with them today.
"Hmm? Oh kaori. She went with her boyfriend." Emi said, taking her gaze off of the field.
"She has a boyfriend?" Sora said questionly. 'That pervert actually has a boyfriend. I feel sorry for him. Wait. I know Emi must be smart but kaori and miyu? How are they in class A-1?' Sorata thought. He got a little off track at the end but he only now realized it. Miyu was clearly slovenly and she seemed to be more interested in clothes and makeup rather than class. Kaori was more laid back and carefree Sorata could easily see her deciding to not do a project until it's the day before they need to turn it in.
Sorata didn't know that Emi would force them to study with her. Emi was in the top 15 in test results, and her place was 12. Emi herself was smart; her parents always made sure she didn't slack on her studies. Emi wanted to study as well since she'd be taking over her fathers business. So when tests came up emi always made sure they studied of course they hated it but it paid off as Miyu and Kaori were in the top 30 just barely making it into class A-1.
"We still haven't seen this boyfriend. Miyu knows Kaori wouldn't lie about something like this but Miyu doesn't think a boy who won't appear with his girlfriend is not a good partner." Miyu said, pouting. Kaori had been dating this boy for 5 to 6 months and Emi and Miyu hadn't even seen him. Naturally they thought something must be going on as if the boy was embarrassed to be seen with kaori. Which would obviously be fake since Kaori was an extremely beautiful girl herself.
Kaori had of course reassured them but they were still skeptical. They had seen a picture though it didn't show the face of the boy but it did show Kaori leaning on him. The thing that confused them was that the boy wasn't even in Kaori's ideal. Her ideal was a guy who was muscular though the boy wasn't scrawny he wasn't exactly muscular.
*bing bong*
Emi was about to agree with Miyu but the bell rang signaling the end of lunch.
"Ahhh. That felt longer than usual. Thanks again Sora-Kun for the food!" Miyu got up and stretched while thanking Sorata. Sorata also got up as well and started to put his wig back on. Though the wig wasn't exactly long enough to reach his back it did get in the way of his mouth and since emi and miyu already knew what he looked like he didn't care and just took it off. While he was putting on his wig Emi also thanked him.
"Thanks sora. I feel full enough not to sleep through class." Emi said smiling. Sora nodded to them and they started to make their way to class. Sora of course lagged behind them to make sure no one saw him associate himself with them. Sorata didn't really want the attention. Hiroto was fine since he was a guy but Sorata would be walking with two very beautiful girls. Sorata arrived at his class a minute after Emi and Miyu and they continued on with their classes.
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"Hello little Sorata."
"..." Sorata, who had gone through school without any issues made his way to work only to be greeted by a smiling Shizuku drinking tea. 'Why is she here? Well since her company will technically own our restaurant it's not a surprise but shouldn't it take a while before the deal goes through.' Sorata thought. He didn't really want to deal with her today; he was already mentally taxed from Emi and Miyu talking to him constantly.
He may be able to talk perfectly fine to anyone but being an unsociable person for 3 years talking a lot is a feeling he hasn't experienced much in recent time.
"Hello. Shimazaki-sama." Sorata said. He made it as formal as possible. He still didn't know how to deal with this woman. So he just decided to act the way he always did to see if that'll scare her off. But Shizuku just made a pouting expression.
"Sorata I have told you to call me Shiuzku haven't I? Please do not sound formal." Shizuku said. She purposely made her eyes look teary and put on a sad expression. If people were to see them now everyone would assume Sorata was a heartless bastard.
"Shimazaki-sama is what I shall call you. It is only proper as now you are technically my boss." Sorata said while moving towards his locker to put his stuff away. Immediately shizuku's teary eyes disappeared and she decided to tackle sora another way.
"Hmmmm? But you don't treat your other boss the same way. Isn't that contradictory?" Shizuku said. She was right of course Sorata treated his boss like a mere pebble on the road. He never sounded respectful towards him and even looked at him coldly. Of course this was because he's seen his boss and his image of him degraded over the time he's spent working here.
