The review for the previous chapter was quite satisfying, I suppose. I update quite fast for this one but I will be having an exam on Friday and won't be updating at all during that time.

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Okay, this will be the first chapter where Aoi make her debut!

Disclaimer: I don't own Beelzebub


The ground of St. Ishiyama High was mobbed with never-ending crowd.

Why, you ask?

Well, the two supposedly strongest women in the school were face-to-face with each other, weapon in hand, and were ready to fight each other anytime. Standing between the two was Oga Tatsumi, petrified and white on his spot as he seemed to be too confused of the situation to actually move.

Is this what you would call a 'catfight'?

Kunieda Aoi, wielding her wooden sword, bored her gaze deeply into the blonde woman standing two feet across her.

While the other party, Hilda, had already threw away her pink parasol, leaving only a thin sword for her to fight the enemy before her.

The three suddenly thought it unison.

'How did it even end up like this?!'

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= Darling, You IDIOT! =
Lesson 3: Do Not Cheat on Your Couple

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Explaining everything to Furuichi was such a pain in the ass, and after he left, the two continued walking to their class quietly, until they met Aoi on their way.

The dark-haired girl found nothing weird about the two walking to class together while emitting that married-couple aura around them. But for them to actually hold hands all the way to the class was new to her. And the sight of them wearing wedding-rings-like thing around their ring fingers wasn't making things any better. While searching for a suitable reaction to make, she didn't realize that she had frozen on her spot for a while.

"Yo, Kunieda." Oga greeted.

"Good morning, Kunieda." Hilda greeted with her usual grin.

Aoi cut off her chain of thoughts and replied their greetings, "Good morning, Oga, Hilda, and Beel-chan." She smiled.

"Dah!" the baby greeted her in return and Aoi waved her hand at him.

"Oh yeah, Kunieda. I haven't returned the notebook I borrowed from you before."

"Really? Just return it after we reach class."

"Hoo? Who'd ever expected that you could actually borrow someone's notebook, sweetheart? It was surprising. I was under impression that you never cared about school…" Hilda smirked.

"Would you shut it, baby? Who cares if you're surprised or not." Oga rolled his eyes.

Arguing while holding hands like that made them look more like a lovey-dovey couple that was showing affection at each other, not to mention their romantic nicknames to each other. That earned the attention of the dark-haired girl. She didn't realize when her eye started twitching in annoyance.

"Seems like you two are getting along a little too well. Looks like I have to go to the class ahead."

"Huh? Why? Since we bumped into each other, we should walk toge— GYAAH!" Oga alone was shocked by an incredible power of electricity while Hilda raised a questioning eyebrow.

The both of them took a look at the baby but it seemed like he wasn't the culprit.

Oga quickly raised his hand up and looked at the white ring encircling his ring finger.

"Don't tell me it's this fucking gadget's work again?!" Oga shouted. "What do I do wrong now?! And why is it only me this time?!"

"Quit freaking out. I'll call Lamia now…" Hilda deadpanned as she pressed the buttons of her hellphone.

"Hello. Is something the matter, Hilda nee-sama?"

"Lamia, the gadget shocked Oga even though he did nothing wrong —in his perspectives. Do you have any idea what happened?"

"What do you mean in my perspectives?! I did nothing wrong, at all!"

"Shut it, trash—I mean, honey, I'm talking to Lamia. Do you not want to know why you're shocked?" she rolled her eyes at her own changes of tone.

Oga gave in and waited obediently while all Aoi could do was wondering what kind of thing they could be talking about because she had absolutely no idea what it was. The phone conversation lasted for two minutes before Hilda finally faced Oga again.

"Bad news, love, she said you cannot cheat on me." She smiled her usual demonic grin.

"Cheat?! When did I ever— Wait, why do I even talk like we're a real couple?!" he panicked.

"Whatever." Hilda deadpanned. Then she slowly shifted her attention to the dark-haired girl. Oga, as ignorant as he is, would never figure out that his cheating partner was this girl, Kunieda Aoi. So Hilda would be the one to settle this.

Releasing her hand from Oga's, Hilda took one step ahead to the dark-haired girl. Oga was fortunate that Aoi's distance from them was less than one meter or she'd have to drag him with her by all means.

