"I'm an idiot! An idiot! A damn idiot!" Aoshi shouts, slamming his fists into the futon over and over.
"I-I'm such an idiot for letting myself get this attached! Or maybe I was just too stupid not to fight harder to make her stay. But then again... what could I have possibly said to convince a princess to spend the rest of her life with a nobody like me? There wasn't a single reason why she ever should've..."
Knock. Knock.
Someone knocks on the door.
"Come in, Ayane. It's open..." Aoshi mutters, his voice hoarse.
After spending the whole afternoon letting everything out at the maid café, Ayane had promised she'd stop by that evening to check on him and help if he needed anything.
Letting her see him like this is the last thing he wants, so Aoshi hurriedly wipes his face and tries to pull himself together, if only enough to salvage a little dignity.
But the moment the door opens, he realizes it isn't Ayane.
