"Sister, you wouldn't want me to play the audio of you calling out Hikari-kun's name while entertaining yourself in your room yesterday for him to hear in person, would you?"
Swish!
Kaede's small face instantly flushed entirely red, spreading all the way from the roots of her ears down to her neck. Even the tips of her ears were burning, and the schoolbag in her hand almost dropped to the ground.
"Suzu... y-why are you violating my privacy again!"
"What exactly do you want to do? You absolutely must not play it to Hikari-kun!", Kaede clenched her silver teeth, leaning in close and speaking to Suzu softly through gritted teeth.
Facing Kaede's utterly non-threatening threat, Suzu had a leisurely expression, not only not caring at all, but instead threatening Kaede back, "Sister, if you don't want me to play the audio of you entertaining yourself for Hikari-kun to hear..."
"Then you'll hold Hikari-kun's hand while crossing the road in a bit. Remember to be a bit more proactive..."
Hearing these words, Kaede's pretty face turned even redder, like a maple leaf dyed red by the setting sun.
Suzu's demand was simply too embarrassing for her.
But the moment she thought of that even more shameful audio recording of her entertaining herself, she wished even more that she could find a crack in the ground to hide in.
Seeing that the red light had already started flashing, and the green light was about to turn on.
Kaede could only grit her teeth, steeling her heart...
"I'll hold it! I'll hold it, alright!"
Forcing back the burning heat in her cheeks, Kaede, as if having made some sort of resolution, suddenly reached out her hand and grasped toward Hikari's palm.
The instant her fingertips touched the warm back of Hikari's hand, her body uncontrollably trembled, and even her breathing grew lighter.
Seeing Hikari turn his head, seemingly looking at her with some confusion, Kaede hurriedly explained with a flushed red face, "Th... that! I'm a bit afraid of there being too many cars crossing the road, Hi... Hikari-kun, can you pull me along a bit?"
Hikari looked down at the soft and warm small hand lightly resting on his thumb, then looked at Kaede at the side, whose face was so red it was about to emit smoke and even her short hair was about to stand on end, and couldn't help but smile.
He didn't refuse her action; instead, he cooperatively flipped his hand over and gently held her soft hand.
"No problem, follow me. If we're any later, the red light will turn green again," Hikari's voice carried a smile, like a warm breeze in spring, intoxicating the young girl a little.
Kaede felt her heartbeat skip a beat instantly; her whole person was a bit dizzy, and her body felt like it was about to float up.
Actually, holding hands with Hikari or something like that, she was completely willing.
She had even imagined actions far more excessive and intimate than this in her mind.
But in reality, every time she saw him, she couldn't help but feel shy.
She didn't expect that under her sister Suzu's coercion this time, she would instead smoothly achieve her goal.
This made Kaede feel both happy and pleasantly surprised in her heart.
And Suzu on the side kept staring at her; seeing Kaede obediently listen and do as told, she nodded expressionlessly.
Then she also reached out one of her hands, lightly holding Hikari's empty hand.
"?"
Noticing this scene, a question mark popped up over Kaede's head.
Hikari also turned his head, looking at Suzu, who was silent in her movements.
"I am also a bit afraid of crossing the road alone."
The expressionless beautiful girl still had that expressionless dead-fish face, her tone incomparably calm as she spoke.
"Then let's walk together," Seeing this, Hikari didn't say much more.
Thus, at the intersection in the Tokyo morning, a wonderful scene appeared.
The handsome young man was being held by the hands of two twin beautiful girls wearing sailor uniforms, one on the left and one on the right, lining up in a row to cross the road.
Standing in the middle, Hikari felt that he was a bit like a kindergarten teacher taking children across the road.
While Kaede on the left blushed, keeping her head buried low, her shoulder-length short hair falling down to cover more than half of her face.
Suzu on the right, on the other hand, had a calm face, her beautiful eyes looking straight ahead, as if what she was holding wasn't a boy's hand, but a Walmart shopping bag.
However, slight sweat was also faintly emerging in her palm.
Evidently, holding hands with Hikari, the younger sister Suzu wasn't as calm as she appeared on the surface...
And seeing that Hikari could simultaneously hold the hands of this pair of twin beautiful girls, Kaede and Suzu, to cross the road, the surrounding office workers and students passing by all turned their heads to look.
The envy, jealousy, and hatred in their eyes were almost overflowing.
"Sugoi... how did this guy do it?"
"They're twins, right? They both look so cute! And their figures are so full!"
"Child-faced, large-breasted twins, this damn winner in life! Why couldn't I meet this kind of good thing when I was going to school!"
"I really like that kind of short-haired, cold, expressionless beautiful girl! Uwaaa, I want to hold hands too!"
"Give me back my life! Give me back my twin childhood friends, ahhh!"
The rising and falling low-voiced discussions floated into their ears.
Hikari's expression was calm, Suzu turned a deaf ear, while Kaede flushed with the redness of three people, feeling that even her neck was burning.
But after crossing the road, the incomparably ashamed Kaede still refused to let go.
After all, the feeling of holding hands with the object of her nighttime fantasies was simply too great.
It wasn't until her palm was densely covered in sweat, the held hands slipping, and Suzu's eye signal hinting at her, that Kaede realized that going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
Only then did she let go of Hikari's hand.
Not long after Kaede let go of his hand, the three of them passed by the Morita household.
Because of the matter with the Succubus Erimin last night, Hikari naturally paid a bit more attention to it.
Just then, a figure walked out from the Morita house.
It was exactly Morita Takashi.
Morita Takashi, carrying his schoolbag slung diagonally, was just planning to go out for school; however, very quickly he also noticed Hikari not far behind him.
The moment he saw Hikari, Morita Takashi immediately shivered.
"Hi... Hikari-kun, good morning!", Before Hikari could even speak, Morita Takashi immediately nodded and bowed, respectfully greeting him.
Hikari didn't show any expression toward this.
He was even a bit too lazy to respond.
And Kaede and Suzu on the left and right similarly didn't have any good impression of Morita Takashi, so they didn't even spare him a glance.
But just as Morita Takashi stood at attention, and Hikari was about to pass him, Hikari suddenly stopped his footsteps, turned his head, and asked him, "Morita Takashi, where is Mrs. Eri?"
Hearing Hikari's question, Morita Takashi was slightly stunned, "Are you asking about that old hag? Uh... she seems to be feeling a bit unwell today, and she didn't even make breakfast. She should still be sleeping."
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