By a strange coincidence...
The door to the neighbor room opened at this moment.
Yukino walked out carrying a trash bag and said, "Good evening, Yoshida."
"And... Kirisu-sensei?!"
Yukino had a look of surprise on her face.
It was late at night, and Tenya was bringing a woman home, who was surprisingly a female teacher from the achool, which was quite intriguing.
"Yo~ Yukino, what a coincidence." Tenya gave her a meaningful look and said.
In fact, Yukino had intentionally timed it, waiting for him to pass by to "coincidentally" open the door.
"Ahem~"
Yukino nervously lifted the light trash bag and said, "I just happened to be taking out the trash!"
Mafuyu briefly explained, "An unexpected encounter."
"I just moved downstairs, my place isn't sorted out yet, so I'm temporarily borrowing the bathroom at Ten... Yoshida's place."
"I didn't expect Yukinoshita to live here too."
"So that's how it is..."
The suspicion in Yukino's eyes didn't dissipate.
Simply because she knew very well what kind of person Tenya was.
"Sweet dreams, Yukino~"
Tenya smiled and waved.
"Good night, Yoshida, and Kirisu-sensei."
Without proof, Yukino couldn't make baseless assumptions either.
After entering through the door, Tenya opened the shoe cabinet, showing many pairs of colorful slippers inside.
He motioned and said, "Mafuyu, you can choose any pair of slippers you like."
"You've prepared so many pairs of women's shoes!"
Mafuyu squinted and glared at him, then chose a pair of pink-purple shoes.
Tenya tactfully said, "I'll remember this, these are Mafuyu's exclusive shoes."
Mafuyu pursed her lips and said, "Exclusive or whatever..."
"It's as if you're saying I'll come often."
Tenya said, "Mafuyu, you can go take a bath first."
"There are new towels and toothbrushes."
He was well-prepared. Clearly, his invitation for Mafuyu to stay over was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.
"Miscalculation..."
"I feel like you've led me by the nose." Mafuyu sighed lightly with resignation.
On the other side of the wall.
"These two, something's not right..."
"What exactly are they doing?"
Yukino was pressing her ear against the wall, listening intently...
"Taking a bath, you know."
Tenya used Kamui's phasing ability to pass through the wall and enter Yukino's room.
"You, you...!"
"Illegal intrusion!"
"And, you exhibitionist!!"
Yukino was first startled, then immediately averted her gaze.
Simply because Tenya in front of her was bare-chested, with his lower body only wrapped in a towel.
"It's reasonable not to wear clothes when bathing, right?"
Tenya walked into the other party's bathroom as if it were his own.
"Unreasonable!"
"Why can you so naturally occupy someone else's bathroom?!" Yukino stared at him, speechless.
Tenya nonchalantly said, "Hey. We're friends. It's just borrowing a bathroom. Don't be so stingy."
Seeing that the bathtub was already filled with water, Tenya unceremoniously untied his towel and soaked right in.
"You shameless fellow...!!"
Yukino was both angry and helpless.
"It's fine to come in and soak together, you know."
Tenya lied back in the bathtub with a look of contentment. He casually picked up the panda toy placed beside the tub, and started playing with it on his own.
"Let go of my Mr. Panda!!"
Yukino instantly became furious.
This was her favorite toy!
"If you've got the guts, come in and get it yourself?"
Tenya chuckled, wantonly rubbing, flattening, and kneading the panda toy in his hand.
"Damn it!"
Yukino angrily said, "Do you really think I wouldn't dare?"
Through the glass door, Tenya saw Yukino really starting to take off her clothes, revealing the contours of a shapely and exquisite body.
"Is that so?"
"Are you serious?"
Tenya's eyes lit up, showing an expectant gaze.
Swish!
The glass door was pulled open, and Yukino swaggered in.
Yukino said, "Heh heh~ You never would have expected this, right?"
At this moment, Yukino indeed wasn't wearing any clothes.
However, various private parts of her body were covered by black beast hide. She had cat ears growing on her head, and two cat tails behind her.
"I didn't expect you had this move."
Tenya looked at Yukino in her half-Nekomata form, a look of surprise on his face.
Being able to do this meant Yukino was becoming increasingly proficient in mastering the Nekomata power within her body.
"I'm not someone you can just bully!"
Yukino moved nimbly, snatching the panda toy from Tenya's hand with a paw.
Tenya suggested, "Since you're here, let's soak together."
"Oh~ Yukino, could it be that you are shy?"
Tenya pulled back his extended legs and sat cross-legged, taking up half the space in the bathtub.
"A boring taunt!"
"However, shouldn't a certain someone be the one feeling shy?"
Yukino felt that with her body covered by beast hide and fur, Tenya wouldn't be able to take advantage of her.
After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and boldly entered the bathtub.
She sat down with her arms wrapped around her knees, her eyes fixed intently on the man in front of her.
Is it awkward?
A little.
But Tenya firmly believed that as long as he wasn't awkward, the other person would be.
He asked, "Yukino, how about I scrub your back?"
Yukino firmly said, "No!"
Tenya said, "Then you scrub mine."
Tenya turned around, turning his back to the other party.
"..."
Yukino took a deep breath, her gaze shifting.
"Just this once..."
She poured a little shower gel, rubbed it into a lather in her palm, and then spread it on Tenya's back.
Yukino said, "Don't misunderstand."
"This is a thank-you gift..."
Regardless, Tenya had saved her life, Yukino always kept it in mind.
"How about giving yourself to me instead?" Tenya wanted to go further.
"You're dreaming!"
Yukino grabbed him hard with her hand, then said seriously, "Sacrificing yourself out of gratitude for a favor. What you get is nothing but a fake!"
To be honest, she had a certain degree of good feelings for Tenya, but it hadn't reached the rank of love yet.
If Tenya were to sincerely pursue her...
It wasn't impossible for her to give him a chance.
"What a twisted personality."
"Can't it just be a simple physical relationship?"
Tenya preferred things to be more direct.