How to raise a random guy's wife

“I can’t accept this money.” Aki Tomoya shook his head. “After all, I haven’t done anything for the club.”

“Well, you were involved in the initial planning and outline issues, and you’ve also been busy with the subsequent music and band management. So it’s not fair to say you haven’t done anything.” Iori Hashima lightly stroked the rim of the cup with her fingers. “Even if you don’t want to accept it, you should accept it for the sake of the band.”

"Is RER going to terminate his contract with the band?"

“No.” Iori Hashima shook her head. “It’s Michiru Hyodo who wants to terminate her contract with RER.”

"Michiru?"

"Don't let her carefree attitude fool you, she's quite perceptive. I think she didn't want you to compromise with Sora because of her, so she proposed terminating the contract," Iori Hashima pointed out. "Sora agreed, which means you'll lose a lot of resources. If you want to continue developing, you'll have to rely on yourselves. So these funds were left by Sora for Michi and the girls—after all, he had no conflicts with the girls in the band, so it's best to part ways amicably."

Aki Tomoya sipped his cold coffee. "So, you're saying I have a conflict with Sora Ao?"

“You know Kong Qing’s personality. Normally, someone like that would be disliked and wouldn’t be able to survive in the industry,” Hashima Iori chuckled. “But that’s not the case. Do you know why?”

"why?"

“We keep clear accounts,” Iori Hashima explained further. “To reach a cooperation agreement, Sora will use many radical methods, and it’s natural for the partners to have grievances. But after the cooperation ends, Sora won’t be swayed by emotions and will give them whatever they’re owed. So even though he has a bad reputation, there are still many people who want to cooperate with him.”

"I see..."

“However… in this way, from Kong Qing’s perspective, he doesn’t owe the other party anything,” Hashima Iori whispered. “Therefore, any actions he takes afterward will be justified.”

"So that's what it means?" Aki Tomoya understood. "It means that next time, even if Eriri tries to stop him, he will punch her without hesitation."

"Although I don't think Ms. Kashiwagi Eri will stop me, that's the gist of it."

Aki Tomoya gripped his coffee cup tightly, and after a long while, he let out a long sigh. "Please leave a thank you note for Michi."

“No problem, but in exchange,” Iori Hashima rested her chin on her hand, “could you take me in for a while afterward?”

"what?"

"I did betray Kong Qing..." Iori Hashima added casually, "so I need a place to lay low for a while."

What did you do?

“It’s nothing major,” Iori Hashima smiled. “It’s just… dismantling his club.”

Chapter 302 We Watch

Kasumigaoka Utaha handed the chocolate to Eriri, "Here you go!"

"Huh?" Eriri showed no intention of answering. "What kind of attitude is this?"

"Tsk." Kasumigaoka Utaha felt this scene looked familiar. "Happy Valentine's Day!"

"Well..." Eriri took the chocolate, "I'm actually quite happy right now, after seeing your expression."

"Try it."

Eriri unpacked the package. To go all the way, the packaging was necessary. She took a bite, nodded, and said, "Hmm...it's alright."

"I'm not asking you to rate the taste; the ingredients are all the same," Kasumigaoka Utaha reminded her. "It's about feeling, you know what I mean?"

“…No.” Eriri put down the chocolate.

“This is clearly because you’re not taking it seriously enough,” Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed out the key point. “You need to have that kind of joy you feel when you receive chocolate from your lover.”

"This is clearly because you weren't in the right mood when you were making the chocolate!"

"It's clearly because you didn't invest any emotion in it."

"You haven't invested enough emotion in it."

"It's clearly you..."

Kato Megumi, holding a piece of mochi, said, "I thought their relationship would improve."

"Isn't this great?" Kobayashi Sora exclaimed, pinching the chocolate. "Ah~"

"Aww." Kato Megumi ate the chocolate.

Kobayashi Sora felt the moist warmth on her fingertips. "Naughty."

"I didn't do it on purpose," the mischievous Kato Megumi denied.