"Kunieda… It's too bad but it seems like your very presence is threatening Oga's very life. Could I ask you a favor to at least avoid this mon— I mean, my sweetie, for at least a week?" Hilda asked with a smile. It would be troublesome if Oga was shocked every time he started a conversation with Aoi.

'W-what's with her?! D-don't tell me that she actually fell for Oga now?!' Aoi mentally shrieked, but the question coming out of her mouth was far from panic. "What? Why?" she asked.

"You see, we can't really explain it but we really need your cooperation in this. I can't stand looking at that idiot freaking out every time he's shocked." Hilda said monotonously while pointing at the man behind her.

"What's that? You could at least explain it to me a little. You can't expect me to do anything without being aware of the situation, right?" Aoi demanded.

"Well then, I will explain it in the simplest way I could manage." Hilda said as she showed Aoi the ring around her ring finger. "Because of this ring, we couldn't be separated for more than one meter nor can we quarrel anymore. And tell you what? It seems like it didn't allow any of us to cheat on each other either. I suppose you understand now?"

Aoi's jaw almost hit the ground. All that entered her head was: "Oga and I are now officially married so I don't want to be separated from him nor do I want to argue with him anymore. And you know what? I think he's cheating on me with you so I want you to back off. Do you understand?" or something along that line.

Her face was now as red as tomato as she nervously started to talk, "Co-co-congrats for your wedding. I-I never knew you two would actually get m-married…" she stammered.

A question mark appeared on Hilda's head, "Well, I'm surprised you know about the wedding plan even before I tell you. Did Oga tell you about it?" she asked.

'WHAT?!' Aoi froze. "Are you kidding me?! I-I mean, seriously?!" she snapped.

"Hm? Didn't you say so yourself? I was under impression that you've known about it."

"But you— I mean, I— Argh! The hell with it! Are you seriously getting married to Oga? How? Why? When?!" Aoi freaked out.

"Well, we haven't. If I'm not mistaken, the wedding takes place next week. Oga's family was impatient, you see. Be sure to be there." Hilda smiled at her. Somehow she could feel no ill intention behind her smile.

"Aoi nee-san! We've been looking for you! Hurry and come to the class, that creepy Furuichi started a ruckus!" Nene reported.

"What? Alright, let's go to the class now."

Aoi and Nene went to the class. Hilda, hand on hip, showed a thin smile at the retreating back of the dark-haired girl. Kunieda Aoi was such a nice and reliable girl.

She would have liked her if only their first meeting wasn't like that.

Hilda closed her eyes and held Oga's hand and they walked to the class together.


The rest of the day went well and nothing big happened. They hoped the next five days would be as peaceful as this so that they wouldn't have to deal with anything troublesome with this kind of situation. But arriving home wasn't the end of their journey. After they ditched Baby Beel to Misaki, they had to think—

—about how to take a bath.

Yesterday they went through hell, just being able to change their clothes without getting any proper bath. Times like this are what made them think that one meter was one hell of a short distance.

But no matter how much they could endure it, not taking bath made them feel uncomfortable, especially for a girl like Hilda.

"How are we supposed to take our bath? Because I'm not surviving another day without bath…" Hilda said as she stared at the bathtub.

"Let's do this. You go in there first and I'll wait patiently here with my eyes wrapped. Deal?"

"How do you expect me to believe in your idiotic words? I feel unsafe with your in here."

"Then what plan do you have?"

"More genius than yours, of course. We could always slice your finger up and we'll be free from this curse forever."

"Are you even talking seriously, you demon woman?!"

"No, I think that plan was a little inefficient."

"So you did seriously think about that!"

"I think we should just go with your plan. I can always cut off your head whenever you try to look."

"How's that any different from the previous one?! Scratch that, it's even worse! Shit, I can never tell when you're serious or not." Oga slapped his forehead.

"Shut up. We'll go get some clothes and then we'll return here again. Hurry it up." Hilda said as she pulled Oga with her. But before that, she made sure to fill up the hot water in the tub.

