To be honest, she herself hadn't expected Hachiman not to make a move on her.
When she saw Mizuho Kazami being carried onto the bed, she had already closed her eyes and waited for Hachiman to do it, but unexpectedly, he only had Mizuho Kazami, Shizumi Suzune, and the others transform into magical girls and go to the bathroom, leaving her alone to continue cleaning up the wet clothes on the bed.
"Wearing a maid outfit while cleaning? Then why isn't anyone else wearing a maid outfit?"
Hoshinomiya Chie blinked and looked toward Ebihara Urara among Hiratsuka Shizuka's group, her gaze stopping on Ebihara Urara's long white legs.
Most people easily overlook what others are wearing. Not everyone pays attention to those things all the time.
But as someone who also cared about makeup and fashion and liked looking polished, she immediately noticed that the stockings on Ebihara Urara's thighs had disappeared.
Ebihara Urara was not only a beautiful woman with long black hair, she had always had the best legs among them. Even, straight, long, with flawless skin.
Even white stockings, which were especially difficult to pull off, looked completely natural on Ebihara Urara.
However, Ebihara Urara had gotten a fiance early. She was usually gentle and graceful, like a traditional Yamato Nadeshiko. Many sensitive topics that came up during their joking conversations never included her.
Looking at her today, this soon-to-be-married Yamato Nadeshiko didn't seem quite so proper.
"Mafuyu said she made the room a bit messy after drinking last night and was embarrassed to let everyone see it, so she asked us to help clean up."
Seeing everyone looking over again, Ebihara Urara calmly pressed her bright white legs together and smiled slightly at Hoshinomiya Chie.
"But Mafuyu only had one maid outfit. The rest of us just took off our shoes and went in to help clean."
"I accidentally got my stockings wet while cleaning. Luckily my skirt didn't get wet too, otherwise I would've had to borrow Mafuyu's clothes."
"I see. We misunderstood."
"Mafuyu, you could've just asked us to help clean. We wouldn't have minded a messy room. My room isn't exactly neat either."
Seeing that only a few minutes after coming out, the redness on Ebihara Urara and the others' faces and necks had completely disappeared, and that they showed no fear of being questioned and handled everything naturally, Hoshinomiya Chie and Itashiro Kurumi exchanged looks and stopped pressing the issue. Instead, they comforted the restless Kirisu Mafuyu and Mizuho Kazami.
"Come on, let's have some drinks and enjoy ourselves!"
"And let's play some games with penalties! I've already prepared everything!"
Although they hadn't found any evidence and hadn't even seen a trace of the man they suspected existed, it didn't stop their curiosity from growing.
They had been worried about not having a good topic to continue talking about. They didn't want to discuss adult topics related to work because they were too depressing. Naturally, they could only switch to adult topics related to romance.
Tachibana Haruna, Kisaragi Miyuki, Matsubara Miria, Anna Tsukioka, and the others couldn't really stop them.
Most of them hadn't immediately connected things to that kind of matter like Itashiro Kurumi and Hoshinomiya Chie had, but they were all curious about what Kirisu Mafuyu and the other four had been doing inside.
The five of them normally weren't especially close.
Even if they got along well enough, it was hard to imagine their relationship suddenly developing into that kind of thing.
Whether it was something involving the five of them or the five of them together with a man, both possibilities sounded unbelievable.
But what exactly had kept those five in the room for so long?
Anna Tsukioka, the silver-haired school nurse who worked in the infirmary alongside Mikado Ryoko, stared without blinking at Shizumi Suzune, Hiratsuka Shizuka, and the others. She was completely certain that something was wrong with them.
But since even Hoshinomiya Chie and Itashiro Kurumi had searched the room without finding anyone, she couldn't casually voice her own conclusions.
It wasn't like she could pin them down and lift their skirts to inspect them.
If she couldn't do that, then her analysis would just be slander without proof.
Besides, as long as nobody was being harmed, even if Ebihara Urara and the others really had done something, it wasn't their place to interfere.
Seeing only happiness, joy, and shyness in their expressions and not the slightest sign of discomfort, Anna Tsukioka decisively chose to stay silent.
"Uh... my alcohol tolerance isn't very good..."
Kirisu Mafuyu looked at the table covered in all kinds of beer and alcohol, with far more drinks than food, and immediately shook her head.
It wasn't that she couldn't drink. She just got drunk easily.
"It's fine. It's fine. Just drink a little."
"We'll drink a whole cup, and you only need a sip."
"You can drink fruit wine with lower alcohol content. If that still doesn't work, you can answer our truth questions instead. Then you won't have to drink."
