Hoshino Miru looked at the classmates in the classroom, letting himself calm down a bit.
Besides physical calmness, his brain also needed to calm down. What just happened was truly beyond his expectations - he hadn't thought Mikazuki Fuka would be this bold.
If it weren't because class was about to start, he probably wouldn't have been able to resist dealing with Mikazuki Fuka on the spot.
Clearly, someone was giving her bad ideas.
Hoshino Miru understood Mikazuki Fuka's personality well. Without someone deliberately guiding her, she fundamentally wouldn't think to do such things.
However, this wasn't the main point now.
The key was that Mikazuki Fuka was willing to do this, indicating she held a kind of heart-fluttering feeling unique to girls toward Hoshino Miru.
Hoshino Miru had considered this possibility, but it was too fast. He'd always thought [Intimacy] needed to reach a certain level before such results could possibly appear.
Thus, Hoshino Miru turned his head to look at Yukinoshita Yukino behind him and asked seriously: "Yukinoshita-san, do you like me?"
"If the 'like' you're referring to means 'dislike,' I think I should be the person who dislikes you most in the whole world." Yukinoshita Yukino coldly replied. He now carried yet another girl's scent on him.
Hoshino Miru turned back around. Now it was very obvious - it wasn't that he was overthinking, but rather that emotions themselves didn't follow logic.
At some point, Mikazuki Fuka had felt her heart flutter for him. He just didn't remember doing anything particularly special to the girl.
Except just now - Hoshino Miru had actively kissed her.
If childhood kisses didn't count, just now was indeed his first kiss.
Hoshino Miru savored the girl's sweet softness. At this moment, the system notification was still flashing.
[Intimacy 45→50]
[After the intimate contact just now, Mikazuki Fuka doesn't seem to dislike going further with you.]
[Mikazuki Fuka's intimacy toward you has increased. You may choose one from the following options.]
[One: Next time no one will see you two doing naughty things] [Two: Obtain special skill "Anime Quantity"] [Three: You can remote control her all day today]
Because today's [Intimacy] was raised through doing naughty things, the rewards were all strange things.
Hoshino Miru chose the second option.
Sure enough, this "Anime Quantity" didn't disappoint his thoughts - it could really turn girls into cream puffs in reality.
...
After school in the afternoon, because there were many people around, Kasugano Sora was particularly conflicted. She wanted to hold onto Hoshino Miru's arm to go back together but was somewhat embarrassed.
Thus, Kasugano Sora gently touched Hoshino Miru's shoulder, hoping this brother could understand his sister's little thoughts and be a bit more proactive.
Hoshino Miru came to his senses and actively took her small hand.
This gesture made Kasugano Sora somewhat shy, but more than that, sweet. She quietly interlaced fingers with her brother, feeling his body warmth.
Eriri had just walked to the school gate and saw the two's small gestures. Her teeth itched a bit. Those who knew thought it was a sibling relationship - those who didn't would think the two were a young couple in passionate love!
"I need to go practice guitar later." Hoshino Miru remembered today's appointment.
Kasugano Sora's expression immediately fell. Such a good atmosphere - why suddenly mention this?
Eriri had already walked beside the two. She originally didn't really want to go back with them to avoid getting spanked again, but hearing Hoshino Miru's voice, she couldn't help stopping.
"Where are you practicing guitar?" Eriri looked like she wanted to watch the excitement. "I happen to feel a bit bored. Rarely do you work this hard - why don't I watch you practice?"
"Not today. I need to ask my friend." Hoshino Miru turned his gaze. "Because my friend... might not be very good at socializing."
Actually, she was very bad at socializing. Hoshino Miru suspected that once Eriri went over, Wakaba Mutsuki would very likely not say a word.
"Is this friend of yours a girl?" Eriri crossed her arms and snorted lightly. "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. It seems like practicing guitar, but actually you're alone with girls every day, right?"
Kasugano Sora remembered Toyokawa Sakiko. Her gaze toward Hoshino Miru was equally suspicious.
Hoshino Miru had originally wanted to firmly refute the two of them, but what they said seemed to be the truth.
"Didn't I let you see me play guitar yesterday?"
Eriri's pretty face turned slightly red, not knowing if she was remembering Hoshino Miru's fingers or her own spanking.
In any case, she particularly stiffly refuted back.
"It's different. We're childhood friends. Can't I be curious about who's teaching you guitar?" Eriri looked at Kasugano Sora. "Doesn't Sora also want to go see with me?"
Kasugano Sora subtly lowered her head. She was indeed very curious, but having her go out once to deal with people she didn't know - she was somewhat resistant.
Last time was because Toyokawa Sakiko ran to the house - it couldn't be helped.
Being able to attend school normally now was not only because the school had Hoshino Miru but also because Hoshino Miru had urged her for a year.
If she continued lying at home, Hoshino Miru would definitely spank her bottom to pieces.
Eriri saw Kasugano Sora's reaction and was stunned, then huffed. This coward couldn't still be the same as when she was little, could she?
"How long has it been since she left home?" Eriri directly asked Hoshino Miru.
"This year she's only gone to the supermarket with me twice." Hoshino Miru sighed.
"That's not true! Aren't I coming to school now?" Kasugano Sora hurriedly refuted both of them.
"You really spoil this crybaby too much." Eriri was somewhat dissatisfied. "Letting her lie at home every day, of course she won't want to go out. Because you're taking care of her, this person will quickly become socially useless."
Hearing this, Kasugano Sora wanted to avoid Eriri. However, Eriri had planned ahead and grabbed Kasugano Sora at once.
"Today, go shopping with me." Eriri said without allowing argument.
"No! I want to be with brother!" Kasugano Sora used all her strength to resist Eriri while looking pitifully at Hoshino Miru, trying to get her brother's help.
"Now you don't want to watch me play guitar?" Hoshino Miru helped his sister struggle a bit.
"It doesn't matter. Next time is also fine." Eriri pretended to be very generous. "Besides, didn't you say you need to tell your friend first?"
Looked like she was determined to meet Wakaba Mutsuki. Hoshino Miru could only think of a solution.
It wasn't about preventing them from meeting, but rather how to introduce the two of them.
Not just Wakaba Mutsuki - Hoshino Miru felt it was also necessary to introduce Mikazuki Fuka.
Having already kissed, he couldn't just turn a blind eye.
Only facing Kasugano Sora might be a bit awkward. Last time he'd said it was the three of them being together forever. The result was that in the blink of an eye, it became the four of them needing to be together forever.
Next time would it be five people, six people, seven people... even us dozen or so people needing to be together forever?
Hoshino Miru felt very guilty. He needed to be more careful going forward.
PS: More tonight.