They all have hidden attributes!

"Anyway, we're in a band."

Makoto Takahashi stood up, turned around and looked at Hina Nekoya: "Mutual tolerance and consideration are necessary, and Maya has many good qualities too."

Seeing the seriousness in his dark eyes, Nekoya Hina gave an awkward smile: "Well, a sense of belonging always takes time, right? I haven't been thinking about the badminton club all the time."

"Hina-nee, you've already confessed without being asked." Hanakawa Kaori pouted and tilted her head to look at the idiot.

"I don't mean to speak up for Maya, I just want to tell you that if Maya tries to get along with you, don't waste the opportunity."

Makoto Takahashi glanced at Junka Shiraishi, who was painting, and walked towards the seaside villa on the soft sand: "Hina, you've never seemed to have a very good impression of Maya."

"There's nothing I can do, we just don't get along."

How about we try to get to know each other better?

"Even if you say that, it's still hard for me to like her." With that, Hina Nekoya kicked a grain of sand indignantly.

Since she met Uesugi Maya, their many meetings have ended unpleasantly, including yesterday's band rehearsal; peaceful interactions between them are extremely rare.

"Mayo's cooking skills are quite good, aren't they?" Takahashi Makoto asked.

Nekoya Hina tilted her head back and recalled for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Yeah, it's pretty good."

"Come to my house next time, let's have dinner together as a family."

"I'm fine with it. Will she come to your house?"

"You don't know yet?"

"what?"

As they spoke, the two walked to the front of the villa, pushed open the door, and were greeted by a blast of cool air from the air conditioner.

Makoto Takahashi carefully recalled that he had never told Hina Nekoya about being neighbors with Maya Uesugi, as Hina Nekoya was busy preparing for the national tournament at the time.

“Maya and I are neighbors. When you came to my house to take a shower, didn’t you notice the house number next door?” He walked straight to the bathroom.

“No.” Nekoya Hina stared blankly at him.

"The apartment was also cleaned by Maya."

"what?"

"To be honest, a lot has happened."

As he spoke, Makoto Takahashi pushed open the bathroom door, and an unexpected scene came into view.

The black-haired girl, her back bare, faced him sideways, bending over and pulling at her racing swimsuit stuck at her knees with both hands, her fair skin contrasting sharply with the black swimsuit.

Competition swimsuits are designed to be form-fitting and have a lot of elasticity, so it takes quite a while to put them on.

"Reiko, did Maya apologize to you?" Takahashi Makoto asked calmly.

"Same as before, and it wasn't her suggestion."

Under his gaze, Kashima Reiko calmly adjusted her competitive swimsuit, smoothing out the wrinkles at the waist, before turning around to reveal her smooth, fair back: "Can you help me out?"

"What do you mean by 'same as before'?" Takahashi Makoto helped her zip up the jacket.

"The place where you apologized is strange, but since you asked for it, I don't mind."

Kashima Reiko calmly walked out of the bathroom, seemingly intending to go swimming in the sea. Takahashi Makoto walked into the empty bathroom, took off his T-shirt, and prepared to take a shower.

"Acheng, what did you just do?!"

Nekoya Hina stared in disbelief, her face flushed, and demanded loudly, "You saw it, didn't you? You saw everything, didn't you?! Why don't either of you mind at all?!"

Chapter 111 Can't Be a Scumbag?

Nekoya Hina noticed that Takahashi Makoto was acting strangely, or rather, that there was something seriously wrong with him.

Putting aside his and Kashima Reiko's strange reactions, during lunch, when Uesugi Maya was not present, a strange conversation took place between Takahashi Makoto and Shiraishi Junka.

At that time, Nekoya Hina and Kashima Reiko sat side by side across the table from Takahashi Makoto, with Hanakawa Kaori and Shiraishi Junka on either side of him.

"...Ah, I'm not wearing a bra."

After Shiraishi Junko suddenly spoke, the others all turned their gazes to her; the shape and curve of her figure remained as enviable as ever.

At least in Nekoya Hina's opinion, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this feeling jealousy.

Seeing no one respond, Shiraishi Junka continued, "She's wearing underwear, black, so she can do things she can't normally do."

Nekoya Hina didn't understand the topic at all, nor did Kashima Reiko and Hanakawa Kaori, before Takahashi Makoto spoke up.

"Chunke, why do you think this is so appealing?"

He let out a helpless sigh, which made Shiraishi Junka look surprised: "But, without underwear, doesn't Makoto think it's sexy?"

"Your idea is too strange."

In the afternoon, Hanakawa Kaori saw some Kamakura-limited charms online and begged the others to go shopping with her.

Nekoya Hina and Kashima Reiko both rejected her, as the afternoon was the hottest time of day and the sun was bad for the skin.

As a result, after Hanakawa Kaori went to Takahashi Makoto to act cute, he briefly showed a loving expression, accompanied her out to play until evening, and then came back carrying all sorts of random things.

After analyzing all the circumstances, Nekoya Hina came to the conclusion that Makoto is very likely heading down the path of a scumbag.

He clearly has a girlfriend, yet he's involved in ambiguous relationships with other people.

This won't do!

