[Series Task (Part One): The Sisters' Bond]
[Task Objective: Help Sakuramiya Hinata and Sakuramiya Saya understand their feelings for each other.]
[Task Reward: 1000 Cultivation Points.]
[NTR Assistant's warm reminder: Completing all task lines in this series will grant a mysterious grand prize!]
Mysterious grand prize!
Aoi agreed to Hinata's request precisely because she saw this. This was a mysterious grand prize! What exactly was something the System called a mysterious grand prize? Aoi was very curious!
Aoi still trusted Hinata. She said she wouldn't do anything out of line, so she wouldn't... even if she did, it wouldn't really matter. Besides... Hinata probably liked Saya, right? A photo of a kiss on the cheek truly didn't mean anything. Aoi had also kissed Bell's cheek, and Bell had also kissed Aoi's cheek. It was nothing for sisters to kiss when they were excited or happy. But Aoi had a hunch that the Sakuramiya sisters were different from her and Bell!
However... what did this task mean? This anti-NTR version of the System usually only issued tasks related to anti-NTR, but if the sisters liked each other, how would that NTR her? Impossible.
System, quickly explain it to me.
[This System does not explain. The host will know after completing the series task.]
"...."
The System must have her reasons for arranging this!
"Tomorrow, when the Dojo has its activity, I'll ask for leave. Then Senior Ito can just pick me up after school. It won't take up too much of Senior Ito's time." Hinata's voice brought Aoi back to her senses. At this point, Hinata and Ito had already discussed tomorrow's plan. As for why Hinata called Ito 'Senior'... it was simple, because Ito also graduated from this school. This way, how the two met and fell in love was also conveniently fabricated. Ito, as a senior, met Hinata when he returned to school to visit his teachers, and then the two got together. Very reasonable.
However, none of this really mattered. Hinata's plan was actually very simple. Ito would pick Hinata up after school tomorrow, and they would just show a bit of affection near the school gate when the foot traffic was heaviest, and continue doing so for several days. After that, it wouldn't matter. If that Seaweed Head from the photography club published the photos, then classmates who had seen Hinata and Ito would naturally help refute them. If anyone asked what happened now, Hinata could just say they broke up.
Of course, this was the plan Hinata outwardly told Ito, but in reality... Hinata's biggest goal was, of course, to probe her sister's feelings!
After discussing the plan with Ito, Hinata returned home, greeted by her sister Saya's gentle smile. "Welcome home~" Her older sister, Sakuramiya Saya, gave a completely different impression from Hinata. Hinata's personality was cheerful, as if she could be friends with anyone, while her sister's personality was calm and gentle, giving a reliable feeling.
Today, Hinata had left the club activity early under the pretext of not feeling well to meet with the Seaweed Head, and then chatted with Ito and Aoi for quite a while, so it was already late when she returned home. "Hinata, didn't you leave early today? Why are you back so late?" She had left early under the excuse of not feeling well, but she came home later than her sister Saya.
"N-nothing..." Hinata lowered her face, feigning shyness and panic, "I met a friend I haven't seen in a long time."
"Who is it?" Saya asked curiously.
"Saya-nee wouldn't know, I... I'm going to take a bath first." Hinata ran into the bathroom as if escaping.
Saya was left looking at Hinata's retreating back with confusion. Ever since their parents married, they had been almost inseparable since junior high, closer than blood sisters, with no secrets between them. Saya knew all of Hinata's friends perfectly well... when did Hinata make a friend she didn't know?
Thinking this, Saya felt an inexplicable irritation and pang in her heart, as if... as if... as if something important had been snatched away!
...
The next day. Saya and Hinata went to school together as usual, went to the restroom together during breaks, and ate lunch together during lunch break. Everything was the same as usual, leading Saya to suspect that she might be too sensitive.
Until after school in the afternoon. As the president of the Women's Archery Club, Saya packed her bag as usual, preparing to go to the Women's Archery Club with Hinata for club activities. Hinata, having packed her bag, also ran lightly to Saya's side. Just as Saya was about to discuss what practice and guidance to give the new members of the Archery Club today, Hinata spoke first.
"Saya-nee, I'd like to ask for leave from today's club activity~"
"Eh? Leave?"
"Mhm" Hinata's lips curved upwards, her eyes full of uncontrollable joy, "Today I made plans to go out with a friend, so I'll temporarily trouble Saya-nee with guiding the juniors. Bye-bye See you tonight, Saya-nee~"
Looking at Hinata's happy expression, Saya's mood was complicated. A strange sour feeling welled up in Saya's heart. Saya shook her head fiercely, shaking the strange thoughts out of her mind.
Strange... what's wrong with me? Hinata is just going to play with a friend.
Saya took a deep breath, don't think about these things, there are juniors to guide in the club today! Hinata is just going to play with a friend, Hinata... is just going to play with a friend. Forcing herself to cheer up, Saya went alone to the small Dojo that served as the Women's Archery Club's activity venue.
Saya was the first to arrive at the Dojo; the juniors hadn't arrived yet. The Dojo was so quiet and deserted that Saya felt she could even hear her own heartbeat. Usually, she and Hinata would be the first to arrive at the Dojo together, change into their archery uniforms, and chat while waiting for the juniors to arrive. But today... Saya was alone in the quiet Dojo. This made Saya very uncomfortable. It was the first time she so eagerly wished for the juniors to arrive quickly.
Not long after, hearing the noisy voices of the juniors from afar reassured Saya somewhat, but that strange feeling still lingered in her heart. "Good afternoon, Saya-senpai." "Good afternoon." The juniors of the Archery Club arrived at the Dojo in twos and threes. They greeted Saya and then went to the changing room to put on their archery uniforms. Everything was the same as usual. Even though only Hinata's presence was missing, Saya still felt that something was off.
"Saya-senpai, is Hinata-senpai not coming today?" The juniors, having changed into their archery uniforms, gathered around Saya and asked curiously. "Uh... Hinata, she... she... has something to do, so she can't come today."
After stumbling through her words, Saya bent her bow and nocked an arrow in front of the target. Usually, when she bent her bow and nocked an arrow, Saya would feel her heart exceptionally calm, releasing the arrow and hitting the target in one smooth motion. But today, Hinata couldn't calm down no matter what. In a trance, the hand holding the arrow loosened, and after a short whoosh, the arrow did not hit the target, but at this moment, Saya was not in the mood to pay attention to these things.
Hinata, what exactly is she doing?
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