"We don't have work tomorrow. At worst, just sleep here tonight!"
The moment Kirisu Mafuyu said that, Hoshinomiya Chie and Itashiro Kurumi's eyes lit up. Without giving her a chance to refuse, they started persuading her to drink. Even Tachibana Haruna, who had only recently arrived, joined in.
As a junior teacher who hadn't been working long, she normally wouldn't have dared pressure her seniors to drink.
But Senior Itashiro Kurumi was doing it too, and everyone was curious about what Kirisu Mafuyu had been doing in the room earlier.
Since Kirisu Mafuyu couldn't handle alcohol well, they couldn't be blamed for getting her drunk and making her tell the truth.
Watching them enthusiastically set a trap for Kirisu Mafuyu, Hiratsuka Shizuka wanted to say something but held back.
As long as she stayed quiet, she could maintain some authority as a senior.
If she opened her mouth, the attention would turn toward her next.
As one of the oldest unmarried women in the group, she might not survive being targeted at the drinking table.
These female teachers looked proper and reserved at school, some even so cold that people kept their distance.
But once they gathered privately and started talking dirty, the things they said were on a level that couldn't be repeated outside.
Forget it. Her alcohol tolerance was decent anyway.
If Kirisu Mafuyu started revealing any secrets, she and Shizumi Suzune could stop her in time.
"Senior Kurumi, how much experience do you have?"
"The number of people is..."
"Haruna, how many boyfriends have you had?"
"I've never had one."
"Miyuki, how many confessions have you turned down?"
"Uh... I can't remember... maybe five or six..."
"Shizuka-senpai, when are you planning to get married?"
"You should ask Urara that question. I don't even have a boyfriend yet!"
"Senior Miria, how many students have you punished?"
"???"
Rather than immediately questioning Kirisu Mafuyu, Hoshinomiya Chie and the others used the truth-or-dare penalty game to tease friends they were close to.
The bolder ones started teasing the usually dignified seniors.
Partly because they weren't close enough to the always-cold Kirisu Mafuyu.
Partly because they wanted to lower her guard first. Once she got drunk, they could ask about what had happened in the room.
But before they could get Kirisu Mafuyu drunk, they suddenly realized they had only been exchanging attacks among fellow singles.
In the end, everyone looked around and temporarily left Kirisu Mafuyu alone, focusing all their attention on Ebihara Urara, the only engaged Yamato Nadeshiko among them.
"Senior Urara, when was your first kiss?"
"Th-That... a few days ago..."
"Senior Urara seems to practice yoga regularly. Your flexibility must be amazing. Can you tell us your favorite position?"
"That... ben... bento..."
"What place left the deepest impression on you?"
"Student... guidance room..."
"Ooooh~"
Hearing Ebihara Urara answer shyly in broken sentences, Tachibana Haruna, Hoshinomiya Chie, Itashiro Kurumi, and the others all showed shocked expressions.
They had thought Ebihara Urara was the kind of traditional woman who wouldn't do anything intimate until after marriage.
Who would've thought that the most proper and graceful Yamato Nadeshiko among them was actually this adventurous?!
She had only lost her first kiss a few days ago.
Then maybe her first time had been in the student guidance room.
Maybe she had even been roleplaying with her fiance.
However, Kirisu Mafuyu, whose face had turned red after only a few drinks, silently complained while watching Ebihara Urara's hesitant and shy behavior.
She hadn't acted like this at all when she was in Hachiman's arms earlier.
Her long black hair had almost hit Mafuyu.
If she hadn't seen it herself, she would've never believed that such a gentle and capable Ebihara Urara could be so attached to Hachiman.
She was even starting to suspect that Ebihara Urara's so-called fiance was actually Hachiman.
After all, she had never seen the fiance.
Now that Ebihara Urara had dragged all of them into this situation for Hachiman, maybe it was because she wanted everyone to share the same fiance.
Hanamori Kotomi, who had one leg resting on Hachiman's thigh before, also felt that the male lead in Ebihara Urara's stories was actually Hachiman.
But seeing how calm Shizumi Suzune and Hiratsuka Shizuka were, she didn't dare say anything.
Just among the people she had guessed, five already belonged to Hachiman.
Who knew how many there really were?
What if everyone was acting and waiting for her to expose herself first?
"Mafuyu, your turn. What's the surname of the person you like most... Hm? Student Sakayanagi? Student Kushida?"
The atmosphere around the drinking table was lively. Hoshinomiya Chie was about to ask another question when she suddenly noticed several girls appearing at the other end of the hallway.
"Why did you all come down? Are you here to eat with us?"
