Chapter 325: The Line of Adultery
When Hayasaka Ai got home, it was already afternoon.
Along with her was Shinomiya Kaguya.
Kaguya said she wanted to see the new house of the two, but in reality, she was coming with a gossiping mindset.
Because she had heard — right now, in the new house of Sakurai Saki and Hayasaka Ai, there was a runaway girl.
As a result, when the two opened the door, they didn't see Nakano Nino anywhere, only Sakurai Saki and Shirogane Miyuki playing games in the living room.
"Yo, hey you two."
"Where's Nakano-san?" Shinomiya Kaguya asked anxiously.
Anyone who saw her might think she was the legal wife coming to catch someone cheating.
"She went out with Kei-chan."
Kaguya was full of question marks: "Went out?"
"Girls are always into those kinds of activities, but honestly, I don't get what's fun about strolling around the streets. … Wait, Shirogane, don't you dare throw that turtle shell—! Damn it! You actually threw it!" Sakurai Saki cursed: "Didn't you say you'd help me?!"
"Helping you with two knives to the ribs." Shirogane Miyuki smirked.
It had been a while since he last played games, so today was a good chance to relax a bit.
Besides, who says friends can't mess with each other when gaming? That's one of the greatest joys of multiplayer games — you have to taste it to know.
Shinomiya Kaguya felt a bit disappointed.
She was hoping for a dramatic love battlefield scene, but unfortunately, she didn't get to see Sakurai Saki embarrassed.
Haiz, does that mean she has to step in and argue with Ai-chan herself?
"Sakurai-chan, I'm home." Hayasaka Ai finally spoke her first line.
"Welcome back." Sakurai Saki replied.
Then he put down the controller.
Just in time, the match had also ended.
He took her luggage and went into Ai-chan's room.
After he left, all the pressure fell on Shirogane Miyuki.
Shirogane: Σ(°△°ꪱꪱꪱ)
As Sakurai Saki's close friend, he probably knew if anything weird happened during the two days Sakurai was away.
"Shirogane President."
Hayasaka & Shirogane: ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝) (—ᴗ—ᵕ)
"Huh? What's the matter?" Shirogane Miyuki tried to look calm.
"Has my boyfriend acted strange these past two days? For example, getting unusually close to Nakano-san."
"No, they just talked."
Aside from kissing a student right at the front door, everything was fine.
"..." Hayasaka Ai tilted her head, for a moment she didn't know what to say next.
Could it be that the two of them really had nothing going on, just a pure relationship?
"Talked, huh? I think that's already cheating!" Shinomiya Kaguya rubbed her chin and said calmly.
The line of adultery!
Every girl has a different definition of "cheating."
Some think kissing already counts as betrayal, some think even going to a hotel together is just "having fun" and still totally OK.
A person's line of adultery clearly reflects their view on love.
"No no no, Shinomiya, a man and a woman having a little private talk is nothing, right? That counts as cheating too?" Shirogane Miyuki retorted.
From Shirogane Miyuki's perspective, as long as they weren't caught kissing or entering a hotel, then it was purely innocent interaction between the two sexes, and even the school's disciplinary committee couldn't object.
"President Shirogane, where we're standing right now is the new house of Sakurai-san and Hayasaka-san. In a place like this, talking privately with another woman, and you still don't think that's cheating?"
"There was no intimacy." Shirogane Miyuki complained.
"I think at least they have to be caught kissing for it to count as cheating, right?"
"That's true… cough cough, no, I mean kissing is totally OK in my opinion." Shinomiya Kaguya changed her tone halfway through her sentence.
Kaguya: (,,¬﹏¬,,)
Next to her, Hayasaka Ai cut in after hearing Kaguya's words:
"Kissing someone else's boyfriend, and doing it while knowing full well he already has a girlfriend — what do you think of that kind of girl, President Shirogane?"
"She's a piece of trash. If I saw one, I'd stay hundreds of meters away." Shirogane Miyuki felt a chill run down his spine.
"..."
The Shinomiya Kaguya ship — sunk!
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
She didn't mean it! At that time, she had just woken up and couldn't help herself!
"But I still think just talking privately doesn't count as cheating." Hayasaka Ai rubbed her forehead, "If he really kissed another girl here, or even did those kinds of things, then I'd have to use some special methods."
For example — making him unable to get out of bed.
At that moment, Sakurai Saki came out of the room.
Then he noticed Ai-chan's gaze on him was unusually intense.
He shivered a little. It was kind of scary.
...
By evening, Nino texted to say she was coming back, and also said that if Hayasaka Ai was already home, then she could just go out and rent a hotel to sleep.
Sounded like a stray puppy. Just hearing it was already pitiful.
"What's wrong? You look all conflicted." Hayasaka Ai asked with a laugh when she saw Sakurai Saki's face.
"Nino still doesn't want to go home. She fought with her sisters and left, and no one came to find her." Sakurai Saki sighed.
"Pouting like an elementary school kid?"
"Kinda like that, yeah."
Right now there were only the two of them at home.
Shinomiya Kaguya and Shirogane Miyuki had already gone home.
"Let her stay here." Hayasaka Ai thought for a while and said.
A girl who ran away from home — it would be too dangerous to let her wander outside.
"You're not jealous? I think Nino kinda likes you." Sakurai Saki turned off his phone and looked at her.
"Uh huh."
— Do you know the authority of the official girlfriend?
As long as she was still his girlfriend, those foxes wouldn't be able to raise their heads!
"In that case, call her over. It's dangerous for a girl to spend the night in a net café or hotel."
"What does she like to eat?" Ai-chan paused her chopping and asked.
"Sweets."
"Oho, you sure know a lot." Ai-chan let out a small "hmph."
!!( ˶°ㅁ°) (≖_≖ )
— Shit, stepped on a landmine!
Sakurai Saki hurriedly explained: "I used to go to their house to tutor her, every time I saw Nino baking stuff like crepes or egg tarts."
"I'll let it slide this time."
But honestly, just the words "often goes to her house" were already NG.
Still, Ai-chan chose to give him a way out.
"Haa~" Sakurai Saki let out a light sigh of relief.
Hearing his sigh, Hayasaka Ai let out a soft laugh.
Scared to this extent, huh?
She lowered her head and glanced at the kitchen knife in her hand.
"This knife is pretty sharp too."
( ＾◡＾)っ▬ι═ﺤ╰⋃╯
...
A little over ten minutes later.
"S-sorry for disturbing." Nakano Nino pushed the door open and stepped in.
Honestly, facing Hayasaka Ai directly made her a bit nervous.
Mainly because these past few days she had been "sneaking around" quite a lot.
"Hello, Nino-chan." Hayasaka Ai tilted her head slightly and greeted her with a smile.
Nino felt like that smile had… real knives hidden behind it.
(♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈) (ó﹏ò｡)
So she timidly said, "Hello, Hayasaka-san."
"Just call me Ai."
"Ai-san." Nino repeated once, then smiled gently at her.
Could it be she guessed wrong? Ai-san actually seemed pretty easy to get along with.
"Alright then, come in quickly. You haven't eaten dinner yet, right? We just finished cooking, let's eat together."
'We just finished cooking?' Nino repeated in her heart.
Sorry, I take back what I said.
This woman… is no ordinary woman.
She's on a high level.
"Well then… sorry for the trouble."
"No trouble at all. If you're tired at night, you can just sleep over too."
Nino nodded.