My love index is at its maximum.

Tsukasa Tazaki stepped forward, opened the bag, and showed it to her: "Would you like some grapes?"

As he spoke, a slight smile unconsciously appeared on his lips, revealing his handsome and gentle features.

"Why are you suddenly laughing so strangely?" Kuriyama Sakura looked at him curiously.

"Seeing you, Minister, makes me so happy." Tsukasa Tazaki handed her a grape. "It's been washed, you can eat it directly."

Kuriyama Sakura took it without hesitation, then bowed slightly to Dr. Kobayashi: "I'll head back now."

"Good night," Dr. Kobayashi said gently, waving goodbye.

Leaving the staff accommodation area, I walked back to the patient area with an umbrella, eating grapes as I went, spitting the skins and seeds into the roadside flower bushes.

As night fell, visibility was extremely poor. Only the general outlines of the distant mountains could be seen. There were hardly any people on the road, except for the marigolds in the flowerbeds swaying in the cold rain.

The two walked side by side in the light of the streetlights.

"Hey, Minister."

"what's up?"

"You're like a girl possessed by a deity. Has anyone ever praised you like that before?"

Kuriyama Sakura opened her mouth slightly, then quickly closed it again, ignoring him.

It seems she was about to habitually call Tazaki Tsukasa "idiot," but for some reason she didn't say it. Perhaps she saw his furrowed brows?

Tsukasa Tazaki wanted to continue, but he was having trouble breathing, so he did a few chest-expanding exercises.

"Are you alright?" Kuriyama Sakura stared at his profile, her expression suspicious. "You seem a bit off. Did Dr. Kobayashi say something strange?"

Tsukasa Tazaki smiled and shook his head: "No, I didn't say anything."

"Did you think of something unpleasant?"

"perhaps."

"You idiot," Kuriyama Sakura finally couldn't hold back and cursed, "You're so stupid to think about unhappy things when you're with me."

The rain continued to fall, so fine it was almost invisible to the naked eye.

In the cramped space under the same umbrella, Tsukasa Tazaki sighed: "Don't you sometimes feel really lonely? For example, in the middle of the night or at some other time, you suddenly think of something unpleasant, and then you feel awful being alone."

“Of course.” Kuriyama Sakura didn’t deny it, but instead asked as if she sensed something, “That’s strange, why are you telling me all this?”

As expected of a girl possessed by a deity, her sense of touch is incredibly sharp.

and many more.

Then what am I?

A neurotic young girl and her brave and fierce male bodyguard?

Just as he was getting into his thoughts, Kuriyama Sakura's dissatisfied voice came from behind him.

"What are you staring at like an idiot for?"

"You seem quite engrossed in watching," Tsukasa Tazaki winked at her.

Kuriyama Sakura poked his head with her finger: "I think there's a small problem here that needs some surgery to fix."

"I'm afraid it's because you're too beautiful." Tsukasa Tazaki tried to make his smile as roguish as possible. "Every time I see you, Minister, I can't help but want to say a few words to tease you. For example, what I just said was, I wanted to ask you if you're thinking about me when you're lonely at night."

Kuriyama Sakura looked at his face with an expression as if he were an idiot, then gently shook her head and said nothing more.

"Hey, Minister, there's something I need to discuss with you."

"explain."

"How about we share a room tonight?"

"Don't think about it!"

Kuriyama Sakura raised her hand and punched Tazaki Tsukasa hard on the shoulder, almost causing him to slip and fall to the ground.

"Just kidding, don't overreact." Tazaki Tsukasa held the umbrella in one hand and simply wrapped his other arm around her. "Besides, to outsiders, we're no different from a couple. What's wrong with sleeping in the same room?"

"You're really strange. Did Dr. Kobayashi tell you something?"

Kuriyama Sakura frowned.

His hands were too tight, as if he wanted to crush her and melt her into his body, which made her feel a little pain.

"If she doesn't tell me, how long are you going to keep this from me?" Tsukasa Tazaki released her, put his hand on her head, ruffled her hair, and then pressed his nose against hers: "Let's talk to Hanami-nee tonight."

Kuriyama Sakura did not refuse.

She just shook her head a couple of times, brushing his nose away: "You're taking advantage of me again."

Her voice was completely calm, but her evasive eyes revealed the fluctuations in her emotions.

"Hilarious!" Tsukasa Tazaki laughed and cursed.

Kuriyama Sakura retorted, puffing out her cheeks, "You're the ridiculous one!"

"foolish."

"You're the idiot!"

I want to kiss you.

"You're the one... oh no, that won't do!"

Seeing his lips approaching, Kuriyama Sakura suddenly covered her mouth, turned her face to the side, and said in a muffled voice, "Don't even think about it! A girl possessed by a god will not let a scumbag succeed!"

"You childish brat!" Tsukasa Tazaki held an umbrella in one hand and wrapped his other arm around her waist as if afraid she would get lost. "Let's go home for dinner!"

