"I can't believe it! I feel like I'm about to turn into a maggot!"
"Hmm? What's wrong, Aina? Was the rapid descent stimulating?"
Pulling Aina into her arms, Hamaoka Azusa originally wanted to crack a joke to ease the atmosphere, but Aina's vacant eyes made her feel that the situation was not that simple.
"Um... Yu?"
"Wuwu, Ptooey! I just told the police it was performance art, and then they let me go!"
Putting down the plastic bag he was clenching in his teeth, Miyazawa Yu poured all the alcohol inside into the wine vat without looking back, which made Iori Kitahara suck his teeth in astonishment.
It should be known that the wine vat had a capacity of at least $350 \text{ L}$. Even if it was only a little over half full, the alcohol Yu brought back was at least $100 \text{ L}$.
In other words, this guy carried a living person and a load of alcohol, running back and forth on a mountain over a hundred meters high using just his legs.
Even a donkey used for grinding grain would throw its reins on the ground and then stand up to curse him as a rat-racing bastard!
"Performance art?! This guy was running around outside like that, and I was almost treated as the oppressed person in a 'master's game'!"
Pointing a trembling finger at Miyazawa Yu, Yoshikawa Aina had never met such a brazen person. In his mouth, how big of a deal does something have to be before it counts as an actual event!
Her innocence as a young girl was threatened, and she was nearly mistaken for an S&M enthusiast!
"Ugh... in terms of novelty, it's actually not that hard to understand."
"Well, the weather is warm, so going out like that won't give you a cold!"
"Completely understandable! Completely understandable!"
"What is wrong with you people! Are you ganging up on me!!!"
Close to breaking down, Yoshikawa Aina felt that she always failed to fit in with the overall style of the Pab club because she wasn't perverted enough!
"Now now~ think about it, cakey, isn't this exactly what you hoped for?"
Placing his hands on Aina's shoulders to calm her, Iori Kitahara reminded her with a benevolent gaze: "A beautiful southern path, a sky full of stars, and a handsome... ride out with you! Isn't this exactly the TV drama scene you longed for?"
"Iori, you couldn't bring yourself to say the word 'handsome,' could you?"
Looking speechlessly at the conflicted Iori with dot-eyes, Yoshikawa Aina fiercely pounded the table, inflicting real damage of $-1, -1$ on him.
"And please don't confuse 'riding around' with 'playing a strange game riding on a boy's neck'! And why do you have to take off your clothes to drink!"
"Eh?"
"Please don't make that 'What are you talking about? I don't understand!' expression!"
Veins bulging on her face, Yoshikawa Aina looked at the three naked men and two semi-naked ones standing together. The fire in her heart burned all the way to her throat, leaving her parched.
"Haaah~ Aina, calm down. Come have a drink to clear your throat."
"Seriously!"
"Wait! That's my..."
Slap! Yoshikawa Aina snatched the cup brought by Azusa-senpai and drank the liquid inside in one gulp. Just as she was about to say the water tasted strange, the next second, a burning sensation attacked her brain from her throat.
Pfffssshhh—!!!
Steam rose from her hair. Yoshikawa Aina's eyes instantly lost their light, and the world in front of her turned into simple stick figures with Iori's face drawn all over them.
"Oh~ careful!"
"And over here!"
Charging forward simultaneously, Kohei caught the falling Aina, and Iori quickly grabbed the glass that was about to shatter.
He brought his nose to it and sniffed. The next second, the strong alcohol smell that went straight to his head made him instantly recognize what was in the cup—
"Isn't this the alcohol from the last round of drinking? There's still some left!"
"Ah, this cup is mine. It has been diluted exactly two times..."
"That's still at least $30$ degrees, right?"
Looking at the spilled liquor on the floor that was evaporating at an incredibly slow rate, Miyazawa Yu finally relaxed and waved his hand: "Then it's fine! As long as it's not $95\%$ Water of Life, it's daijōbu (all good)!"
"That's true, and we won't get lectured either!"
"A blessing in disguise!"
"...You guys are truly scumbags."
Looking at the Pab club's three stooges, who instantly formed a united front and gently placed Aina on her side on the ground, Chisa Kotegawa's ears and eyes instantly filled with extreme contempt.
She vowed never to drink in front of these guys again, lest she be treated as a decorative object and carelessly tossed aside.
"Ugh..."
"Oh? Are you still awake, Aina? Good for you."
"Wuu..."
Muttering, Yoshikawa Aina stood up. After one drink, her eyes instantly became clear, and her movements became very girly, which completely bewildered Miyazawa Yu.
