Chapter 101: A Day Off
My name is Alicia.
Every day is full of happiness because I get to be with my beloved mama!
…But sometimes, I get a little worried.
Like maybe—I’ve forgotten something really important.
When I think about that, my chest gets all tight, and it really hurts.
But when that happens, all I have to do is get a hug from Mama, and everything's okay.
Then that tight, achey feeling just goes bam! and disappears!
Mama is amazing!
"Mama, I bet you can use happiness magic!"
When I said that, Mama smiled and patted my head.
"Then, Alicia, you’re a little magician who makes me smile too."
Yup! I’m gonna become a wonderful magician too!
…Ehehe. I love Mama so much.
As long as I’m with Mama, nothing in the world can scare me.
So let’s stay together forever and ever… okay, Mama? It’s a promise!
I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock.
Something feels off. Not wrong, exactly—just... different.
Then I remember the reason.
"...Ah, that’s right. Today’s my day off."
No one answers me.
Of course not—it was just a muttered thought to myself.
Today, Alicia isn't here.
After surviving the hectic New Year’s period at work, I finally had a breather yesterday—and that’s when Alicia came to me with a request.
『Ikuto-san, I’d like to take tomorrow off.』
"A day off?"
『Up until now, I’ve only been disconnecting our mental link at night, but I was thinking it might be good to have a full day off once a week as well.』
"...Why would you want to do that?"
『I just thought it might be nice for both of us to have some private time now and then. Besides, there are a lot of books I’ve been meaning to catch up on.』
I’d heard before that Alicia perfectly memorizes any book I skim-read, and later, when we’re disconnected, she reads it from memory.
Since I had no reason to object, I agreed to her suggestion.
And that’s why I’m alone today.
It’s the first time I’ve spent a day without Alicia since I returned to this world. Somehow, everything feels a bit hollow without her around.
"Good morning, Yuna."
"...Morning, Alice."
I head down to the living room and exchange morning greetings with Yuna.
But the usual cheerful voice of Alicia chiming in via telepathy is missing, leaving an awkward silence between us.
"It just feels… off without Alicia here, doesn’t it?"
At some point, Alicia had become such an integral part of this home that her absence feels unnatural.
"She really has become part of the family, huh…"
That thought makes me feel a bit lonely—but also strangely happy.
"...Yeah."
But when Yuna sees me like that, she seems to feel even lonelier herself. Her expression darkens.
"It’s okay. She’ll be back tomorrow."
Getting this emotional over a single day apart might be a bit much…
But still, it means Yuna truly cares about Alicia, and that makes me happy.
I sit down at the dining table and eat the breakfast Mom prepared.
Usually, I’d be listening to Alicia and Yuna chat as I ate. Without their voices, the silence feels unusually heavy.
"Alice, what are you doing today? I’m planning to head into town for some shopping—want to come with?"
"Um, I hadn’t really decided yet, but… shopping sounds a little iffy."
There were probably still crowds left over from the New Year’s sales, and more than that—shopping was way more fun when Alicia was with me. So I didn’t really feel like going while she was away.
That said, what would I even want to do alone?
Thinking back on my past self, what I used to do in my free time, I realized… most of the time, I’d just head over to Souta’s place for no real reason.
"Well, there’s nothing stopping me anymore, so… might as well go to Souta’s place today."
That’s what I told Yuna.
After washing and putting away the dishes, I returned to my room to get ready to head out. It felt weirdly embarrassing to wear girly clothes when going to see Souta, so I tried to pick something low-key.
A white sweater, brown plaid culotte skirt, black tights, and a camel-colored duffle coat.
And last, I slipped a twin ring onto the ring finger of my left hand to finish the look.
Looking at myself in the full-length mirror, I saw someone that actually looked kinda cute.
…This is the most subdued outfit I have at home, by the way.
"Hey, Souta, I’m coming in!"
I entered through the veranda like always and called out toward Souta’s room—but there was no reply. After waiting a moment, I slid open the sliding door.
The room was empty. Souta wasn’t home.
"Out, huh? …Well, whatever."
I didn’t really have anything specific to do with him.
Guess I’ll just lounge around until he comes back. If he doesn’t, then that’s fine too.
I stepped into his room, set the paper bag I’d brought on his desk, and hung my coat on a hanger hooked to the wall.
Then I headed to the bookshelf to browse for something to read.
Hmm… what should I pick?
