Mygo, are you all yanderes?

Chihaya Aine looked at her hand, which was being held firmly by Nagasaki Motoyo, and sighed helplessly.

It seemed that no matter what she said, the other party wouldn't let her leave, so she had no choice but to accept it.

However, since she can't go out with him to share the firepower with Kusano Akira, she can do Kusano Akira a favor.

“Su Shishi, I have a suggestion.”

"Hmm?"

Seeing that Chihaya Aine seemed to have given up, Sugisaki Motoyo loosened her grip on her hand, but just in case, she quietly went to the door and blocked the way.

If she wasn't mistaken, Takamatsu Akari seemed to be planning to go out with Chihaya Aine earlier, so she might as well just block the door.

Seeing that Chihaya Aine had given up on going out and suddenly had something to say to her, Nagasaki Motoyo looked at her with a gentle smile.

"That's right, we'd like to hold a study session."

"?"

Nagasaki Motoyo's smile faded slightly.

"Study meeting?"

"That's right, a study session."

Seeing that Nagasaki Motoyo had the same expression as Shiina Tatsuki earlier, Chihaya Aine nodded.

She still remembered what Kusano Akira had just said about not being familiar with Nagasaki Motoyo. Since Kusano Akira and Nagasaki Motoyo weren't familiar with each other, it meant that he wasn't very confident about inviting Nagasaki Motoyo.

That means it's time for her invincible Chihaya Aine to make her appearance.

"Hmm, why are we suddenly holding something like this?"

Although Nagasaki Motoyo didn't understand why Chihaya Aine suddenly brought up the study group, upon closer reflection, it wasn't entirely incomprehensible.

Nagasaki Motoyo could clearly smell the scent on Chihaya Aine—she was the kind of person who was somewhat vain, had many friends, and loved to go out and have fun.

It's not surprising that someone like that would suddenly say they want to hold a team-building event, since they really enjoy team-building activities.

Although Nagasaki Motoyo herself is not very good at or interested in participating in such activities, it would be worth a try if it could help her build a better relationship with Chihaya Aine.

To free Chihaya Aine from the clutches of that scumbag, one must first achieve the condition of having a good relationship with Chihaya Aine.

"It's just a regular team building activity, Su Shishi, do you want to come?"

The doctor said, "Okay."

Motoyo Nagasaki gladly accepted Aine Chihaya's invitation.

Jiu: "Then let's meet on Sunday afternoon at Xiaoming's house. Su Shishi, you should know where Xiaoming's house is, right..."

Chihaya Aine was surprised that Nagasaki Motoyo agreed so easily, but since she had agreed, she could go and ask Kaname Rakuna, who was yawning boredly to the side.

Kaname is even more unpredictable than Nagasaki Motoyo, despite being a child even younger than them.

"Whose family?"

Nagasaki Motoyo could no longer laugh.

She had expected Chihaya Aine to invite Kusano Akira to a team-building event, after all, they were such good friends, it would be strange if Chihaya Aine didn't invite Kusano Akira.

In any case, her goal was simply to build a good relationship with Chihaya Aine; she wasn't in a hurry to let Chihaya Aine know Kusano Akira's scumbag nature.

Therefore, she had long been prepared to be with Kusano Akira.

But she really didn't expect that Chihaya Aine would choose Kusano Akira's house for the team building activity. Isn't this like a lamb being led to the slaughter?

She thought that a girl like Chihaya Aine would choose a famous store or a trendy shopping mall as her meeting place, or at the very least, her own home.

However, Chihaya Aine chose the worst option.

Why would it be at Kusano Akira's house? Could it be that this suggestion wasn't made by Chihaya Aine, but by Kusano Akira?

"Xiaoming's house—ah, that's Kusano Akira's house."

Chihaya Aine thought that Nagasaki Motoyo didn't know that the 'Akira' she was talking about was actually the nickname she gave to Kusano Akira, so she repeated it again.

"Why his house? Wasn't there a better place to go?"

Nagasaki Motoyo forced a smile and said to Chihaya Aion, who had a completely indifferent expression.

If possible, Nagasaki Motoyo would rather not hold the so-called study session at Kusano Akira's house.

Although Kusano Akira would be there no matter what, Nagasaki Motoyo always felt a strange sense of unease if he was at his house.

This feeling of having bad intentions towards someone else in their own home.

Moreover, it was Kusano Akira's house, and it always felt very dangerous.

"Because Xiaoming's family has musical instruments, he said that after he finishes learning, he can practice directly without wasting any time."

"And Su Shishi, your home is very close by, right?"

Chihaya Aine noticed Nagasaki Motoyo's reluctance, and, never forgetting to help Kusano Akira, she simply blocked any excuse Nagasaki Motoyo could use.

"But it's a boy's house, don't you guys feel embarrassed...?"

"That's okay. Even Lixi agreed, so we won't be shy if we go together."

Chihaya Aine held a piece of candy between her index finger and thumb, waving it in front of Kaname Rakuna in an attempt to attract her attention.

"Lixi agreed too?!"

Nagasaki Motoyo was genuinely surprised. She hadn't expected that Shiina Tatsuki, whom she thought was the least likely to agree, would actually agree to this so-called study group.

"Su Shishi, don't you want to go? But everyone else is going. Le Nai, do you want to go?"

"I'm going." (Nine)

Rakuna seized an opportunity, took a bite of the candy in Chihaya Aine's hand, and chewed it with a happy expression. Hearing Chihaya Aine's words, she nodded gently.

For her, anything is fine as long as she can play the guitar.

