14 Haruki's Trial

"And you were swinging your wiener at her?! You pervert!" Upset, Hinata growled and pointed his finger at Haruki.

"Hey, calm down. I thought she was a tester! I thought she was actually a man!" the singer shook his hands in a defensive stance.

But Honda Seichiro's face didn't show any sympathy when he heard the reply,

"Miyu-chan received an automatic survey from Okami AI and her feedback was that she had met a naked and shameless character! Inadmissible, gentlemen."

"Why Honda-san, I was washing my tracksuit. After all, I only have the clothes I'm wearing right now, and I didn't want to smell bad."

Haruki for the first time was happy for that fact... and for not having a laundry room in the manor. It was a poor excuse, and everyone in the room knew it, but he hoped it would ease the situation. 'Why me out of everyone?! Why did she have to meet me first, out of all available options?'

"Honda-san, we are not 'characters'. We are living beings. We are HUMAN beings. Our situation should be a priority, and not the faux pas Takeda-san committed. Do you think differently? Was this 'issue' reported to Miyu-chan? Is Abe Hiroshi-san aware of the facts?" Saito asked.

"What are the priority criteria, Honda-san? Why is the environment more detailed and fancy than before?" Daisuke asked.

"Honda-san, when are we leaving? You promised to come back to address this issue," recalled Takashi.

Without a cohesive plan, they attacked the engineer on several sides in defense of Haruki who could be punished for the beach incident.

Only Hinata didn't seem to understand the gravity of it.

"Ahem, we have to assess the impact of Miyu-chan's login into the game, and it probably will take several days to gather data and analyze it..." Honda shied away from giving an objective answer and was interrupted by Jun,

"For starters, why aren't you revoking her login access"?

"We cannot act without knowing the dimension, ahem we need…," another evasion from the chief engineer.

"In this case, Honda-san, if she comes again and sees me in another embarrassing situation, I can't do anything! You took everything from me. Even my dignity!" Haruki was emphatic.

"WE WANT CLOTHES!" shouted Daisuke and Hinata echoed,

"WE WANT CLOTHES!"

"We will continue our conversation later, gentlemen!" Honda disconnected.

"Stupid boy, why did you tell on Haruki ?! Do you want to see him punished?" roared Saito. And Hinata looked to Jun for support.

Crossing his arms, Jun agreed with Saito, much to Haruki and Hinata's astonishment,

"Hinata-kun, let it be the first, and the last time, that you told one of us. This shit is real. They are not moving their asses to do anything. Not to get us out of here, at least. It's us against them. Got it?"

Hinata cringed and nodded that he understood, but then said,

"It's not right to bully someone! And Miyu has ALS!"

"I already said I didn't know she was a real girl! I came out of the sea, and she squeaked, okay? I used what I had to cover myself," he made the gesture by placing his hands over the 'offending area', and continued," Problem solved? No! I was still naked, right?! What do girls usually do? They cover their faces with their hands, close their eyes, turn around," Haruki spoke to Hinata, and from the corner of his eye she watched the reactions of others. "She kept looking and looking. I saw where the towel was and went to get it and cover myself. Did she stop leering? Turned on her back? No! She was ogling my ass! Then I thought: dude, stop being so dumb! He's a guy and he's making fun of me! That's when I took the towel off again and put the kid on the run!"

Some of them laughed when reimagining the entire scene Haruki had already described, but now with an innocent young lady.

Takashi, who kept a straight face all along, stepped forward to say,

"You still don't understand what happened on the beach, Haruki-san? The girl has ALS! Miyu-chan is stuck in her body! She can't walk! She can't use her arms! She can't use her hands. And she's having breathing difficulties, and that's what's killing her! And that is why she's not used to reacting as your fans do. Probably Miyu-chan had just joined the game. Imagine the whirlwind of sensations and feelings she was experiencing for the first time in her life?! Freedom. Be a normal girl. You don't need a lot of equipment and people around you, so of course, you can't empathize. She was figuring out how to move. How to use this new body. And she sees an athletic, naked man coming out of the sea. Yes, she must have been shocked, sexually excited, and confused. It doesn't make her a pervert, it just says that she is capable of feeling. And at least in here, she's a normal girl,"

Takashi was visibly shaking. He stopped talking to take a deep breath, and slightly breathless. A sudden pallor denounced he wasn't feeling so well. But he struggled to finish,

"I hope she comes back, and that you apologize to her correctly, Haruki-san,"

He waited for an answer, facing Haruki. The singer lowered his head and said in embarrassment,

"Yes, I will apologize to Miyu-chan."

A heavy silence fell in the room.

Takashi said good night, saying he would go back to sleep. Hinata also said good night by going to his room.

CONTINUES

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