It's a romantic comedy for everyone, so why am I the only one single?

Fortunately, Hoshino Ai ran to Motoko's side and whispered a few words in her ear. Motoko's fair face quickly turned blush, and the grievance and anger in her eyes turned into panic and shyness, and a little bit of eagerness.

Like a child caught playing a prank, he quickly avoided Iura Hide's gaze.

"This change is happening way too fast!"

Iura Hide couldn't help but feel curious, but he knew that even if he asked the two of them, they probably wouldn't tell him.

At that moment, Hoshino Ai grabbed Motoko's hand, turned to him with a grin, and said, "Onii-chan, let's go to XZ."

Iura Hide felt that there was something hidden behind her smile, and he had a bad feeling, but he couldn't refuse at this time, could he?

He soon realized where this ominous feeling came from.

At the same time, he could roughly guess what this guy had just said to Jiko.

Half an hour later, Iura Hide jumped out of the bathtub again as if fleeing in panic, creating a large splash of water.

There was nothing he could do. He didn't know if it was Hoshino Ai who instigated it, but Kiko actually took advantage of the opportunity to take a bath together to launch a sneak attack on him.

Caught completely off guard, he almost cried out in surprise. If he had run away a second later, he might have been defeated and surrendered on the spot!

"Oh no, this little sister has completely gone astray."

Back in his room, Iura Hide dried himself off while ranting and raving, his heart pounding wildly and unable to calm down.

Until the phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and glanced at it. When he saw that it was a message from Kitagawa Kaimu, he felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of ice water from head to toe.

The restlessness in my heart was instantly extinguished.

The message wasn't about breaking up with him; on the contrary, Kitagawa Kaimu kept apologizing and begging for his forgiveness in her messages.

However, after reading it, his mood did not improve at all; on the contrary, it became even more complicated.

Because even now, Kitagawa Kaimu hasn't realized what the key point he's bothered about is; he's just saying that you shouldn't lie.

What he's really bothered about is that Kitagawa Kaimu will lose the distance she usually maintains with other boys when she's with Gojo Shinna!

Just thinking about Iura Shu makes me feel suffocated!

However, seeing the apology, regret, and anxiety filling the lines, and Kitagawa Kaimu's humble plea for forgiveness, he couldn't help but feel heartache.

The Kitagawa Kaimu he knew was not like this.

Unbeknownst to him, Kitagawa Kaimu had already changed a lot for him.

And what does he do with Kitagawa Kaimu?

Should we go grocery shopping and cook dinner together?

This was nothing to him, especially since he had eaten it himself.

Is she planning to use the money she earns to buy a cosplay outfit for Kitagawa Kaimu?

This doesn't really count as a sacrifice, does it?

At that moment, he suddenly recalled the image of Hoshino Ai studying intently alone in her room.

Learning music theory on your own is not only incredibly difficult, but it's also certainly not very interesting, at least not as much as learning a musical instrument yourself.

But Hoshino Ai endured the tedium of self-study for him, working incredibly hard to learn and change.

And then there's Jizi, who also started learning cooking skills for him, hoping to take care of his lunchboxes every day from now on.

Is this how you show you like someone?

And what about him? He's still busy with his own things every day, seemingly never making any effort or change for Kitagawa Kaimu.

Admittedly, it is important to maintain your individuality in a relationship.

But love is ultimately a matter between two people; it requires mutual effort, compromise, and change.

A relationship where only one party is making an effort is undoubtedly doomed to fail.

"How about I learn to make clothes too?"

Iura Hide stared silently at the now-off phone screen when this thought suddenly popped into his head.

He didn't know whether Kitagawa Kaimu was so enthusiastic about Gojo Shinna because she could make clothes, or because of Gojo Shinna herself.

But if he learns to make clothes, then Kitagawa Kaimu would have no reason to contact other costume designers, including Gojo Shinna.

If Kitagawa Kaimu is still close to Gojo Shinna, then at least he has tried his best for this relationship, hasn't he?

At least he didn't just let Kitagawa Kaimu make the sacrifices; he also tried his best.

As for drawing comics...

"It seems that we really can only leave it to Mashiro alone."

