—A ceiling you could see anywhere.
"Shouldn't it be an unfamiliar ceiling..."
After instinctively doing a self-retort to her first thought upon waking up, Yutsuki's sowhat blurry mind gradually cleared up. After slowly pushing herself up from the bed, she looked at the room she was in now.
She was lying on a relatively clean hospital bed. A white ceiling, white walls. Besides a few simple chairs and a TV, there was nothing else in the simple room. No matter how you looked at it, this wasn't her bedroom.
It was probably an infirmary sowhere. Slling the faint scent of disinfectant, Yutsuki slowly stretched and made a guess.
"Yo, Yutsuki. Are you awake already?"
The door to the room opened, and in ca Murasa Reine, sporting dark circles under her eyes, looking like she was forever lacking sleep.
"How is the situation? Do you feel any better?"
"Mhm. It's just that I used up all my Spirit power and stamina. I just need to rest a bit and I'll be fine. Actually, I don't know why, but I feel incredibly refreshed right now!"
She wasn't just saying that to comfort her. Yutsuki truly felt incredibly relaxed right now, as if all the pent-up resentnt in her heart had been completely vented out. (Author: "It hurts so much...")
Hearing Yutsuki's words, Reine nodded, seeming sowhat relieved.
"Is that so? That's good then. Please get a good rest. But just to be safe, rember to get a physical checkup later."
"Hah~ Understood."
After a simple reply, Yutsuki tilted her head slightly. Her gaze slightly bypassed Reine, secretly looking at the door behind her.
"Right now, it's three days after the incident ended. Yoshino, the Yamai sisters, and Tohka are currently undergoing physical checkups to ensure their Spirit power is stable after this incident. Kotori is handling the aftermath of the incident... As for Mana..." Yutsuki's movents didn't escape Reine's notice. Understanding what she cared about in her heart, Reine spoke slowly, "I just sent her a ssage that you woke up. She's rushing over from the school side right now."
"So that ans that guy is the most free right now, right."
After a helpless retort, Yutsuki waved her hand, showing she understood.
"Then, Reine, you go ahead and get back to your work. I believe Kotori also needs your help with the aftermath. I'm fine here, don't worry."
Yutsuki's words made Reine silent for a mont. Soon, Reine nodded as if she had an epiphany.
"...That's true. It's a rare chance for you and Mana to be alone. It's definitely not appropriate for to be here."
"Holy crap, lady, how exactly did you interpret my words!"
"Then... enjoy yourselves..."
"What does that an, Reine!? And take back what I just said! Co back here!"
Ignoring Yutsuki's shouts, Reine quietly left the hospital room.
"Geez, can't the people here look at things without tinted glasses? They've played too many Galgas to conquer routes."
Yutsuki held her forehead with one hand and let out a long sigh of extre helplessness.
"Hmph~... hum hum~ hum~"
Oh, let make it clear first. I'm not looking forward to anything. I'm just humming a song to kill so boring ti.
While hypnotizing herself like this, Yutsuki sat leaning against the hospital bed, occasionally peeking towards the door.
...
"So slow!!"
What the heck, what's going on? I've been waiting here for an hour, and I haven't even seen a shadow, let alone a person.
Even though the Fraxinus airship was located 15,000 ters above Tengu City, and if you just looked at the distance from Raizen High School it was indeed a bit far, as long as they used teleportation technology, it wouldn't even take the blink of an eye to get here.
"It's been an hour and he's still not here. Is it because Tohka was eating too much and they had to go to the supermarket to restock food? Or was he intercepted halfway by Origami, starting a chase to protect his chastity?"
Well, whatever the reason, it's eighty percent certain Shido won't be coming anyti soon.
"There's nothing fun in the hospital room to pass the ti either... Let's go ask Reine for a computer to kill ti."
Sighing with so disappointnt, Yutsuki slowly got out of the hospital bed. After stretching her body a bit, she walked toward the door.
"Hey... why does it have to be this outfit..."
"Mhm... you were the one who asked what would make Yutsuki happy... I think this is probably what Yutsuki would want the most..."
"That's true, but..."
Walking to the door, Yutsuki heard so faint talking. Although she couldn't hear the exact details clearly through the door, she could still figure out that it was Reine and Shido.
What the heck, is this guy just going to stand outside the door like an idiot, too scared to co in, and get seen by Reine? Yutsuki thought with an utterly speechless face.
Although she felt it was a bit weird for soone to be too scared to co in for a normal hospital visit, and Shido's voice right now sounded a bit unusual too. But Yutsuki didn't care too much about it at the mont. With a sigh, she threw the door open and yelled.
"Shido, you're so slow! How long... were you... planning to make wait inside..."
Halfway through her sentence, Yutsuki's voice slowed down, and she showed an expression of extre shock.
