As the two of them sat eating breakfast, the guest room door suddenly creaked open, and Kiriryuin Kaede, with slight dark circles under her eyes, walked out.
"Eh? Kaede-chan, Good Morning," Yukino happily greeted Kiriryuin Kaede.
"Mo… morning," Kiriryuin Kaede slightly avoided Yukino's bright and gentle gaze, still not daring to look her directly in the eyes.
"Come eat breakfast quickly, I made your share too," Yukino brought out breakfast.
"Tha… thank… thank you, Yukino-chan, you're so kind," Kiriryuin Kaede lowered her head, eating her breakfast vaguely, seemingly quite hungry, though guilt flickered in her eyes.
To avoid awkwardness, Hikari and Kiriryuin Kaede politely exchanged greetings.
But only that.
Not long after Kiriryuin Kaede came out, Hikari, having finished his breakfast, stood up preparing to leave.
Yukino immediately stood too, accompanying Hikari out.
Standing by the shoe cabinet while putting on his shoes, Hikari's line of sight could reach the dining table.
His gaze didn't pause, but at some point Kiriryuin Kaede quietly raised her head, staring coldly in this direction.
Yukino didn't notice any of this. She only busied herself, reluctant to part, helping Hikari pack his bag and things, sending him out.
Meanwhile, sitting at the table stiffly eating breakfast, Kiriryuin Kaede fixed Hikari with a gaze full of endless complexity, tinged with faint resentment.
Hikari acted as though he hadn't seen, smiling as he pulled Yukino, who was sending him off, out the door.
Leaving only the sulky Kiriryuin Kaede sitting at the table, silver teeth clenched, gnawing fiercely on the long stick of baguette bread in her hands, as if biting into something hateful.
———
Downstairs at the apartment building.
Hikari and Yukino exchanged a kiss, then he waved at her.
"This is far enough, Yukino-chan."
"Mm, okay~", Yukino nodded.
Looking at her nodding, Hikari suddenly said, "Yukino-chan, that Kiriryuin girl still doesn't seem well. I don't know if it'll help, but you can buy her some medicine."
"Oh, okay~", Yukino nodded.
Hikari went on, "She also seems a bit down, so you…"
"I know, I'll take extra care of her feelings," Yukino smiled.
But Hikari shook his head, "No, what I mean is, her being in a bad mood has nothing to do with you. Don't spoil her too much and wrong yourself. Yukino-chan's feelings are more important than anything else."
As he spoke, Hikari pinched Yukino's chubby, adorable cheeks.
"Eh… o-okay…", Maybe because they were outdoors, though no one was nearby, his words still made Yukino's happy face blush faintly.
"Take care of yourself, don't suffer any losses," Hikari said.
"Mm, Hikari-kun, don't worry," Yukino smiled and waved at him.
After another kiss, Hikari finally turned and left.
Watching Hikari's departing figure, warmth filled Yukino's eyes.
But she muttered softly, "Kaede-chan is my best friend, I know her better than Hikari-kun does~"
———
After saying goodbye to Yukino.
Hikari didn't head straight to school.
Instead, he first took a ride to another place…
———
"Richter Hotel, here."
Hearing the taxi driver, Hikari cheerfully paid and got out.
Ever since he got Miss Mary's call.
Every morning or evening, as long as he wasn't too busy, Hikari would make time to come to Richter Hotel.
It was his daily routine.
He had to tame Miss Mary, this urban legend.
So he had to make dolly into daily.
After all, breaking through Miss Mary wasn't just tied to that Hanako in the toilet.
An urban legend who could call anyone, anywhere, anytime was quite useful.
Carrying the breakfast he'd casually bought downstairs, Hikari entered Richter Hotel.
Led by the familiar sexy older-sister manager, Hikari went up to the familiar top floor.
Pushing open the room door, he walked into the spacious presidential suite.
There, on the large hotel bed, bound, was Miss Mary.
