"I'm back."

At around half past ten in the evening, Shota finally returned from Shiyu's house to the apartment where he lived with Yukino, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Yukino standing still with his back to him, leaning against the wall.

"Huh? Yukino, what are you doing? ”

"Nothing, finally back? Ahh ”

Yukino still didn't turn around, but the mockery in his words didn't diminish at all. Because Shota said that he would come back for dinner when he went out, but he didn't come back until half past ten.

"I'm sorry, there was a serious emergency, so it took a lot of time." Shota walked towards Yukino with an apologetic face, of course, the other party couldn't see the apology on his face, "Why are you turning your back to me?" ”

"Because I don't want to see your estrus orangutan face at such a late hour, it's 100% going to give me nightmares."

"Uh......"

If he hadn't gone to see Shiyu, Shota, who was getting thicker and thicker, would have completely ignored Yukino's taunts and walked around Yukino's front while saying, "That means you'll dream of me at night."

And now Shota is not in such a good mood to quarrel with Yukino, so he has to be silent wordlessly.

"Have you had dinner? If you haven't eaten, there are leftovers in the fridge. ”

The sudden silence made Yukino feel a little strange, because it was not what she had in mind. However, because she couldn't turn around, she had to shift the conversation to dinner.

"It's not going to be stargazing again, is it?"

"It's a pity that Saiwa doesn't make your favorite dish."

"yes, that's good, then I'll go to the kitchen, something will call me."

After nodding flatly to indicate that he knew, Shota turned around and walked towards the kitchen, which made Yukino feel more and more surprised at the same time, and there was a trace of dislike in his heart.

Is...... I came back when I didn't have crutches.

It's been a long time since she injured her foot, and it's really unbearable that she needs someone to take care of her no matter what, so she wants to try to walk while Shota hasn't come back yet, and Saiwa has already left. Although I can walk now, I still feel a certain amount of pain. What Yukino didn't expect was that Shota would come back just in time when she was about to walk back to her room.

Somehow, Yukino subconsciously lifted his injured foot up and pretended to be standing on one foot.

Yukino, who was very distressed in her heart, couldn't do anything, she really didn't want to use such a funny way of jumping on one foot in front of Shota. Luckily, now that Shota was going to the kitchen, she could wait until Shota left before walking back to her room.

And yet, in the next moment-

"Huh!?"

Surprised, Yukino found that he was actually picked up by Shota again in the posture of a princess. After hearing Shota say that he was going to the kitchen, Yukino couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, not even noticing the strange feeling in his heart. But she didn't expect that Shota would turn back silently and pick herself up.

"Sorry...... Only to find out that you were not holding a cane. Shota couldn't help but bite his lip with self-reproach, ignoring even such an obvious thing.

"Well, wouldn't you give me the crutches? Picking me up like this is obviously trying to take advantage. ”

"Well, that's right. But since they've all been picked up, let's just carry you back to your room. ”

"I want to go to the bathroom, do you want to carry me in?"

"Uh......"

Because he was really not in the mood, Shota kept being squeezed by Yukino to the point that he didn't know what to say.

It seems that he was infected by Shota's depressed appearance.,Being hugged by Shota in Yukino suddenly lost the interest to continue.,Just said 'go back to the room' and then stopped talking.。

In an awkward silence, Shota just hugged Yukino and walked towards her room. Not only did he feel hungry because he didn't eat dinner, but Shiyu's affairs made him feel sincerely tired, and Shota in this state now only wanted to send Yukino back to his room, eat something by the way, take a good hot shower, and go to bed.

So, what Shota didn't notice was that Yukino, who was held in his arms, silently sniffed the smell on his body, and quietly picked out a few long hairs on Shota's clothes.

After putting Yukino on the bed, and putting the strange tricks in the room on the side of the bed, Shota said, "Well, I'll put the crutches next to the bed, call me if there's something, rest early." ”

“…… Well, you also rest early, good night. ”

"Good night."

After Shota left the room and closed the door, Yukino silently raised a few long hairs in his hands and placed them in front of his eyes.

Long black hair, and that model of perfume, it's Kasumigaoka-senpai.

Yukino easily judged the owner of the hair, but now was not a good time to ask Shota or Shiyu, but the 'serious emergency' that Shota said was undoubtedly related to Shiyu. All kinds of thoughts germinated in Yukino's heart, but because Shota was exhausted, she finally chose to keep silent.

……

……

Shota, who came to the kitchen, took out the dinner that Yukino had specially left, and it was full of the style of Colored Feathers just from the outside. However, this only made Shota, who was already in a rather bad mood, even more depressed.

Senior Sister Shiyu...... Caiyu, and Sister Hui...... What am I going to do? After hurting Senior Sister Shiyu so cruelly, I can still ......

Thinking that Shiyu had abandoned all his proud confessions and offered the first kiss that was as bitter as a heartbreak, Shota's chest suddenly hurt as if he had been pricked by a needle, and he really, felt that he had no way to be ruthless, and then cruelly rejected the other two like Shiyu.

But what about Shiyu, who has already been hurt by Shota? This is undoubtedly extremely unfair to Shi Yu.

Why should I be such a bastard, obviously I can't be responsible, but I agreed to Caiyu's confession so casually. Obviously, he already has the constraints of a marriage contract, but he still took the initiative to talk to Senior Sister Hui, and the result was ...... I like Yukino again......

"Bastard!"

Without any restraint, Shota, who was mired in self-blame and self-loathing, slapped himself hard in the face, leaving a clearly visible handprint. Shota, who no longer had any appetite, put his dinner back in the refrigerator and staggered towards his room, wanting to take a warm shower and calm himself.

……

……

When the water in the bathtub was ready, Shota, who had taken off his clothes, dragged his tired body and lay down in the bathtub, squinting his eyes gently. Just when he wanted to relax, through the last slit in his eyes, Shota aimed at something that made his heart stop suddenly.

It was a long black hair.

Not long after he had just fallen into the bathtub, Shota, who was drenched, left the bathroom and returned to his room, leaving the room full of water stains.

Shota picked up the clothes he had taken off and rummaged through them, and there was no other long hair on them. Slightly relieved, he suddenly thought of another possibility, and hurriedly put his clothes on the tip of his nose and smelled it.

Sure enough, in addition to his own smell, Shota also smelled an unusually familiar smell, which was the smell of perfume on Shiyu's body.

And he just hugged Xue Nai in his arms.

Thinking back to the scene carefully, Shota was shocked to realize that Yukino was indeed sniffing something, and she did suddenly stop talking after she was in her arms.

It was very likely that Yukino knew something, but she didn't ask or say anything.

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PS1: Sorry for the late update.

PS2: Because I'm a little unhappy with what I've written, I'll give you a chapter name full of slots. However, this is a necessary journey to the final good ending, and it will be made up for in the end.

PS3: The web version of the bookmaker seems to be out? I seem to be on the homepage over there? If you have time, go over and vote for something~

PS4: Some people in the group say that Mrs. Xiang is a scumbag, actually...... If according to most people's opinion, WA2's Chun Brother is a scum, but Shota's approach is different from Chun Ge=. =

PS5: Actually, I personally don't hate Brother Chun