The new volume of that shounen manga was tempting, but since I’m here…
I climbed up onto the bed and reached for the very top shelf. One by one, I pulled down the boxes of encyclopedias and checked what was inside.
"Hmm-hmm… Ohh… I see…"
What I found was Souta’s stash—his adult collection. There were a lot I recognized, which made me feel kinda nostalgic, but it looked like he’d added a fair number of new ones too.
He used to be mostly into the big-sis types with nice bodies, but now there were also some lolicon titles mixed in.
"Souta… your tastes have shifted a little?"
For the record, I’ve always been fine with either kind, so no problem there.
…If I had to choose, though, I guess boobs would be a plus. Yeah.
I took out one of the lolicon photo books and flopped down on my stomach on the bed, flipping through the pages.
The model was a cute, petite girl with a modest chest—though still bigger than mine.
It was a shoot with a male actor.
"...He’s big."
The guy was big in every way, and the contrast with the small girl was striking. As I flipped through the pages, she was doing this and that to it—it was pretty intense.
And then came the main act…
"…It all fits?"
The look on the girl’s face, slack with ecstasy as she took it all in, was incredibly erotic—she looked like she was really enjoying it.
I wonder… does getting it put in feel that good…?
Just thinking that made the area low in my stomach tighten and heat up—
"!!?"
Wh-what the hell am I thinking right now!?
It’s not "I want to do it with that girl"… it’s "I want to be like that girl"…!?
"Impossible… ugh… this is the worst…"
Even if it was just a moment of weakness, the fact that that kind of thought—getting done by a guy—came from me… No way. I’m normal. If I’m gonna do it, I want it to be with a girl.
"…But even if it’s with a girl like her, I guess the one in control would still be the other person."
That thought stings a little. This body is way too sensitive, and chances are I’d just get overwhelmed.
I mean, I bet it would still feel good in its own way, but… it’s not really the kind of sex I imagined.
If it were with Alicia, I bet it’d be different…
I’d make that sensitive Alicia melt with this and that, get her feeling all good and ready—and then, I’d slide mine into that part of her that’s all—
Just then, the sliding door to the room burst open.
"Hyai!?"
Lost in my fantasies, I let out a weird little yelp without thinking.
"Whoa, what the—!? …Oh, it's just you, Alice."
Even Souta raised his voice in surprise when he saw me like that—clearly not what he was expecting.
"Uh, h-hey… hope you don’t mind me dropping by…"
"Y-yeah… wait, hold on a sec! What the hell are you doing reading that!?"
Souta noticed the book I’d been reading, rushed over to grab it from the bed, and quickly hid it behind his back.
"What’re you panicking for? We used to lend each other dirty mags like it was nothing."
『Y-you’ve got Alicia-san inside you too, don’t you!?』
"Oh, that’s what you meant… don’t worry, Alicia’s off today. So right now, it’s just me."
『O-oh, I see… Wait, still not okay!』
"Why not? C’mon, we’re tight, right? …Or are you saying we can’t go back to how things used to be?"
That thought made me feel uneasy.
I finally got to the point where I could interact with Souta again as just me…
"That’s not it… I mean—aren’t you bothered by it?"
"…Why would I be? It’s not weird for a guy to own porn."
I really didn’t get why Souta was suddenly hung up on this.
"…Haaah. Fine. If you’re cool with it, then I guess whatever."
Weird-ass Souta.
"So, what brings you here today?"
"What, I can’t come over unless I’ve got a reason?"
Feeling like he was brushing me off, I puffed up my cheeks and answered with a pout.
"Didn’t mean it like that…"
"I brought the school uniform and bike I said I’d give you. They’re in the paper bag on the desk—go ahead and use them."
After the fight with Aimock, his own uniform and bike got wrecked, so with Mom’s permission, I decided to give him the ones I used to use.
"O-oh… thanks. Honestly, that helps a lot."
"I mean, it’s not like I can wear them anymore."
"R-right…"
"…Hey, I don’t really have anything else to do, so… mind if I just lounge around like old times?"
"A-ah, yeah… go ahead."
I grabbed a manga volume and flopped onto the bed to read.
Things were still a little awkward between us at first, but little by little, we started to remember what it was like before. The tension melted as we relaxed.
We talked about the manga, played some Wii Sports together, and just lazed around the whole day.
And on my way home… I borrowed one of the photo books.
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