"It's morning..."
The morning sun slowly rose from one end of the horizon. The dazzling sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains onto Shido's cheeks, making Shido sowhat reluctantly open his eyes.
"What is this—it's only early morning, isn't it... Ah~"
Glancing at the clock on the wall, Shido let out a leisurely yawn. He rolled over to avoid the direct sunlight and groggily closed his eyes.
Squish~
Hm? What's going on. This soft sensation—is it the blanket or the pillow? Shido couldn't help but hug it a bit tighter.
Squish~
Ah... what's going on, this size that just fits perfectly in my arms, as soft and comfortable as a marshmallow, and it seems to have a very suitable temperature itself. Holding it for a long ti would definitely make soone fall into a deep sleep.
"Mhm..."
Oh, oh, for the blanket to be able to make a sound so much like a girl's. For the Fraxinus to be able to reproduce things to this level in the computer world, it's truly amazing black technology.....—AS IF!!! If a blanket in the real world made a girl's cry, it would be a total horror movie!
His previously blurry consciousness instantly cleared up. Shido hurriedly got up and lifted his blanket to look.
"M-Maria? Why are you here—"
In Shido's bed, Arusu Maria had fallen asleep next to him at so point, curled up lying on the bed like a kitten, showing a peaceful sleeping face. Because the skirt of Maria's nun's outfit was a bit short, in this posture, Shido could just see that sliver of white in the absolute territory—Shido hurriedly averted his gaze.
Don't panic! First of all, smoke a cigarette to calm down—Like hell anyone smokes a post-coital cigarette!
Seeming to feel the blanket being lifted, Maria slowly sat up from the bed. Opening her eyes, she showed a warm smile to Shido.
"Mhm... Good morning, Shido."
"Good morning, Maria—Wait, that's not right!"
Because the other party's reaction was too natural, Shido subconsciously responded, then imdiately snapped back to reality and retorted.
"...Hm?" Maria tilted her head in confusion.
"Maria... If I rember correctly... when we went to sleep last night, we returned to our respective rooms, right? Can you explain to why you ran into my bed again?"
Huh? Why did I say "again"?
"Yes. However, after confirming Shido had fallen asleep, I crawled into Shido's covers myself."
"Why?!"
Regarding this point, Maria answered with a very proud tone.
"Because of the dating relationship... which is the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend. The records say it's reality to experience the sa things together in daily life. Given my current relationship with Shido, this is a matter of course."
Well... although the reason seems quite logical. But secretly crawling into soone's bed while they're fast asleep... Is this the influence of Origami... Of course, if it were Origami, it's impossible she'd just sleep doing nothing all night.
"I had a very charming night."
Maria said with a satisfied face.
"Holy crap, it's already escalated to that level! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻"
"I'm joking."
"This joke is bad for the heart!"
Seeing Shido scared into a cold sweat, Maria chuckled lightly and playfully stuck out her tongue.
Well... Maria's behavior is becoming more and more human-like. Although the direction of developnt is a bit worrying.
But these are not the main point right now—Shido shook his head vigorously. He spoke earnestly to Maria.
"Listen carefully, Maria. Even if we are in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. Doing this kind of thing during our student years is not allowed."
"Is that so... However, Shido has had similar experiences before."
"No, a normal high schooler couldn't possibly have this kind of experience... Huh? Now that you ntion it, Kotori, Kaguya and Yuzuru, Miku, and Yutsuki at that ti too... Strange..."
(Note: These are all plots that only happen when Shido conquers other characters. For friends who want to see the CGs, please refer to the individual routes.)
Even though he didn't know when it happened, the mories coming from his brain were too realistic, leaving Shido speechless for a mont.
"A-Anyway. Things that are not allowed are not allowed!"
"Is that so... That is truly a pity."
You still feel it's a pity... Shido couldn't help but get black lines on his forehead. But it seed Maria had given up on the idea of crawling into his bed.
"In exchange... although it's a bit unfair to say so. Shido, could you go out on a date with this morning?"
"This request is really direct..." Shido gave a bitter smile and scratched his head. Looking at Maria's expectant expression, he sighed in resignation. "I understand. After breakfast, let's head out early. We can take a slight detour together on the way to school, is that okay?"
"Yes! Thank you very much!"
Seeing the bright smile on Maria's face, Shido felt it wasn't too bad.
Well, it's a good thing he got up early. If soone saw Maria lying in his bed, he'd probably have an eighty percent chance of not being able to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River (an idiom aning not being able to clear one's na).
Just as he was feeling lucky. Shido suddenly noticed that through the crack in the bedroom door, his cute little sister—Itsuka Kotori, with her hair tied with black ribbons—was looking at him with a "kind" smile.
"..."
Therefore, today's breakfast was Kotori's favorite hamburger steak.
"Shido has cleaning duty today?"
Coming from the Spirit dormitory to the Itsuka house, in response to Tohka's completely confused face at this mont, Kotori, wearing white ribbons, answered with a face full of energy.
"Yeah—Because of that, Onii-chan went to school first after preparing breakfast."