"Thank you for the invitation, Hoshinomiya-sensei. We're here to see Karuizawa-san, so we won't disturb the teachers."
Sakayanagi Arisu, the small silver-haired girl who looked as delicate as a porcelain doll, slowly walked over with her cane.
Even at night, she still wore a beret.
Looking at the young and beautiful teachers whose faces were red from drinking, the faint smile on her face became more noticeable.
Behind her stood Kushida Kikyo, the brown-haired girl with a bright smile.
And Kamuro Masumi, whose face was expressionless and whose eyes were filled with obvious disgust.
———
[Inside Karuizawa Kei's Room]
Hachiman, who had previously been in Kirisu Mafuyu's room, leaned against Karuizawa Kei's bedhead and lightly played with her long blonde ponytail.
Standing in a row in front of the bed were the members of Karuizawa Kei's group: Satou Maya, Matsushita Chiaki, Mori Nene, Hasebe Haruka, and Sakura Airi.
Tonight, not only were the young female teachers having an after-work gathering in the apartment, Karuizawa Kei's group was also holding a celebration party after finishing their exams.
Hachiman himself didn't care much about what happened after exams. He had only taken two subjects and spent most of his time around Sobu High helping all kinds of troubled girls.
But for Satou Maya and the others, getting excellent results after their final exam preparations was worth celebrating.
Not to mention scholarships in the future.
They could also show off a little in front of their parents, classmates, and teachers and receive some praise.
These weren't grades obtained through cheating.
Even if they took the tests again, they would still get the same results.
They could accept the praise without any guilt.
The only awkward part was that their actual academic ability hadn't really improved.
Normally, they were still the same as before.
Hachiman's exam preparation sessions had only covered the material that appeared on these tests.
If future exams went beyond that range, their grades would fall back to normal.
That was why they had always wanted to properly repay Hachiman and also discuss when the next study session would be held.
After experiencing the extremely high efficiency brought by "magic," most of them didn't want to go back to the boring and frustrating process of studying.
Although everyone took turns sitting in Hachiman's lap during the study sessions, and that embarrassing feeling was impossible to talk about openly, compared to the learning results, such a small price was completely acceptable.
Knowing that Hachiman would come tonight, they had eaten dinner and finished bathing early before gathering in Karuizawa Kei's room.
While waiting, they chatted and thought about how to convince Hachiman to hold study sessions for them more often.
Yes, convince him.
Even though it was a group of girls taking turns sitting in Hachiman's lap and being held by him, they were actually the ones benefiting greatly.
Countless girls in school wanted a chance to get close to Hachiman and couldn't.
But they hadn't expected that when he finally arrived, Karuizawa Kei, who had been lying on the bed playing with her phone, would immediately throw the phone aside and jump straight into his arms like a puppy seeing its owner.
Hasebe Haruka, Shinohara Satsuki, Satou Maya, and the others instinctively got off the bed and stood on the tatami.
Watching Karuizawa Kei act so openly in front of them, as if they weren't outsiders at all, they exchanged looks as their fair faces quickly turned red.
They knew that Hachiman and Karuizawa Kei definitely had an unusual relationship.
Karuizawa Kei had even told them herself that she occasionally worked as Hachiman's personal maid after school, with high hourly pay and excellent treatment.
If they had concerns, they could work part-time as maids at Rurika's house instead.
The hourly wage would be slightly lower, but still very high, and the work was easy.
There had also been rumors from Kushida Kikyo about the maid job.
It seemed both girls had become Hachiman's people and were helping him recruit part-time maids.
But...
How did a personal maid end up on the bed?
Karuizawa Kei was actually doing this right in front of them...
The awkward atmosphere didn't last long.
Among them, the gyaru Satou Maya stared at Karuizawa Kei's swaying blonde ponytail. Something flashed through her eyes, and her complicated expression gradually became firm.
"Um, Hikigaya-kun, Kei's relationship with you isn't just master and maid, right? Can you tell us what your relationship really is?"
"Of course, if it's inconvenient to say, then Hikigaya-kun can just celebrate with us tonight~"
Supporting herself on the bed with both hands, Satou Maya slowly crawled to Hachiman's side.
Her soft body full of youthful energy lightly pressed against him.
She wrapped her arms around his arm and brought her moist lips close to his ear.
"Kei told all of us to take a bath before coming over~"
Among Karuizawa Kei's group, she was Kei's closest friend.
That bond had already started back at Advanced Nurturing High School.
After coming to Sobu High, not only had it not weakened, it had become even stronger after Karuizawa Kei became a disciplinary committee member and got involved with Hachiman.
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