How can my simulation be a real love?

Even the seemingly most proper Shiina Tatsuki understands the importance of the 'lover' relationship, and it's not entirely impossible for them to have already reached adulthood.

If only one person had gone missing, she wouldn't have been so bothered, but this time, a total of three people had disappeared!

Kazami Mei can't possibly stay in the room with the three of them—

"They won't be running around everywhere. Anyway, Shiina, don't panic too much. Calm down a bit."

Perhaps due to excessive tension and panic, Shiina Ritsuki, standing in front of him, began to breathe slightly heavily.

Her fair skin, smooth and delicate after the bath, still had an alluring rosy hue. Her long, jet-black hair was gently draped over her shoulders, and if you got close, you could faintly smell the delicate scent of roses on her body.

“…That’s what I said.”

Slightly calmed down, Shiina Riki gradually calmed her anxious state of mind. Wearing loose pajamas, she quite boldly showed off her long, fair, and delicate legs, which looked as smooth as white jade in the dim room.

Perhaps noticing Kazami Naru's subtle gaze, Shiina Tatsuki, standing at the door, blushed and said in a slightly coquettish tone, "Kazami, what are you looking at?"

"Look at the legs."

Unexpectedly, this guy admitted it without hesitation. Originally, she was anxious and serious, but now she was a little uncomfortable and pulled her loose top down to cover herself. The blush that had already spread to her ears was enough to show the intense turmoil in her heart.

"poor!!"

Can I say one more curse?

"...In short, let's sit down and calm down first."

Knowing that there were still three girls eavesdropping in the room, Kazami Mei naturally wouldn't dare to flirt with them recklessly, so she gently patted the bed to make room for Shiina Ritsuki.

Ms. Shiina hesitated for a moment before sitting down on his bed, her face flushed, though she kept a rather subtle distance between herself and Kazami Naruto.

"I could understand if Su Shi and that pink-haired girl were missing, but where did the lamp go? Even the cell phone is in the living room. Don't we need to look for them?"

Look, it's right at your feet.

Kazami Mei glanced uncertainly at the area under the bed, guessing that the little penguin hiding there must be panicking.

However, Kazami Mei's gaze made Shiina Riki think that this guy was still staring at her legs, and ripples gradually appeared in her heart. An inexplicable emotion made her heart inexplicably start to race.

I had been trying to avoid being alone with this guy, but somehow things still turned out this way.

Confused, Shiina Tatsuki quickly shook her head. As if trying to distract herself, she stared at Kazami Mei with a cold gaze, speaking with a hint of doubt in her voice—

"Speaking of which, Kazami... why didn't you open the door for me for so long? I feel like I knocked for at least a minute, right?"

"Because I wasn't wearing any clothes just now."

Kazami Mei answered immediately without hesitation.

Shiina Riki's eyes widened instantly, looking at Kazami Mei's chest in disbelief.

No wonder this guy locks the door when he sleeps. He has such a shameless habit. If she had just rushed in on impulse, wouldn't she have seen everything?

Upon noticing this, Shiina Riki felt her face heat rising again. Her attention, which she had just been trying to shift, became increasingly chaotic, especially when she accidentally looked up and saw his Adam's apple bobbing. A strange tension and heat made her unconsciously reach out and grip the sheets tightly.

Ignoring Shiina Tatsuki, who was lost in thought with her head down, Kazami Mei, who was sitting next to her, casually started a conversation: "Speaking of which, you and Shiina have known each other for a long time, haven't you?"

"...It hasn't been that long, has it?"

Shiina Riki blushed and glanced at the doorway, only then noticing that the door she had just opened seemed to have been left open.

Seeing Shiina Tatsuki still standing with his arms crossed and a cold, sour face, Kazami Mei smiled and said with a slight upturn of her lips, "We are bandmates, after all, but Shiina, you still call me 'Kazami' even now."

"Besides, I confessed to you so earnestly before, but I didn't expect you to keep your distance from me afterward. Does this 'coldness' mean you've already rejected me?"

"what?!"

Shiina Riki, who was already having trouble calming down, suddenly widened her beautiful, dark purple eyes. She pursed her lips tightly and seemed to feel a strange emptiness in her heart. Her slender, dark eyelashes trembled slightly.

