Want to be human, but cube-like

"Your skin is so good, where is it rough and thick?"

Hearing these boastful words, Aine pouted in dissatisfaction, grabbed Alex's index and middle fingers with her other hand, gently rubbed her soft fingertips, and then looked at the back of her hand.

On her fair skin, faint blue veins of varying shades meandered along winding paths, appearing and disappearing beneath the skin, and reflected in Aine's eyes through the thin fabric.

When a soft, boneless hand gently presses down, the supple skin tightens and turns pale white; when the hand is released, a pale red tinge appears.

"..."

Alex opened her mouth, but didn't know how to refute that statement.

She did think she was quite tough, after all, even a knife couldn't cut her own hand.

As for whether or not you'll lose health, that's another matter entirely.

"Aion, does your finger still hurt?"

Seeing Aine engrossed in playing with her little hand, she had no choice but to ask.

"Huh? Ah... actually, it'll be fine in a little while."

Aine, who was somewhat unable to resist, paused for a moment before realizing that her behavior was inappropriate. She quickly let go of his hand and said...

"Oh, by the way, wait a moment, I heard that this can relieve pain, itching, and numbness."

Blinking, Alex recalled the science video she had seen in the push notification below the video link Ai Yin had sent her on her phone a couple of days ago, and suddenly said.

Before Aine could speak, she grabbed Aine's finger and gently pulled it toward herself.

Then, it was put into the mouth.

"Eh?!"

Ai Yin gasped in surprise and froze on the spot.

She gazed at Alex's soft, cherry-pink lips, feeling the wonderful sensation of her index and middle fingers being warmed and enveloped. When she looked up again, her eyes met Alex's clear, flawless, light red eyes. The emotions in her eyes were innocent and naive, as if she had no idea how easily she could be misunderstood what she was doing, so innocent that it could even evoke both Aine's pity and sadistic desires.

Ai Yin trembled instantly. She snapped back to reality, her face turning as red as if she were in a steamer, and her head practically steaming.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait...!?"

A wave of shyness washed over Aine in an instant, and she instinctively pulled her finger back forcefully.

"Boo~!"

A soft sound was heard, and a visible thread stretched from Alex's lips to Aine's fingertip, paused in mid-air for a moment, then broke and disappeared.

"No, you can't do that! It's so dirty!"

Not knowing how to organize her thoughts, Ai-yin hurriedly came up with an excuse.

“It’s not dirty.”

Somewhat puzzled by Aine's strong reaction, Alex wiped the saliva from the corner of her lips and replied.

She can eat rotten, smelly meat without batting an eye, so how could Aine's clean fingers be dirty?

Rather than saying that, compared to the rotting flesh that should be classified as waste, Aine's fingers are practically food-grade.

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P.S. After finishing this chapter, my first thought was whether it would pass censorship. Even though it's just a finger, it feels like something... it's so weird.

Ai Yin is almost overwhelmed by Alex's relentless advances! Someone please save her!

Volume 1: Chapter 97 Let's go out and have fun!

(If you can't see Chapter 96, please refresh the chapter list, as it was previously removed and is being re-reviewed.)

When Xiangzi saw the three of them come out of the stairwell, Aine's face was already as red as an apple.

"The dinner rush will start in twenty minutes. Have you finished your work?"

She glanced at Ai-yin, whose thoughts were still in disarray, with some confusion, and asked Alex.

"Okay, I'll go prepare the ingredients later."

Nodding, Alex seemed completely unaware that Aine's unusual behavior was caused by her own actions; she simply replied with a single sentence.

"Bye~"

Following behind Alex and Aine, pulling her little cart, completely unaware of what had just happened between the two, Rana shook her head, whispered something, and prepared to turn and leave.

"Please take your time, Rakuna-san... Aine-san? What's wrong?"

After speaking to Lena, Xiangzi frowned slightly upon seeing Aine's unusual behavior today and asked her with some concern.

"Huh? Ah! I, I'm fine...!"

Ai Yin, with her head lowered, letting the pink hair falling naturally beside her temples slightly cover her flushed face, straightened up slightly upon hearing this, but then realized that her reaction was too exaggerated and had aroused Xiangzi's curiosity, so she quickly shook her head.

"Then...would you like to stay for dinner?"

Seeing Aine's unusual behavior, Xiangzi hesitated for a moment and asked.

"No need... I'll go home soon..."

With a slightly evasive look in her eyes, Aine hesitated before speaking.

She actually wanted to use some other topic to gloss over what had just happened, and then say goodbye to Alex in a peaceful mood.

Aine always felt that if she were to say goodbye to Alex and go home in her current state, it would, to some extent, confirm that her orientation was wrong.

Damn it! I'm not the one who did it. Allie said she only did it because she heard that saliva can relieve pain. She didn't think of anything else. Why am I the only one who's overthinking things?

This is a complete and utter defeat!

She bit her lower lip, gripped her phone, and unconsciously swiped her thumb across it, refreshing the LINE homepage every now and then.

Then, a short advertisement popped up.

It's a Valentine's Day promotional ad from a certain brand.

Her eyes caught a particularly obvious keyword, and an idea suddenly popped into Aine's mind.

"That's right!

