「CHAPTER 4」
“Ugh...I'm dizzy.......” Yoshino groaned in his bed with a high fever. After he sent
the manuscript for printing, the combination of his fatigued body and overworked brain
had knocked him out. Even in this situation he somehow managed to send the
manuscript, so of course he wanted to be praised for being a pro, but to be called that
would be a joke. In reality, he was in a situation where he had to apologize to various
people. Ever since he debuted, this was the worst situation he ever had at work.
“Haa—h…”
Because Hatori had done such a thing to him, he could not even think about the
manuscript; however no matter how unpleasant things were, work was work. As a pro, he
thought having private matters interfere with work was absolutely the worst, even if it
bothered him.
But, dream and reality don't mix together so easily......
Even though he realized this, he was not doing anything about it and could not
even think of what to do about it. He ought to be trying to not think of it, but
nevertheless, the only thoughts that crossed his mind were about Hatori. This was the first
time such a thing happened to him.
Since he was thinking about so many things all at the same time, he realized he
might be confused, so he tried to stop thinking, but even if he thought as much as he
could, Yoshino did not understand what Hatori was thinking.
I mean, no matter how much I think about it, I don't understand.
Finally, he decided to leave his worrying for later, and switched his thoughts in
order to force himself to concentrate on the manuscript. As usual he sent the manuscript
at the last moment, but if he was to avoid getting his manuscript dropped from the
magazine, Yoshino had to do his best. He thought it would not be strange to call the fact
that he was able to catch-up a miracle. Of course he finished without getting dropped —
thanks to all of his assistants who worked hard for him and thanks to Hatori who ran
around to all sorts of places as he negotiated the deadline for him. But during the time he
was finishing up the manuscript, he talked of nothing but work with Hatori, and when
they met, they also did not make eye contact with each other.
......It's much easier like that for me, but...
With this and that, Yoshino was somehow able to finish the manuscript, however
as soon as he was done, the tension left him and he caught a fever and fell apart.
“I have to apologize to everyone later...”
He caused all sorts of trouble to so many people and it seemed like up till now
this never happened before. It was unbelievable as to how much he really was indebted to
his admired assistants. For now, Yoshino thought he probably should eat something after
he feels better and announces himself active again.
He can come later......
He avoided Hatori all through the time he was finishing up the manuscript, but
continuing to run away any more would be impossible. If Hatori was an ordinary friend
and such a thing happened, he could just ignore him without contacting him ever again
after it had happened. But Hatori was his childhood friend and his work partner, a work
partner who could not stop being the editor in charge of him. This was the obvious
reality, but this situation of not being able to even run away was horrible for Yoshino.
“Why did this happen......?” He tossed around in his bed while muttering to
himself again. No matter how many times he thought about it, he could not come up with
an answer. However, even if he knew there was no answer, he could not help thinking
about it, nevertheless.
Maybe it didn't go well between Tori and Yuu?
No matter how he tried to look at it, it looked as if the two were fighting before
they kissed on that rainy day. So that meant Hatori gave up on Yanase? Then Yoshino
misunderstood what he had heard from Yanase. He could not hold back his irritation, as
he thought Hatori must have taken out his desire on him as he happened to be close by.
Then, I'm Yuu's replacement...?
That passion, those arms roughly holding him, and the passionate kissing, all of
that was taken out on him because he was Yuu's replacement?
I mean, a replacement!! That's all I was to Tori!?
Thinking that made him a little sick, and he felt like crying from the mortification
and miserableness. Obviously he was angry at being attacked. If another guy did such a
thing to him, he would definitely have gone to the police. However, his partner was Tori,
so Yoshino wanted to know the reason directly from him, as to why he did such a thing.
Besides, even though Yoshino thought first getting to understand Hatori was the best, he
was angry with himself that he did not understand what Hatori was thinking before.
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