There were numerous occasions that made this happen. The first was when he got drunk. They had recently installed a bar in the restaurant though it only served drinks and not food. It was a place to hang out or wait until your reservation came up. His boss had decided to celebrate and drank a lot. He kept bothering Sorata, crying about how he's rich now and not poor. It annoyed Sorata to no end. Furthermore Hiroshi kept hitting on women and Sorata had to keep bringing him back.
As punishment Sorata gave the women he harassed free meals. It was a punishment to Hiroshi. The women were glad to have gotten a free meal. Hiroshi on the other hand sobered up immediately the moment money was not being made. He of course wanted to immediately charge the women but Sorata threatened to call his wife so he backed down. Well it was for the better as these women could've easily sued Hiroshi. It wasn't worth it for a measly 34,215 yen.(250 dollars.) The women were kind enough not to order the most expensive things and ordered relatively cheaper options. Only one of them ordered something that was over 10,000 yen.(100 dollars. U.S.)
The second was when Hiroshi hired Sorata. No responsible owner of a restaurant would hire a 13 to 12 year old as their only cook. So even though Sorata was extremely grateful he was able to find a job given how hard it'd be for him he still found it hard to respect hiroshi. Well it wouldn't be hard Sorata could probably forge some documents to lie about his age but it would be time consuming.
The final main reason why Sorata treated Hiroshi this way was because of Hiroshi's greed. Hiroshi was stingy when it came to spending money; he only sucked it up to buy things for the restaurant. Sorata was the main reason his restaurant had succeeded to this point so he begrudgingly gave Sorata a higher pay. Sorata was making 3,000(21 dollars for U.S)yen every 2 weeks at the beginning but after that in a year and a half he was making 30,000(219 dollars U.S) yen every month. Now he was making 75,000 yen(547 dollars U.S) since the restaurant was extremely exclusive.
Sorata knew he was in a position that even most adults would be envious of. He would make 900,000 yen a year at 15. Everyone would be jealous of such a position and it was only thanks to Hiroshi's crooked personality that Sorata was able to make this much. Sorata was thankful to Hiroshi but everytime he saw hiroshi do something stupid his respect went down.
"I've known him for a long time. I talk to him that way because I know what he's like. I'm talking this way to Shimazaki-sama because you are a respectable person." Sorata said finally dressed in his chef's uniform. Shiuzku still persisted though.
"That's no way to treat a lady. Especially since this lady wishes for your hand." Shizuku said. 'My hand? She wishes to cut off one of my hands? Has she gone crazy?' Sorata thought he didn't wish to bring it up but he answered Shiuzku's first part.
"Beyond being a woman you are my boss. If you weren't I'd treat you the way I treat everyone else I don't know. Just because you're a lady does not mean I'm gonna treat you any differently from a stranger." Sorata said. It may sound cold but that was how sora was. No matter how handsome, or beautiful you may be, he'd give a cold tone and expressionless face. Man or woman Sorata treated everyone as a stranger, gender, age, position, it didn't matter.
Though in this case Sorata treated Shizuku differently because she was his boss, if it was the CEO of another company he wouldn't care. He did know when to treat others differently and respectful like when Emi's parents came to the restaurant. Shizuku smiled somewhat dejectedly before immediately proclaiming her intentions.
"Your personality is quite stubborn isn't it? I must say this is a new feeling. Though I must say it does excite me to have a challenge." Shizuku said seductively. She looked at Sorata with a gleam in her eyes as she walked towards Sorata. She made herself eye level to him and did the same thing as yesterday and kissed him on the cheek.
"Fufu. Little Sora I'll conquer you eventually. I never thought I'd feel this way but keep resisting it'll make it more sweet when I finally get you to be mine." Shiuzku said in a sensual tone that made Sorata shiver. She left somewhere and Sorata could feel relief wash over his body. 'She's terrifying. Are all rich people good at seducing people?' Sorata shook his head and headed towards the kitchen to get ready to cook. He had no way of knowing that Shiuzku's mother had taught her how to seduce a man that apparently the women of Shiuzku's mothers family all knew.
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"Fufufufufufuffufufu. I'll send you down to help it move forward. This one is entertaining." In a dark place a woman's voice could be heard laughing in enjoyment
"I want a good show so you'll bond with him and we'll see how it goes from there. It's been a while since I've seen one person attract this many people. Fufufufufufufufu."
