The soft, sweet moans drifting through the air made the heart of the driver, Shizuka, heat up.
But the woman sitting beside her, Haruno, was giving off a pitch-black murderous aura.
"Did Yukino get tricked?"
"No way, how could that happen after only being out here a few days?!"
"Shizu, hurry up!!"
Haruno was frantic now. She could practically already see her little sister being utterly overwhelmed.
There was no way she could just sit there and watch Yukino end up like this.
Some damn blond asshole had to have tricked her, and she absolutely had to save her.
Unlike Yukino, Haruno was the legitimate eldest daughter and heir the Yukinoshita family had poured all its resources into raising.
Because of that, she knew very well how ugly the world could be.
Haruno didn't even rule out the possibility that someone had deliberately targeted Yukino, trying to use her to shake the Yukinoshita family itself!
"If I catch him, I'm killing him."
Haruno ground out those words through clenched teeth, the killing intent in her eyes completely undisguised.
Seeing that, Shizuka helplessly reminded her, "What if they're into each other?"
"..."
Faced with that possibility, Haruno fell silent for a few seconds before answering, "Even if that's true, falling in love at this age is still too early."
"You're obviously just a siscon."
Shizuka muttered the comment, though she didn't actually argue the point any further.
Was this too early?
If it were the old her, maybe she would've said yes.
But ever since she'd gotten Takumi as a student—that absolute monster of a boy—she didn't think it was early at all anymore.
Honestly, as long as nobody had gotten pregnant, that already counted as restraint.
"..."
The moment that thought crossed her mind, Shizuka's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Wait a second... the person with Yukino right now couldn't be Takumi, could it!?
Even though Shizuka had never actually seen those two together before, given Takumi's skills, it honestly seemed pretty possible.
After all, Kuoh Academy only had one male student now, and Shizuka had paid special attention to Yukino too.
She was a cold, arrogant girl—isolated, distant, with barely any friends to speak of.
Shizuka really couldn't imagine Yukino having some secret social circle in private.
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
And along with that thought came a thread of resentment.
"If it really is that brat, I'm definitely giving him a piece of my mind."
Patting the steering wheel, Shizuka muttered the words under her breath.
Haruno, who had been drowning in irritation and frustration moments ago, immediately shot her a puzzled look.
"The way you said that, Shizu, it sounds like you know the person my sister's involved with?"
"It's just a guess."
Shizuka shook her head and didn't mention Takumi's name.
She pulled the car up in front of the little house and stopped, just as the owner of those sounds seemed to have reached her peak.
The way the noises cut off so abruptly actually made Haruno laugh from sheer anger.
"He did that on purpose. He absolutely did that on purpose!!!"
"Tch... that really does sound like Takumi's style."
Shizuka's heart gave another jolt. The more she looked, the more it seemed like Takumi had to be the culprit.
At the same time, while Haruno was furious, she was also filled with shock.
She was still single and had never dated a guy before.
But that didn't mean she was ignorant of this sort of thing.
That kind of precise timing and control meant the other side's "ability" was anything but ordinary.
The moment that thought hit her, Haruno got even more worried about her little sister. What if Yukino got fucked so hard she couldn't even walk straight afterward!?
She jumped out of the car, stormed up to the door, and started pounding on it.
"Open the door! Open up!!"
"Yukino, I know you're in there! Get that guy out here right now!"
Haruno's voice rang out over and over, but Yukino was currently far too drained to respond.
With not even the strength to lift a finger, she could only "entrust" Takumi with dealing with her big sister.
"Clean up a little first."
Takumi flicked his gaze at Yukino, and she shot him a resentful glare before obediently straightening things up.
There was no helping it. If Takumi didn't go out there now...
If her sister really saw the scene inside, Yukino felt like she could die on the spot.
"How does she even know I'm living here... she definitely investigated me. How can she do that..."
"What's the big deal? It's not like I didn't investigate you and your mother too."
"..."
Yukino turned her back on him completely. She didn't want to talk to Takumi anymore.
More importantly, she didn't even have the strength for it. All she could do was lie there and try her best to recover a little energy.
At the very least, if she could get back on her feet soon, that would already be something.
Just thinking about how her situation had been caught at such a perfect, awful moment made Yukino want to disappear from sheer embarrassment.
Fully dressed now, Takumi wore a helpless expression too.
He hadn't expected Yukino's sister to show up today.
Because of that, he had even deliberately let a sliver of attention go so the two women could pass through his people-repelling barrier.
"Shizu and Haruno both came. They ran into each other over dinner, then came here on the way."
Muttering to himself, Takumi took out some air freshener and sprayed it twice.
From the living room to the kitchen, from the kitchen to the balcony, then back to the bedroom—Takumi had paced out every corner of the house with his own two feet.
So before receiving guests, a little preparation was necessary.
After giving the place a simple cleanup, Takumi didn't do anything more.
At this point, the cards were already on the table. Just putting on a bit of a front was enough.
He walked to the front door and pulled it open.
Haruno immediately came into view.
The two of them locked eyes.
The murderous look written all over Haruno's face instantly cleared and sharpened when she met Takumi's gaze.
"So it really is you, you little bastard!!!"
And the moment Shizuka saw Takumi standing inside, she couldn't help blurting it out.
She genuinely felt like no matter where she went, she kept running into him.
What annoyed her even more was that Takumi somehow seemed to have gotten even hotter again!
Cheeks faintly pink, Shizuka unconsciously tucked a strand of hair back behind her ear, and her expression took on a trace of girlish shyness.
Haruno did the same, instinctively smoothing down her slightly rumpled skirt.
But the moment she did it, she abruptly realized what she was doing.
Wait, what the hell? Why am I doing that!?
Just because this man is handsome doesn't mean I can forget the fact that he stuck his hands all over my little sister!
"You're Takumi, one of Shizu's students. So you and my sister go to the same school?"
"Of course. Haruno-san, Shizu, come on in and have a seat."
Takumi nodded lightly and, like the master of the house, openly invited the two of them inside.
"You call her Shizu too? Sounds like you two are pretty close."
Haruno shot the Shizuka beside her a suspicious glance.
She was suddenly starting to wonder if Shizuka might already be one of Takumi's people.
Shizuka, meanwhile, looked thoroughly black-faced and desperate to explain.
But in the current situation, she had no idea how she was even supposed to explain herself.
The atmosphere instantly stiffened.
Then Haruno quickly remembered why she'd come in the first place.
She couldn't let herself be distracted by male beauty. For Yukino's sake, she had to put on the proper big-sister act!
Haruno immediately straightened into a stern, furious posture and glared hatefully at Takumi.
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