After they're back from their room bringing the clothes they needed, they hesitantly stepped inside the bathroom. Hilda purposefully wrapped the piece of white cloth around Oga's eyes tighter than necessary that he couldn't untie it even if he wanted to. Next, she kicked him to the corner of the room before she undressed herself.

"Stay there and do not even try to move!" Hilda commanded as she got inside the water.

Hilda took her time longer than expected, as Oga grew impatient and started complaining about how long she had to wash herself. It was around half an hour after she entered the bathtub that she had finally done with the bathing session. She wrapped herself in a piece of towel before she removed the piece of cloth around Oga's eyes.

The delinquent sighed contently after she removed the tight cloth but his expression quickly shifted to horror when he saw her in only a piece of pink towel.

"What the—?!" he jerked away.

"Undress." She commanded, looking down at him as she put one hand on her hip.

"You gotta be kidding me!"

"Undress." She repeated. Her single emerald eye glinted dangerously.

"What are you going to do to me, you Demon?!" Oga was freaking out.

"Wash your back." Showing him the scrub she held in her free hand, she answered simply as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Oga's eye twitched.

"Lamia said something about being a good wife. I need to serve you well, she said. I don't want to unnecessarily get shocked like you, you see. So take off that disgusting clothing of yours and let me wash your back already!"

"This is just too unfair! You get to take your bath while I'm not looking and I have to endure the shame of my back being washed by you?! No way in hell!"

A vein on her head throbbed before she threw away the scrub and she forcefully grabbed his shirt before she removed it harshly.

"Woman! What do you think you're doing?!" Oga shouted hysterically.

Hilda scoffed, "Decide. Want me to do the same to your lower attire or do it yourself." She gave him a choice.

"No! Anything but my pants! If you do that there'll be nothin' left of my dignity! I'll do it myself so look away, I beg you!"

"Fine." She answered simply before she turned around.

Oga Tatsumi was experiencing the most embarrassing moment in his life. He couldn't imagine what kind of shitty face Furuichi will make if he heard about this. But wait, that creep wouldn't care about this. All he cared about would be the fact that he got to get into bath with Hilda. That damn perverted pedophile…

"Oi, are you done?" Hilda asked, still looking away, she started tapping her feet on the floor.

"Wait a damn sec, would you?!" Oga shouted as he wrapped the small towel around his waist.

He could hear her groaned.

"I'm done! Just hurry it up and get the hell outta here!"

"Quiet, it's not like I'm doing this because I like it either…"

"I know that! We know that! Now just hurry up!"

Hilda clicked her tongue in annoyance before she rubbed his back as powerfully as she could while mumbling "Go die, sewer rat—I mean, sweetheart."

"Slow down! Are you trying to kill me?! How is this called 'serving'?!"

The blonde gritted her teeth before she threw away the scrub before she circled her arms around his neck and rested her chin on his right shoulder. She whispered in his ears with seductive tone, "Do you prefer me to wash your back with my breasts instead?" her lips curved into a smirk.

Oga froze like a statue.

"—What the fuck do you think you just said?!" he snapped at her as he whipped around and now facing her directly.

Surprised by Oga's sudden burst of emotion, Hilda blinked.

"If you really want me to act like we're a real couple, I'll do it now!" he exploded.

The next thing he knew was that he had already pinned Hilda to the wall by her wrists. He was enraged by the woman before him for mocking him like he's an idiot. The thing she did just now could be counted as sexual harassment if only he was a girl. Damn, this world could be really harsh towards men.

"Let me go. What are you doing, you monkey? Has your brain exploded along with your rage?" she deadpanned. He was surprised she could be so calm in this kind of situation.

He was in a verge of exploding once again as he smiled his demonic grin, "What am I doing, you ask? At this very moment, I'm going to do the only thing a couple would do in a bathroom."

"…Hoo?" Hilda raised an eyebrow. "And what is that?" she asked with a smirk.

Oga's grin widened challengingly, as if he was going to say something that would turn his whole world upside down.

"…I'm going to—"

Hilda waited.

"—wash your back too!" he grinned like an idiot.

Hilda suddenly felt the urge to kick his manhood for this, and so she did. With one kick, Oga was now lying stiff on the floor, groaning like crazy while trying to somehow cease the pain.

