"Ugh... Kaguya, just kill me."
Before dawn, Ai Hayasaka was shaken awake by a restless Kaguya. Ever since dropping the mask, Kaguya had become a total "love-brain" klutz.
"I'm not your maid anymore," Ai groaned into her pillow. "If you're horny, go finger yourself or launch a night raid on his house. Let me sleep."
Kaguya was anxious because she couldn't stop thinking about Rin—and the fact that he was probably holding another girl right now.
"Ai... please... help me..." Kaguya begged.
"I said I'd help! But you have to listen to me."
"I will!" Kaguya nodded. Her knowledge of romance came entirely from the NTR manga Kaede had given her. In those stories, people started fucking by page three. Confessions and dates were usually skipped in favor of immediate penetration.
The next day, Rin went to Sagiri's house. He had invited her to the con, but she had refused. It was still hard to get the shut-in girl to leave the house.
Sagiri's brother, Masamune Izumi, welcomed Rin.
"Ito-san! Welcome."
"How is Sagiri doing?" Rin asked.
"Much better," Masamune said sheepishly. "I only just found out she's my light novel illustrator. You probably knew all along."
Ever since Rin started visiting, Sagiri had improved. She could go outside occasionally and was even taking online classes.
"You recognized her voice from her 'Eromanga Sensei' streams, right?" Rin smiled.
Masamune blushed. "She's streaming right now. Do you need her for something?"
"There's a con next week. I'm taking some friends and wanted to bring her along for 'training'."
"Thank you, Ito-san." Masamune was grateful. His sister was a porn artist who illustrated his light novels—it felt like a literal light novel plot.
Rin went upstairs and knocked. Knock, knock, knock.
Masamune opened Sagiri's stream on his phone. He heard the knocking on his speakers, followed by the sound of a door opening.
Then...
"Ah~!"
A short, sharp cry came from the speakers. Masamune didn't think much of it. Sagiri was always noisy. He assumed she was just surprised by Rin's sudden entrance.