After fooling Kanae Maekawa with the excuse of "company secret makeup techniques," everyone boarded the tour bus. Hitori Gotoh naturally sat next to Jhin—who else could it be, given she was the one and only official girlfriend?
"Bocchi-chan, are you okay?"
Jhin gently stroked Hitori Gotoh's back. She didn't look like she was fine at all. No one had expected that simply encountering too many people on the way to the meeting point would stimulate her social anxiety to the point of inducing motion sickness.
"I want to go home..." Hitori Gotoh's face was pale, a persistent nausea lingering in her heart. She lay on the seat motionless, as if all the bones had been removed from her body.
Jhin had no real remedy for motion sickness. He could only take out some mints and ask his girlfriend, "I have mints here. Do you want to eat one? It might make you feel better."
"Mn," Hitori Gotoh responded weakly.
Jhin tore open the mint packaging and gently fed it into her mouth. The coolness brought by the mint temporarily dispelled the nausea in Hitori Gotoh's heart. She decided to take this opportunity to hurry up and fall asleep; this was the best way to combat motion sickness.
However, Hitori Gotoh tossed and turned in her seat, unable to fall asleep. Blinking her watery eyes, she acted spoiled towards Jhin, "Jhin, can you hold me to sleep?"
Unexpectedly, the sickly Bocchi-chan was surprisingly straightforward.
Jhin certainly wouldn't refuse such a request. He unbuckled his seatbelt, moved over to Hitori Gotoh's side, and with gentle movements, lifted her up and placed her on his lap. Hitori Gotoh leaned against Jhin's chest like a little bird relying on a person, nuzzled safely a couple of times, and then fell into a deep sleep.
Ever since hearing Tamaki Mari say that Jhin looked at least in his twenties in Kabukicho, Suou Amane had wanted to see a photo of Jhin. Unfortunately, she hadn't found an opportunity to ask Tamaki Mari.
Unable to see a photo of Master Jhin's adult appearance, Suou Amane's heart scratched with an unbearable itch. She felt like she was sitting on pins and needles on the bus. Finally unable to hold it in, she asked Kazami Kazuki beside her, "Kazuki, do you have a photo of Jhin from that day?"
"No. Are you that interested in my brother's adult appearance?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Suou Amane nodded like a pestle pounding garlic, her eyes practically glowing green with greed. "I super want to see it!"
Kazami Kazuki extended her right hand to hold down Amane's face, which was filled with ugly desire, and sighed lightly. "Restrain your expression a little. We are outside."
Kazami Kazuki was well aware that Suou Amane was a closet masochist. The reason she wanted a photo of Jhin's adult form was likely to use it as material for her nightly fantasies of being forcefully pinned down by him. It wasn't that Jhin hadn't fed Suou Amane enough; it was just that she was easily triggered in certain aspects and would then enter a state of heat for Jhin.
Calculating carefully, aside from Eriri, Kasumigaoka Utaha, and Kato Megumi—three girls who didn't have any special relationship with Jhin—everyone else was in a honeymoon period of intense passion.
Makina used pudding as an excuse to find her brother; Michiru always dragged him off to eat mangoes at night; Yumiko had recently purchased a large amount of clothing and used trying them on as an excuse to seek him out; Amane and Sachi frequently dragged the younger brother to their room to party under the guise of discussing culinary arts.
Recalling Jhin's recent schedule, Kazami Kazuki couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.
Could it be that my brother's waist is truly made of iron? Even with such high-intensity exercise, he still seeks me out to exercise like it's nothing?
She didn't know that after possessing a "substitute," Jhin's constitution could no longer be treated as that of a normal person.
The team that went to Egypt to fight DIO suffered quite a few injuries. Aside from the fragile Kakyoin, everyone else would be jumping around lively just a few days after having a few small holes punched in them. A certain silver-haired snow-eater even healed up the next day after having such a large hole opened in his tongue.
"I don't have photos of my brother here. I was the one who applied his makeup; do you think I would specifically take a picture?"
"Eh~ Why not take a photo as a keepsake?"
Unable to find a breakthrough with Kazami Kazuki, Suou Amane decided to change her approach. She sought out Irisu Makina, who was playing games with Shiraishi Yuzuki. "Makina, do you want to see what Jhin looks like when he grows up?"
"Huh? Brother grown up?" Irisu Makina's attention was hooked, causing her in-game character to be blown up by a bomb. She complained angrily to Suou Amane, "Amane-nee, it's all your fault. I failed the challenge on this level."
"Sorry, sorry," Suou Amane apologized with her palms pressed together. "So, do you want to see Jhin's photo?"
"Wu... Brother's appearance after growing up... I'm a little bit interested."
"Right? Right? Jhin is already so handsome now; he'll definitely be even more handsome when he grows up, guhehe~" Suou Amane systematically lured Irisu Makina's interest out, unable to hold back a strange laugh at the end.
Irisu Makina nodded indisputably, then asked Shiraishi Yuzuki, "Yuzuki, do you have a photo of Brother from that day?"
Beautifully done, Makina!
Plan successful. Suou Amane cheered in her heart, looking forward along with Irisu Makina for Shiraishi Yuzuki to take out Jhin's photo. They assumed Shiraishi Yuzuki had also gone to Kabukicho that day.
"Um... I didn't go to the gathering that day..."
"Is that so? Then I'll go ask the others. Let's continue playing the game later!"
"Ah..." It was Shiraishi Yuzuki's first time playing games with someone else. Looking at Irisu Makina leaving her side, she raised her hand reluctantly, wanting to ask her to stay.
Suou Amane sat in Irisu Makina's seat and picked up the game console. "Little Yuzuki, I'll keep you company."
"O-Okay, please treat me well."
"No need to be so formal. I haven't played this game before; teach me how to play."
"Mn."
Big Sister Suou is also very gentle...
Shiraishi Yuzuki pursed her lips, revealing a hint of a smile, and taught Suou Amane how to play hand-in-hand.
Irisu Makina ran excitedly to the seats where Tamaki Mari and her friends were. "Mari! Do you guys have a photo of Brother's grown-up appearance?"
Tamaki Mari was startled by the overly familiar Irisu Makina, but since she herself had a somewhat carefree personality, she didn't mind being addressed that way. "Um... this... Miss, who is your brother?"
"I'm Irisu Makina, so my brother is obviously Jhin!"
"We didn't take photos that day, sorry."
"~Even you guys don't have one?" Irisu Makina lowered her head in disappointment.
At this moment, Kanae Maekawa suddenly interjected, "I have Jhin's photo. A colleague accidentally captured him in the frame when taking pictures during the gathering that day."
Since it was a temporarily rented tour bus, she wasn't responsible for driving. Hearing Irisu Makina asking around for Jhin's photo, she immediately pulled it out to show her. "If you want it, I can send it to you."
"Wow, thank you, Big Sister!" Irisu Makina thanked her joyfully. Before long, the girls from Mihama Academy each had a copy of Jhin's photo in hand.
He was wearing a black suit, a charming, confident smile on his face as he spoke. Even in the background of the photo, he could capture one's attention.
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