บท 781: Temporarily Withdrawing from the Show
With an expressionless face, Ichika didn't avoid his gaze. Instead, she questioned him with a satisfied smile.
"...It's quite sweet."
After a long silence, Shinichi replied flatly, feeling the urge to sigh.
"We've only been there for two weeks."
"It can leave a deep impression." Ichika licked her lips with the tip of her tongue.
But at this moment, the girls beside them were no longer shielding them, and all their dissatisfied eyes focused on Ichika, revealing disapproval.
"If it weren't for you being absent for the next two weeks... Tsk!" Nino stuck her tongue out at Ichika, then shot a sharp look at the seemingly innocent Shinichi. She wasn't in a good mood.
"Nino, calm down... It was just a kiss, lips touching lips, nothing more!" Yotsuba tried to reassure Nino. After hearing these awkward words, Itsuki turned with a strange look.
"Just lips touching lips... Yotsuba, during the exchange meeting, you and Asada-kun..."
Yotsuba was momentarily stunned, her face turned red, and she became confused and panicked. "I-Itsuki, what are you talking about! At that time, Asada-san and I..."
Before the stammering defender could speak, Miku puffed her cheeks, looked at Ichika, and said dissatisfiedly:
"Ichika, you actually kissed him longer than me."
"..."
Yotsuba's expression instantly became stiff, while others looked at her in disbelief.
"A kiss?!" Nino's sharp voice drew curious attention.
"A kiss." Miku firmly answered with her head held high and chest puffed out.
Her proud gaze made Nino grind her teeth like a defeated heroine.
"Did you kiss him?" Ichika raised her eyebrows in surprise, then looked at Shinichi with a hint of emotion. "As expected from Shinichi-kun... When did that happen?"
"Miku, why did you have to say it yourself..." Yotsuba covered her face weakly, appearing helpless.
Miku shifted her focus from the confrontation with Nino and blinked at Yotsuba. "You know? Were you underneath at that time?"
"Underneath?" Itsuki mumbled while thinking, causing Yotsuba to lower her head guiltily. "I remember the night when Miku and Asada-kun were on a date, Nino asked Yotsuba to come down to pick her up, but Yotsuba went upstairs first, still looking very confused. It was only on the second trip that she invited Miku..."
"Ah!" Nino also remembered it now and looked at Miku together with Ichika, revealing the surprising fact. She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Could it be that you wanted us to guess? Did you just give your first kiss to this guy?!"
Miku hid behind Shinichi. She blocked Nino's sharp gaze while answering calmly.
"That's right."
Nino shifted her gaze and stared sharply at Shinichi as if wanting to kill someone. If she had a deadly weapon in her hand, she might have taken action and turned the playboy in front of her into several pieces.
"Shi-kun!"
"Yes." Shinichi answered calmly.
Before Nino could say the next sentence, Itsuki suddenly murmured:
"Think of it this way, for Yotsuba to be the first to kiss Asada-kun, then Miku, and finally Ichika..."
"That's right, let's write it down!"
She took out a notebook from her pocket and was about to record Shinichi's kissing record with everyone when she felt the atmosphere around her was getting a bit heavy. After realizing it again in her dazed state, Itsuki found that everyone was staring at Yotsuba. Yotsuba held her rabbit ear headband hesitantly, hiding behind Shinichi like a shrinking turtle. Her fully exposed ears were tinted with a dark red color.
Itsuki covered her mouth and stared at Yotsuba apologetically.
"Sorry, it seems I talked too much..."
"Hehehe..."
Laughter burst out from between Ichika's lips, and the light in Nino's eyes completely disappeared.
With widened pupils, Nino squeezed her fingers until they made a cracking sound. With a emotionless and frightening smile on her face, she slowly approached Shinichi.
"Did you really kiss all three of my sisters without saying a word?"
Shinichi really wanted to explain at this moment: Of your three sisters, one was a forced kiss, one was an accident, and one was a preventive measure. Basically, it wasn't him who initiated the kiss. If someone had to be blamed, blame them.
However, the desire to survive and the silent attitude of a man made him choose to remain silent, standing in front of Miku and Yotsuba, listening to Nino's soft voice getting closer.
"Who's next? Is it me? Or did you kiss me and your little secretary in the empty student council room?"
"Eh?!" Itsuki stared at Shinichi with wide eyes, and a blush appeared on her face.
"Um, Asada-kun, I think it's better not to do this in the office..."
Shinichi: "😐"
(What are you talking about? I won't take advantage of you when there's no one around to move...)
"...Ha ha ha."
Seeing Shinichi trapped in the turmoil surrounded by girls, about to be punished by the angry Nino, Ichika couldn't help but burst into happy laughter.
"This way, I can leave with peace of mind."
With this incentive, Nino and Itsuki would surely not want to lose and press Shinichi step by step, right?
That's right, that's the point.
If the five of them attacked together, no one could escape the clutches of the Nakano quintuplets!
Ichika held the handle of her suitcase and looked at them for the last time.
Then, she turned without hesitation, with a warm and bright smile on her face, and walked toward the ticket gate.
"...When we come back, let's be each other's, Shinichi-kun."
After making this decision in her heart, feeling her heartbeat so high since that kiss, Ichika chuckled to herself.
Between dreams and love, for now, she chose dreams.
However, it didn't mean she had to give up on love.
Family, love, dreams... She didn't want to make a choice; adults wanted everything.
Turning away from the familiar faces, she passed through the ticket gate and moved further away from them.
After two weeks, Ichika would be one step closer to her dream.
Whether it's becoming the protagonist in a big film or the protagonist in her life.
She always believed that these dreams awaited her ahead, and those dreams were not far away.
"I'll do my best."
She said softly, putting on her sunglasses and pulling down her mask.
In the distance, the sound of a train about to stop at the station echoed long.
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