"Big Brother, the girls you draw are so cute~"
After teasing Moeha for a bit, Mashiro went back to her room to continue painting. Moeha followed Rin Ito to his room to look at his manga. Sitting on the carpet with her back against the bed, Moeha flipped through his work. Her delicate feet, encased in white socks, swayed gently as she thought, while Rin sat beside her.
It wasn't that Moeha had a particular taste for 18+ manga; she just wanted to understand what charm Rin had that attracted Kaguya and Mashiro.
She hadn't found the answer yet, but she had already become his little fangirl. It wasn't because of his looks or his art, but because he had realized the darkest fantasies in her heart—the ones about locking cute girls in a basement for training.
She had already attended her sister's party at the hotel. If she got closer to him, could she join other parties? And... if she quietly stole him for herself, what kind of expressions would Kaguya and the others make? Hehehe.
Wait, the girls he draws really are cute... Whoa, people actually do this kind of play?
Human imagination is limited by experience. Previously, Moeha's fantasies were inspired by cats and dogs at most. Looking at Rin's manga was like opening the gates to a new world. So you can bully girls like this... but does being bullied like this really feel good?
While she wanted to know more about the ways of playing with girls, she was more interested in Rin himself. After a brief browse, she set the book aside and turned her gaze to him.
Sitting with her legs bent, her wrists resting on her knees, Moeha's toes and fingertips tapped rhythmically. Her blue eyes were full of curiosity. "Do you just stay home all the time, Big Brother? Or do you go out with friends?"
"Well, while others go to an office, I work from home. If nothing's up, I stay here. If I go out, it's usually to the publishing house. My friends are either like me, drawing at home, or working jobs. We don't have as much free time as you students."
"Adults have it hard," Moeha nodded. "Speaking of which, you mentioned you're going out in a few days? Is it a manga artist meetup? Or a convention?"
"Friends from a club are having a training camp. They're making a game, and I'm going to check their progress."
"Club friends, huh..." Moeha nudged Rin with her elbow, a playful, suggestive glint in her eye. "Are they cute girls?"
"Ahem, ahem." Rin cleared his throat awkwardly. Moeha scooted her butt closer to him on the carpet.
"Can I come along~?"
"No. It's quite far, and it'll be hard to explain to your sister."
"Tsk~" Moeha knew she was pushing it. This was only the second time she had met him. Even if she used her cuteness to act spoiled, he probably wouldn't take her to more "parties" yet.
She wasn't necessarily looking for an orgy, though. She was interested in Kaguya's or Chika's parties, and Mashiro's would be fine, but she didn't care about strangers. She just wanted to know him better. She wanted to know why Kaguya and Mashiro liked him.
"What about the days before you leave? Are you just staying home?"
"Tomorrow I'm taking your sister to the hospital for a checkup, and then a friend from a different group invited me out." Rin saw no reason to hide this.
He had wanted to take Chika to the hospital today, but she was worried a doctor might see the bite marks. Even though they weren't going to a proctologist—who has to find the truth amidst the lies of patients who "accidentally" sat on things—doctors have seen everything.
Bite marks were minor compared to shampoo bottles, eels, Transformers, or model planes, but Chika would rather destroy the world than have a doctor see her breasts covered in teeth marks.
Fortunately, contact with Rin's "fluids" temporarily enhanced her body's recovery. The marks had mostly faded by the time she left the hotel; she was just being paranoid.
"Going to see club friends? Can you take me? I want to make friends outside of school too. You know my family is very strict..." Moeha put on a pitiful, teary-eyed look.
Moeha knew she was being intrusive, and Rin knew it too. But she was a master at using her advantages. Her cute appearance, her bubbly energy, and her young age made Rin much more tolerant of her.
Even if she was "Black" inside, on the surface she was a perfect, considerate, high-energy girl. Between that and the acting skills honed in a family of politicians, she was hard to hate. She only showed her dark side when it involved Kaguya or Chika. At school, she was the 100% pure idol who received more love letters than she could count.
"I'll ask my friend," Rin said. He didn't believe for a second that she had a crush on him.
Rin called Marin Kitagawa. He was supposed to meet her the day after tomorrow. She had mentioned bringing friends, but hadn't specified who.
"Marin? About our plan... no, I'm free. It's just that a younger sister of a friend of Kaguya's wants to come along."
"No problem! Just bring her with you, Ito-sensei," Marin agreed instantly.
"Yay~!" The gloom vanished from Moeha's face, replaced by a brilliant smile. She held out her pinky. "It's a promise, then? Liars have to swallow ten thousand needles~"
She smiled brightly, but underneath, it felt like she would actually make him swallow them if he broke his word.
"Fine. Liars swallow ten thousand needles."
Men's words were often lies, but in this case, Moeha was more likely to be the liar. Even if she did lie, he wouldn't make her swallow ten thousand sewing needles. A single "thick needle," however? The probability of her swallowing that was very high.