In the living room, Yukino was leisurely petting the cat.
Utaha was up to sothing.
gumi had been playing on her phone, but she absentmindedly glanced up towards Haru, her gaze briefly pausing.
The dining table was fairly large, and the tablecloth was a sizable one, neatly draped down, effectively hiding everything beneath it.
Normally, gumi wouldn't have thought much of it, but she happened to notice sothing unusual. As Utaha, who was facing away from her, was up to her mischief, her left leg trembled a few tis due to a mix of nervousness and excitent.
The shaking wasn't large, but gumi had caught it.
From her perspective, Utaha's back looked graceful, and when she sat down, her stunning waist-hip curve was impossible to ignore.
Moreover, due to the nervous tremors, Utaha's thigh beneath the skirt also moved slightly.
gumi froze for a second while holding her phone.
She clearly rembered that Utaha only trembled like this under two circumstances.
One was impatience, and the other was excitent.
After thinking for a mont, gumi imdiately ruled out impatience.
It was just peeling garlic—there was no reason to be impatient.
It could only be excitent.
But why would Utaha-senpai be excited?
gumi stared intently at the tablecloth, suspecting sothing big was going on beneath it.
In fact, she had guessed everything correctly.
Haru had given Utaha a glance, signaling her to settle down, but she pretended not to notice.
With no other choice, Haru continued peeling garlic while secretly lifting the tablecloth to glance underneath.
A small black stockinged foot appeared in his line of sight.
The black stockings faintly revealed her fair skin, and her slippers had long been kicked off. Her foot was smooth and delicate, perfectly shaped.
Haru quietly lowered the tablecloth, using his gaze to silently remind Utaha: "That's enough, right?"
This ti, Utaha responded.
She lifted her flushed face, her already charming eyes now gleaming with a more enticing light.
The look in her eyes clearly said: "Go ahead!"
Haru couldn't let her keep pressing forward and quickly grabbed her small foot.
In that instant, her body tensed for a second before quickly relaxing again.
Haru kept peeling garlic with one hand, while his other hand held her "weapon" in a calm manner.
Utaha experintally tried to pull her leg back, but Haru held onto it firmly.
In this strange atmosphere, one of them calmly peeled garlic, while the other, blushing, lowered her head to peel garlic.
Once all the garlic was peeled, Haru imdiately released the black stockinged foot and got up to take the plate.
Utaha didn't rush to return; she was clearly aware that her face was still a little warm.
No rush, just wait a bit.
She was confident she could adjust her emotions in a short ti.
That was her original plan.
However, unexpectedly, gumi's voice suddenly ca from behind: "Utaha-senpai, why aren't you back to pet the cat?"
Utaha jumped in surprise, but she quickly regained her composure and turned around. gumi stood there, her expression calm.
Yukino, hearing the voice, also looked over.
Utaha acted quickly, deliberately turning her face and using her falling hair to hide her expression, saying faintly: "Since Yukino likes the cat so much, there's no need for to compete with her."
Yukino, not knowing what had happened under the table, didn't mind and chuckled lightly: "Are you sure it's not because you fell into my trap and are feeling embarrassed, so you don't want to co back?"
Utaha pretended not to hear.
But the next second, her expression almost collapsed.
Because gumi silently took out her phone and held it in front of her.
It was a photo.
A photo of the dining table.
In the photo, Utaha only appeared from behind, while Haru had his face in clear view, seriously peeling garlic.
Everything seed normal.
The catch was, if you didn't look at the slightly lifted tablecloth below.
"gumi, you…"
Utaha opened her mouth, wanting to question her, but then rembered Yukino was not far away and hurriedly stopped.
gumi put away her phone and softly said: "Did Utaha-senpai help seriously just now?"
"Yes."
Utaha didn't hesitate to reply. She did peel at least one garlic clove.
gumi nodded thoughtfully: "I see."
What do you see?