"Is that so... What a pity, I originally wanted to go to school together with Shido."
The ribbons in her hair drooping slightly, after muttering with so regret, Tohka sat down at the dining table and started eating her breakfast.
"Shido went for cleaning duty... Then I'll see if I can find chopsticks Shido used but hasn't had ti to wash yet."
Origami secretly started performing suspicious actions in the kitchen.
However, these words were useless to Yutsuki, who had already gone through nine cycles. Yutsuki knew very well that today was not Shido's cleaning duty at all. Furthermore, since Maria's figure couldn't be seen at this ti either, Yutsuki had a pretty good idea of what the real situation was.
Moreover, normally one wouldn't deliberately choose sothing ti-consuming like hamburger steak for breakfast.
Pulling Origami, who was doing weird little actions in the kitchen, out. Yutsuki turned her gaze to Kotori, who seed to feel a bit guilty. Kotori, while whistling the the song of the Gund*m robot ani, turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window. This attitude was no different from telling Yutsuki the answer.
"Yutsuki-san, you seem to be thinking about sothing."
Kurumi looked at Yutsuki sowhat curiously and said. Yutsuki shook her head without changing her expression.
"Just your imagination."
Well, since this was related to whether Maria could successfully understand love, Yutsuki didn't plan to expose the whereabouts of Shido and Maria either.
There was another reason for keeping it a secret. If she told everyone about this now, everyone who was currently eating breakfast harmoniously would probably instantly transform into an adultery-catching brigade.
"Honey, feed hamburger steak, okay?"
"Miku, don't tell you don't know how to use chopsticks..."
"I just want Honey to feed ~ Ah—"
"Geez..."
Looking at Miku acting spoiled like a child, Yutsuki sighed helplessly. She used chopsticks to cut off a small piece of hamburger steak and handed it to Miku's mouth. Ever since her non-daily date, Yutsuki actually found the action of feeding others quite interesting.
"Nom~ Mhm—! Being fed delicious food made by Darling by Honey, I'm truly the happiest person in the world." Miku's face flushed slightly, her lips overflowing with a happy smile.
"Yo, yo~ Everyone, are you done eating breakfast? It's ti to get ready to leave. If you're late, you'll be strictly punished by Yoshino-sensei~"
"Everyone... if we don't get ready to leave... we'll be late..."
Watching the very cute Yoshino trying hard to maintain her dignified image as a teacher. For a split second, the prankish idea of wanting to deliberately be late popped into Ryougi Yutsuki's mind.
However, it was only for a split second. After tidying up the tableware in her hands, Yutsuki got ready to head to school.
"Question. Why is Kaguya taking so much ti just arranging the bento?"
"Kuku—The so called elegance and ti form a mutually proportional chain. Rest assured, my other half. I believe that under my profound artistic connotation, Shido's body and mind will absolutely be captivated by us Yamais... Having fought since the Hour of the Hare, I shall also take a short rest and enjoy the morning offerings~"
"Unfortunately, breakfast ti is already over. Make do with this and let's go."
Before the two could start complaining, Yutsuki stuffed a piece of toast into each of the Yamai sisters' mouths. Dragging the two of them, they set off collectively towards the direction of the school.
And then...
At the school gate, Yutsuki and the others happened to bump into Shido and Maria, who were just preparing to enter the school.
Ahem—This is awkward.
"Yo... Everyone, what a coincidence."
Shido greeted everyone with a dry laugh. Unfortunately, this smile didn't successfully fool everyone.
"Shido, what are you doing here?"
"What an unexpected encounter. I heard you were in charge of school cleaning duty today, so you left so early..."
"Surprise. Why are you walking together with Arusu."
"Yo, yo, Shido-kun, this won't do~ Keeping a secret from everyone and going on a date with Arusu-chan. You are a bad—boy~"
"Shido-san, so what is going on here?"
"Darling, that's really too much. Even though I specially ran to your house. To think you had already run out to have a date with Maria-chan first."
"Shido, I need an explanation. Depending on the content, I might not let this go easily."
Surrounded by Tohka and the others, Shido couldn't help but break out in cold sweat all over his body.
M-Miscalculated. When Maria said she wanted to visit the park again, he thought they wouldn't be late looking at the ti, so he agreed. But he overlooked the possibility of bumping into Tohka and the others arriving at school.
(Kotori, Yutsuki, save —)
To Shido's pleading gaze, Kotori, sucking on a tangerine-flavored Chupa Chups lollipop, gave Shido a sowhat sympathetic look.
"What an unlucky man. Well, I'm going to be late at this rate, so I'll be going on ahead."
And so she abandoned Shido without hesitation.
As for Yutsuki... Towards Shido's pleading gaze like an abandoned puppy, she showed a very friendly smile.
"Unfortunately, I'm not open-minded enough to lend a helping hand to a guy who, just yesterday, explained to his sister that he and Maria were 'just normal friends.' Shido, may School Days' Makoto in heaven bless you~"
original author's PS: Well, I won't write the details of Shido and Maria's date. After all, it's in the original work.
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