Having held back for so long, as if she had long intended to express her dissatisfaction, she slowly raised her delicate, frosty face, and her words, as cold as an iceberg, were slowly uttered—

"...But it was you who kept calling me 'Shiina,' wasn't it? Even when you called Maki... you just called her by her name!"

Kazami Mei took a deep breath and looked at Riki in front of him with a look of realization.

Hey, you know what, it actually seems to be true?

However, Ms. Shiina's statement is not entirely correct. Kazami Naru, whose skin is thicker than the Wall of Maria, slightly curled the corners of her mouth and said with a smile, "But I remember that I should have called you 'Ritsuki' before, right? But you, Shiina, have never called me by my name directly."

"Huh?! What kind of nonsense is this..."

Shiina Riki, who was originally planning to directly refute, froze, her delicate face, as cold as frost, seemed to be stunned at this moment.

At this moment, she suddenly recalled that Kazami Naruto had actually called his name once before, but only during 'that' time, and the memory of it was still incredibly vivid in her mind.

When confessing your feelings.

"..."

Shiina Riki was silent.

Despite possessing stunning beauty, Ms. Shiina doesn't know how to use her charm.

The thought of confessing her love sent a tingling, shivering sensation through her body. Her cheeks, flushed with a tipsy blush, made her fall silent for no apparent reason. Her dark, flowing hair, falling unintentionally, made her appear even more elegant and alluring.

Ms. Shiina, blushing and remaining silent, seemed to have reached the pinnacle of beauty at this moment.

Who are you? Give my brother back!

"That's why I've been calling you 'Lixi' for a long time. So what are your plans now?"

"Well……"

Shiina, who was making soft whimpering sounds from her throat, was as cute as a kitten. Under Kazami Mei's smiling gaze, she forced a completely non-fierce expression.

As if giving up on herself, the black-haired girl coldly said, "Then, can I just call you by your name?"

"Please."

Kazami Mei took a deep breath and immediately put on an expression of being all ears.

Seeing his abruptly serious expression, Shiina Tatsuki felt extremely uncomfortable and stammered for a long time without saying a word. However, under the other's expectant gaze, she finally opened her lips slightly.

"...Chirp."

The black-haired girl beside him murmured something in a barely audible voice, a sound so faint it seemed almost inaudible, yet it was remarkably clear even in the quiet room.

Kazami Naruto had originally planned to tease her by saying, "You're playing the drums so softly," but then he realized that if he continued to tease Shiina-san, she would probably explode...

Not to mention there are three girls eavesdropping in the room right now.

"That way we can call each other by our first names."

When Miss Lixi blushed and whispered Feng Jianming's name, the unintentional charm she exuded was just too adorable. This made Feng Jianming, who had always regarded her as a good brother, take several breaths to adjust his mindset, and at the same time, he wanted to calm his restless subordinates.

He originally thought he probably wouldn't have the chance to say those words.

Bro, you smell so good.

Sensing that the brotherhood had long since soured, Kazami Mei raised his eyes, peeked out towards Shiina Tatsuki, and whispered with a smile in the ear of this cold, black-haired beauty—

"So, Lixi, does that mean you agree?"

"...Are you out of your mind?! Of course I can't just agree like that...of course I can't!"

Shiina Riki was so embarrassed that she almost stood up, but at this moment, her tone of voice was not at all 'cold' as usual. Instead, she was as gentle and soft as a lamb, blushing and lowering her head.

This gave Kazami Mei the sudden feeling that even if she hugged Riki now, he would probably only struggle symbolically without resisting.

No, it's probably not my imagination?

boom!

Just as Shiina Tatsuki's heart rate was increasing, a series of muffled noises suddenly came from the wardrobe, and then the wardrobe door inexplicably opened from the inside.

The two girls who were peeking inside froze instantly. Under Shiina Tatsuki's shocked gaze, they walked out as if nothing had happened.

"Haha~ It's because nobody played many games tonight, so we just came to Ming's room to play cards!"

The two women, Aine, who tried to explain, and Suze, who silently turned her head away, had a tremendous impact on Riki's mind at that moment.

Completely stunned, Shiina Tatsuki stammered and hadn't even had a chance to say anything when Takamatsu Akari, who had been hiding under the bed for a long time, slowly crawled out.

A blush seemed to appear on the girl's delicate, fair face, while the timid little penguin stood shyly to the side like a schoolchild who had made a mistake.