Utaha nearly couldn't help but ask out loud.
gumi bent over and whispered in her ear: "Utaha -senpai, don't do such strange things anymore. Whether it's or Yukino who saw it, it will have a very bad impact."
Utaha's face, which had just cooled down, reddened again.
"I understand."
She awkwardly turned her face away and whispered in response.
In her mind, she felt that her behavior of teasing Haru in such a situation had probably caused him discomfort.
gumi nodded and turned to leave.
Utaha quickly grabbed her hand. When gumi turned back in confusion, Utaha silently mouthed: "Photo."
gumi took out her phone and deleted the photo in front of her.
Utaha let out a sigh of relief.
After such an exciting event, she wasn't sure if she could sit back down, so she pretended to make a call on the balcony to calm herself down.
As soon as gumi returned to her seat, Yukino, who had been petting the cat, walked over: "What weird topic were you two talking about just now?"
"Weird?" gumi tilted her head.
Yukino's gaze was filled with unconvincing confidence: "Although I didn't hear everything clearly, I definitely heard you ntion my na."
gumi's tone was calm: "It's nothing much, just that Utaha-senpai did sothing that made uncomfortable, so I talked to her about it."
Uncomfortable?
What could make you feel uncomfortable?
Aren't you supposed to be calmly playing with your phone while observing everything around you?
Yukino narrowed her eyes, trying to pick up clues from gumi's face, but the latter was as calm as ever, unshaken.
Eventually, Yukino turned her attention away, casually patting the cat's head: "I still rember that one thing you said to back then."
gumi didn't ask what it was.
If Yukino specifically brought it up, it must have been sothing gumi said before: "I don't like him."
"What does Yukino want to ask?" gumi gently asked.
Yukino, uninterested, looked at the TV program: "Are you going to keep helping your senpai?"
gumi didn't respond imdiately. Instead, she slowly said: "If Yukino has any questions, I'll do my best to answer."
Yukino laughed lightly: "I thought so."
Her laugh seed mocking, almost dismissive.
Her intuition was right; gumi wasn't as reliable as she appeared.
A backstab from a partner?
That was the hardest to defend.
So for the first ti, Yukino extended an invitation to gumi: "If you have ti another day, we could find a place to sit and talk."
"Sure." gumi agreed.
Neither of them pursued the topic further.
Yukino just wanted to find an opportunity to explore gumi's true feelings and confirm her suspicion that gumi was of a very high level.
gumi's quick agreent was likely to learn more about Yukino herself.
Knowing both sides is the best strategy.
In the living room, the three girls had a dozen different thoughts between them.
After dinner, completely unaware of everything, Haru, during the "sage ti," insisted on dragging the three girls to exercise.
While Yukino and gumi did want to improve after dinner, their options didn't include exercise.
They wanted to do sothing else, like studying or learning photography-related knowledge.
But Haru was determined.
Even Utaha, who wanted to slack off and rest, was dragged along.
At 7 PM.
Without suggesting to stay over, Utaha and gumi went downstairs to return ho, and Haru was responsible for seeing them off.
But a while later, Yukino, who had just finished showering, heard the doorbell ring.
Haru, who had just co out holding clothes, went to open the door.
Standing at the door was none other than Utaha.
"Why are you back again? Did you forget sothing?" Haru instinctively asked.
Utaha looked pleased: "I'm staying over tonight."
Haru was taken aback: "Didn't gumi cover for you?"
"This ti it's the drama club senpai who helped , because she's been to my house before, and I introduced her to my mom. So when I called saying I was going to discuss the script at her place, my mom agreed quickly."
Utaha entered and took off her shoes.
Haru froze, thinking that she didn't ask gumi for help. Did sothing happen between them?
Just then, Yukino peeked out from inside. As soon as she saw Utaha taking off her shoes, she frowned: "No wonder you didn't suggest staying over earlier. Returning on purpose… was this part of your plan?"
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