As usual, everyone came to the Service Club to study. Hiyori entered with cheerful steps, the smile on her face appeared so wide it was hard to hide. She poked out her small head and greeted everyone.
"Hello everyone~"
Everyone looked at her strangely. The reason being, Hiyori looked different from usual; she appeared more dressed up.
Before, Hiyori at most only wore a ribbon at the back of her head so her hair wouldn't be messy. Considering she was originally already very cute, she actually didn't need much makeup.
But now... Hiyori specifically tied two ribbons in her hair at the sides of her ears, even braiding several parts of her hair at the back.
The girls knew that braiding hair was a very troublesome thing, especially if there were many. The fact that Hiyori was willing to take time to dress up really raised questions...
Moreover, now Hiyori looked very happy, whether that was just their feeling or not. She sat with a radiant face, her smile not fading even slightly, while propping her chin and laughing foolishly alone.
Every time she remembered last night's incident, Hiyori immediately showed a love-struck expression. Truly the posture of a girl in love. It seemed Ryunosuke's "attack" yesterday gave an extraordinary effect; even until now she still felt it.
Hiyori touched her forehead, as if feeling something, as if the remaining warmth from yesterday was still there. She pressed her finger to her forehead, then moved it to her lips gently, as if doing a simulation.
"Why not on the lips?" She murmured softly in a slightly disappointed tone. "Why does it have to be on the forehead... Sigh~"
Hiyori sighed with an empty gaze, feeling it was a shame the incident last night didn't continue to that stage.
Everyone looked at her even more strangely. This girl was clearly not right, but they didn't know exactly what happened.
Not long after, Ryunosuke entered and greeted everyone as usual. Behind him was Meiyu who came with him. Since they were in the same class, it was natural they would leave together.
"Hello! Has everyone gathered?" Ryunosuke saw everyone was present, then looked for a seat.
Hiyori smiled sweetly while patting the chair beside her—the signal was very clear: "Sit here~".
Ryunosuke then walked over resignedly and obediently sat beside her. The smile on Hiyori's face never stopped.
Everyone looked at each other, even Yukino who was usually insensitive realized something was wrong.
(These two... there's something!) All their minds thought in unison.
Fumino even covered her mouth, shifted her seat to Hiyori's ear, and whispered softly. "You two... are officially dating?"
Hiyori's cheeks turned bright red, but she still nodded firmly without hesitation at all.
Fumino's eyes immediately sparkled. She wrapped her arm around Hiyori's slender waist, looking very happy.
"Wow, that's great then! Congratulations, Boss Shiina~"
Hiyori patted Fumino's shoulder resignedly, signaling her to let go because many people were watching.
"Hehe," Fumino giggled while releasing her embrace, then whispered again. "How far have you gone? Have you 'done it'?"
Hiyori's face reddened to her ears. She replied annoyed, "What are you talking about! Something like that of course must be done after marriage! Although... if Ryunosuke-kun wanted it, it's not like I wouldn't give it..."
Hiyori's voice grew smaller until finally she fell silent and lowered her head. Clearly for a girl in love, that stage was too stimulating until she lost the courage to continue talking.
Seeing this, Fumino didn't ask further. She moved away because she couldn't stand that stinking aroma of romance, while feeling slightly envious.
(How nice~ I also want to experience falling in love.)
It wasn't that there were no men who wanted her, but none had been suitable in her eyes yet.
Ryunosuke felt relieved because Hiyori didn't try to be overly affectionate with him. After all, there were too many people here; no matter how thick his face was, he still felt uncomfortable. Fortunately Hiyori wasn't the type of person who would be affectionate with her boyfriend in public, otherwise the situation could be dire...
Ryunosuke wiped cold sweat in his heart, thinking of ways to balance the women whose relationships with him were already official (targets that had been conquered).
Ai was a quiet and flat girl. As long as he didn't actively approach her, there should be no problem.
Megumi didn't need to be worried about even more. Even if Ryunosuke was affectionate or kissed Megumi in public, people might not be aware because her thin presence perfectly covered that risk. Most importantly, other women often forgot Megumi's existence, so she wasn't a threat at all.
"Phew~ fortunately there's no big problem." Ryunosuke wiped his forehead.
The remaining two also didn't need to be too worried about. Airi was very shy, it was impossible she would dare to be conspicuously affectionate. Hiyori was the same, like a literary girl, her feelings were still very pure. In a quiet place without others, just holding hands might already be enough to satisfy her.
Ryunosuke smiled bitterly in his heart. Maintaining balance among these four girls was truly difficult. One small mistake, everything could collapse—meaning, his body parts could be removed one by one by them to be divided up.
That was the reason why he promised to give an official answer after graduation: to prevent the occurrence of "palace intrigue" drama within school. If his "back garden" was noisy, Ryunosuke also had no other way except using this makeshift method to maintain the balance of the four of them.
As long as he didn't favor any one person or be overly affectionate with any one, problems shouldn't escalate. Ryunosuke massaged his head that was starting to feel dizzy. He'd rather be enemies with the whole world than have to argue with these women, especially since he was indeed in the wrong position...
Ryunosuke then glanced at Yotsuba secretly and sighed again. Here there was still one more problem that hadn't been resolved, truly troublesome...
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