A beautiful gothic dress, little white-silk-wrapped feet like ice cream, smooth silver hair, delicate doll-like face and features, perfect like a figurine.
Along with her tender, shorty body on that two- or three-meter-wide bed, she looked all the more small and cute.
Though she was an urban legend, Miss Mary's appearance in every way could truly be called overly cute.
Except her expression and attitude.
Hearing the door open, Miss Mary had already been staring at it.
When she saw Hikari, she immediately grew anxious, opening her mouth in that crisp shorty voice, "Hikari, when are you going to let me go? I'm so bored! I want to make calls!"
Hikari glanced at her, "I know you're in a hurry, but don't be. I brought you some buns. Want some?"
Miss Mary shook her head rapidly, "Don't want."
"Don't want? Don't want means, I should throw them?"
"I… I want it!"
Hikari grabbed a bun and stuffed it into Miss Mary's tiny pink mouth. Small like it could only fit a Pocky stick, yet actually able to fit a giant cigar.
"Tasty?"
"Hmph, not tasty!", came her tsundere tone.
"Not tasty means, you want cream-pie?"
"Tasty! Tasty! Tasty!", Miss Mary quickly changed her words.
One after another, soon Hikari had stuffed the whole basket of buns into Miss Mary's mouth.
Though she'd shown disdain for human food and claimed she wouldn't eat, Hikari could tell this urban legend actually liked human food quite a lot.
Her "not eating" was mainly just tsundere personality.
If set free now, she'd probably become a foodie thief, eating nonstop.
Of course, until Miss Mary became obedient, Hikari had no intention of releasing her.
When she'd even finished the soy milk, Hikari finally asked, "Good?"
"No… uh, go… good!", Miss Mary nodded obediently.
"Then let's start making Cream-Pie."
"Eh? Even if it's good I still have to suffe—mmmph…"
Before she could finish, her tiny mouth was once again stuffed full with a bun.
Did she think she could just eat and drink for free, no price to pay?
———
[Thirty Minutes Later]
After a quick rinse in the bathroom, Hikari came out drying off.
He casually asked the blank-eyed Miss Mary, "Comfortable?"
"No uncom… comfortable comfortable!"
Miss Mary's expression shifted, and she nodded obediently.
Hikari pinched her cute cheeks, nodded in satisfaction, packed up his things, and left.
Urban legends did have their perks.
Not only would they never get pregnant.
They let you handle things with no worries.
And they even had a bit of self-cleaning ability.
If you were rushing to school, you didn't need the hassle of washing her yourself.
So afterward, Hikari just patted her butt and left Richter Hotel satisfied.
Actually, his coming here this morning wasn't because he had too much fire built up.
He couldn't hold it in, needing release.
After all, just yesterday he'd fought monsters, battled the demon heiress, then dealt with a snow woman.
His fire wasn't that strong.
The real reason he came was still to tame Miss Mary.
After all, he was a man with master-level dog-training skills.
Coming daily, making it daily, slowly training this urban legend.
This tsundere Miss Mary would, sooner or later, become a docile pup.
Probably.
———
[At School]
Hikari sat at his desk, put down his bag.
Just as he was pulling books from his drawer, he overheard a few boys passing by, chatting.
"Ayato, what kind of girl do you like?", Matsubara Ayumu, now seated beside Haruno Ayato after Morishita Wataru's disappearance, asked him.
"C… cute, b… big chested," Haruno Ayato answered, blushing.
"Oh~ I like cute, big-chested ones too," Matsubara Ayumu chuckled.
He turned and saw Hikari, also in the karate club. Enthusiastic, Matsubara Ayumu casually asked, "Hikari-kun, what kind of girl do you like?"
"Pretty ones," Some people liked big butts, some liked long legs, some liked black stockings, Hikari wasn't picky. As long as they were pretty, he liked them.
Hearing this, Matsubara Ayumu laughed, "Oh, I like pretty ones too. Let me tell you guys, yesterday a gorgeous upperclassman confessed to me, I almost said yes…"
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