Not knowing what to say, Nagasaki Motoyo simply turned cold and walked out of the room first.

As if fate had been violently seized, Shiina Riki, sitting on the bed, stared blankly at the several girls who had appeared out of nowhere, her face flushed. Her already burning head seemed unable to process the current situation.

Fortunately, Chihaya Aine noticed the situation and stepped in to help: "Ahem, everyone, why don't you go back to sleep? We have to get up early for practice tomorrow, don't we?"

"Hmm...you're right."

Takamatsu, equally embarrassed and unsure how to speak, nodded with a flushed face and immediately followed the steps given to her by Chihaya Aine. The two of them glanced at Ms. Ritsuki before following Suze downstairs.

Shiina Tatsuki, with her shoulders trembling slightly, remained sitting blankly on the bed.

"...Lixi, why don't you go back to sleep first?"

As Kazami Mei cautiously inquired, Shiina Riki, whose head was steaming, was already breathing erratically.

The girl's black hair, falling like petals, landed on her fair shoulders. Her eyes, still tinged with shyness, trembled. Perhaps thinking that the culprit was the guy next to her, Shiina Ritsuki, with a stiff expression, could only glare at him fiercely to vent her anger.

"..."

But in the end, he didn't say anything.

The cold look that Ms. Shiina gave before leaving was as if she were saying, "I will definitely not let you off the hook tomorrow."

……

The girls, who had returned to their beds in the living room, pretended to be nonchalant and crawled into their blankets. The events of the night had been rather awkward, and everyone was wondering how to face each other starting tomorrow morning.

The silent and incredibly awkward atmosphere made everyone hold their breath.

I never imagined everyone was a philanderer!

I thought the most honest Miss Lixi had come up under the pretext of 'looking for someone,' but the atmosphere afterwards inexplicably became romantic.

If Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Motoyo hadn't accidentally pushed open the cabinet door while peeking, things would probably have gotten quite bad if the two of them had continued.

"Everyone should go to bed early. No matter what, we need to train hard tomorrow."

Nagasaki Motoyo, lying on her side on the bed, spoke softly.

Upon hearing her words, several girls responded with a word or two, but Shiina Ritsuki, who was lying flat on the bed, remained silent. She buried her entire head in the blanket, as if in eternal sleep.

The air remained silent.

"Then, can I just call you by your name?"

Chihaya Aine, who was lying on the outermost side, suddenly revealed a resolute look in her eyes and muttered something in a pretentious manner.

This remark immediately caused Nagasaki Motoyo to stifle a laugh. Shiina Tatsuki, who was already extremely embarrassed and annoyed, sat up abruptly like a powder keg that had been lit, her pretty face as red as a flower bud just beginning to bloom in the morning.

Like an angry little lion, she snapped, "Are you ever going to stop?! Go to sleep!!!"

"She's going to sleep now, she's going to sleep now..."

The air fell silent again, except for Takamatsu Akari, who blinked and looked to his side.

Why is Renai-chan's bed empty?

36

Chapter Thirty-Six: A person's character is always about compromise.

After all the girls from the 'night raid' had left his room, Kazami Mei, who had been on edge for half the night, finally breathed a sigh of relief. To prevent anyone from having a 'second round', he locked the door from the inside this time.

Although the door lock wasn't very useful to Miss Su Shi, at least it could keep the other girls away.

Unless Nagasaki Motoyo betrays the enemy and willingly allows the pink-haired lord to lead her to the village.

After confirming that the door lock was completely locked, Kazami sighed softly. As he gradually relaxed, he merely twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered under his breath, "...Looks like things should be quiet now. I'll definitely sleep until noon tomorrow."

If it weren't for Kazami Mei keeping his nerves on edge to maintain his composure, he probably wouldn't have been able to control himself when Ms. Suze was intentionally or unintentionally rubbing against him.

Now that he's relaxed, the long-suppressed fatigue surges up like a tidal wave, making his eyelids feel as heavy as if they weighed a ton.

Kazami Mei casually pulled back the warm blankets and lay down. In his hazy state, he suddenly touched something soft.

"……Um?"

Sensing something was amiss, he narrowed his dark eyes and gently pulled back the covers. There, nestled in the blankets, was a small head with short silver hair. The already quiet air seemed to grow strange.

Kazami Naru: ?