"Yo... Yutsuki... I ca to visit you."
Wearing the girls' uniform of Raizen High School, with an out of season light yellow cardigan over it, cute four leaf clover hair clips tying up long blue hair, light makeup on the face, possessing an unusual charm for a female. Itsuka Shi—ori... Okay, it's Shido (♂). Carrying the fruit prepared for the hospital visit, he spoke with a face full of awkwardness.
"..."
After a brief silence, Yutsuki suddenly threw a heavy punch straight into her own stomach. A strange "bong—!" sound rang out, showing that Yutsuki didn't hold back any strength against her own body.
"Wait! Yutsuki, what's wrong? Are you feeling sick sowhere!" Seeing Yutsuki hurting herself, Shido spoke with a panicked face.
"Tch, it doesn't hurt. So it really is a dream?" Yutsuki said with a look of sorrow.
"Is the situation in front of you so unusual that it makes you doubt reality?! Miss Reine, hurry up and talk so sense into Yutsuki!"
Hearing Shido's words, Reine nodded in understanding and said to Yutsuki.
"Yutsuki... If you want to confirm reality, hitting yourself in the stomach is useless. The mont you hit it, a person's abs will instinctively tense up. If you want to confirm it... it's better to slap yourself in the face."
"I wasn't asking you to add fuel to the fire!!!"
"I see."
"Don't 'I see' it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Finally, with the efforts of Itsuka Shi...do, Yutsuki eventually gave up the idea of confirming reality by destroying her own face. After having Yutsuki obediently lie back down on the bed, Shido also found a chair and sat down next to Yutsuki.
"By the way, Shido, what's with your outfit right now? Have you finally decided to cut off that thing down there?"
Yutsuki looked at Shido, who was currently wearing won's clothing, and spoke to him with eyes full of expectation and excitent.
"No I haven't!" In response to Yutsuki's terrifying words, Shido decisively gave her a karate chop to the head to snap her out of it. Then he said with a helpless face, "This was Reine's idea. She said sothing like, if I wanted to repay Yutsuki, I should put on won's clothes and go take care of her. Then the people on the airship changed into this... Ugh, why are girls' skirts so short?"
Even though he had worn won's clothing a few tis already, Shido still couldn't get used to this kind of outfit. Or rather, he didn't want to get used to it.
"Murasa Reine, good job!"
"Yutsuki, what are you whispering about?"
"Nothing at all~"
Bluffing her way past a highly confused Shido, Yutsuki relaxed her shoulders and said with a smiling face.
"Then, according to what you said, Reine told you to take care of , right?"
"Well, that's true."
"So that ans you have to obey all my orders! (☆_☆)"
Yutsuki's eyes shot out an excited light.
"Eh? Isn't the way you phrased that a little bit strange!"
"Eh? Not at all!" Yutsuki blinked, playing dumb, and said, "It's actually not a weird order at all. Just peel an apple for ."
"Well, if it's just that..."
Well, although this request requires a little bit of skill, for soone who wields a kitchen knife and rolls around in the kitchen every day, it wasn't anything difficult.
Hearing such a simple request, Shido was actually a bit puzzled. But he obediently took an apple out of the fruit basket, picked up a paring knife, and started peeling it.
"Rember to cut them into rabbit shapes~"
"Okay, okay..."
After handling Yutsuki's request with a helpless tone like coaxing a child, Shido had no choice but to first cut the apple into several pieces, then peel off the extra skin to make them into rabbit shapes.
"Done. Here you go."
But contrary to Shido's expectations, Yutsuki didn't reach her hand out for the plate that had the apple ready on it.
Instead, a very sweet smile appeared on her face.
"Uh... Yutsuki...?"
"Feed~ ~"
"Wha—"
A very obvious wavering appeared on Shido's face. The anxiety that was already there because of the won's clothing was instantly magnified. His face began to burn hot, his shoulders shook sowhat unnaturally. Even when a familiar "click—!" sound rang by his ear, he didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.
"Um, Yutsuki, you should be able to do this yourself..."
"Ah—"
Yutsuki ignored Shido's excuse and opened her mouth on her own.
"...Fine."
It would look really bad to keep refusing in this situation. After taking a breath, he brought the apple to Yutsuki's mouth.
"Nom~"
Then, Yutsuki took the apple, along with Shido's fingers, into her mouth.
"...Eh? Eh, eh!"
Ignoring Shido's panic, Yutsuki suddenly grabbed Shido's wrist with both hands, not letting him pull his fingers back. Then, after chewing and swallowing the apple, she went at Shido... it's better to call him Shiori here. As if to lick off the fruit juice left on Shiori's fingers, she licked. Lick, lick. Lick, lick, lick. Slurp. Smooch. Suck.
