Chapter 69: This Won't Do

'...So, how's the relationship going right now?'

The moment I heard the question, my mind stopped.

...First, I should have sorted out whether Mia and I were actually dating. When had we ever decided to start going out?

But thinking about it, we were fake-dating. A long... time ago, after Aia's attack, we'd agreed to pretend we were dating to prepare for the future.

Unlike me, Mia strictly separated her true self from her magical-girl self and didn't hide either one, so Sapphire knew that either 'Mia' or 'Shin-a' was dating a man named 'Sejin.'

On top of that, Mia had discovered that 'Alice' and 'Han Sejin' were the same person, which had complicated things a little...

'...Should we say we've broken up?'

Honestly, that would cause the least trouble. If I said things were going well for no reason, things could become even more complicated.

How far had we gone? Were we going to keep dating? Did we plan to get married? Since it looked like a real relationship to other people, questions like those were bound to come up eventually, even if it was fake.

So saying we'd broken up would be better in that regard, but...