When I get to where the TR-12 is, I see an unforgivable scene, in a chair sitting in front of a table there were Shizuka and Alice, someone should have taken them out of the hotel and brought here.

That's fine, the problem was that the dog had usurped my place lying on Shizuka's legs while she petted it. What I feel now is what a man who is tired of his job and finds his wife with another type should feel ...

Well, maybe I exaggerate a little, but that place is mine! It is not something for a 4-legged mammal to enjoy! ... now I will have to think of a harder punishment for Shizuka for this betrayal, as for the dog ...

"Well, it will be Komuro's meal tonight"

"... Why do I have to eat the dog?"

"Of course because that's the punishment of the dog!"

"..."

"Oni-chan, you're back!"

"Welcome back Alex-kun ~"

While the envy I felt for the dog consumed me, they had to listen to my murmurs, so they turn to us and greet us. Shizuka takes the dog and gives it to Alice ... it's too late, woman, I've seen it and you can't fool me with that smile.

Enough, let's finish with the joke. I continue walking to where they are and immediately claim my place, yes, without a doubt she is the best pillow I've ever had.

"Hehehe, are you tired Alex-kun?"

"Hahaha, oni-chan you look like a little boy"

"Just a little, the other girls went to prepare the meal with Yuriko-san, so let's wait until it's ready.

This can't be helped, Alice, Shizuka's body is more comfortable than a bed ... your goal should be to grow to be like her "

"I understand oni-chan! I will grow up to be comfortable like Shizuka-onechan"

"Alexander-san ... you shouldn't teach strange things to the children"

" Oh, Komuro and Yamada, did you also come here? I hadn't noticed you."

"" ... ""

Komuro and Yamada arrived at some point when I closed my eyes enjoying the feeling of stay lying on Shizuka's body. The first complaints about what I say to Alice, but I think it is an excellent goal to be like Shizuka ... taking away the fact that she is a bit of an airhead.

"Was here a problem while I was away?"

"No ~ everything was very quiet ~"

"I see, that's good. How are things going with Rei, Komuro. Have you had any progress?"

"E-eh? W-why we talk about me and Rei suddenly ..."

"Because there is nothing to talk about while the food is ready and I would be bored of not talking about anything"

"... you shouldn't talk about other people's relationships, just to kill time"

"Eh? Why? As long as it's not about my private issues, it should be fine."

"But it's my privacy!"

I try to make a topic of conversation so as not to get bored, but Komuro does not cooperate. The other person we can talk about would be Yamada, but look at him… he seems such a common guy that his life would surely be summed up in a couple of lines on paper. That will not be enough to talk until the food is ready ... well, let's try, Kurisu is right and I should not judge people by their appearance, by my situation I should avoid doing that.

"Well, since Komuro is too picky, tell us about yourself Yamada, how was your life before the Apocalypse?"

"Well… I don't mind talking about me. I'm an orphan, I got a scholarship through my grades and I was trying to finish high school to look for work in an office or something like that."

"... something else? something as if you like a girl Or that you had an illicit relationship with a teacher? Or that you sold your body to wealthy women out by necessity? "

"Eh? O-of course not, I had a very normal life so far ... well, if we don't count that dead people are walking through the streets now. Also, previously as I focused on my studies so I had no time to go out with girls or friends "

Shit, if you wanted to work when finishing high school, there was not much need for you to study so much, you should have enjoyed more the time in school.

Well, at least there was a little reaction when I said about the teacher and he turned his eyes to Shizuka, most likely he had fantasies with her before ... maybe even now, but let's be honest, 99% of the male students at that school had to do it, so I can't get mad at him for that.

We can not give up so easily, let's try again going further into the past in his life, maybe there is something interesting, Yamada's life could not be so simple.

" Well, what about your parents? Were they some spies that had to leave you to fulfill their mission? Or was your mother the servant of a rich lord and abuse of her? And then because of those reasons now your life is in danger? "

"Is that true Yamada-kun ~?"

"No! My parents only died when I was still a baby. And they too were just normal workers at a company."

Now I feel my eyes going wet... it was so sad, his life was only summed up in a few lines of a sheet of paper as I had thought.

"W-why do you look at me like that?"

"Don't worry Yamada, now you're facing a zombie apocalypse, so nobody can say your life is boring anymore."

