"Pfft—Giggle giggle giggle~"
Wang i-yu, who had looked heartbroken just a mont ago, was instantly moved to laughter through her tears, a faint crimson flush rising to her pretty face.
"Hi-Hikigaya-kun... is really... too humorous."
"Is that so?" Hikigaya scratched his head with a slight air of embarrassnt.
"An ancient like that is probably only effective on foreigners.
Look, these two aren't laughing at all."
As he saw the two girls casting sharp gazes his way, Hikigaya felt a cold sweat break out.
"Hehe~" Kushida Kikyo looked at him with a beaming smile.
"Hikigaya-kun is very humorous indeed."
"A boring, dry joke." Horikita Suzune shot him a glare. "Your thods for coaxing girls are excessively childish!"
"Ahem~" Hikigaya quickly explained. "It was just a joke on a whim."
"Hikigaya-kun, i-chan is very innocent. Don't go provoking her on a whim!" Kushida Kikyo issued a stern warning.
"...Don't make sound like so kind of scumbag." Hikigaya was speechless. To be honest, he hadn't even dread about Wang i-yu, so naturally, he didn't have the slightest intention toward her.
"Don't worry, Kikyo-chan~ I won't steal your man!" Wang i-yu made a solemn promise.
"Stop it~ I'm not 'stealing' any man~~" Kushida Kikyo hugged her best friend affectionately.
"Hikigaya, let's head inside." Horikita Suzune didn't waste words; she grabbed his hand directly and pulled him toward the room.
"!!!" Kushida Kikyo's face shifted instantly.
'Yikes! Kikyo-chan's expression is a bit terrifying!' Wang i-yu was startled by the change.
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Room 404
"Seize the ti and study hard."
Horikita Suzune took off her sandals and skillfully retrieved her exclusive red indoor slippers from the shoe rack.
"You really love studying way too much," Hikigaya couldn't help but complain. He then turned his head to look at Kushida Kikyo and Wang i-yu, who had followed them in at so point. "Kushida-san, Wang-san, what are you two...?"
"I like studying too!" Kushida Kikyo smiled slightly, speaking words that were perfectly "correct" to Horikita Suzune across from her. "I want to study with Hikigaya-kun. Horikita-san, you wouldn't mind, would you?"
"Uh..." Wang i-yu was a bit at a loss. Could she say she was dragged in by her best friend?
Horikita Suzune gave the two of them a long, deep look. For so reason, she felt a bit irritated. However, when it ca to studying, she wouldn't reject anyone.
"I don't mind...Do as you please."
'Can I say that I mind quite a bit?'
Looking at Kushida Kikyo, who was shalessly making herself at ho and sitting on his bed, Hikigaya felt helpless.
Wang i-yu, seemingly visiting a boy's room for the first ti, looked around curiously.
"I'll go make so tea."
Hikigaya turned and walked into the kitchen. These two won were quite a handful.
Horikita Suzune liked black tea, while Kushida Kikyo preferred green tea.
"By the way, Wang-san, what would you like to drink?" Since it was Wang i-yu's first ti, Hikigaya naturally didn't know her preferences.
"Hikigaya-kun, you can just call i-chan." Wang i-yu was a careful, good girl; she noticed the coffee on the storage cabinet and said casually, "Coffee, thank you."
"i-chan likes Max Coffee too?" Hikigaya's eyes lit up. He suddenly felt the urge to start proselytizing for the brand.
"Hikigaya..." Kushida Kikyo glared at him fiercely, as if to say: Is 'i-chan' sothing you're allowed to call her?
Hikigaya really hadn't thought much of it. Considering she was a foreigner, she wouldn't be as particular about Japanese honorifics. Besides, "Wang-san" didn't roll off the tongue well—"i-chan" was much smoother.
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A mont later, Hikigaya returned with the different drinks and gave them to the three girls.
"Thank you."
"Sorry for the intrusion."
After the polite hospitality, Horikita Suzune imdiately pulled out the exercises and entered study mode.
"Hikigaya, you must finish these three sets of exam papers for today!"
"No, do we have to be that 'hardcore'? My math grades are already good enough." Hikigaya wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Eh? Are these exercises all made by Horikita-san herself?" Wang i-yu expressed great interest. She truly loved learning.
"Um, my... my math is also just average... Can I do them together with Hikigaya-kun?"
Wang i-yu looked at Horikita Suzune cautiously.
"You can." Horikita Suzune nodded, a kind smile appearing on her face. This was the resonance between one good student and another.
"That's wonderful!" Wang i-yu sat down happily next to Hikigaya, leaning close to look at the exam paper with him. He could even sll the faint scent of her perfu. However, Hikigaya's heart didn't waver in the slightest.
This girl really was just interested in math problems; it had nothing to do with him.
Just then, another wave of fragrance drifted in from his other side.
"Kushida-san, what is the aning of this?" Horikita Suzune's brow was heavily furrowed as she stared at the latter.
Kushida Kikyo had sat down on Hikigaya's other side, her body pressed tight against him. Unlike Wang i-yu's slender and thin fra, Kushida's ample "fruits" were already squeezed against Hikigaya's arm.
"I'm looking at the exam paper~ just like i-chan." Kushida Kikyo spoke with a straight face.
But Hikigaya knew she was talking nonsense!
"Kushida-san, if I rember correctly, your math scores rank in the top five of the class. The difficulty of this exam paper is not suitable for you," Horikita Suzune countered logically.
"Eh?" Kushida Kikyo didn't take the bait; instead, she changed the subject.
"Horikita-san is actually concerned about my grades. I'm so happy!"
In middle school, she had caused such a massive incident, yet this girl remained completely ignorant. Not long ago, she had even arrogantly claid she had no interest in her.
Now, just because she touched Hikigaya a little, Horikita couldn't stand it—how interesting! Kushida felt a surge of satisfaction in her heart.
"Kushida, are you here specifically to pick a fight?" Horikita Suzune's eyebrows rose as she stared at the other girl with an unfriendly gaze.
"Not at all~ I just want to study hard with Hikigaya-kun." As she spoke, Kushida deliberately leaned even closer to Hikigaya, almost resting her weight on him. Her eyes were full of provocation.
"Horikita-san is so good at studying, why don't you teach us~~"
"If you all want to play, please get the hell out of this room!" Horikita Suzune's face was dark, looking thoroughly incensed.
"Um, this is my room, right?" Hikigaya expressed his inability to even complain, then pushed away the clinging Kushida Kikyo. "Don't ss around, you're affecting my studies."
"Ah? You're actually studying?" Kushida Kikyo looked bewildered.
"We are all studying seriously, okay!" Hikigaya really wanted to kick this troublemaking woman out.
"I'm finished!" Wang i-yu had blazed through a set of exam papers.
"Look at i-chan," Hikigaya said.
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