"Ugh. Can you stop being so damn creepy? You're the love goddess for fuck sakes. Why do I have to go?!?! Send one of the others!!" Interrupting the woman's laughter was a woman she was clearly old looking her age could easily be guessed in the 50's to 60's. The most notable features on her were the cat ears and tail; she had both red in color different from her gray hair. The laughter stopped and dark red eyes pierced through the darkness until suddenly light came into the mysterious place.
It revealed a busty young woman with long dark blue hair with ruby red eyes. She had a serious and stern expression looking at her servant. Finally she spoke.
"You are the one I want to send. Granny. Besides." The woman's face turned darker as though she was announcing an important family member's death.
"Besides?" The old woman echoed.
"I'M TIRED OF ALL THESE DAMN KOREAN LOVE NOVELS!!!!!!!" In a booming and whining voice she loudly proclaimed. The old lady simply shook her head and waited for the tantrum to end.
"I mean it's all the same right? Women get transmigrated to some weird world to become either an extremely beautiful maid or villainess. Then she meets two love interests both of them being creepy as hell and seem like they wanna rape her! Finally you have to have the cold brooding Male lead who has no reason to be that way other than 'My MoMmY aNd DaDdY DoN'T UnDeRSTaNd Me."
It's just some stupid prince who wishes he was a damn commoner and he's cold because of it!!!!!!!! At first I liked the stories but the more I came across them the more annoying it got!!! It's like those stupid
Chinese novels that have some arrogant Main character who wants to fuck any Woman he sees!!
And of course there needs to be a dialogue where they mention how much they hate Japan!! Of course the female Korean novels have to have a cold father as well. It's like can't you think of anything else to write about!!!!! So Many damn male yanderes in those stories as well, yanderes are good. I like them both male and female but they get overplayed in Korean novels!!!! They beat isekai novels by a mile fucking isekai novels!!! You know how many isekai novels there are!!!!! A fucking ton!!!
I already hate it. These aren't love novels there the same played out shit everytime!!! Oh no what's this "I got transmigrated into the childhood friend of the cold prince and now he's obsessed with me?!?!" So many fucking times have I seen this same exact fucking trope!!! I'm tired of it I just want to see a love story play it out in real life instead of fucking novels!! Even if it's stupid it's a breath of fresh air from the same old thing!! At least this white hair guy isn't going to rape any of the women he may be an asshole from what I've seen but he's got a good head on his shoulder and he won't decide randomly that he'll go out and fucking collect women for no godamn REASON!!!!!! No one writes good love novels anymore Britain author whatever the fuck her name is wrote the worst novel I ever read!!! Fifty shades of some shit idk is the worst shit I've ever read!!!! The fucking United States isn't any better I mean sure all these countries have gems but these gems are piled beneath every fucking shitty book!!!!"
What seemed like forever was now ending as the tantrum made by the goddess of love ended. The old lady simply stood there exasperated by her master. The goddess of love was now breathing roughly with bloodshot eyes. The goddess of love made her way to different worlds searching for things to fill up her desire for love stories. She found earth and enjoyed it for about 10 years until recently she burnt out. She read and watched everything from mangas to movies to dramas, to telenovelas, and other things.
She was excited to see these new things but finally she got tired of it and was complaining non stop to her granny as she called her. Finally the goddess of love composed herself.
"Listen granny. I'm gonna send you down there because you're the best option."
"Why am I the best option?"
"Because you're the only one who can handle the burden of universe hopping."
"What are you planning to do?" The old lady asked, seemingly scared of the goddess of love's plan.
"Fufufufufufufufu! Listen, I'll create 5 universes. Each the same as the one we're in now. Then you meet That boy and bond with him as if residing in his soul."
"Why?"
"So he can go to the other universe to get a different love interest. Look here in this universe he'll get close to all of them but eventually he'll have to choose one. That's why we'll have these universes pause on the exact moment he decides to confess to one of them and I'll get to see how he treats them all." The goddess of love puffed out her huge chest with pride.
