"Hehe, Sato, what do you think?"
"A training camp…"
Sato thought for a moment, then suddenly said with a strange expression, "Does that mean sleeping together?"
"..."
"You wish!"
Ritsu rolled her eyes hard, her face slightly red.
"Sato, that's echii!"
Yui looked at him seriously.
"S-sleeping together…"
Mio entered a state of extreme embarrassment.
"That could work!"
The young lady said with a smile.
Huh?!
In an instant, everyone turned to look at Kotobuki Tsumugi. She covered her mouth and laughed. "Just kidding!"
"Phew! That scared me!" Ritsu let out a long breath.
"I almost actually got tempted."
Sato also let out a sigh and joked.
Kotobuki Tsumugi blinked and looked at him. "If it's Nohara-kun, it would be fine though!"
Sato: "..."
Everyone: "..."
"Wait!"
Sato held his head, looking troubled. "Miss, something is definitely wrong with you today."
"I get it!"
Suddenly, Yui looked at Kotobuki Tsumugi with realization. "It's that manga I lent you, right?!"
A manga? What manga?!
"Yes!"
Kotobuki Tsumugi nodded, then smiled as she held up the manga in her hand.
"I saw a method in it for making boys blush, so I wanted to try it on Nohara-kun."
Sato: "..."
So I'm the test subject…
But that method probably isn't about making boys blush. It's more like getting eaten by them.
Sato felt a bit tired, but still asked instinctively, "Why suddenly study something like that? Are you planning to have a passionate romance?"
Kotobuki Tsumugi looked at him again with a smile. "If it's Nohara-kun, it would be fine!"
Pff!
Sato covered his face. He couldn't face that sentence anymore today.
As expected, rich girls are secretly mischievous, aren't they?!
"Huh? He really got embarrassed! Maybe that book actually works! Hahaha…"
Ritsu's eyes lit up like she had discovered a new continent. She pointed at Sato and burst out laughing.
Then she awkwardly imitated Kotobuki Tsumugi, looking at Sato with exaggerated affection and batting her eyelashes. "If it's Nohara-kun, it would be fine!"
What she got in response was Sato's completely expressionless face.
Suddenly, Sato grabbed her hand and said seriously, "Thank you. I've finally calmed down."
Ritsu blinked.
"Pfft!"
The others couldn't help covering their mouths as they laughed.
"Hey! What the heck! Am I really that unattractive?!"
Ritsu finally reacted, staring at Sato in disbelief as she shouted.
"I think there's something wrong with you. Are you blind or what?"
Sato remained calm as he looked at her. "Ritsu, do you know what's most important in life?"
"What?"
"The most important thing is self-awareness."
Ritsu: "..."
"Nohara Sato, you're dead!"
Ritsu suddenly pounced at him, flailing her arms. "If being gentle won't work, then I'll go hard. Alive you're mine, dead you're my ghost!"
She rushed forward and grabbed at his clothes.
"No! Stop!"
Chop!
Chop!
…
"Sorry!" ×2
Ritsu and Sato were both kneeling in apology with little bumps on their head.
Standing in front of Ritsu was Mio, while in front of Sato stood Yukinoshita Yukino.
The two black-haired girls stared coldly at them.
"Ritsu! How many times have I told you, as a girl you need to act like one…"
"Yes, I understand!"
Ritsu surrendered skillfully.
On Sato's side…
Yukinoshita Yukino looked at him coldly, her tone carrying a hint of disappointment.
"Nohara-kun, I always thought you were mature. Even if you didn't start this, you should have stayed calm. And that kind of voice…"
At this point, Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly paused. Sato sharply caught the faint blush that flashed across her face.
Something is off with you.
Sato thought, his expression strange.
But he quickly apologized seriously. "Sorry. I won't go along with her nonsense again. I disturbed everyone."
Yukinoshita Yukino looked at him deeply. "I'll talk to you tonight. Check your Line messages."
Hm?
Sato looked up in confusion, but she had already turned and left.
Still…
This time he really got dragged into a mess by Ritsu.
After calming down, he found it hard to believe he had acted like that just now. Was this the power of the Nohara family bloodline?
Terrifying…
"Sato, hurry up and come back to discuss!"
Suddenly, he heard Ritsu's voice.
When he turned around, the girls had already sat back at the table, and Ritsu was waving at him as if nothing had happened.
Sato: "..."
She recovered that fast?!
Seems like he hadn't quite learned the thick skin passed down in the Nohara family.
"Have you decided?"
He walked over and asked.
"We're deciding whether to go to the mountains or the seaside. Summer is hot, right? The mountains are cooler, but the sea is good for swimming."
"Mm… we just went to a water park recently, so maybe the mountains…"
Yui thought for a moment before saying.
"The mountains? That works. But where exactly?"
Ritsu leaned back in her chair and asked.
Suddenly, she froze, as if remembering something. The others also froze at the same time.
Swish!
In the next second, several pairs of eyes turned toward Sato.
Sato blinked, then quickly understood. Facing their gazes, he said, "My place would work too."