As her best friend, she couldn't bear to watch Takahashi Makoto make a mistake and end up being thrown into Tokyo Bay by the young lady.

In short, let's ask Acheng for his specific thoughts first.

Having made up her mind, Nekoya Hina pushed open the door of the villa and walked towards the sea on the soft, cool sand, her long chestnut hair flowing like waves in the damp wind.

The moon always seems bigger when viewed from the sea. Its pure light illuminates the field of vision, and you can clearly see three figures sitting together chatting on the beach five meters away, while another particularly petite figure throws butterfly firecrackers around.

There are too many people, how should I explain this?

Never mind, let's go back first.

Nekoya Hina made a strategic retreat, turning back to the villa. At that moment, Uesugi Maya passed by from a corner of her field of vision.

Acheng seems to care about her a lot.

Nekoya Hina turned around, went into the kitchen, and took out two cans of ice-cold beer from the refrigerator. When the aluminum cans were covered with water droplets, she found Uesugi Maya on the terrace.

White tables and chairs were placed on the terrace. Uesugi Maya faced the vast sea, her long black hair swaying in the wind. Under the pure moonlight, she gazed at her delicate profile in the distance, only the left half of her face appearing pale and luminous.

Hina Nekoya walked over, placed the canned beer beside her, pulled the tab on her own can, tilted her head back, and swallowed a mouthful.

"What is it?" Uesugi Maya asked indifferently.

"Acheng hopes that I can get along well with you, and he has mentioned it many times today."

Nekoya Hina walked to the edge of the terrace and leaned against the railing with both hands: "I think Makoto might like you, but he has a girlfriend. Ugh, so annoying."

"What he wants is a place to belong, and it has nothing to do with whether he likes me or not."

Uesugi Maya raised her hand to stroke her black hair, which was damp from the sea breeze, and fixed her gaze on the figure on the beach: "He is too righteous. He wants to provide a place for everyone, including himself, me, Kashima, Hanakawa, and Shiraishi. Only you don't need it, so you don't need to deliberately try to get along with us."

"Justice?" Nekoya Hina chewed on the word she didn't understand.

"You could also call it kindness; it's one of his virtues."

Hearing Uesugi Maya openly praise Takahashi Makoto, Nekoya Hina simply stopped trying to understand what she was saying and swallowed another sip of beer.

"I still hope to get along with you amicably. You seem quite calm and composed, the kind of person who can calm people down just by being around you. But apart from that one time we drank together, every time it ends badly."

"Get to the point." Uesugi Maya glanced at the canned beer beside her out of the corner of her eye.

"That's the thing you can't do, can't you just have a casual chat?"

Nekoya Hina scoffed unhappily.

After a while, she heard the sound of a metal pull tab being pulled open behind her. She turned around in surprise and saw Maya Uesugi taking small sips of beer.

"I've always liked A-Cheng, but it seems like he likes you more," Hina Nekoya said sullenly.

"Heh." Uesugi Maya sneered disdainfully.

“He would never have cared about others like this before. Well, I guess Acheng himself didn’t even realize it.”

What do you think?

"I originally wanted to wait a bit, but I felt like I might not be able to wait any longer. I was unwilling to give up, even though I was the one who befriended Acheng first."

As Nekoya Hina spoke, she grew increasingly angry, making a squeaking sound as she crushed the soda can in her hand: "I originally wanted to show him my coolest side at the National Tournament, but in the end, I didn't accomplish anything."

“I wavered too,” Maya Uesugi said.

After Takahashi Makoto and Tachimi Yuki stayed out all night, her rationality nearly snapped, and she mistakenly accepted false information. Then, under Tachimi Yuki's encouragement and provocation, she made a bet.

Although they ultimately won, and it was a long-awaited victory, the price was far too high.

—After two months of building up feelings, how much of it will remain after this test?

Li Jianxing is too cunning; he won't lose anything regardless of whether he wins or loses.

"I don't know what else I can do," Maya Uesugi said softly.

"Your tone is infuriating. I'm the one who's suffering more, aren't I?"

Hina Nekoya turned to face her, leaning back against the railing: "Fine, I'm leaving the light music club anyway, so let's just get along well during this time."

"it is good."

"Don't cause trouble for Acheng. After all, Lijian is his girlfriend."

“My goal is to take him away.” After saying this, Uesugi Maya suddenly froze, the can of beer still held to her lips.

After a moment's hesitation, she put the can back on the table, turned and left: "Thanks for reminding me."

"Hey, you're leaving already? Didn't you just say you wanted to get along well?" Nekoya Hina raised her hand and scratched the back of her head in confusion.

When Makoto Takahashi returned to his room, he saw Maya Uesugi sitting on the edge of his bed, flipping through a thick hardcover book.

The Brothers Karamazov

Putting the book's content aside for now, what we need to focus on is why Uesugi Maya is sitting on her own bed, wearing only a thin, dark green two-piece nightgown.

Long black hair cascaded down her shoulders, concealing the loose neckline and revealing glimpses of her delicate collarbones. Her smooth, fair legs peeked out from her shorts, her skin glowing with the pinkish hue of someone who had just showered.