Moreover, she is now quite interested in Kusano Akira, which will allow her to find more interesting things about him.

"..."

"Su Shishi, do you really not want to go?"

"……I go."

Seeing that everyone, including Kaname and Shiina Tatsuki, was going, Nagasaki Motoyo had nothing to say; it would be awkward if she didn't go when everyone else was.

Although Chihaya Aine hadn't mentioned Takamatsu Akari's idea, Takamatsu Akari, who liked Kusano Akira so much, would definitely not disagree.

Moreover, since Nagasaki Motoyo's house was located directly above Kusano Akira's house, she had even less reason to refuse.

And to be honest, Nagasaki Motoyo didn't intend to refuse. She couldn't imagine what her situation would be like if someone else interacted with Kusano Akira without her knowledge.

Because she couldn't take care of Takamatsu Akari and Chihaya Aine, the two of them were almost completely captivated by Kusano Akira.

Nagasaki Motoyo absolutely must go and keep an eye on the situation, otherwise something bad will definitely happen.

"Great."

Upon hearing Nagasaki Motoyo's agreement, Chihaya Aine chuckled.

In this way, it means that she has exceeded the task that Kusano Akira gave her, and she will no longer have to feel so guilty about exposing Kusano Akira's dark history of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).

Perhaps Kusano Akira will thank her in the end.

However, Chihaya Aine also remembered Nagasaki Motoyo's abnormal behavior, and she needed to find an opportunity to talk to Kusano Akira about it.

Unable to practice, Lena, bored, slumped in her chair and yawned as she watched the three people reacting in different ways.

How boring, I can't perform live.

........................

"Wait, what exactly happened?"

After Kusano Akira's wrist was grabbed by Shiina Tatsuki, he was passively led around. Being weaker than Shiina Tatsuki, he could only watch with a bitter face as Shiina Tatsuki pulled him back into the dim yellow light that he hated the most.

Although Kusano Akira kept talking about settling scores, he was actually joking. Chihaya Aine's actions before this were much worse than his current ones, yet she wasn't settling scores, let alone him who just played very poorly today.

Therefore, Kusano Akira did not believe that Shiina Tatsuki was deliberately trying to settle scores with him, but precisely because of this, Kusano Akira was confused about what Shiina Tatsuki was trying to do.

After dragging Kusano Akira all the way to the place where they had been having a private conversation, Shiina Tatsuki finally let go of Kusano Akira's wrist and turned around to look at him—or rather, to look at his injured hand.

What happened to your hand?

Shiina Tatsuki frowned, pointed at Kusano Akira's hand, and said in a somewhat stern tone.

"?"

"Oh, you said this."

Kusano Akira looked in the direction Shiina Tatsuki was pointing and saw his own swollen hand. He immediately understood what Shiina Tatsuki meant.

He smiled nonchalantly, raised his hand, and told a lie without batting an eye.

"I wasn't paying attention while walking today, and I tripped and fell, which is why it turned out like this."

"Don't lie to me, a fall can turn your entire hand blue and purple?"

Shiina Tatsuki clearly didn't believe Kusano Akira's explanation. She clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction, crossed her arms, and seemed to show her displeasure in her dark purple eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me you were in this state?"

"This isn't a big deal, right—"

Kusano Akira laughed it off, trying to gloss over the matter.

Although it feels nice to be worried about, Kusano Akira felt that it was not worth making a big fuss about such a small matter and telling everyone who might be worried.

He felt that for this level, a shoddy job would suffice.

"However, I'm really sorry about today's practice, because I slowed down the progress."

"..."

Let's cancel today's practice.

Author's Note: 6k

Holidays are great! I wrote 10000 words in one go.

I'll try to break through again tomorrow and see if I can adjust the update time.

It would be better if the lights weren't turned off; typing on my phone feels so unnatural.

good night

Volume 1: Chapter 47 (Forty-Five) - Shopping with Chihaya Aine

"Let's cancel today's practice."

Just as Kusano Akira was about to pretend to be nonchalant and tell Shiina Tatsuki that he was fine, he heard Shiina Tatsuki say those words.

"what?"

Kusano Akira paused for a moment, and the carefree smile that was about to appear on his face disappeared, leaving him looking stunned.

"Why so suddenly? If it were my hand, it would be fine..."

"I'm the one who's feeling down; it has nothing to do with you."

Shiina Tatsuki abruptly interrupted Kusano Akira, gathering her black hair behind her ear and fidgeting with her fingers, turning away from Kusano Akira's expression.

Kusano Akira probably didn't even believe himself when he said he was fine; his hands were purple, which was clearly not a normal situation.

Since he was unwilling to say what caused it, all Shiina Riki could do was to end today's practice here — although she cared a lot about the performance, it didn't mean she was really heartless.

She also guessed that Kusano Akira would definitely say something like "I'm fine" or "You can practice," since he hadn't mentioned his condition earlier and had insisted on continuing to practice.

Moreover, Shiina Tatsuki was a bit of a tsundere. She knew she couldn't bring herself to say she cared about Kusano Akira, so she simply used her recent discomfort as an excuse to persuade him.

Kusano Akira probably wouldn't be able to say anything then.

The only downside is that Kusano Akira's hand might not fully recover by next week, so she might have to work overtime again tonight to revise the score.

"……OK then."

Kusano Akira could easily see the intention behind Shiina Tatsuki's words. Since the other party had already said so, there was nothing he could say, and he could only agree with Shiina Tatsuki's words.

That's fine. He was just advising Shiina Tatsuki to rest, so this can be considered as indirectly achieving his goal.

"Let's go back and tell them that today's practice is canceled."