Komine Sachi produced a list densely packed with items, some even marked with specific quantities. She handed this list to Jhin and spoke apologetically, "I can't accompany you on the grocery run this time. Michiru suddenly added a huge pile of clothes to be washed."
Probably the clothes she and I got dirty last night...
Realizing she wasn't asking him to go to a room to 'learn scriptures' from him, the inexplicable pressure on Jhin's waist lessened considerably. He gently stroked Komine Sachi's head. "Sorry about that. Those clothes were made dirty by Michiru and me yesterday. Sorry for the trouble."
"So Michiru has already done it with you..." Komine Sachi felt slightly surprised, then clasped her hands together with a joyful smile. "Then I'll need to make red bean rice today!"
"No, no, no, you'd better not make such a big fanfare about it. Ac... Actually, Yumiko too..."
"Yumiko as well?" Komine Sachi's eyes widened, covering her small, cherry-like mouth to stop a cry of surprise from escaping. Her professional discipline as a maid allowed her to quickly calm her inner emotions, and she smiled serenely. "I didn't expect them to play so openly, actually joining forces... You really can't judge a book by its cover."
"You're implying they are closet perverts, aren't you?"
Komine Sachi puffed up her cheeks in anger. "I am not! As a maid, how would I dare discuss others behind the Master's back? That would be a violation of a maid's ethics!"
She really was a 'natural black'... It seemed she was genuinely just commenting on Michiru and Yumiko's boldness.
"I know you're an excellent maid." Seeing no one was around, Jhin acted much more freely, planting a light kiss on Komine Sachi's tender face that looked as if it could be broken by a breeze. "Help me deal with the related issues next time too, Miss Maid."
"Leave it to me." Komine Sachi revealed a smile of incomparable confidence, guaranteeing to Jhin, "Sachi-A-Mon will definitely handle all your worries perfectly for you!"
"Ah, found you. You guys are here." Suou Amane finally located Jhin and Komine Sachi. They had agreed to go grocery shopping today, but when the scheduled departure time arrived, she waited in the van for ages without seeing anyone, so she had to come back to the dorms to find them.
Even though it was stepping into autumn and the temperature had dropped significantly, Suou Amane was still used to wearing a cool combination of a white camisole and long denim jeans. She complained while clinging to Jhin like a koala. "Why are you still chatting here? I've been waiting in the car for a long time."
"Sorry, we were discussing something. By the way, Amane, it'll just be the two of us going shopping this time. Sachi has to do laundry, so she doesn't have time to join us."
"Is that so? Then I'll go get a jacket." Suou Amane reluctantly got down from Jhin's body. If the three of them were going shopping together, she would be sitting in the car wearing this revealing outfit where others couldn't see, so it wouldn't matter.
But if Komine Sachi wasn't going, Suou Amane would have to go shopping with Jhin. She had dressed this way to give Jhin some 'welfare,' but if she needed to get out of the car, she couldn't dress like this.
Suou Amane returned wearing a black jacket. Only Jhin remained in the hallway; Komine Sachi had gone back to do the laundry.
"Let's go, Amane." Without needing a specific reminder, Jhin held Suou Amane's soft little hand, making her giggle happily.
"Are you that happy?"
"We haven't really been alone together since we came back from the villa last time, right?"
"That seems to be the case. There's been a lot going on lately. Were you lonely?"
"It was okay. I can see you every day anyway, so it wasn't too lonely."
"Amane, although I really want to accompany you in acting out this little romance drama, the prerequisite is that you reel in the smile on your face. It's hard for me to get into character when you're beaming so brilliantly."
Suou Amane was already trying hard to restrain her smile, but a few fish still slipped through the net, escaping from her heart to her face. "Sorry, I don't seem to be able to do it."
How could she actually be lonely? Jhin had stayed overnight at the Mihama Academy student dorms for nine out of the last ten days. They had already reached 'home base' and were in a period of burning passion; there was simply no gap in her heart for an emotion like loneliness to appear.
The two rushed to the supermarket at top speed and purchased all the items on the list. Suou Amane seemed exceptionally excited today; several times the speedometer needle swung to shocking numbers. Fortunately, she realized she wasn't far from the city center and that driving so recklessly would cost her license, so she didn't floor the gas pedal completely.
After unloading the ingredients and items from the van and putting them into the refrigerator and storage, Suou Amane wiped the sweat from her forehead with her arm. After this physical labor, she was dripping with fragrant sweat, and her jacket was sticking clammily to her body. "Jhin, everything has been moved, right?"
"Yeah. I told you to let me handle it. You should hurry back and take a shower."
"How could I watch you move it all alone?"
"I know you're a good woman. Now go shower."
Suou Amane's eyes rolled playfully, as if she thought of something. "Jhin, come back to the room with me."
"What is it? If it's not important, I won't go." Jhin was still thinking about opening the door for NyanMelu.
He wondered if she had returned to the dorms.
"I bought some clothes a while ago and I want you to evaluate them."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier about such an important matter!" Jhin put on a serious face and dragged the smiling Suou Amane straight to the dorms.
He happened to see NyanMelu sleeping on the sofa in the dorm lobby like a large black dumpling, so he didn't wake her.
Suou Amane said it was to maintain a sense of mystery, so she deliberately took all the newly bought clothes into the bathroom to prevent Jhin from secretly rifling through her wardrobe.
Jhin had no choice but to sit honestly on the carpet, waiting for the image of the beauty emerging from the bath.
Generally speaking, girls take longer to shower than boys, especially girls with long hair like Suou Amane. If they wash their hair, it definitely requires a longer time to clean, followed by wrapping up the hair before washing the body.
But this time, somehow, Suou Amane came out of the bathroom in just fifteen minutes. She was wearing a grey knitted backless sweater, and her pair of long, slender legs were wrapped in black pantyhose that allowed the skin tone to show through.
She stood at the bathroom door and threw a wink at Jhin. "How is it, this outfit?"
What could Jhin say? He gave a high thumbs-up to demonstrate his agitated heart.
Knock, knock, knock.
"Amane, is Jhin in your room?"
"I'm here, Sachi!"
"Then I'm coming in." Komine Sachi pushed open the door. Seeing Suou Amane riding on Jhin while wearing that peculiar sweater that exposed a large expanse of her jade-like back, she immediately closed the door to prevent others from seeing. "Jhin, did you buy everything on the list?"
"Got it all. I was just about to notify you by phone."
"Is that so? That's good then."
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
Jhin watched as Komine Sachi locked the door, her slender fingers pinching the red ribbon at her collar and pulling gently, revealing a beige sweater in the same style as Suou Amane's.
Crap! I've entered the Spider's Lair!
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