Kuriyama Sakura grinned.

Nothing much, and she didn't break free from his embrace.

The air was damp and cold.

Under the eaves of a nearby house, several birds huddled together quietly, seeking shelter from the rain.

Back at her lodgings, Hoshino Hanami was sitting cross-legged on the sofa. Her bathrobe was loose and baggy, and the light cast a beautiful glow on her delicate skin.

"I'm sorry," Tsukasa Tazaki said as he came to her side, "I'm late."

Hoshino Hanami looked up: "Was it enjoyable?"

“Of course it was enjoyable,” Tsukasa Tazaki replied with a smile.

Hoshino Hanami then looked at Kuriyama Sakura and jokingly asked, "What did you two do while you were alone?"

“I didn’t do anything.” Kuriyama Sakura glared at Tazaki Tsukasa.

Tsukasa Tazaki didn't hold back at all, instead saying ambiguously, "It's something you can't say out loud."

Sakura Kuriyama gritted her teeth angrily: "Sister, don't listen to his nonsense!"

"It's quite amusing to watch you two bickering..." Hoshino Hanami chuckled. Seeing the grapes in Tazaki Tsukasa's hand, she put down her book and leaned closer: "Feed me some grapes, ah~"

Kuriyama Sakura also sat down, and the three of them listened to the rain, ate grapes, and talked in an extremely intimate atmosphere.

“If only this rain could keep falling forever,” Hoshino Hanami said with a smile. “This feeling of ‘it’s just the three of us in the world’ is wonderful. If it keeps raining, we can stay together forever and never be separated.”

"There's also Shikami to take care of," Tsukasa Tazaki reminded her.

"Oh right, how could I forget about Shikami again?" Hoshino Hanami patted her cheeks in self-reproach and asked, "Should we call Shikami over too?"

“School’s about to start, so let’s not call Shikami over,” Tsukasa Tazaki said. “Besides, I might have to spend a few days alone with Sakura for a while to see how things go.”

Hoshino Hanami tilted her head slightly: "Did you get Kosakura's medical records from Dr. Kobayashi?"

"I'll tell you in detail tonight, sister." Tsukasa Tazaki stood up. "I'll go cook first. I need to eat well so I'll have energy tonight."

"Make sure you eat something delicious, or I won't let you off the hook!" Hoshino Hanami threatened his retreating figure, then looked at Kuriyama Sakura, her eyelashes trembling slightly as she smiled faintly: "Get ready, I'm going to strip you naked tonight!"

"You two planned this all along, didn't you..."

Kuriyama Sakura sighed with a headache, only then realizing she had vaguely regretted her promise to come here.

Chapter 333 The situation is much more serious than imagined.

Around 8 p.m., probably due to the passage of a low-pressure system, the wind picked up, and a torrential downpour began to beat against the open windows of the room.

Hoshino Hanami got up and closed the window tightly, then turned back and looked at Kuriyama Sakura as if she wanted to see through her, gently brushing her sweat-dampened bangs back with her fingers.

Kuriyama Sakura lowered her eyelids slightly.

At this moment, the fine downy hairs on her body, damp with sweat, traced beautiful shapes under the light.

After watching for a while, Hoshino Hanami couldn't help but laugh: "Sakura is just as beautiful as the protagonist of a shoujo manga."

As she spoke, she gently hugged Kuriyama Sakura's shoulders, as if coaxing a child.

He could feel her breath on his neck. Kuriyama Sakura stroked the hand wrapped around his neck and said in a suggestive tone, "Sister, how about... we call it a night and go to sleep early..."

"Hmm? Backing down at the last minute?" Hoshino Hanami said, then shook her head: "You can't do that!"

"But I really don't know what to say..." Kuriyama Sakura said, her eyes looking out the window, her gaze as if she were being tormented by a sweet pain.

The rain continued to fall.

When I pushed the door open, the room was dark and the light was off.

Tazaki Tsukasa saw the two figures embracing by the window, their backs like two pale blue ghosts side by side.

"Why aren't the lights on?" He carried in a kettle of hot water and a clean blanket.

Kuriyama Sakura turned around: "I'll wait for you to drive it."

Then, under the light of the streetlights outside the window, Tsukasa Tazaki saw that she was sweating, her face was pale and weak, and in the arms of Hanami Hoshino, her face looked so small and delicate.

Plug in the kettle to boil water and turn on the room lights.

Tsukasa Tazaki walked behind them and wrapped her arms around their bodies.

The force was unexpectedly strong, and the two beautiful girls, one big and one small, were squeezed together like unborn twins.

Kuriyama Sakura felt a tightness in her chest from being squeezed and couldn't help but frown: "Relax a little."

“I think it’s alright,” Hoshino said in a languid tone, her head resting on Tsukasa Tazaki’s chest, her gaze teasingly fixed on Sakura Kuriyama’s eyes: “This guy is the lover of both you and Sakura.”

Nose tip to nose tip, their breaths hot and burning.