"Hiss... is that our Aina? Was she possessed by a beautiful girl ghost?"
"So mean~ I'm clearly just Aina~"
"Sumimasen (I'm sorry)!"
Instantly bowing in apology, although he didn't know why, Aina's strangely girlish voice gave Miyazawa Yu an intense feeling of guilt.
To actually bully such an innocent and cute girl, he really was a horrible person!!!
"Waaah, she defeated Yu with one sentence! Aina's combat strength in this state is so strong!"
His pupils dilated in shock, Kohei Imamura also had the urge to instantly kneel and apologize, but he managed to forcefully suppress it.
Staring intently at the abnormal Aina, the next sentence that reached his ears instantly froze him in place.
"I said~ Iori~ why don't you understand?"
"Understand, understand what?"
Suddenly looking up, Miyazawa Yu saw Aina with her wrists clasped behind her back, steadily approaching Iori. A huge question mark floated above his head, and a terrifying conjecture was simultaneously generated.
Exchanging glances with Kohei, it was clear they were both thinking the same thing: was Aina about to reveal the truth while drunk?
Whether in anime or galgames, drinking is a rare action, but whenever drinking is involved, the plot development is sure to be explosive!
"Could it be... Aina is about to become a god?"
"No, no, no! She might also be about to fall into hell..."
Gritting his teeth, Miyazawa Yu felt that, as a friend, he needed to stop Aina's next action.
Confessing while slightly tipsy after drinking was acceptable, and drinking to spice things up in bed was also fine, but revealing the truth in a completely drunk state was absolutely irresponsible behavior!
To prevent Aina from regretting it!
"Get up! Yu!"
Ignoring Aina's aura of innocence, Kohei Imamura used all his strength to pull Miyazawa Yu up from the ground, then collapsed painfully onto the floor, gasping for air.
"Kohei!!!"
"I'm fine, Yu. It's up to you now!"
"I understand!"
Under Chisa Kotegawa's almost crashing gaze, Miyazawa Yu wiped his tears, closed Kohei's eyes, and then extended a trembling hand toward Aina's back.
"Iori, you really are slow~"
"Slow? What are you suddenly talking about, Aina?"
"I mean, haven't you noticed until now?"
Blushing, Aina Yoshikawa seemed to have eyes in the back of her head, and with a light wave of her hand, she batted away Miyazawa Yu's outstretched arm.
"I~ have been thinking that no matter what I say, I can't express my feelings for a slow-witted person like you!"
"Eh? What does that even mean?"
"No! You can't say lines that sound like they're leading to a happy end!"
Struck down hard, Miyazawa Yu had blood leaking from the corner of his mouth, and his heart ached so much he couldn't breathe!
It must be known that if the affection value hasn't reached the specified number, forcibly selecting the "end" option will trigger a bad end!
"In short, I can't hold it in anymore. If I can't express my feelings, then I will resort to physical means!"
In Miyazawa Yu's terrified eyes, Yoshikawa Aina recklessly wrapped her arms around Iori's cheeks, and the distance between the two was infinitely reduced to a hair's breadth.
"If you guys like naked bodies, then I'll just look all I want! Take it off for me!"
"Eh?"
Stared at by the predator's cold, hunting gaze, Iori Kitahara's pupils reflected Aina's contracted irises. Cold sweat immediately flowed from his forehead to the latter's hand.
"Ah~ so she's talking about taking off clothes?"
The tension in his muscles instantly relaxed. Miyazawa Yu collapsed onto the ground with a plop and let out a long, deep breath. To be honest, he thought Aina was about to confess just now.
"No, how should I put this? Even if you ask for it, it's still a bit..."
"Oh my, oh my~ Is that so?"
Radiating a terrifying aura from head to toe, Yoshikawa Aina straddled Iori, her mouth stretching into a wide grin. Her slender tongue slowly licked every corner of her lips.
"Then I'll help you take it off! Hurry up! Let me see! Even if it's small, it's still cute!"
"S-stop! No! Yamero (Stop it)!"
Resistance was futile. Yoshikawa Aina instantly tore Iori's underwear into rags.
After looking Iori up and down, who was covering his chest as if he had been violated, she twisted her neck at a strange angle and looked behind her.
"Next, it's your turn!"
"Us too?"
"But I have no clothes left to take off!"
Kneeling calmly in place and offering his underwear, Miyazawa Yu felt the strong wind, mixed with maniacal laughter, whistling past his ears, and quietly enjoyed Kohei's wailing.
Although he seemed to have been treated as an appetizer again, what a peaceful night!