Mygo, are you all yanderes?

"?"

"Don't you have a security gate at your house?"

"No, Minami and the others rarely care about me."

"……Um……"

Kusano Akira stared intently at Wakaba Mutsu's face, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

"I really want to invite you, and you'd be very welcome, but it wouldn't be good if someone saw me at my house, especially Su Shi. She's quite wary of me right now..."

Kusano Akira really wanted guests to come to his house, but after Chihaya Aine's reminder, he also felt that it was really inappropriate for Wakaba Mutsu to want to come to his house at this time.

"You don't want me to go... then I won't go..."

Ruo Ye Mu lowered her head, her tone becoming very dejected, and a layer of sadness clouded her face, as if she might cry at any moment.

"..."

“唉2，到时候素9世那里你可4要帮我好好0解释啊。”4￣3;♂5。6~－4「ˉ

Seeing Wakaba Mutsu's state, Kusano Akira helplessly walked to Wakaba Mutsu's side and gently nudged Wakaba Mutsu's shoulder with his arm.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

If Ye Mu raised her head again, a faint smile appeared on her lips, as if the person who was about to cry had never existed.

[This is tea? Is this me?]

"You really are..."

Seeing that Wakaba Mutsu quickly switched her expression back to normal like the Mask, Kusano Akira reached out with his only remaining hand and pinched her soft little face, but then immediately thought of the abnormal emotions he had noticed in Takamatsu Akari during the day, and withdrew his hand.

It would be bad if Ruoye Mu ended up like Gaosong Deng.

"?"

Feeling Kusano Akira's hand suddenly reach back, Wakaba Mutsu looked up at Kusano Akira's profile in confusion, leaned closer to him, and rested her face on his arm.

"Aren't you going to pinch anymore?"

"I'm not pinching anymore. Stay away from me. If we get too close now, people will misunderstand."

"It's okay, I don't care."

Wakaba Mutsumi put his hand through the opening of the paper bag, braced his wrist against the bag, and tried to grab Kusano Akira's arm with his free hand, placing his hand back on his face.

"I care."

Kusano Akira raised his hand, using his height advantage to prevent Wakaba Mutsu from touching it.

"Well……"

Seeing Kusano Akira raising her hand so high, Wakaba Mutsu pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, and once again pretended to be about to cry.

"I understand... then I won't do that, as long as you don't..."

"Keep it away, I won't believe you."

"Humph."

Seeing that Kusano Akira had developed resistance to the pitiful act, Wakaba Mutsu gave a regretful snort.

It seems that no matter how effective a move is, you can't use it consecutively.

"Speaking of which, you actually have a hobby of taking pictures? Could it be that you bought a camera specifically because of the photo we took earlier?"

Kusano Akira started a conversation, looking at the camera packaging in Wakaba Mutsu's hand and jokingly remarking.

"Ah."

To his surprise, Ruoye Mu actually nodded.

"Huh? It really is."

Kusano Akira, who had been walking non-stop, paused for a moment and turned his head to look at Wakaba Mutsumi in surprise.

This was truly beyond his expectations. He had only meant it as a joke, but he hadn't anticipated that Ruoye Mu would actually buy it for him.

"Because I want to record everything about you."

Wakaba Mutsu didn't hold back, but generously told Kusano Akira everything she was thinking.

[This is me?! Have I arrived in the wrong timeline?!]

[No, no, why wasn't I more proactive back then?!]

Mortis, who had been eavesdropping, heard Wakaba Mutsu's words and felt a fierce roar in his heart.

[That's not right. I just helped to ease the tension between them; I didn't teach her to play like this!]

"..."

Kusano Akira silently took two steps forward, trying not to let Wakaba Mutsu see his expression, but his bright red ears still gave him away.

"what happened?"

Wakaba Mutsumi looked at Kusano Akira with a puzzled expression as he suddenly stepped forward and asked.

"...It's alright, let's keep going."

Kusano Akira felt he should find some courses to prevent falling in love. If things continued like this, his concern wouldn't be whether Takamatsu Akira and others would like him, but whether he would be won over by someone else.

Chihaya Aine and Wakaba Mutsu both uttered surprising remarks.

"..."

"Would you like to take another picture?"

Looking at the street, now shimmering and bathed in dazzling colors, Wakaba Mutsu quickened her pace to catch up with Kusano Akira and asked in a low voice.

"Do you want to dismantle the camera right here?"

Kusano Akira saw Wakaba Mutsu follow again and turned his face away.

