Sunday.
When Rin Ito returned home, it was already afternoon.
"We're back~"
Rin Ito didn't return alone, he went to pick up Nanami, who was playing with Nijika and the others, and came home together.
In the living room, hearing Rin Ito's voice coming from the entryway, Rita immediately perked up.
But soon, she sensed something was off...
'We'?
And listening to the sound of shoes being taken off and footsteps, it seemed it wasn't just him alone.
When she saw Nanami appearing together with Rin Ito, she directly lost heart... In front of Nanami, she couldn't speak clearly with him. If Nanami found out, she would definitely hate Mashiro, and Mashiro would definitely be sad too.
Forget it, tomorrow it's my turn to live in his room. There will be many chances to talk to him by then. He and Mashiro don't seem to be cheating every day, so Nanami shouldn't find out.
Sigh... Why is Nanami so magnanimous?
At the thought that Nanami would actually allow her boyfriend to live under the same roof with other girls, no, not just under the same roof, but under the same ceiling was fine too.
Perhaps if Nanami wasn't so loose, he wouldn't have cheated with Mashiro.
"Welcome back~"
With Nanami by his side, Rita could only pretend nothing happened and welcome them with a smile. Seeing Rita's look of wanting to speak but hesitating, Rin Ito wanted to laugh a little.
He deliberately went to pick up Nanami and come home with her just to make Rita unable to speak in front of Nanami, at least not today.
After greeting her, Rin Ito and Nanami went back to their room together. Putting down her bag, Nanami frowned slightly.
"Why was the way Rita looked at me just now a little strange? Did I misread it?"
"Strange? I didn't notice anything strange."
"I probably misread it..." Nanami didn't brood over this. Today, she asked Miss Shima about the price of recording studios and asked Miss Shima to help contact and rent one.
Recording an EP is the same as animation voice acting; the expensive part isn't the cost of renting the recording studio but the wages of hiring audio engineers and voice directors. With Miss Shima helping with contacts, and Nanami, in order to save money, choosing the early morning hours when no one booked, the rental fee was only half of what it was during the day.
Actually, early morning hours weren't within the booking range at all. After all, everyone is a worker; which normal person goes to voice act in the early morning? It was only because Miss Shima pulled strings that Nanami could rent it.
After all, Nanami is a newcomer and isn't very proficient. Maybe one sentence has to be done over and over many times, which is very time-consuming. Even if the studio rental price isn't expensive in normal hours, it would be hard for Nanami to bear.
Rin Ito had said he would pay and it would be deducted from sales revenue eventually, but Nanami felt this was due to her own lack of maturity, so she decided to bear it herself.
Since she had made the decision, Rin Ito let her be. After changing into comfortable loungewear, Rin Ito sat in front of the computer. He hadn't drawn many manga lately, being busy with Sakiko and the others.
The time to submit his work was approaching; he just hoped Orié wouldn't block his door to demand his work then.
Nanami took a look at the time on her phone.
"It's not early, I'm going to help cook..."
"Wait." Rin Ito called out to Nanami. "Don't go. Just let Kaede and Suzu do it."
"Eh?" Nanami was utterly confused. "If three people do it together, it will definitely be faster."
"I want you to accompany me."
"I..." Nanami's face instantly turned crimson. They opened parties many times, but Rin Ito rarely said this kind of love talk that sounded like a confession.
It made Nanami shy like a small virgin in an instant, and she was even stammering a little.
"D-Don't say this kind of talk in f-front of Kaede, you know. S-She will get jealous."
Shy as she was, Nanami didn't want to be recorded like last night.
Last night, she was only penetrated by the microphone from the front and had the front sound recorded. Utaha was double penetrated by microphones!
And those embarrassing sounds were even put on external speakers for everyone to hear!
If Kaede was made jealous again... Nanami didn't want the back to be recorded too!
Nanami wasn't worried about the recorded sounds being spread by Kaede; Kaede definitely wouldn't do that. But putting it on external speakers during a party was something Kaede would absolutely do!
Even during a party, being heard by other people was out of the question!
"I'm too bored alone. Just accompany me and chat a little."
From returning home until deep into the night when they went to sleep, Rin Ito and Nanami always appeared as a pair, giving Rita no chance to be alone with him. They even went to take a bath together!
Aside from Nanami being a little puzzled as to why Rin Ito was so clingy today, no one showed anything unusual; everything was no different from usual.
Until the next day...
...
The date rotated.
The time changed from Sunday to Monday.
"Nanami~~ Time to get up~~~" Early in the morning, Rita's knocking woke Nanami from her dreams. Nanami, who was sleeping in bed with Rin Ito, sat up rubbing her eyes.
Opening the room door, Rita, holding some daily necessities, was already standing at the door looking at her with a grin.
Everything was the same as before; Rita was also like this during previous weekly room exchanges, with no changes at all.
Rita glanced at Rin Ito, who was still in bed in the room. She noticed a tent pitched on that lightweight blanket.
It wasn't that Rita hadn't seen Rin Ito pitch a tent in the morning before, but she hadn't thought much of it before... After all, this is a man's normal physiological phenomenon.
Rin Ito had explained, and she had looked it up online; this was a very normal thing.
Only last night, after watching Rin Ito and Mashiro having an affair outside the door crack, Rita had a new understanding of male organs... This very thing was what entered Mashiro's body last night.
Although it was definitely separated by the blanket and pants, this size...
Rita recalled Mashiro's body a little. If all of it entered, even the baby's room would be occupied, right?
"Mmh?"
"Ah... n-nothing." Rita looked away.
It would be troublesome if I got misunderstood when Mashiro hasn't been discovered yet.
"Nanami, do you have anything to pack? I'll help you together."
"Nothing to pack, just a few clothes. I'll do it myself... Rita, go wake up Mashiro first."
"Leave it to me~" Rita glanced at Rin Ito, repressing the urge that couldn't wait to confront him... They would go to school later; whatever she said then wouldn't be interrupted!
After putting her things in the room, Rita went back to wake up Mashiro. Nanami opened the wardrobe, took out the clothes Rin Ito was to wear today, and laid them on the chair beside the bed.
"I'll leave the clothes here. Breakfast should be ready soon, don't oversleep."
"Okay~~~"
After Nanami finished her maternally instructions and stood up to go next door to help prepare breakfast, Rita, hearing Nanami's footsteps leave, had an impulse to directly rush into Rin Ito's room, drag him up, and question him.
No! Not now! As soon as they go to school, it will be fine!