"Hiss...."
Hearing footsteps coming from the stairs, Nino didn't care who it was or why they were coming down.
She quickly lay down on the floor and crawled away from the sofa like a little cat.
"Better not let me find out who it is....."
She muttered softly but kept moving without slowing down. In no time, she reached the window and hid behind the curtain.
"Phew~"
Once behind the curtain, Nino let out a sigh of relief. She peeked out just enough to observe the situation outside.
From her perspective, someone about the same size as her was crouching in front of the sofa, seemingly watching over Hakuto.
"I can't see clearly...."
It was dusk, and there was no nearby light source. The moonlight was blocked by the curtain, making it impossible for Nino to see the person's face.
All five sisters had similar figures, and at this moment, none of them had distinctive hairstyles or accessories, so it was natural that she couldn't recognize them.
But the next second, the person took out a phone, using the faint light from the screen to illuminate the scene.
At this moment, Nino finally saw who was standing next to the sofa.
Miku!
And she was still in her pajamas, looking drowsy.
"Huh?!!"
Nino's eyes widened in disbelief. She had no idea why Miku had come downstairs—surely she wasn't sleepwalking?
Meanwhile, on Hakuto's side, now that the air conditioning was on, his previously furrowed brows had relaxed.
His sweat had lessened considerably, but his clothes were still soaked, revealing his well-defined muscle lines.
"Hmm? Is the blanket too thick?"
Miku gently brushed aside Hakuto's bangs, completely unconcerned about the sweat on them.
Then she picked up the blanket from the floor, folded it neatly, and placed it at the foot of the sofa.
She didn't think too much of it. After all, it was easy to understand how someone could unconsciously kick off their blanket if they were feeling too hot.
Speaking of which, Hakuto's shoes had actually been taken off earlier by Yotsuba, that air headed girl.
At this moment, Miku noticed something—a blanket under the sofa.
"Nino was here..."
She instinctively glanced upstairs, unaware that the person she was talking about was hiding right behind the curtain.
As sisters, Miku naturally recognized that the extra blanket under the sofa belonged to Nino.
Judging by its condition, it was clearly the one Nino always used, not a spare or a new one.
Miku picked up Nino's blanket, folded it just as neatly, and placed it next to Hakuto's feet.
After finishing that, she crouched beside Hakuto again, propping her chin on her hand and staring at his face under the dim glow of her phone.
"Oda Nobunaga..." Miku murmured.
Then she opened the "Three Kingdoms Kill" card game on the coffee table, took out the "God Zhao Yun" character card, and placed it in front of Hakuto.
"Zhao Yun... Zhao Zilong..."
Actually, Miku had also seen the scene Yotsuba had described—Hakuto fighting. She just never mentioned it.
In the past, Miku wouldn't have given such things much thought. But that time was different.
It wasn't just a fight for the sake of fighting—it was a fight to intimidate those delinquents.
That kind of action, that kind of intent!
The overwhelming dominance he displayed was something Miku couldn't forget!
And this afternoon, his gentle demeanor had made her feel as if she were basking in a warm breeze.
These two contrasting sides of Hakuto lingered in her mind, refusing to fade.
What was supposed to be a routine awakening had instead led her to think of Hakuto the moment she opened her eyes.
By the time she realized it, she was already standing in front of the sofa.
"He really is handsome... No wonder Nino was so upset after getting rejected that she couldn't even eat..."
Hiding behind the curtain, Nino heard Miku's words and immediately exploded with anger!
"What do you mean I was too upset to eat?! Who could possibly eat after going through something like that?!"
Why did she sound like some kind of rejected loser in Miku's eyes?! It was just a refusal to exchange contact information!
Nino clenched her fists.
Damn it!
Just wait—once I win over Hakuto, I'll make him change his contact method every single day and send it to me in a different way each time!
"Wait... What is Miku still doing here?"
If she had only come to check on Hakuto, why was she staying so long?!
It was too dark for Nino to see Miku's exact actions. She only knew that her sister was crouched in front of Hakuto, doing something.
"Could it be... Miku is interested in Hakuto too? What the hell! I thought she said personality was more important..."
Nino had no idea that Miku was drawn to something else about Hakuto. She simply assumed that, like herself, Miku had fallen for his looks.
As the runaway train of romance, there was no way Nino would just sit by and watch Miku act recklessly!
"Get—" Just as Nino was about to yank open the curtain and rush out, another door upstairs suddenly creaked open!
"Huh?!"
"Eh~!"
Both Nino and Miku turned their gazes upstairs at the same time, their bodies freezing in place.
They even forgot to breathe.
As the person upstairs stepped onto the staircase, just like Miku had earlier, both Nino and Miku sprang into action.
Nino immediately retracted the word she was about to shout and hid behind the curtain again.
Miku, on the other hand, hastily turned off her phone screen and frantically scanned her surroundings.
In the end, she chose to hide in the same spot as Nino, except one was on the left and the other on the right.
Nino: "Who is it this time?!"
Miku: "Who's coming down..."
Both of them gripped their phones tightly, hoping that whoever was on the stairs hadn't noticed them.
Otherwise, they'd have no choice but to pretend they were sleepwalking to cover it up.
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