"There's a cell phone too...?"

Seeing that Kusano Akira seemed unwilling to see her, Wakaba Mutsu frowned and nimbly jumped to the other side.

Kusano Akira followed her movement and turned his face in the opposite direction.

"...Why aren't you looking at me?"

If Ye Mu ran directly in front of Kusano Akira, blocking his path, she pinched Kusano Akira's face with her hand, forcibly straightening him, and pinched him twice as she did so.

It feels great, and she likes it very much.

"...Because I'm shy and don't want you to see, is that not okay?"

Kusano Akira stared at Wakaba Mutsu with a tense expression. The blush on his face had not yet faded.

"……Oh."

Wakaba Mutsumi seemed to understand why Kusano Akira didn't want to look at her, and only belatedly realized that what she had just said seemed very wrong.

Although saying that was intentional, the purpose was to increase Kusano Akira's positive feelings towards him.

It seems that the affection has indeed increased—but not in the way that Wakaba Mutsumi wanted.

Author's Note: This chapter portrays Mu's character in a slightly more positive light.

I wonder if everyone's blood pressure has gone down a bit...

good night

Volume 1: Chapter 58 (2k) Guest Number One: Wakaba Mutsumi

Although the reason why the favorability rating increased was not quite right, Ruoye Mutsu had no intention of correcting it at all.

Although she didn't have any romantic feelings for Kusano Akira, if Kusano Akira did, the situation would be more favorable to her goals.

So, do you want to take a picture?

Ruoye Mu repeated what she had just said.

"Forget it, let's take pictures with your camera when we get to my house. The results will definitely be much better than with a phone. Besides, I have too many things on my hands right now, so it's not very convenient—you should have a battery and a memory card, right?"

Kusano Akira picked up the large and small items in his hands and looked at Wakaba Mutsuki and asked.

"Yes, the store offers delivery."

Ruoye Mu nodded and quickened her pace.

Just now, Kusano Akira had been deliberately slowing down so that she could keep up, but after he got shy, he unconsciously started to quicken his pace again, and Wakaba Mutsu's short legs couldn't keep up.

"Oh."

After hearing what Wakaba Mutsu said, Kusano Akira didn't say much, just nodded and slowed down his pace once again.

"So, what exactly did Toyokawa-kun say to you that made you act so strangely just now?"

Kusano Akira took the opportunity to ask a question that had been puzzling him for a long time.

"Xiang doesn't like you."

Wakaba Mutsu said softly.

"To be more specific, 驷."

"Xiang told me that I should never have anything to do with you again."

"...Sigh, what did I do to deserve this? Why does Toyokawa-san hate me so much?"

Kusano Akira was really upset; two people who disliked him had appeared in Crychic, a game he loved so much.

"Could it be that Toyokawa-san has the same idea as Motoyo...?"

O“What are Su Shi’s thoughts?”

Although she knew exactly what Kusano Akira meant by 'Suze's thoughts', Wakaba Mutsu still pretended to be unaware and asked.

"Although it's mostly my guess... Su Shi probably thinks I'm that kind of scumbag."

Kusano Akira took out a piece of candy that Chihaya Aine had just given him from his pocket and waved it at Wakaba Mutsu.

"Want some candy?"

"eat."

Wakaba Mutsu opened her mouth and brought her face close to Kusano Akira's hand.

"Why do I have to feed you...?"

After muttering a complaint under his breath, Kusano Akira crumpled up the candy wrapper and fed the milk candy to Wakaba Mutsumi.

"~"

After tasting the sweetness in her mouth, Wakaba Mutsu narrowed her eyes slightly and chewed happily.

"Didn't you notice? I think Su Shi must have told you something like to be wary of me."

"When you came this morning, she was in a great hurry to pull you away, as if she didn't want me to spend any more time with you."

"Su Shi once said that."

Wakaba Mu nodded.

"See? She thinks I'm that kind of scumbag."

"But that's normal, since all my friends are girls, so it's reasonable for her to think that way."

"So what do you want to do? The band is very important to you, isn't it?"

Wakaba Mutsumi looked away from Kusano Akira and asked casually.

"What to do... let's just give it the cold shoulder and leave everything to time. Otherwise, I really can't do anything."

Kusano Akira shrugged helplessly.

"I hope there will be an opportunity in the future to clear up her misunderstanding of me."

"Oh."

"Speaking of Toyokawa-san, are you aware of her thoughts?"

"I don't know."