"Hmm, I'll provide the creative ideas and character designs, and Mashiro will draw them. This division of labor makes sense, right?"

Chapter 116 Cheer up

In matters of the heart, you might not reap what you sow, but at least you'll have no regrets.

Having made up his mind, not wanting to leave any regrets or remorse for his youth and first love, Iura Hide took a deep breath, then ran to turn on his computer and searched online for information about tailor training courses.

He knew he couldn't learn to make clothes quickly on his own, so he had no choice but to pay for a training course.

"The song revenue sharing won't be released until the first of next month, so it looks like I'll have to borrow Xiao Ai's allowance for now."

"Speaking of which, I was originally planning to enroll in a manga training course, but I ended up enrolling in a tailoring training course first," Iura Hide couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Meanwhile, Kitagawa Kaimu was kneeling on the bed, staring blankly at Iura Hide's reply, lost in thought for a moment.

"If it's not because of lying? Then what is it?"

After thinking for a long time without any clue, Kitagawa Kaimu frantically grabbed her hair with both hands.

"Doesn't that sound disgusting?! Just say what you're unhappy about!"

If it were someone else in the past, she would definitely have shouted it out loud with a look of disgust.

But now she felt only apprehension and unease, and an unprecedented sense of helplessness.

Even when her mother passed away and her father had to go to work in another city, leaving her all alone at home, she had never felt so helpless.

At this point, she didn't even dare to ask Iura Hide anymore.

Because she was afraid that Iura Hide would be even more disappointed in her.

"Hey! Oozora, you have to save me!"

After struggling for a long time and still unable to figure out the reason, Kitagawa Kaimu had no choice but to call Osora, the real relationship expert among the four, for help.

At first, when Daisora ​​heard Kitagawa Kaimu's exaggerated shouts, he thought she was joking.

But after learning what had happened, she realized that Kitagawa Kaimu was really worried sick.

"Tell me again in detail."

"Yes, here's what happened."

Kitagawa Kaimu hurriedly recounted the whole story in detail, leaving nothing out. After listening, Oozora's lips twitched, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

"Are you really Kitagawa Kaimu?"

"Huh?" Kitagawa Kaimu was taken aback by what he said.

"What do you mean?"

"If it weren't for the voice not matching, I would have thought that it was that silly girl Ryune calling me!" Osora complained without any restraint.

"No, even Ryune probably wouldn't ask such a stupid question."

"???"

Kitagawa Kaimu, oblivious to her anger, had countless question marks popping up above her head.

"Tell me first, between you and Senior Iura, who pursued whom?"

"Of course I was the one who pursued him!"

Anxious and frustrated, Kitagawa Kaimu didn't think much and readily admitted that she was the one who pursued Iura Shu first.

"What was Iura-senpai's initial reaction?"

"What's the reaction?"

"It's his reaction after you express that you like him and want to date him."

"Well," Kitagawa Kaimu thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "Senpai seemed hesitant, but maybe he was just shy?"

Da Kong neither confirmed nor denied this, but continued to ask, "When you were pursuing him, did you act the same as usual?"

"This should be the same, right?"

Da Kong couldn't help but put his hand to his forehead and sigh helplessly.

"Do you really not know why everyone looks down on hot girls?"

"what?"

Kitagawa Kaimu blinked, momentarily stunned.

"Although I don't want to admit it, most hot girls are indeed quite proactive when they interact and date guys."

"Even with guys I don't know well or know very little about, I'll act like I'm very close to them."

"That applies to both you and me."

That's why everyone thinks we're 'hot' and that we're hot girls.

"Most hot girls are quite casual about relationships. They can get together when they're interested and break up when they're not. Sometimes they even date multiple guys at the same time."

"Although we are not actually hot girls, that's how other people perceive us."

Kitagawa Kaimu finally realized what was happening and hurriedly retorted, "No, senpai isn't like that! He wouldn't look down on gyaru like other people do!"

Upon hearing this, Osora couldn't help but sigh again.

"I also believe that Iura-senpai is not such a superficial person. He wouldn't be prejudiced against you just because you're a 'gyaru' (a type of Japanese girl). Otherwise, he wouldn't have agreed to date you."