At the same time, on the other side...
Nino: "Why hasn't Shiratori come back yet? Didn't she see the phone I left on the sofa?"
Yotsuba: "Where did Shiratori-sensei go?!"
The next day
Hakuto woke up just as the sky began to lighten, quietly getting out of bed.
He carefully walked out of his room and, seeing that no one else was awake, let out a sigh of relief.
There was no way around it; no one could find out that he had slept next to Itsuki yesterday, or else it would definitely cause trouble.
Although Hakuto didn't do anything, under these circumstances, whether he did or not wouldn't matter much.
"Back to school again..." Hakuto frowned. It wasn't that he hated school or anything, but it just seemed like there was no real purpose to it anymore.
"Forget it, just doing this for Teacher Shizuka..." he muttered.
Creek~
The sound of the door opening came, and Hakuto looked up towards the second floor. He saw Miku slowly walking down the stairs, her eyes still sleepy.
"Good morning, Miku."
"Mm... Good morning, Hakuto..." Miku, still looking lazy, plopped down on the sofa, resting her head on Hakuto's leg as she stretched.
"Where did Hakuto go last night...?" Miku asked with her eyes half-closed, still not fully awake.
"I went out for a midnight snack," Hakuto replied, shaking his head. He couldn't exactly tell her he was secretly watching the five sisters' every move.
"Why didn't you call me...?"
"Because you were asleep, Miku."
Hakuto gently combed through Miku's messy hair, which had gotten all frizzy from just waking up, and explained softly.
Miku seemed to like this, lying on his leg like a cat.
"Next time, Hakuto can wake me up... you can call me even if I'm sleeping..."
"Okay, next time, I definitely will."
To Miku, if given a choice between sleeping or spending time with Hakuto, she would choose the latter without hesitation.
"Did you sleep on the sofa last night, Hakuto?"
Hakuto didn't say anything, just nodded. He wasn't lying, but by not saying anything, it wasn't really a lie either!
Miku saw him nodding and then continued, "You could've come to my room, I don't lock my door..."
"Thanks for the offer, Miku."
"No need to thank me..."
Just then, Yotsuba appeared, not sure when she had woken up.
"Eh? Shiratori-sensei, you're back?" Yotsuba saw Hakuto downstairs and quickly ran down to sit in front of him.
"Miku, move over a bit, let me have some space."
"No..."
"Eh? But I want to lie on Shiratori-sensei's leg too."
Miku glanced at Yotsuba, thinking for a moment, then slightly adjusted her position to make room for Yotsuba.
"Hehe~ Thanks, Miku."
So, Miku and Yotsuba each lay on one of Hakuto's legs.
Hakuto thought to himself that if he had five legs, the five sisters would probably have enough space.
"Shiratori-sensei, when did you come back?" Yotsuba, lying on his leg, suddenly asked.
"About two o'clock, why?"
"Two o'clock?" Yotsuba's pupils widened. "Then where did you sleep, Shiratori-sensei?"
"On the sofa, where else?"
"Eh? Why didn't you come to my room?"
"Because you went back to your room."
"It doesn't matter, my bed's big enough..."
Yotsuba said nonchalantly, as if she didn't think of Hakuto as a guy at all.
"We'll talk about it later..." Hakuto tapped Yotsuba's forehead with his hand. He really wished he had more hands at this point.
Girls usually don't wear bras when they sleep in their pajamas, and right now, both Miku and Yotsuba were wearing pajamas...
In other words, if they moved even a little bit more, Hakuto might see everything...
However, Hakuto didn't think too much about it.
After all, what was meant to be his would eventually be his, and what wasn't meant to be his didn't matter, no matter how many times he looked.
It was like when he saw those borderline girls on short videos; Hakuto truly didn't understand what was so interesting.
Was it really necessary to keep watching something that didn't belong to him?
He looked out the window, the sky fully bright now. If he were in a rural area, he might still hear a rooster crowing.
"We still have class today..." Hakuto glanced at the two sisters lying on his bed, knowing that they would soon be back in dreamland.
Seeing this, Hakuto reached out and pinched their faces, lifting them up slowly.
"Eh(;一_一)?"
"Ow, ow, ow, Shiratori-sensei, let me go."
With Hakuto's pinch, Miku and Yotsuba quickly woke up.
"Come on, you two, go wash up and change clothes. We still have to go to school later..."
"It hurts..."
"Don't dawdle, or I'll pinch the other side."
"No, no, no, Shiratori-sensei, I'm going right now!"
Yotsuba quickly grabbed Miku, and they hurried back to their rooms to change clothes.
By the time they finished changing, the others were also coming out of their rooms.
"Good morning, everyone."
"Good morning, Shiratori-sensei..."
"You came back yesterday!"
"Good morning, Shiratori-kun."
Nino, looking at Hakuto sitting on the sofa, unconsciously clenched her fists!
She had waited for him in her room for who knows how long, and had gotten so foolish waiting, but he never knocked on her door.
She had thought Hakuto hadn't come back! But now, with the others around, Nino couldn't blow up, or she would have to ask Hakuto what was going on.
Ichika looked at Nino's resentful face and seemed to have guessed something. She asked, "Shiratori-kun, did you sleep on the sofa yesterday?"
Hakuto nodded without speaking, but he silently glanced at Itsuki.
Itsuki didn't pay attention to Hakuto's gaze, only turning her head away without saying anything.
"On the sofa..." Ichika nodded thoughtfully. "Looks like someone's fantasy has burst like a bubble~"
"Ichika, you want instant noodles, right?"
"Eh? If Nino doesn't cook, then I'll just go to Shiratori-kun, after all, Shiratori-kun's cooking is so delicious."
Saying this, Ichika leaned on Hakuto's shoulder, even giving Nino a provocative look.
"Hah? Only you, Ichika, could say something like that about going to a guy's place."
"Because Nino, you don't cook."
"I'll really stop cooking for you if you keep this up."
"Wait, if I really go to Shiratori-kun, you'll just have to be quiet."
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