AnimeCon Harem: Book 3 by FortySixtyFour

Author:FortySixtyFour [FortySixtyFour]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mango Media LLC
Published: 2024-05-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-three

Girl Talk

“How do you even talk Brian down on the whole us being mind-controlled slaves thing, without bringing up the magic powers?!” Emily asked. “I bring it up, and he’s like magic powers? What do you mean magic powers? Steph—are you for real?!”

The mismatched pair were walking through the crowds of AnimeCon attendees in the vendor’s room, wandering in aimless fashion down one of the rows of exhibitor booths stacked high with cases of anime DVDs and boxed statuette collectibles. With her fluffy pink hair, Stephanie could easily be mistaken for a cosplayer when wearing the oversized button-up shirt borrowed from Brian’s Lance outfit. In contrast, Emily’s blue pixie cut and the more relaxed hoodie with the forklift slogan emblazoned across the front was punk casual, and she hugged a plastic sheath containing the poster print from earlier against herself, while leaving one hand free for the exasperated motions she needed to express bewilderment with her friend.

“W-we’re not mind-controlled slaves!” Stephanie insisted. “The… the issue isn’t, um, the real issue with this is—”

“I mean, it’s totally cool with me if we are slaves, ‘cause that’s my thing, and I’m down, but like…” Emily gestured with her hand. “That’s not Brian’s thing, y’know? Like, he’s not into that at all. At all.”

“We’re not mind-controlled, or slaves, or anything like that!” Stephanie repeated, swatting down the hand. “Why would, why would you keep saying that, when you know how much that idea upsets Brian?!”

“How DARE you say something that upsets THE MASTER, the strange magic compulsion in your head demands,” Emily said, rolling her eyes. “Like, Steph, do you even hear the way that sounds?”

“I-it’s not like that!” Stephanie grabbed Emily’s forearm and pulled her to a stop. “I’m, I’m being serious. Emily, please—it’s really not like that.”

“Well, hey, wasn’t me you hadta convince.” Emily gave her an expressive shrug. “So what did you even say to Brian?”

“I, um…” Stephanie let go of Emily’s arm and wore a pensive expression. “I talked about, uh, tried to explain this, this blind spot I think he has. That affects the way he’s thinking about… all of this. The problem, to me, I mean not to me but the problem as I see it, or-or I mean the problem for him, with all of this, it’s that he has this big blind spot when it comes to relationships with other people.”

“Huh.” Emily quirked her lip. “Blind spot? Okay, yeah, I guess he’s gotta have some huge blind spots, or how could the whole being with Chloe thing even happen?”

“It’s trust,” Stephanie explained. “Trust. Trust is a, a huge blind spot for him. He’s been, um, conditioned his whole life to, to just assume no one should trust him. So, so it’s like he just assumes that there’s no reason to trust him. When, when in reality, he’s—well, he’s Brian. He’s…”

“Yeah, I get it. He’s like, the only person I completely trust.” Emily nodded in agreement. “Trust that I can just be me, that I can just completely be myself.

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