Being hugged by Hayama made him feel helpless, but while Tobe could forcefully push him away, inwardly, he wondered whether Hayama didn't feel embarrassed by this situation. Still, due to his change, he had become taller than Hayama, whose weight was about average.
So, when Hayama hugged him, this situation was weird.
Facing the shocked expression of his girlfriend, then looking at Hayama, who showed his kind and gentle smile as usual, Tobe asked, "Are you not embarrassed?"
"No."
"Then again, let go. You will kill Ebina."
"Hina!"
Ebina had already fallen; her body twitched violently, like a fish that was picked up from the water, yet her situation was more serious as a nosebleed kept pouring out from her nose.
"...."
"...don't run away, okay?"
"Guwah!"
In Ebina's mind, even if her vision was hazy, she could hear Hayama's voice that seemed coquettish, seemingly already addicted to Tobe's amazing touch.
"I-I can't fall at this moment... I need to wake up! Yui, help me get up! I have to see everything!"
"You will die!"
"..."
Hayama let go of Tobe quickly, and naturally, Yukinoshita quickly pulled Tobe away, as she looked at Hayama with an aggressive expression. "What are you planning to do, Hayama?"
"I am just inviting him on a double date."
"Then, bring your girlfriend! You have a girlfriend, right?" Yukinoshita looked at Yumiko and said, "Take care of your boyfriend, Miura Yumiko!"
"What are you being aggressive about?" If it were someone else, Yumiko might not get angry, but facing Yukinoshita, she wasn't sure why, but her emotions had always been prickly!
Yukinoshita frowned and was about to get angry, but she was hugged by Tobe, who stood behind her.
"Kakeru?"
"Look around."
"..."
Yukinoshita quickly noticed that everyone was looking at them, seemingly waiting for the fight to happen, to which she quickly took a deep breath, and knew that it was meaningless to fight, and it was just too childish.
"Hayama, sorry, but it's hard to enjoy the double date if we can't enjoy it, right? Moreover, we have our own plans, so let's do it on another day."
Facing Tobe's words, Hayama didn't intend to give up, but Yukinoshita said, "We're going to meet my mother and older sister. Do you want to come too?"
"I am sorry."
Hayama quickly apologized when he heard Yukinoshita's words, but inwardly, he was dumbfounded, never expecting that Tobe's relationship was so close that he had met Yukinoshita's family.
Yukinoshita snorted inwardly, then pulled her boyfriend while feeling vexed.
"See you later after the holiday!"
While saying so, Tobe picked up his bag and went out with his girlfriend, asking curiously, "Are we going to meet your mother again?"
"No." Yukinoshita showed a naughty smile. "I am lying~!"
"Good."
Rubbing Yukinoshita's head tenderly, Tobe had to say that she had become smarter.
Leaning on his chest subconsciously, she showed a sweet smile as, finally, she could go back with her boyfriend, but—
"What's wrong with Hayama?"
What was wrong with that guy?
"I don't know."
Even Tobe wasn't sure why Hayama did all of that, and was even persistent. Still, he thought for a moment, then looked at Yukinoshita.
"W-What? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"If I am not wrong, you were the one who asked your older sister to he would date Yumiko, right?"
"....." Yukinoshita.
This problem had been so long, and it was so fun to be with him, so she forgot to make Yumiko forget about Tobe, and distanced the two. She asked her older sister to ask Hayama to date Yumiko.
Naturally, Hayama couldn't refuse, and in the end, he confessed and dated Yumiko.
"But Hayama didn't seem to hate this relationship."
Or rather, Hayama seemed to start to like Yumiko, but what about Yumiko?
When Yukinoshita thought of Yumiko, she couldn't help but look at Tobe.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You two aren't as close as before."
Yes, even if Yukinoshita's understanding of emotions was at its lowest point, which made her probably socially autistic and a loner, she still understood that Yumiko's relationship with Tobe wasn't as close as before.
"Of course, we can't be as close as before."
"Why?"
"...."
Tobe looked at his girlfriend speechlessly and said, "She has a boyfriend, okay? Do you think it is okay for her to hug me like before? Her boyfriend will get jealous."
"Then, is it okay for her to hug you when you have me as your girlfriend?"
"..."
As her eyes stared dangerously at him, Tobe then hugged her in his arms as he said softly, "But you are the only one that I can hug like this."
"Hmn~!"
Yukinoshita felt her mood was better, but even so, she still tried to act coldly despite her obvious happy smirk. It was amazing that her mood had improved so much with just this silly banter.
"What do you want to eat today?" Tobe didn't really want Yukinoshita to focus on Yumiko so much, but as she had said, his relationship with Yumiko wasn't as close as before, and wasn't that normal?
After all, Yumiko was Hayama's girlfriend, so could Tobe hug Yumiko like how he hugged Yukinoshita?
As for Yuki-san, it couldn't be helped since it was the best way for him to get permission to be with Yukinoshita.
"What do you plan to make?" Yukinoshita asked.
"How about a thick, meaty tonkatsu?"
"Tonkatsu?"
When Yukinoshita thought of the juicy, thick meat fried in hot oil with a crispy outer, it made her gulp subconsciously. "Okay!"
As the two left, Ebina also got better. "Thank you, Yui. You saved my life."
"...it's fine, but control yourselves, okay?" Yui looked at Ebina helplessly since she was afraid that sooner or later, Ebina would die.
"Then again, I am surprised that Yumiko can maintain that relationship."
While plucking tissues from her nose, Ebina looked at Yumiko, who had just listened to Hayama's talk on the side.
Yui showed a forceful smile and said softly, "They suit each other in the eyes of people."
"In the eyes of people." Ebina nodded as she looked at Yui thoughtfully.
"Though it surprised me that you cared about Yumiko, Ebina." Yui looked at Ebina in surprise, thinking that this girl would ignore Yumiko.
"... Do you think I am such a cold girl?"
"Aren't you?"
"I think that Tobe-kun has had a bad influence on you, Yui."
Yui only smiled, but this smile was more genuine.
As Ebina let out a helpless sigh, she said, "But it can't be helped, right? She is my friend."
"But what you are going to do is wrong."
"Say, a vixen who is often so sneaky and enjoys immoral exchanges."
Yui could only blush and lower her head shyly when she faced Ebina's rolled eyes.
"Forbidden love..."
Ebine murmured. "Why is it so exciting?"
"...the forbidden love that you like is different."
Ebina could only laugh shyly at Yui's comeback, yet what could she say?
She loved BL so much that she didn't care about anything else, and this was also a way for her to cope with her situation, as she knew well that there was something inevitable that she would meet soon.
Regardless, Tobe and Yukinoshita, who had left the school, bought many ingredients for their dinner, went together to her place, but—
"Yukino~! I am here~!"
"Nee-san."
Yukinoshita's lips twitched when she saw her older sister was at her place, but Haruno Yukinoshita was also dumbfounded since the one who stood by the side of her little sister was—
"..." 2x
As Tobe and Haruno met each other, they wondered what they should do.