Cake will always find its own way
"We're back..."
Several tired voices sounded in the empty Asada house.
After parting ways with the quintuplets at the zoo, Shinichi and the others arrived home at around 4 in the afternoon, the rain had stopped for a while, and the air was cool.
After some discussion, the three of them decided that today's dinner would be takeout sushi. Of course, Hina, the main perpetrator of the stalking, will pay for it.
While chatting on the way home, Shinichi also learns that she is the quintuplets' tutor. He was amazed at the miracle of fate and the miraculous selection criteria of the Nakano family father.
Hina also wanted to use the topic to accuse Shinichi of badmouthing her behind her back, but he looked at her with a friendly smile for two seconds. She suddenly didn't dare to say a word and shrank into Rui's arms for comfort.
Along the way, they didn't ask him about the quintuplets, and Shinichi thought that was good. Even though he might be called a bastard in Hina's eyes, he didn't want to worry about this with someone who wasn't his girlfriend.
Shinichi went into his room and put his bag down. Seeing that there was still time before dinner, he lay down on the bed and took out his cell phone to reply to the message.
He didn't expect the number to be so many.
There's Hayasaka, she says she's been a bit busy lately, and if she wants to make a dinner date, Shinichi should probably wait until school starts.
There's Chika, she went abroad not long after her summer trip. The photo of her eating Japanese curry in India really makes people want to complain.
There's Shirogane. He didn't work today and didn't know what he was going to do, so he went to the student council room. Unexpectedly, he met Kaguya there... The long list behind them was all about showing off his affection. Shinichi stopped watching.
There's also Fumino, she reminds him that she's coming to the Summer Festival next week and will be hanging out at Rizu's stall. This issue could have been discussed during cram school, and one could see her desire to do so.
As for Rizu, she rarely sent him messages and usually spoke directly when she had something to say. Their chat records were either about new udon products or studying. However, she has become more active recently and will take the initiative to share small things she encounters in her daily life.
After saying goodbye to the quintuplets, they sent a message.
Itsuki apologizes for the stalking.
As for Yotsuba...
[Shinichi-kun, I want to ask! If a piece of cake is coveted by three people, how can you make those three people happily compete for a piece of the cake? This is a question I saw in the textbook, there is absolutely nothing strange about it! Please don't think too much about it.]
"…"
Shinichi sighed softly.
He thought Yotsuba must be hinting at something, and the following addition was the best proof. Could it be that even Yotsuba is aware of the complicated relationship between them?
The possibility is very high. After all, Ichika shows her the same photo as the couple's outing. Comparing what he and Nino did today, Shinichi was worried that they were just Itsuki couldn't notice.
At night in the forest school, Yotsuba's false confession to himself... Thinking of her cheerful smiling face, Shinichi didn't think she was an idiot who didn't understand anything.
Is Yotsuba trying to use this metaphor to hint at him?
Shinichi thought for a moment before starting to press the screen.
[Cake will find a way out. – This sentence comes from the movie "Judgment Park". You can go and watch it when you have time]
Then regardless of whether Yotsuba understood or not, Shinichi saw the message from Miku.
Very simple, just one sentence.
[I want to go to the aquarium]
Shinichi smiled helplessly: "Are you competing…" Without hesitation, he typed a line very quickly.
[I don't have class next Thursday, are you free?]
Looked at his chat box where most of the girls were, and found that Nino hadn't sent any messages to him.
Nino didn't say what she was thinking today or when the next compensation date would be scheduled... Shinichi felt a little strange, but he didn't take the initiative to ask her about this.
Wait until Nino thinks about it, then Shinichi can cooperate with her. If she was too proactive, it would be the same as chasing her.
Just like an air conditioner, it won't work unless someone presses the button.
Without sufficient reason, Shinichi will not act.
He looked at the chat interface with Ichika.
There was a message in it that bothered him for a while.
[I have new work to complete recently. Please let me know if you think about it. By the way, are you free next week? I want to ask you something about acting. May I visit you at your home?]
Shinichi muttered to himself.
"What can we do about it..."
At that time, he did not respond directly to Ichika's request.
He disagrees because he learned from past mistakes.
He had seen a great man agree to a similar request. The great man not only practiced dating, holding hands and kissing, but also practiced how to give birth to children...
In the end the great man was stabbed several times and died. After being stabbed, a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair underwent a caesarean section. She smiled happily because there was no child in her.
The circumstances of the man's death were devastating, leaving a deep warning for men in later generations who also had strong romantic fortunes.
So how could Shinichi agree to such a bloody love question?
His first reaction after hearing this was to refuse directly. After chatting a few words with Ichika, he softened his attitude.
So after hesitating, he still replied to the message.
[Sorry to bother you with this kind of thing. If I really need help, I will tell you. Thank You. The afternoon on the weekend next week is fine. Come after lunch]
After sending it, Shinichi put his cell phone on the bedside table without checking whether it had been read, intending to sleep half an hour before dinner.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Can I come in?"
It was Rui's voice.