My love index is at its maximum.

"Haha...Of course!"

The younger sister's gaze unconsciously drifted to the "navy" chasing dragonflies in the distance. While praying that her older sister would let her go, she thought to herself, how wonderful it would be if people could be like the navy and not have to worry about their grades.

"That's good now that you've memorized it." Hoshino Hanami turned around to cut Tazaki Tsukasa's hair, and casually added, "I'll be checking later, and if you get one wrong, you'll have to copy it ten times."

"Sister...no."

“I can let you off this time…” Hoshino Hanami focused on cutting hair, “but Grandma is coming tomorrow. She’s very angry that you only ranked 260th in the midterm exams. Be prepared to get a beating.”

The younger sister's fair face instantly filled with fear: "Sister...you'll save me, right?"

“I’ll help Grandma hand over the tools.” Hoshino Hanami suddenly remembered something and turned to look at her younger sister again: “There’s something I almost forgot to mention. Grandma said that after this semester is over, she’s going to take you back to Kyoto to study so she can personally supervise your studies.”

"No !!!!"

Hoshino Shika panicked instantly. She jumped off the recliner and ran a few steps, stretching out her arms to hug her sister's waist: "Please allow me to explain, I have been studying very hard!"

"You worked hard and got 260th place, right?" Tsukasa Tazaki stabbed his sister-in-law in the back.

"No! That's not how it is!"

Hoshino Shikami pouted: "I'm very serious every day, I even study during lunch, I haven't participated in any cliques, I even study during club activities!"

Hoshino Hanami looked at her younger sister, who was anxiously trying to argue, with a half-smile.

“You didn’t join the inner circle.” Tsukasa Tazaki raised an eyebrow and continued to add insult to injury: “But you brought your own inner circle with you.”

"It's not what you said!" Hoshino Shikami glared at her brother-in-law with murderous intent.

Hoshino Hanami patted her younger sister's shoulder reassuringly: "You've always been playful since you were little. Who will believe you now that you're studying hard? Grandma has already made up her mind about this. Just accept it obediently."

"..."

The younger sister bit her nails and staggered back into the house.

The light of life was slowly fading from her eyes, scattered by the wind in the blood-red sunset.

Tazaki Tsukasa gave her a seemingly sympathetic look, but inwardly he was overjoyed.

Twenty minutes later, it got dark, and the haircut was finished.

Tazaki Tsukasa stood up from the stool, stretched, and habitually reached out to touch his hair.

It's much shorter; you can only grasp a small section with your fingers.

"Don't move, let me take another look." Hoshino Hanami grabbed his shoulders and carefully examined the new hairstyle she had created.

With his short buzz cut revealing a smooth forehead, and a bright and intelligent face, he gave the impression of a well-behaved high school student who listened to his mother at home and his teachers at school. His clean-cut features still carried a hint of childishness, but his gradually developing chest and the strong lines from his earlobes to his neck exuded the aura of a mature man.

"good."

Hoshino Hanami nodded in satisfaction, then turned around to grab a broom, intending to clean up the stray hairs on the ground.

"I'll do it!" Tsukasa Tazaki said, stepping ahead of her. "You take a break, I'll handle this kind of physical work!"

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower first. Come find me in my room in twenty minutes." Hoshino Hanami crossed her arms and went back into the room.

Tazaki cleaned up the hair on the ground, dumped it into the trash can outside the wall, and as he turned to walk back, many images of the Passion of Christ involuntarily flashed through his mind.

Hoshino Hanami was still taking a shower. He went to the kitchen to get a can of cola. There was a shopping note stuck on the refrigerator door with transparent tape. He glanced at it and saw that it was full of snacks he had bought yesterday.

I stepped out of the kitchen, sat at the dining table, flipping through a magazine and drinking. The setting sun streaming in through the window grew dimmer and dimmer, and a few minutes later, it was completely dark.

Twenty minutes later, Tsukasa Tazaki arrived at Hanami Hoshino's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

His voice was cold, indicating that he had been holding his breath for a long time.

Push the door open and enter.

Hoshino Hanami, dressed in a pale yellow silk nightgown, sat curled up on a beanbag chair by the window. With her head tilted to the side, she held her phone to her shoulder and casually applied nail polish to her toenails with a small brush in her hand.

Her long hair hung down, covering half of her face. From Tsukasa Tazaki's perspective, only the tip of her delicate nose could be seen.

Soft light shone on her, as if casting a thin layer of light, making her look like she was in a brightly colored oil painting, beautiful as a dream.

"The Shinkansen tomorrow night? I'm not comfortable with you coming alone at night. How about this, I'll have Dad drive to Kyoto to pick you up tomorrow."

"It's nothing. Dad spends all his time drinking tea or fishing. He's very idle."

You mean Xiao Si?

"Don't worry, he's a very well-behaved child. Just keep your eyes open and look closely when the time comes."

"Alright, that's all for now, I'm going to train."

"Bye-Bye."

Putting down her phone, Hoshino Hanami turned to look at Tazaki Tsukasa. She blinked her beautiful, captivating eyes and asked knowingly, "Why are you standing there like an idiot at the door? Aren't you afraid to come in?"

From the front, you can see the skin on her shoulders, which is as delicate, white and smooth as fine porcelain.