"Yu-Yu-Yutsuki... wait! Yutsuki-san—"
Shiori let out an extrely panicked voice, her hands also moving in panic. After increasing her strength, she finally managed to pull away from Yutsuki's hands. Between the fingertips and Yutsuki's lips, a sparkling line of saliva stretched out. ...It was truly a very erotic sight.
I'm just feeding her an apple... Shiori kept patting her burning hot cheeks, trying to hypnotize herself.
"Mhm... Thanks for the food. Shido." Yutsuki showed an incredibly beautiful smile on her face. Maybe it was Shido's imagination, but her complexion seed even more glowing.
"It was so delicious, I feel like I'm in heaven."
"...Haha, I'm glad you're satisfied."
He didn't know exactly what she was reviewing, but Shido himself didn't plan on knowing the result either. He could only reply with a dry laugh.
"Ah~"
"Again?!" Shido shouted with a squeaky voice.
But to Shido's relief, next, Yutsuki just ate the apple normally. If that play from earlier had continued, Shido might have just run out the door from sheer embarrassnt.
"By the way, how is Miku?"
"Oh, Miku is doing fine now."
After putting the empty plate aside, Shido answered Yutsuki's question.
After the incident, Shido and the others were surprised to find that Miku, who originally hated Shido so much, had her affection level suddenly shoot up to a very surprising level. Just like Yutsuki predicted, deep love breeds deep hate. Extre negativity, under the right conditions, will instead turn into excellent affection. In this incident, although it was a very dangerous situation, it was also a perfect opportunity to conquer Miku.
"As a result, Miku was willing to accept the sealing of her Spirit power. Which ans... we kissed, and... you've seen her naked too, right."
"Uh... um..." Although he really wanted to explain that it was out of his control, under Yutsuki's calm gaze, Shido could only look away guiltily.
"Oh... right! I also brought the video of Miku's concert. Do you want to watch it?!"
To be honest, Shido's attempt to change the subject wasn't very smooth. However, Yutsuki didn't plan on pursuing it too much and nodded.
Then, Shido took the videotape from his bag and put it into the machine for the TV in the room.
Yutsuki didn't say another word, keeping her eyes fixed on the TV screen.
The Miku on the screen, although she didn't have her magic-infused singing voice, in its place was a song filled with infinite sincerity and boundless passion.
Like a warm breeze brushing across the chest. It lost that soul-stealing charm, but it left a lingering aftertaste.
The audience also felt this was different from Miku's usual "voice," and felt slightly confused.
But—as the song was sung, the audience beca as fanatical as they were during the concert the day before yesterday.
Moreover, the fanaticism was not the least bit inferior to what it was before they demanded an encore.
—Finally, the song ended, and the stage was surrounded by applause and cheers.
"How is it?" After turning off the video, Shido asked Yutsuki.
"Ah, a complete defeat!" Although a bit unwilling to admit it, Yutsuki sighed and said.
She had to admit, if they were to compete on the sa stage again right now, the person who would lose would undoubtedly be herself.
On Yutsuki's face appeared a smile of conceding defeat.
"Shido, you should know where to buy Miku's latest CD in the future, right? Rember to buy an extra copy for later."
Then, according to our promise, I will be your loyal fan, listening to your songs until the very end.
"Of course."
Shido said like it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Then—finally, the matter is resolved. Good work, Shido."
Yutsuki stretched lazily and smiled at Shido.
"Well, compared to you, I'm okay. But you, Yutsuki, had it really tough."
A bit of sha appeared on Shido's face.
It wasn't until the day before yesterday that Shido learned from Kotori that since the day they made the bet with Miku, Yutsuki had hardly rested at all.
Thinking about the combination of songs and dances, thinking about the nu they needed to prepare for the maid cafe—their hidden trump card, thinking about the possibility of Miku breaking the promise. The best escape routes and conquest plans. She even ford a cooperative contract with Tokisaki Kurumi and Takamiya Mana without him knowing. Then, in the maid cafe that followed, she acted as the head chef, and participated in two consecutive performances at the Tengu Festival. Setting physical stamina aside, her ntal exhaustion was beyond question.
Plus, after that, when facing the controlled Spirits, Miku, and the wizards, she used her Spirit power without holding back.
Adding all these things together, Yutsuki's sudden fainting beca very understandable.
"Ah, I didn't think I could push myself so hard either. As long as I use electricity to stimulate my body to keep producing adrenaline, this level is nothing."
"Please don't push yourself like this anymore. Although I'm very happy you helped . But please also take care of your own body, okay?" Shido let out a sowhat helpless sigh.
"My, I think for Shido, who doesn't even care about his own life, that line should be mine."
Being shut down by Yutsuki in one sentence, Shido also understood he had no right to lecture Yutsuki. He gave up and sighed, then continued: "And then, I wanted to do sothing that would make you happy. Kotori and Mana strongly demanded it of too."