Hilda stepped on his head and her single eye looking down at him for the second time, "I am extremely disappointed in you, Oga Tatsumi. There is no other human male in this world that could match your stupidity, incompetence, idiocy, insensitivity, et cetera…"

Stepping on the delinquents head again and again, Hilda muttered, "Hurry and take your damn bath. I don't want to stay here for any longer with the likes of you."

The bath was, in one way or another, modest.

As Oga only splashed himself with some water before he washed himself with the soap and splashed himself with water again. After that, Hilda pulled him out with her as they dressed themselves while looking at the opposite way from each other.

When they were done dressing, they glared at each other before holding hands and walked out of the bathroom towards the living room.

Oga's headache hadn't ceased after the thing that happened in the bathroom, and he had to be greeted with his sister's stupid question once he reached the living room.

"How's the bath? Will I get a niece now?" she grinned. "I hope the next one is blonde like Hilda-chan! You'll get a sister, Beel-chan~!"

Baby Beel who was sitting on her lap cheered.

"What kind of shit are you babbling about, aneki? There ain't gonna be more baby here than it already is! I've got plenty already!"

Beel looked disappointed.

"Don't show me that face!"

"Oh, come on, Tatsumi. You've made a huge development lately. You bought Hilda-chan a wedding ring, you hold hands with her most of the time, and you even took a bath with her just now. Just what is wrong with adding one more baby in the house? I'm sure Mom and Dad will be really pleased."

"There's a loose screw in your head, dammit! How could you ask one more baby in the house like it's nothing?! You should get married and have a baby instea—"

Misaki landed a powerful kick on his cheek and sent him flying to the other side of the room.

"What a rude brother."

"What did I do wrong?!"

"I can't see a reason for you to freak out." Hilda said monotonously.

"Please, would you just shut the hell up for once? I'm getting a headache whenever I hear your comment, seriously."

Hilda scowled.

Oga rolled his eyes.

"So? Have you decided the baby's name? I think the next one should have Japanese name." Misaki grinned.

"Would you give it a rest already?! Why are all the women in my house like this?!"


At night, Oga and Baby Beel fell asleep as soon as they reached bed. And as for Hilda, she walked out of the room and leaned against the door as she dialed Lamia's number.

"Hello? Hilda nee-sama, something happened again?"

"No. Nothing happened yet… But I want to settle this once and for all. Is there something I can do so that Oga could still talk to Kunieda like usual without getting shocked?" Hilda inquired.

"Hmm? Why would you want to do that, Hilda nee-sama? Let that monkey get shocked, it's not your problem. But it's not like there isn't any way, though…"

"What is that?"

"Well, you need to get that Kunieda girl to admit that she lose to you. But Hilda nee-sama, why?"

"…"

Hilda went silent for a short while. Then her lips formed a smirk.

"…Because I feel like it."


"What?"

Aoi blinked. The blonde wet nurse just challenged her into a duel with a straight face as if it was nothing. Or was it her ears playing tricks on her? Because she also heard the blonde saying things like they're fighting for Oga's love or something like that.

The duel matter aside, Hilda actually admitted that she wanted to fight Aoi for Oga's love?! Is this a nightmare?!

"O-oi, Hilda. What the hell are you saying to Kunieda all of a sud—"

"Shut it, darling. I'm in the middle of a conversation."

"It's okay. I'll accept your challenge!" Aoi declared firmly.

"Oi, Kunieda! Think it through—"

"Shut up, Oga. This is the matter of pride!"

"The hell?! Kunieda, you really don't have to go with this Demon's scheme. She's just playing with you!"

"Playing with her? I would never waste my time for plays…" Hilda grimaced.

"—You! Stop being so provoking, would you?!"

"I think I will be agreeing for the duel after all, Oga."

"What?! No! You shouldn't!"

Not wanting to listen to Oga's further complaints, Aoi and Hilda made their way out of the building as Hilda dragged Oga along with her. After they readied their weapon and were face-to-face to each other, all the students in the school had gathered to watch their fight.

Oga was already lost for words as all he could do was standing like an idiot.

Hilda grimaced.

"Let us begin this fateful duel."

Aoi narrowed her eyes.

"As you wish."

~To be continued~