“I was just afraid of disturbing you, my sister…” Tsukasa Tazaki came to her side, leaned to one side, and rested her head on her arm: “Your scent is intoxicating.”

Hoshino Hanami gave him a hard knock on the head and looked at him with a serious expression.

Tazaki Tsuya looked at her, and the two stared at each other for half a minute. She chuckled, but immediately suppressed her laughter and reprimanded her sternly, "Absent from the morning assembly without a valid reason and not replying to your girlfriend's messages are both serious crimes, especially the latter. How do you plan to defend yourself for your crimes?"

"No explanation."

Tsukasa Tazaki squatted on the ground, obediently holding her head: "Just be gentle, Big Sister."

Hoshino Hanami looked at him strangely: "You're not going to use your smooth talk to make excuses for yourself?"

"I did do something wrong."

"Is it serious?"

"In a sense, it wouldn't be too much for you to stab me with a knife."

Hoshino Hanami frowned, her lips pressed tightly together, lost in thought. Tazaki Tsukasa could hear their quiet breathing, the chirping of birds in the courtyard, and his father-in-law calling out the Navy's name in the distance.

At 7 p.m. on Monday, all the sounds in the world have a soft and ethereal quality.

After staring at the ceiling for a long time, Hoshino Hanami turned to look out the window. The night made the interior of the room clearly visible through the glass window, and the two figures were clearly visible.

"Tell me briefly," she said in a low voice.

"For this workplace event, I'm in a group with Yui Kawakawa, Sakura, and Ninomiya." Tsukasa Tazaki sat down on the floor, reached out and pulled her bare legs to his lower abdomen, gently massaging them.

Hoshino Hanami shook a few times but couldn't break free, so she simply closed her eyes and enjoyed it.

Tsukasa Tazaki looked down at her delicate and smooth little feet.

My feet were still a little damp after the shower, their white skin tinged with a rosy hue. The skin on the back of my feet was as delicate and smooth as porcelain, and my toes were arranged neatly like peas, their shape quite adorable.

"On Saturday, I went with Qichuan to ask the equipment store for sponsorship." As he spoke, he gently stroked the instep of her left foot with his right hand, massaging the sole of her foot back and forth.

"It itches, don't move!" Hoshino Hana said irritably, reaching out to rub his head: "Continue from where you left off."

Judging from her voice, she has calmed down considerably, and her facial expression looks much more relaxed.

Escaped.

Tazaki Tsukasa breathed a sigh of relief and pressed his face against Hoshino Hanami's calf. "It wasn't a big deal. I just lost one of her very valuable necklaces, and then the two of us had some unpleasantness. During the argument... well, the two of us were sitting on a high stool, quite close to each other... and our lips accidentally touched... just a quick touch, and then we separated."

joke.

How could I possibly tell the whole truth?

How is that any different from courting death?

As my little cutie said, as long as you tell eight parts truth and two parts lies, you can get along very well.

Hoshino Hanami stared at Tazaki Tsukasa's face, her eyes narrowed into slits, her exquisite features shrouded in a layer of millennia-old ice.

The air seemed to freeze.

Tazaki Tsukasa shrank back, quickly releasing her legs and crouching down with his hands on his head in a defensive posture: "It was really unintentional. If you're still not satisfied, please beat me up to vent your anger..."

Hoshino Hanami chuckled and gently stroked his hair: "Silly boy, how could I be angry? Young people are bound to make mistakes, that's not a problem. As long as you know when to pull back from the brink, there's still hope. I'm already very happy that you're so mature for your age. How could I expect you to grow up according to my requirements forever, right? Don't worry, your older sister will forgive you this time, so let go of my hand and look up at me."

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

With her fiery temper, she would never be this gentle!

Tazaki Tsukasa clutched his head, mumbling, "Teacher, you should just punch me a few times, otherwise my conscience won't allow it!"

Hoshino Hanami roared, "Put your hands down!"

"I'll release it now~ Don't be angry..."

Tazaki Tsukasa shuddered and quickly let go of his hand.

"Look up at me!"

"it is good……"

Tazaki Tsukasa slowly tilted his head back, meeting her icy gaze, and immediately felt a chill run down his spine, his hair standing on end.

"Be good later!"

Hoshino Hanami twisted his ear and stood up, then kicked him onto the bed. She then climbed onto the bed herself, pressed down on his shoulders, and looked down at her boyfriend's face.

It really was a tiger...

Tazaki Tsukasa blinked and said with a forced smile, "Don't hit too hard, or you'll make someone stupid. And please don't hit my face."

Hoshino Hanami glared at him, then rolled up her sleeves and punched his shoulders ten times with her bare hands.

pain……

Hoshino Hanami is now no different from a roaring tigress. Tazaki Tsukasa is afraid of provoking her further, so he endures it and doesn't dare to utter a sound.

no way.

If you're wrong, admit it; if you're going to get hit, stand up straight.

Whether or not it should be changed is another matter entirely.

After a while, Hoshino Hanami grabbed his ear again and asked breathlessly, "What if there's a next time?"

"I'm going to buy a machete." Tsukasa Tazaki put his arm around her waist and said seriously, "If there's a next time, you can just stab my kidney with the machete."

"good idea!"

Hoshino Hanami nodded, the coldness on her face softening somewhat.