Hakuto was completely stunned. He never expected Nao and Ginko to appear at his house at the same time.
"Damn... why does this feel like a battlefield..." Hakuto muttered under his breath.
Even though his relationship with Ginko was far from normal, he and Nao were nothing more than bantering friends.
At least, that's how Hakuto saw it. But there was no way Ginko would believe any explanation he gave.
Last time, just catching a glimpse of Hakuto interacting with Rikka nearly made Ginko kill him!
And now, if she saw Nao at Hakuto's place? Wouldn't she just tear the whole house down?!
"Can you hurry up? It's really hot outside..."
"Almost done! I'm still putting on my pants..."
"It's not like I haven't seen— Never mind, just get dressed first."
Hearing Ginko back down, Hakuto let out a sigh of relief. He was genuinely afraid she'd just use a spare key to barge in.
Listening to the pounding on the door, Hakuto felt like his world was collapsing.
"President! Stop knocking on the door!"
"Then let me out!"
"This is going to kill me..." Hakuto, valuing his life, made a tough decision. "President, I owe you one."
Gritting his teeth, Hakuto made a promise to Nao. This was the only way out. Knocking her unconscious wasn't an option.
"Hm? Really?"
"Really, really!"
As expected, upon hearing those words, Nao instantly stopped what she was doing.
One couldn't help but suspect that this was her goal all along. Now that she got what she wanted, she backed off!
"Alright then, I'll stay quiet for a bit..."
Nao nodded and sat down on Hakuto's bed.
"Hu~"
Seeing her finally calm down, Hakuto got ready to open the door and let Ginko in.
"Ginko, I'm done..."
Hakuto had initially planned to just tell her to use her key. But to his surprise, there was no response from the other side of the door.
"Ginko?"
Hakuto walked to the door and slowly opened it, only to be greeted not by Ginko, but by a pair of twitching bunny-ear headbands.
(●—●)?
Seeing the bunny ears, Hakuto was so startled that his mind went blank for a moment.
Since when did Ginko change her style...?
Before Hakuto could figure it out, the owner of the bunny ears suddenly jumped forward with excitement, wrapping herself around his neck.
"Wow! Shiratori-sensei! You opened the door before I even knocked!"
"Yotsuba?"
What the hell? Ginko turned into Yotsuba? That's a pretty drastic change...
No, no, no! This isn't a horror movie! There's no way that happened!
As expected, standing not far behind Yotsuba was Ginko, holding a sun umbrella with an expression so dark it looked like a storm was coming.
The sight made Hakuto feel like six of his seven souls had left his body in terror.
"Yotsuba! Get down!"
Not wasting a second, Hakuto pried Yotsuba off his neck.
And it was only then that he realized—it wasn't just Yotsuba. The other four sisters were here too.
Wait, what?! It's Friday, right? What are they doing here?!
Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, Itsuki, Ginko, Nao!
How the hell did all seven of them end up here at the same time?!
Is this a convention or something?!
No, no! Focus!
Hakuto looked at the six girls in front of him, trembling as he stepped aside to make space.
"It's hot outside. Please, come in..."
As he spoke, Hakuto noticed that Nino and Ginko were locked in an intense staring contest.
Only when he moved aside did they finally look away.
"Excuse us!"
"Sorry for the intrusion~"
"Good morning..."
As the girls stepped inside one by one, Hakuto felt the crushing pressure on him ease up a little.
But if Nino hadn't brushed against him while passing by, he might have actually believed things were fine.
And it wasn't just Nino—Ginko also smacked his knee with her folding fan as she walked past.
Hakuto was at a loss. He always avoided situations where his clients met each other. But why did everything just happen to line up like this today?
Seeing the whole thing, Miku quietly asked, "Hakuto... are you okay?"
"I'm fine..." As expected, Miku was the kindest.
"By the way, why are you all here? Don't you have classes today?"
"The big exams start next Monday..."
With that, Miku entered the room, leaving Hakuto standing there, baffled.
Wait, what? What do exams have to do with coming to my house? Shouldn't you be studying at school?
Hakuto was completely lost. But at least, he had managed to hide Nao in his room beforehand, or things would be even worse!
Looking at the six girls now seated on his couch, Hakuto sighed.
So this is the downside of making money, huh?
But since things had come to this, he figured he should at least make some introductions.
"Uh... let me introduce—"
Before Hakuto could finish, Ginko suddenly spoke up.
"Sora Ginko."
As she said that, she shot Hakuto a sharp glare, as if to say, "I'm letting you off for now, but we'll settle this later."
Hakuto broke into a cold sweat. This was definitely not how he had planned for today to go. He was already calculating his escape routes...
Ginko simply stated her name in a cold tone, making it clear she had no intention of socializing.
Of course, Yotsuba was the exception.
"Nice to meet you! I'm Nakano Yotsuba, one of Shiratori-sensei's students!"
As expected of Yotsuba! Completely oblivious to the tense atmosphere!
Hakuto loved how simple-minded she was. So easy to deal with!
Seeing Yotsuba introduce herself, the other four sisters followed suit out of politeness.
"Nakano Miku..."
"Hello, I'm Nakano Ichika."
"Ugh... Nakano Nino."
"Nakano Itsuki. I'm also one of Shiratori-sensei's students."
Hearing the introductions, Ginko glanced at Hakuto.
"Students? What do you mean?"
"I mean tutoring... Just earning some pocket money." Hakuto smiled his signature grin.
From Ginko's perspective, Hakuto's life had never been particularly well-off. While not exactly struggling, he certainly wasn't well-off either.
Although Ginko's salary and prize money were enough to support Hakuto for a lifetime, she knew he wasn't the type to accept that.
So, upon hearing that he was working as a tutor, her dangerous glare softened.
After all, it was understandable for Hakuto to make some money on his own.
If he was a tutor, then he had no say in who his students were.
So it wasn't impossible that he just happened to be tutoring five beautiful sisters.
However, Ginko could tell that these five didn't just see Hakuto as their teacher.
Especially that Nino...
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