“Hey, what’s the matter with you!?”

After school, I was chased out of my own room.

At the entrance, Aika, Reiko and Karen stared at me.

“We have something important to talk about only among girls!”

“Wha-!? Then why can’t you do that somewhere else!?”

“I am sorry, Kimito-sama. We have our own reasons to have it here.”

“Even you, Reiko&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;Why don’t you explain it then?”

“I cannot say it.”

“Get out of my sight right now, pervert.” (Karen)

“I don’t want to hear that from you out of all people!”

“Hmph. I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll delay your slas.h.i.+ng.”

“You’re gonna slash me later!? What’s that got to do with your good mood!?”

“That’s the case here. Just go somewhere else to hang out. We’ll text you later when we’re done. Bye.”

“Ah! Hey, Aika!”

SLAM!

“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;Now”

Aika and co. returned to the room and sat on the floor with a cus.h.i.+on under them.

“If it’s as the usual, she’ll be here any minute.”

Reiko checked the time on her pocket watch. Although she had her phone with her, she didn’t have the habit of using it.

Karen put the cus.h.i.+on on her legs and——started hugging it tightly.

“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;Hey, what are you doing?”

“It’s a rehearsal.”

“Huh?”

“That pervert isn’t here now, right?”

“By pervert, you meant Kimito?”

“So, Hakua will come to my side. Although I am not that keen about it, as her onee-san I am obliged to tend to her as best as I can.”

Saying that, Karen hugged the cus.h.i.+on tightly as she rubbed her face against it.

“Ho-how pointless! This is really pointless!”

She blushed furiously as her imagination ran wild.

“The pervert here is you.”

Aika said it without hesitation. Luckily, it didn’t reach Karen’s ears.

Ka-chak.

Hakua opened the room door.

Her blank face looked around as if she’s looking for someone.

“Ki-Kimito-sama has left to do his business.”

Reiko said.

“He won’t be back today.”

   “&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

Hakua turned to leave.

“Hold on!”

“Please wait!”

Aika and Reiko held her left and right arms respectively.

“I-isn’t it good to play without him sometimes?”

“Th-that’s right! It is also fun to hang out among girls! I want to spend time with you, Hakua-sama.”

   “&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

Hakua looked at them blankly&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;and nodded.

“He-here, please take a seat.”

She let herself be led into the room by them.

On Karen’s side, although the real Hakua had already come, she was still in her own world with the cus.h.i.+on.