Beginning to light the smoke

　　"What are you two doing standing there? Come here and sit."

　　 Nino smiled and waved at the two of them, her tone very enthusiastic.

　　Rui frowned, feeling wary in her heart while maintaining a calm expression on the outside.

　　"Thank you for your kindness. I am truly sorry for this unexpected visit."

　　"It's okay~ I missed the opportunity that time at the zoo, and now I can have a good chat with Rui. I welcome you"

　　Nino watched them walk towards the sofa, patted the empty seat next to her, and smiled kindly.

　　"Let go of Shi-kun's hand and sit here with me, Rui-chan."

　　"…"

　　Rui remained silent and held Shinichi's hand a little harder.

　　Nino smiled and didn't say anything, but her eyes were focused on where their hands were.

　　"Oh, Nino, don't make the atmosphere tense. Shinichi-kun and Rui-chan are here to play right? We have to show the Nakano family hospitality."

　　While holding the tea, Ichika stepped in with a relaxed tone.

　　"Everyone, sit down and drink herbal tea. It's very hot outside. It's really hard for you to walk here.." Placing the tray on the table, she blinked and looked at the bag in Shinichi's hand.

　　"It is..."

　　Shinichi handed the gift he brought to Itsuki beside him.

　　"One was to celebrate Miku's recovery from the flu, and the other was a gift for visiting her home. They are just little biscuits."

　　"You are very polite." Itsuki's eyes lit up when she heard the word biscuit, but suppressed her excitement and she nodded and accepted with a smile.

　　Miku emerged from the sofa with her back facing them, her chin resting on the back of the chair.

　　"Shinichi, thank you..."

　　Then when she saw him and Rui making out, she immediately snorted, and her tone was cold.

　　"Itsuki, I will give you my share."

　　Itsuki beamed with joy, then quickly suppressed her expression, and said hesitantly: "Miku, this is so rude…"

　　"I don't want to be polite to the jovial Shinichi."

　　After saying these words, Miku stopped making any sound and continued sitting in the corner of the sofa.

　　"Okay, everyone, please sit down."

　　The eldest sister in the family gave orders, Itsuki sat on the sofa on the left with two bags of biscuits, and Ichika and Miku sat on the sofa on the right. Meanwhile, Shinichi and Rui sat across from the main sofa.

　　Directly in front was Nino, with her legs stacked, arms folded across her chest, and looking at them with an unfriendly expression.

　　To distract herself from the tension, Rui looked around, and asked strangely.

　　"Where is Yotsuba?"

　　Shinichi's eyes immediately became a little subtle.

　　Ichika pointed upwards with an irresistible smile.

　　"She is unwell and is resting there."

　　At the same time, Yotsuba's room door opened slightly, a faint coughing sound came out, and a sign was placed high so that everyone on the first floor could see it.

　　|Please don't pay attention to me! Have fun everyone!|

　　Rui sighed: "People with that kind of vitality can also catch colds..."

　　Thinking that this was someone else's house, she who was originally outspoken, resisted the urge to say, "Can idiots catch a cold?"

　　When she turned around to look, she found that everyone except her had slightly strange expressions on their faces, as if they were trying to stop laughing.

　　"What is wrong?"

　　She looked at Shinichi beside her in confusion.

　　"It's okay, I have the same idea as you."

　　Shinichi said calmly: "It should be Miku who transmitted the cold to Yotsuba. Let's visit her later."

　　"Okay..."

　　Rui found that Miku was looking at Shinichi with dissatisfied eyes.

　　However, it was natural for her to feel angry because she was considered to be the source of the virus transmission, she didn't doubt anything, she turned to Nino and suggested.

　　"We brought playing cards and some small board games. Do you want to play now?"

　　There are playing cards in the house, and a board game borrowed by Shinichi.

　　Of course, if the other party skipped the foreplay and went straight to the topic, those preparations would be wasted. For more details, please refer to yesterday's Ichika. In an atmosphere like that, there is absolutely no way to play happily.

　　Even if she wasn't kicked out, Rui was ready to leave immediately after saying this. After all, she was here to show her love, not to play games, let alone to establish a good relationship with them.

　　As a fake girlfriend who came to her love rival's base camp, she should have this kind of awareness.

　　"Okay."

　　Nino nodded and her voice echoed in the room without rebuttal.

　　"Before that, isn't it time to let go of your hand? Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to play the game."

　　Miku nodded, and Ichika held the smile on her face with one hand, watching their reactions curiously.

　　Rui was a little surprised. Ichika was so stimulated by her yesterday, Ichika still had that expression.

　　Was she pretending not to care on the surface? She was an actress, and it shouldn't be a problem for her to control her emotions.

　　But the most important thing now was responding to Nino, so Rui put the matter aside, leaned against Shinichi's arm, and smiled shyly.

　　"I will work with him. It's not easy to play the game if my left hand is injured."

　　Nino raised her eyebrows, looking a little strange.

　　"Hey, when did the relationship between your 'brother and sister' become so good?"

　　It's coming.

　　Rui's heart trembled, and she looked directly at her gaze, her voice unwavering.

　　"Sorry, but you didn't know that. This is just a daily interaction between couples, we usually do this at home, so please pay attention."

　　It was a very clear provocation, and she took the initiative to ignite the gunpowder.

　　Nino put her crossed legs back on the ground, the smile on her lips disappeared, and her ice blue eyes flashed with cold light.

　　"But this is my house. Your clingy behavior really makes me uncomfortable. "

　　"I understand, I'm sorry, I'll restrain myself," Rui apologized without any sincerity, and after slightly distancing herself from Shinichi, she glanced at the silent Miku.

　　"I just want to say that we may have inadvertently engaged in some relatively intimate behavior. I hope you are not offended. We obviously didn't mean it."

　　"…"

　　No one laughed, and the atmosphere returned to darkness.

　　At this moment, a word appeared in the minds of the Nakano quadruplets at the same time.

　　A declaration of war or a challenge.

　　Miku lowered her gaze, hugged her knees tightly with her hands, and spoke softly.

　　"That is clearly fake."

　　"Even though it's fake," Rui glanced at her, and smiled.

　　"I am also his girlfriend. After knowing some of you confessed to him, I always wanted to say this to you in person."

　　She let go of Shinichi's hand, took out a deck of playing cards from her pocket, and placed them on the table.

　　Rui spoke calmly.

　　"Okay, let's play the game."