"But isn't that wrong? What if he remembers all of them?"
"Don't worry we'll replace his memories with another Sorata and we'll get that one to replace him in the universe the sora we're watching is in. It'll be like nothing ever happened. Don't underestimate your goddess. I would never leave a wife or husband alone in the afterlife." Even if she was a whiny person she was still the goddess of love. She'd make sure lovers were either reunited or split up to find their true love.
"Wait, why do we need to do that? We can just let the other universes continue and watch the other Sorata in the replicated universe and the original live out his life with the one chosen in that universe."
"Yes we could do that but he'll end up with the same woman again. I want to see all his paths and how he interacts with all of them as his lovers. Like I said, we're replicating the universe,that means we replicate the same outcome." The goddess of love said and the old lady nodded.
"So what do you mean to bond with him?"
"I want you to explain to him that he must fall in love. Or at least entertain the idea. The one I'm watching is very stubborn and he doesn't seem to ever fall in love. That's why I want you to be the driving factor to get him to Be interested in it so I can see what lovers do in this world. I haven't got the chance to view any of these 10 years we've been here." Even though it was her job she had been cooped up reading romance novels and sometimes other novels.
"But my lady This is too sudde
"Enough. I'm sending you down there now! So be prepared. I want to see a good show even if it's just fluffy romance with no substance."
"Ehhh! What!!!! Why!!! Why am I falling!!! My lad—-" a hole opened beneath the old lady and she fell through while screaming. The goddess of love walked away from the scene and making sure the place wasn't watched by anyone she made a picture frame appear.
"I made you fall in love but I wasn't able to let you live out that love. It appears your son is the same exact person as you so uninterested in having a lover. Well it seems he needs it more than you did. Don't worry I'll make sure your son gets to live out a happy life." The goddess of love suddenly had a sad face as she looked down at the picture of a beautiful woman with long white hair and Amethyst eyes. She wouldn't let anyone figure this out after all gods can do their jobs but she did something far, far more taboo: she interacted with the humans they're supposed to be watching over. Only their servants may do that but gods aren't allowed to.
"Well if he's anything like you he'll have a very flirty relationship you made me want to throw up when I saw you with your husband." The goddess of love laughed nostalgically as the light seemed to disappear.
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"Ugh. Why is it raining all of a sudden?" Sorata who had finished working got out only to be greeted by dark clouds. He thought he could make it home faster than it would rain but only 2 minutes after he left work it started raining hard. He used his bag as a cover and ran as fast as he could. After 7 minutes of running he made it back to his home.
"N-Nyaaaaa."
"Hmm?"
Just as he was about to enter he heard a weak cry. Or meow would be the exact word. He looked around and saw a red cat drenched in water shivering. It looked injured as if it fell from a tall height. Sorata contemplated on what to do. He didn't need to help the cat but knowing that some people around the area hate cats he thought it would be cruel even for him to ignore it.
"Hahh. Well whatever." Sighing he picked up the cat and ran inside. He quickly got into the elevator and made his way to his apartment. He opened the door and was greeted by darkness. 'The lights are off and it's still early, which means Elias and Elsie didn't come home. Is it raining harder where they are?' Sorata thought as he turned on the lights. He needed to take a warm bath before he got a cold so he set the water running and got his change of clothes.
He made sure to make sure the heater inside his house was turned on and wrapped the shivering cat in a thick blanket and sat it down on the couch. He got in the bath and took out his phone while he was in there.
"Sora. We won't be able to make it. We're gonna stay at a hotel. It's raining too hard to do anything." Just as Sorata expected a text from Elsie was there explaining her situation. He simply replied with an "okay" and continued to soak in the warm bath for an hour.
AN: alright so this where I'm gonna explain what this story is. Have any of you guys read a visual novel? It's basically that. All five girls that I've introduced, Emi,Aya,Hikari,Miyu, and Shiuzku will each get a route. If anyone of you have haven't read a visual novel this will be a new concept to you but just think of it as parallel universes. This was my goal from the very beginning and I was thinking of ways to implement it in. Anyways that's enough out of me to those who read this book it won't be very complex just enjoy it if you like it.