"... no, I think things would have been better if everything continued normally"

"Well, we have no choice but to talk about Komuro's love life again, go ahead and tell us"

" Why? !! "

"Because there is no one else to talk about, we already heard Yamada's life ... which is too sad, my life I already know it, so it would be boring to talk about it, and Alice is a kid, so she doesn't have much about what to say"

"... please Alexander-san, don't say it as if my life wasn't worth it"

"What about Shizuka-san?"

"Oh? In that case, the next time I see Rei I will ask some things from her life to know more about her, maybe by doing so we can get along better."

"I'm sorry, I didn't think things through. Please don't do it!"

" Then talk, how have things gone between you two? "

"Haa, the truth is that she-"

At last Komuro was willing to share his and Rei's things, was it really so difficult to talk about it? I just wanted time to pass faster while discussing some unimportant issues. On the other hand, what did he think of wanting to know more about Shizuka? I've been a pretty good friend keeping my distance with Rei... that I saw her naked in the bathroom it wasn't my fault, it was out of my power to control that.

"Alex-san, the food is ready!. Also, Soichiro-san and Hirano-kun's group have returned.!"

"Okay, now let's go! Then let's stop wasting time on unimportant things and let's eat"

While Komuro tried to say something, Saeko a little far from where we were yelling at me interrupting him, as I was hungry I get up from Shizuka's legs to go where she is, then the mentor and student also follow me.

I say mentor and student because when I tried to make Komuro speak, Shizuka and Alice began to discuss several things, mainly was the second one asking Shizuka things about how to be able to be like her.

"Dad! I'll bring you something to eat, wait for a little!"

" Wait, didn't you want to know about Rei and me? !! "

"I just wanted to waste time while the food was ready, but as you can see there is no need for that anymore"

I answer Komuro who asks me with a tone of a complaint as we 3 continue to where Saeko is ... 5 if we count the two pets.

If he had spoken from the beginning when I asked him to do so, this would not happen. Now I am more interested in filling my stomach than having to listen to his poor regrets for his relationship with Reí.

"... is okay Komuro-kun, at least you prevented him from thinking that your life is boring"

"... Yamada-kun"

Well, let's hurry up and get away from that strange environment that formed between Komuro and Yamada ... maybe is this why it costs them to approach the girls. Aurora, please remind me not to get so close to them, I will spend more time with Hirano, he looks much more normal, at least I can assure his preferences.

[… Alexander, you won't be able to have male friends if you continue treating the boys that way]

... that would be worrisome, I would have no one to show off for having girls like Kurisu, Saeko, and Shizuka by my side. Also, when I need someone to sacrifice for me or the girls, there won't be anyone to do it either.

You're right Aurora, I should treat other men better, it's good to have someone willing to die when I ordered him to do so in case I ever need it.

[...]

"It took less than I thought to prepare the meal, Saeko-chan"

"That was because Yuriko-san had already put someone in charge to prepare the food before we arrived. We just had to help a little in the kitchen."

"I see, then let's go eat"

We meet with Saeko and after exchanging some words we continue to the castle, once inside we go directly to what would have been a restaurant in this hotel.

There were already the other important people in our group at a table, Soichiro and Hirano have calm expressions on their faces, so I must assume that there were no complications on their side either.

"Komuro wasn't with you?"

When I approach the table in the place next to Kurisu, Rei who was in her left asks me, I take a seat nodding in confirmation and as she continued looking at myself waiting for more information, without another option then I speak.

"Yes, he stayed with Yamada, they both were looking into each other's eyes as they said each other's name, as they had a strange atmosphere around them, I thought it would be bad to bother them, so I left them there"

"E-eh? A-a strange atmosphere? "

"They are looked at each other in such a passionate way ~"

"Yes! The two oni-chan seemed to be very good friends ~ Just like Alex-onichan and the one-chans~"

I just wanted to annoy Rei a little, but when I wanted to talk to tell her that it was a joke, the follow-up of Shizuka and Alice prevent me to do that and to make matters worse, Saeko starts to nod when Rei turns with her since she also went there.

... This cannot be considered my fault. On the other hand, it seems that Alice began to mimic Shizuka's way of speaking, she looks pretty when she does.

Seconds after our words both boys what we were talking about, enter the restaurant talking to each other in a friendly way while smiling. Honestly, I see that as normal as two people who get along and they have fun between them, but having as background the words that Shizuka and Alice said, that only makes their situation worse.

"W-why does everyone look at us like that?"

