The next morning.
Natsuhiko went to Hoshinoumi Academy as usual.
Even though Otosaka Yuu, who can steal other people's powers, and Otosaka Ayumi, who has the power to destroy, have appeared.
But for him, it was like the wind and rain outside the apartment, and it didn't have much impact on his life.
However, what surprised Natsuhiko a bit was that Takajo had completely taken over the task of monitoring the "stealing" ability. Maybe it was a change in his mindset, but in short, he showed rare initiative in this matter.
Natsuhiko was happy to see this happen.
Perhaps his guidance last time awakened some sense of mission in Takajo.
This would be a solution to a rather troublesome matter for Nao.
Watching Takajo lead Otosaka Yuu to the school cafeteria, Natsuhiko smiled with satisfaction. One lazy bum in the student council is enough.
...
Lunch break.
Nao sat alone in her classroom seat with headphones in her ears. She closed her eyes, focused on listening to music, moving her head slightly up and down to the beat, and tapping her fingers on the desk rhythmically.
The five sisters happened to be away, and Natsuhiko didn't want to bother Nao being a quiet beauty, especially at this time.
However.
Also headphones.
Nao and Miku have two different styles.
Nao's MP3 is a KENWOODMG-G708, and her headphones are jvcHA-fr46, not very expensive, just average.
Miku's are Audio-Technica ATH-AR3BT.
Over-ear and in-ear.
Completely different styles.
As he was thinking this, a bottle of matcha soda appeared before him.
"Hiko, are you done eating?"
"Yeah!"
Natsuhiko answered briefly.
Appearing before him was his desk mate - Nakano Miku.
A straight nose and a slender face.
The lines of her eyebrows seemed to be drawn with fine strokes, and her pink hair, with slightly curled ends, shone with luster.
Below the hem of her clothes, her long legs, covered in black stockings, were revealed, creating a different kind of exciting feeling than Mai, always making his heart beat faster at special times.
"This is my favorite matcha soda."
Miku said suddenly.
Natsuhiko isn't a matcha soda fan, but Miku is different.
Outside, especially when buying from vending machines, she always chooses matcha soda and green tea, and only chooses other types if there aren't any.
Being able to get Miku's favorite drink now could be said to be a big boost in favorability.
It seems playing together at the arcade had an immediate effect.
Unfortunately, this isn't a game, and there's no such thing as gaining favorability.
Natsuhiko let out a soft chuckle with an ambiguous meaning.
"You seem very happy lately."
Miku said suddenly.
"Really? I should be in a good mood every day~"
"..."
Saying that is really insensitive, Natsuhiko twisted open the cap of the matcha soda in his hand and moistened his throat.
A bitter taste.
It gave a different feeling than normal drinks. Natsuhiko held up the bottle in his hand.
"If you're free, you can come to my house to play. I've already bought the home version of the game."
In an instant, a light flashed in Miku's eyes, and without a moment's hesitation, she immediately added: "Okay."
Her big eyes were wide open, and only Natsuhiko's reflection was in her pupils.
Then, after thinking for a while.
She moved the chair next to her over.
"Hiko, I have a lot of questions I want to ask~"
"Is that so..."
Miku took out questions related to history. It must be said that this was a landmark leap, signifying an outstanding advancement in Natsuhiko's tutoring of the five sisters.
You should know that since becoming a tutor.
None of the five sisters had asked about schoolwork-related questions in public.
Miku was the first to figure it out among them, Natsuhiko smiled with satisfaction.
Little did he know, this refreshing smile made Miku's heart skip a beat, who was on the side preparing to study hard.
Just then.
"Hey, Hiko, what are you doing?"
Someone approached and started yelling loudly.
Natsuhiko didn't even need to turn his head. It seemed the other four had already returned. Of course, the one who said this was not always the energetic Yotsuba, but only Nino.
Turning his head, Nino's face had a hint of anger.
"It's nothing. As you can see, I'm discussing studying with Miku."
"That's the problem!"
Nino cut in between him and Miku, facing him.
"Miku already has a boyfriend, don't just get close to her casually."
"..."
"Her boyfriend bought her cute stuffed animals like hedgehogs and one-eyed cats..."
"..."
Unfortunately, it was yours truly.
Although he didn't know why, the other sisters were also watching the show from the side, clearly acknowledging the information that Miku had a boyfriend.
He really didn't know how they figured that out.
However, obviously, Miku hadn't told her sisters about going to play games together.
Glancing sideways, Miku shrugged with a smile behind him, Miku's personality wouldn't allow her to embarrass Nino in such a public place as the classroom.
There were already busybodies looking over here.
To be honest.
Nino is relatively popular among the five sisters.
She has good social skills, many friends, and is very popular among girls.
Of course.
Unsurprisingly, Natsuhiko is at the top of the popularity charts for both boys and girls. It seems like these two are about to put on a good show, and people in the classroom are looking over here intentionally or unintentionally.
Flirting with his harem team is very interesting.
Natsuhiko reached out his hand and grabbed at the air.
Saying to Nino with a meaningful tone.
"First of all, not to mention whether Miku's boyfriend exists and is the Natsuhiko you don't want to get close to, Nino, is your attitude wanting to be punished by me?"
Even Nino can't trample on his happiness.
"——!"
Natsuhiko put on his brightest smile of the day and looked down at Nino.
From this smile, the righteous Nino felt an unusually strong pressure erupting, and this strange gesture clearly meant the things that happened that day in secret.
Nino's original intention was of course not to stop Miku from studying.
She was just trying to find out if Natsuhiko was the one who gave Miku the stuffed animals at the urging of her sisters.
...Damn man!
She brought it on herself again, Nino bit her silver teeth.
Putting on an ugly smile, she retreated tactfully, a shameful defeat.
It seemed that since meeting Natsuhiko, nothing except for studying and learning to cook had gone smoothly.
She was the first to stand up when her sisters all wanted to know.
The embarrassment now was all her own doing.
You reap what you sow!
Nino's heart was bleeding.
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