"So it was intentional?"

"No, that's not it..."

"Stubborn to the end, even though she's very soft when you kiss her."

"Don't say it." Kato Megumi covered Kobayashi Sora's mouth.

But then they found the room had become quiet.

Utaha and Eriri Kasumigaoka stopped arguing at some point and watched them together.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Kato Megumi seemed a little uneasy.

“It seems like it will work…” Kasumigaoka Utaha murmured.

Eriri nodded. "Indeed."

There is absolutely no need to go the long way around.

“Exactly, exactly.” Eriri thought the same way. “The subject of our research is right here beside us.”

"Huh?" Kato Megumi's unease intensified.

Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha brought over chairs, one holding a notebook and the other a sketchbook. "Let's begin."

"Even if you say that," Kato Megumi said, puzzled, "start what?"

"Intimacy!" Eriri's eyes widened. "The closer you two are, the more it feels right!"

“The simulation method is used when there is no suitable object of observation,” Kasumigaoka Utaha explained. “Now that there is a suitable object of observation, we don’t need the simulation method.”

"So..." Kobayashi Sora realized, "You're going to use us as subjects for your research?"

"Isn't this how it's always been?" Eriri urged. "Let's get started!"

Kato Megumi looked somewhat troubled. "Even if you say 'start'... I don't know where to begin."

“Let’s start with kissing,” Kasumigaoka Utaha suggested. “You guys should be pretty good at that.”

"Hmm..." Kato Megumi hesitated for a moment. In order to help Eriri, under the gaze of her senior and Eriri... the girl bit her lower lip lightly, "Okay... alright."

She tilted her head slightly and closed her eyes.

So...

Kobayashi Sora felt somewhat helpless.

Kato Megumi has a bit too good a temper.

However, this is indeed not a big deal.

He hugged Kato Megumi's somewhat stiff body and lowered his head.

Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri, standing beside her, stared wide-eyed.

It feels completely different!

Kobayashi Sora's body also began to stiffen.

It's okay...it's okay.

It's better to just pretend they don't exist.

Kobayashi Sora relaxed and gently kissed Kato Megumi on the lips.

Eriri was stunned, her expression clearly saying: That's it?

She was about to speak when Kasumigaoka Utaha stopped her.

The two, their lips touching, both closed their eyes.

Their bodies, which were initially somewhat stiff, now pressed together skillfully.

Their lips, slightly parted, touched again.

"Hmm~" Kato Megumi made a muffled sound.

Senior and Eriri are watching!

This feeling...this feeling...

Unable to speak, Kato Megumi wrapped her arms around Kobayashi Sora's neck.

Kobayashi Sora held onto Kato Megumi's slender waist with both hands, leaning back on the sofa, her soft body resting against his chest.

Eriri's face turned red at a visible speed, and she even had the urge to cover her face.

Is this something she can see?

Kasumigaoka Utaha felt the same way, and even had an urge to pay for it.

Is this what relationships between couples are like?!

She had expected Kobayashi Sora and Kato Megumi to be shy, stiff, and slow, like two pieces of wood.

At first, they were indeed like that, but like magic, in the instant of their kiss, they seemed to forget the existence of Utaha and Eriri Kasumigaoka.

wrong......

Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that it was because of her and Eriri's existence that Kobayashi Sora and Kato Megumi's feelings erupted so intensely.

She had originally intended to take notes, but... she was dumbfounded.

Eriri's sketchbook is completely blank.

Mochi glanced at the silly-looking Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri, then at Kobayashi Sora and Kato Megumi on the sofa, meowed as usual, and turned to eat its cat food.

Look at you all, so unsophisticated!

Hearing a meow, Kobayashi Sora and Kato Megumi calmed down a little and reluctantly parted ways.

"Hmm..." Kato Megumi belatedly realized what was happening and buried her rosy cheeks in Kobayashi Sora's arms.

Eriri swallowed hard.

It turns out that the transparent threads in the notebook can actually appear in real life.

Art imitates life!