Yukino brought Hana back to the living room. "What were you two chatting about?"
Uchiha Ryo: "About Plants vs. Zombies."
Yukinoshita Haruno nodded. "That's right, that game is indeed quite fun. Where were we just now? What plant did you say Yukino resembles?"
Uchiha Ryo coughed lightly. "Didn't you say it first?"
Haruno glanced at Yukino and said as a matter of fact, "Of course it's the Snow Pea. My little sister is a cool and aloof beautiful girl."
"Oh...."
Seeing that Yukino didn't express any opinion, Haruno looked at Uchiha Ryo and asked again.
"Your turn. Don't tell me you also think our Yukino is a Snow Pea?"
Uchiha Ryo raised his head and carefully looked at Yukino in her home clothes. "I think.... uh.... an un-earthed Potato Mine?"
Yukino: "???"
Haruno: "Pfft.... Hahahaha! Then what am I? An unearthed Potato Mine?"
Yukinoshita Yukino's fist hardened. She felt Uchiha Ryo was saying something bad. What did "un-earthed Potato Mine" mean! What was he using as a metaphor?
Haruno: "That's a good metaphor. But even for Yukino, there will be a day when the Potato Mine comes out of the ground."
Uchiha Ryo pretended to think. "Mhm, but doing nothing won't work. If you want plants to grow fast, you have to fertilize them."
"Ryo-kun's own fertilizer? That's nice.... But plant growth also needs the sun. Ryo-kun can also teach Yukino some techniques on being shone on by the sun."
Uchiha Ryo: "Of course, I will shine on Yukino properly as the sun. You should know that my hands are as warm as Torchwood!"
"What I mean is, even a Snow Pea will burn up after passing through my two Torchwoods."
Yukino: "You two shut up! Hana is still here!"
Yukinoshita Yukino was furious. She felt her sister and Uchiha Ryo should both get out! Leaving only cute little Hana at home would be enough.
Yukino ignored the two, peeled a tangerine on her own, and stuffed a segment into Shirosaki Hana's small mouth. Hana mumbled twice as she bit down on the tangerine segment, then took the whole tangerine from Yukino's hand.
Haruno chuckled. "It's precisely because this child is here that we're talking about a small game like Plants vs. Zombies. If she weren't here.... we would have spoken directly."
Yukinoshita Yukino rubbed her forehead gently. "You guys.... Forget it. Is Hana staying here today?"
Shirosaki Hana nodded. "Mhm. Mom said Ryo-oniichan can take me back tomorrow."
Haruno: "Then Hana can sleep in my room. You two continue....."
Yukino completely ignored her sister, then introduced Hana to the location of the bathroom and her room on her own.
Coming down from the second floor, Yukino said casually, "Hana is reading manga in my room. It seems she chose my side for tonight."
Uchiha Ryo: "In that case, I'll come pick Hana up tomorrow. I'm going back to the apartment tonight."
Yukinoshita Haruno: "Eh, is Ryo-kun leaving? What a pity."
Yukino looked helplessly at Yukinoshita Haruno, who reached out to tug at the corner of Uchiha Ryo's clothes. "Sister! It seems I really have to send you back to your room to sober up..... How much did you drink?"
Haruno grinned and pulled Uchiha Ryo, who had stood up, back onto the sofa. "Oh my, oh my, Yukino. Should I say you're smart, or should I say you're silly..... I'm helping you, okay?"
"After all, we sisters like pretty much the same things~"
Yukino snorted softly. "Even if we are biological sisters, our hobbies are different, okay? Don't talk as if you know me very well."
Haruno narrowed her eyes. "If I don't understand you, who else in this world understands you?"
"But speaking of which, ever since Yukino went to Shuchiin High School, she has become more 'rounded'."
"Compared to when she was little and kept strangers away, at least now Yukino has friends, joined a club, and even joined the Student Council. She has become more rounded in both personality and handling matters."