"So that's why you dressed up as a girl to comfort ?"
"Well..." Shido lowered his head with a blushing face.
"Well, I guess I profited then." After a snicker of secret joy, Yutsuki looked at Shido and teased, "Then, it's fine for to keep ordering Shi~ori~chan~ around, right."
Yutsuki's gaze gave him an unexplainable sense of danger. But considering he dressed like this just to make Yutsuki happy in the first place... After a mont of struggle, Shido—no, Shiori—could only say weakly in the end.
"...Please be gentle."
"Eh... wait, Miku-san... going in now will bother them..."
"Ugh, when both the female version of Darling and Honey are being so sweet in there, how could I possibly bear staying outside the door?"
"Hey, hey, Kotori, are Yutsuki and Shido going to do sothing interesting next? Is it tasty?"
"H-How would I know! I have zero interest in that kind of thing."
"Point out. Kotori is clearly listening the most closely."
"S-Shut up!"
Suddenly, the commotion outside the door caught the attention of the two.
Then the door was suddenly pulled open. The person who appeared was the popular idol who was just on TV, Izayoi Miku.
"Honey! Hearing the news that you woke up, I imdiately canceled all my schedules to co visit you! And Darling is really sothing too. If you were going to take care of Honey, you should have just called along~"
After coming in, Miku acted spoiled towards Shido and Yutsuki with a sowhat dissatisfied expression.
"Honey? Darling?"
"Haha..."
While Shido smiled wryly and Yutsuki was completely confused, Miku jogged up to Yutsuki's hospital bed. Then she reached out both hands, and before anyone could react, she hugged Shido and Yutsuki together. The three of them fell onto the bed. Then she kept rubbing her cheeks against their cheeks.
What the heck? What's going on? Facing this impossible to understand situation, Yutsuki's brain short-circuited for a second.
"Well, after this incident, your and Shido's affection level in Miku's heart both shot up to the max point at the sa ti." From the side, Kotori explained for the confused Yutsuki, shaking her head as if it were unbelievable. "This is the first ti I've seen sothing like this. Should I say, as expected of Yutsuki-nee? Well, in a way, it's not a bad thing. Congratulations, Yutsuki-nee."
Congratulations my foot! So Miku didn't fix her views and start liking n, she just evolved into going both ways?!
"I say!" Finally managing to break free from Miku's cheek rubbing restraint, Yutsuki panted and said.
"What is it? Honey~"
"Who's your Honey... Fine, whatever you want."
She originally wanted to argue back, but seeing Miku's teary eyed look, Yutsuki gave up dwelling on it and asked, "Why... do you like ? Although I'm sorry to say this... but unlike Shido, I completely denied everything about you..."
"What are you talking about, Honey? Didn't you say it too? If I sang with my true singing voice, you'd be willing to be my fan and stay with until the end. And didn't you just say it out loud yourself?"
"Uh..."
"Then, I am also Honey's family, right?"
Miku's big, sparkling eyes blinked and blinked, speaking with an incredibly matter-of-fact tone. Towards this, Yutsuki didn't know what to say for a mont.
"...Alright, you win."
Seeing Yutsuki not deny it, Miku's face showed a bright smile. Then, she hugged Shido's arm and said cheerfully: "Then, let take care of Honey together with Shiori~"
"Um... Miku, they're touching."
Because of the feeling on his arm, his cheeks turned a bit red. But Miku didn't care at all and hugged even tighter. Then, feeling Yutsuki's icy stare, cold sweat broke out on Shido's back.
"Oh, oh. Then, the mission to take care of Yutsuki-chan with Shido-kun should include Yoshino and Yoshinon too~"
"...Please take care of ..."
"Well, it's a bit worrying to leave Shido alone, I'll co take care of you too, Yutsuki-nee."
"Kuku—interesting. This event must definitely include . Let show you the forbidden life-resurrecting art of the Children of the Typhoon..."
"Proposal. Yuzuru and Kaguya also want to join."
"Oh, oh, taking care of Yutsuki? Can I do it too?"
"That's enough from you guys! Basically all of you have an ulterior motive!"
Having gone through so much hardship to finally get this dread-of chance to be alone with the (crossdressing) Shido, only to be interrupted by this group of (girl?)friends. The dissatisfaction built up in Yutsuki's heart right now could easily be imagined.
"Let tell you guys, when Shido is dressed as a guy, how you split your ti? How you date? Even if you cut his body into multiple pieces with a saw to share equally, I wouldn't say a word!"
"No, I would definitely die if you did that. Please save !"
Ignoring Shido's retort, Yutsuki grabbed the surrounded Shido and pulled him out, hugging him in her arms. Then, under the surprised eyes of everyone, she took a deep breath and declared loudly:
"But, as for Shiori! I will absolutely not back down!"
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