She immediately spoke up, trying to get the attention of the other three people present.

"Little Lenai! Don't go yet, there's something else I want to tell everyone!"

Ai Yin glanced at the date at the top of the message bar, then turned off the screen and hurriedly turned around to pull Le Nai, who was just a few steps away from leaving the burger shop, back to safety.

"what happened?"

Seeing this, Alex, who was just about to walk down to the sky island, turned around and asked in confusion.

"that!"

Reopening her phone screen, Ai Yin quickly swiped to the Valentine's Day ad she had just seen.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Ellie, how about your burger joint has a little event on that day?

Having been a student council president with considerable experience in giving impromptu speeches, she quickly composed herself, organized her thoughts in just a few seconds, and continued.

"It just so happens that we can release that advertising jingle on that day. If it works well, it might even help promote the burger joint!"

In just a few words, Ai Yin shook off the lingering shyness in her heart.

"That is indeed a good idea."

The first person to nod in agreement was Xiangzi. She thought about it carefully and then said...

So far, the burger shop's promotion has relied solely on word-of-mouth among customers, and it hasn't garnered much attention online. Although it seems to attract many customers, it is ultimately a high-end, high-priced fast-food restaurant, and a significant portion of its customers only come once to try it out and never return.

New customers are indeed a very important source of income. If we hold a small event on Valentine's Day and rely on that advertising jingle, and if it can attract attention online, then perhaps more customers will come to try it.

"Hmm... sure."

Whether she understood or not, Alex barely considered it. Having entrusted the entire management of the burger shop to Xiangzi, she simply agreed after seeing him nod.

"But what is Valentine's Day...?"

Then she asked.

"Doesn't Ellie know about Valentine's Day?"

Upon hearing this, Ai Yin was somewhat surprised. She pursed her lips and thought for a while before slowly beginning to explain to Alex.

"Valentine's Day is February 14th every year. It's a day to express your love to the person you like. On this day, girls usually give the person they like a homemade special chocolate to hint that they like the other person. It's a good day to confess your feelings."

Raising her index finger, Ai Yin said a few words. Her eyes glanced at her fingertip, and she suddenly remembered what had just happened. Her face flushed, she paused, and quickly lowered her hand before continuing.

"There are also 'duty chocolates' to give to ordinary friends to express gratitude for their care, 'friendship chocolates' to express affection, and chocolates for family members."

"Many businesses also launch activities on this day to stimulate customer spending in order to achieve profitability and publicity."

Xiangzi added from the side.

"Hmm, so that day, we can hold a small event at the burger shop, play music together, and maybe it will attract a lot of couples to come in and eat!"

Ai-yin continued, picking up where Xiangzi left off.

Are you going to do a live show?

At this moment, Rana, who had been pulled back by Aine, finally heard something interesting from the bunch of words she didn't really care about, and interjected.

"Hmm... I guess you could call it that? Although it's not very formal? It should still be considered a kind of performance?"

Scratching her cheek, Aine said uncertainly.

"I want to play!"

Upon hearing this, Le Nai's eyes lit up, and she immediately spoke expectantly.

Xiangzi, who was standing to the side, fell silent at this moment. She seemed to have remembered something. Her mind, which was already in a daze because of the song "Spring Shadow" that afternoon, became even more complicated after hearing the word "live".

"Then there's one more thing that needs to be decided!"

Seeing that no one had any objections, Ai Yin smiled and moved on to the next topic.

"what?"

Alex asked at just the right moment.

"It's a uniform! A uniform~!"

Ai-yin pointed at Alex and Shoko's casual clothes and said with some dissatisfaction.

"This is clearly a high-end burger joint, yet they've never had uniforms! That's so unprofessional!"

When she said that, Xiangzi realized that, indeed, since they had been working at the hamburger shop for so long, the two of them had just put on an apron over their casual jackets as if they were wearing uniforms. Such inconsistent attire was indeed not very aesthetically pleasing.

"Besides, if the three of us are going to perform on stage that day, we'll need to change into appropriate costumes, right?"

Ai Yin smiled and continued to make suggestions.

"Valentine's Day is in three days! So! Let's go shopping together after school tomorrow afternoon!"

After laying the groundwork for a while, she finally revealed her purpose.

"Go buy clothes, then come back and alter them into everyone's uniforms!"

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Volume 1: Chapter 98 Sorry, Maid Xiaoxiang

Lately, life at school seems to be getting increasingly dull and boring.

A beautiful girl with pink hair sitting in her seat rested her chin on her hand, staring blankly at the blackboard on the podium. She seemed to be listening to the lesson, but her thoughts had already wandered off somewhere else.

Aine's life has become more regular lately than before. Since stepping down as student council president, she has devoted almost all her free time to spending time with Alex.

In the past, after finishing her student council duties, she would go to karaoke bars, dessert shops, or trendy cafes with her classmates for some entertainment. If she felt too tired, she could also choose to go home and play some games to relax.

However, during this period, Aiyin seemed to have fallen into a monotonous cycle. Every day, she would go from home to school, then to the hamburger shop after school, and then back home in the evening. Unconsciously, her life gradually evolved into this three-point routine.

She replaced her social activities with classmates and friends, as well as her time playing games alone, with time spent with Alex.