Uchiha Ryo: "Except for her figure....."
Yukino: "Ryo-kun, weren't you going back to the apartment? Get out quickly!"
"Okay, okay. Seeing you two at each other's throats, I was just joking."
Saying that, Uchiha Ryo stood up. "Then I'll go back first. I'll come pick up Hana tomorrow."
Yukinoshita Yukino nodded, then picked up Shirosaki Hana's notebook and tore off a page. "Since Sister says she knows me very well, how about letting me test you?"
Haruno's eyes were playful. "Test me? Anyway, I will definitely answer correctly. I have investigated everything about Yukino."
Yukino: "Hmph, then let me see how deep Sister's understanding of me really is."
"[20 Questions] Sister should have heard of this game, right?"
Actually, Yukino only learned about this small game recently. After all, with Chitanda Eru in the Classics Club and Fujiwara Chika in the Student Council, it was easy for Yukino to come into contact with the games they talked about.
Yukinoshita Haruno had naturally heard of this game and turned to face Yukino.
"To use this game to test my understanding of Yukino, tsk tsk.... Alright! I accept your challenge."
[20 Questions]!
Using 20 questions to guess the thing, object, or even concept in the questioner's mind. The questioner can only answer with YES or NO. Guessing the final answer within 20 questions is the questioner's victory.
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Since Sister says she knows me incomparably well, how about I compress the 20 questions to 10? What do you think, Sister?"
Haruno: "Of course!"
Yukinoshita Yukino smiled, wrote down the thing she was thinking of on the paper, and then signaled Haruno to start asking questions.
Haruno: "First question: Is your answer a tangible entity?"
"Yes!"
The answer is a tangible entity, which means what Yukino wrote is not a concept or an action like reading or eating.
Haruno: "Second question: Is that entity Yukino's possession?"
"No!"
Haruno: "Third question: Did Yukino come into contact with that entity today?"
"Yes!"
An entity contacted today.... Haruno suddenly showed a triumphant smile. She seemed to have already guessed the answer, but with so many questions left, let her bring pressure to Yukino step by step~
Haruno: "Fourth question: Is that entity a living creature?"
"Yes!"
Haruno: "Fifth question: Does he go to school at Shuchiin?"
"....Yes."
Yukinoshita Haruno crossed her legs. At this moment, only the two sisters were in the living room. Shirosaki Hana was reading manga in Yukino's room upstairs, and Uchiha Ryo had already left the Yukinoshita manor.
Haruno: "Sixth question: Is it something Yukino likes?"
Yukino lowered her head and gave a soft "Mhm". She looked a bit shy....
Haruno: "Seventh question: Is he Yukino's classmate?"
"No...."
Yare yare, it seems playing this kind of thing with your sister, you are still too naive, little Yukino. The answer is unexpectedly the person who just left.
Suddenly, Haruno seemed to understand something.
I see. This game is not a test for her at all. Yukinoshita Yukino doesn't care if the answer is guessed by Haruno. She is telling Haruno! Which is equivalent to telling Mother Yukinoshita.
She likes him! That's all....
What a pity. If she had known earlier, she would have kept him here and let him guess Yukino's riddle with her. It should have been more fun.
Haruno, the one who seeks amusement, sighed. It seemed Uchiha Ryo's absence made her lose a lot of fun. Then she said casually.
Haruno: "Eighth question, he is in Class 1-B of Shuchiin High School, right?"
Yukino's answer was unsurprisingly... Yes.
Haruno nodded. "Alright, then I'll guess directly. It seems I really understand our little Yukino well~"
Yukinoshita Yukino was expressionless. "You still have two chances to ask questions. If you choose to guess the riddle directly, guessing wrong equals failure."
Haruno rolled her eyes. "No need to ask. The answer is.... Uchiha Ryo. Right?"
Yukino revealed a smile as if her scheme had succeeded.
"My answer is.... NO!"