We’ll Pay for Everything with Points – Part 03

“Go get ‘em, Aikawa! Don’t lose to Orito!” Tomonori cheered me on, pumping a fist.

“You’re on the other team,” I reminded her. “You’re not supposed to cheer for me.”

Tomonori snapped back to reality, lowered her head, and toned down her voice. “I-I know I’m not a human on the oni side… but still…”

A human on the oni side sounded weird. Were they oni or were they people?

Like hard softballs. Or old newspapers. Just one of those vague contradictions that made my head itch.

“Then isn’t cheering for me the wrong call?”

“But I’m your wife! So… I’ll always be on your side.”

Sometimes I envied how straightforward she was.

“Yeah, yeah, I get it.”

“Don’t lose to Orito!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“Hey, Aikawa. How’s it going?”

Speak of the devil. It was four-eyes.

With him were two girls staring at the floor with that frustrated look that said they were seconds from tears.

Orito swaggered in with his arms draped