"Don't worry Takashi-kun, everyone is free to choose who they want to be with"

"Eh? .. I don't understand what you say Yuri ko-san"

Being received with everyone's eyes on both of them, Komuro gets confused and then Yuriko-san's words only making worse their situation. He tries to find an explanation seeking help from his childhood friend but after looking at her for a few seconds she just nodding affirmatively to Yuriko-san's words.

"Just take a seat, so we can eat and talk about how things went to all groups"

I try to compose the things that Shizuka and Alice caused by changing the subject, they take a place at the table and I ignore that when Komuro goes to an empty place next to Hirano, he gets up and let seats Yamada while the look for another one, then after everyone is sitting I keep talking.

"Well, as I mentioned to Yuriko-san, our group did not have many problems when we eliminated the zombies from our area. We did not find anything out of the ordinary, we only had a slightly difficult time when we met an evolved zombie in the house of the mirrors "

"So it seems that our group had better luck, we just faced normal zombies. But as we did, we found what appears to be the system that provides water to this place."

"We also found another important installation of the park, in our area was the room of the power generators. Although when we got there we also found an evolved zombie, but thanks to Hirano-kun took care of it immediately, this wasn't a problem"

"As we had already cleaned most of the zombies around the castle, everything went smoothly here. Besides, the merchandise from the trucks has been almost all taken to the warehouses."

Each of the group leaders gives a report of our expeditions and in the case of Yoshioka, reports the progress of things in the castle. The facilities that the Takagi couple found are of great importance for the base ... I just hope they still work.

"We have to see if these facilities work to start them up..."

"I have already asked, it seems that they were not affected by the bombs because are mainly engines, we just need to put them to work them"

"Then we should take some people to activate them as soon as possible"

We continue talking about some more things while we eat, then finishing we decided to continue with our previous work. With the difference that Soichiro and Yuriko-san would bring some more men to run the water and electricity facilities.

"Yoshioka, when you distribute today's food, let the other know that it is because we are celebrating obtaining a safe place where we can live, so we will let them eat until they fill their stomachs, do not forget and make sure that each person hears you"

"…it's okay"

Before I go with my group to kill more zombies, I approach Yoshioka who was in charge of distributing food for other people. As Soichiro had told him to give enough food to others, I couldn't help talking to him too.

Now we are somewhat busy with the cleaning of the park and although I think that the way we divide the food should be modified, for now, we should focus on the first thing, ending that there will be time to deal with the second.

We left the castle and began to walk inside the park, not many minutes later we returned to the place where we had stopped before and then proceed to examine the surroundings.

Things were quieter than in the previous time and without any surprise, there was only one evolved zombie type force that roamed the place, but even before it could notice us had its head burst by a shot from Kurisu.

When the sunset arrived, we stopped our exploration of the park again and returned to the castle. As we approached we could see that Soichiro, or the men that go with him, managed to run the generators.

The lights of the castle were on, chasing away the approaching darkness, seeing the lamps lighting the place many of us can't help smiling. Perhaps it was because of the feeling generated by thinking that we had recovered something that was taken from us by the zombies.

After observing for a minute the lights continue to the castle, upon entering we find Yoshioka who tells us that those of the other two groups had also returned. It seems they focused more on running water and electricity services. They just cleaned the area around those facilities and tried to fix any inconvenience they might have.

I have no complaints about that, it was much better to have light to see in the dark than anything else.

I thought we could clean 1 kilometer around the castle so that the survival camp missions could be completed today, but unfortunately, it was not possible. Well, tomorrow I will surely meet that goal.

"Alexander-san ... don't you think others look at me strangely?"

"... it's probably your imagination"

"No, I think everyone is looking at me strangely ... even Rei told me that I should strive to find my happiness ... I thought she wanted it that I was more direct so we could get closer between the two of us, but when I tried she told me to go with Yamada "

"... I don't know, maybe she wants you to have more friends? Sorry, I have to go with Yuriko-san and Soichiro"

I quickly escape from Komuro who began to ask me why everyone looked at him differently, what can I say, the human is gossip by nature, so probably during the entire time we were outside, the rumor about Komuro's sexual preferences spread throughout the camp.

Then as I don't want strange rumors about me, I turn away from him. You ask me if I had not escaped because of the guilt I felt because I was responsible? You are wrong, those responsible are Shizuka and Alice, I only told the truth of what I saw, it was they who caused the misunderstanding with their words, so my conscience is calm.

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