They are really too low!

"Karin: But don't be sad, little kitty."

"Kari: Test him today. If he's a scumbag who likes to play around with women, then cut ties completely. After all, you haven't gone all the way yet."

"Innocent Kitten: What if it isn't?"

"Huali: If he's not a scumbag, then strengthen him, drain him dry, and he won't dare to do it again next time."

"Do you want ice cream today?: What a brutal method, but I love it! To deal with someone who can't see the situation clearly, you should lock him in the basement and give him a good hard workout!"

Mikazuki Fuka doesn't know how they got in touch with the basement and the strong ones. Every time she thinks they'll become really reliable, they'll end up saying all sorts of strange things.

The girl gently bit her lip, thinking, "If Hoshino really is a scumbag who plays with girls."

She might disappoint her group members because she won't give up on Hoshino Mi and she's unlikely to end the relationship just like that.

At that time, she would personally correct Hoshino Mi, even if it meant using the basement.

……

Before noon, Mikazuki Fuka waited for a while and saw Hoshino Mi appear in the corridor. She took a deep breath and wanted to take the initiative to greet him.

Good morning, Fuuka.

As soon as she finished speaking, Mikazuki Fuka's pretty face slowly flushed red. Not to mention taking the initiative to greet her, she was practically steaming with embarrassment.

Hoshino called out the girl's name so naturally, without any preparation, and even with a slight upturn of her lips and a surprised smile, as if she was particularly happy to meet her.

Fortunately, Mikazuki Fuka remembered what her group members had said, and now was not the time to be shy.

"Karin: Go up to him and say hello, see if he remembers what happened yesterday."

"You didn't bring anything strange to school today, did you?" Hoshino walked up to her and lowered her voice.

"N-no, waaaah!" Mikazuki Fuka was extremely embarrassed and wanted to cover her face.

I should have known better than to listen to my friends in the group. In Hoshino's eyes, she would definitely be seen as a bad kid whose mind is full of color!

"Really?" Hoshino looked the girl up and down, a hint of mockery in his eyes. "I'm relieved that you're not here. Otherwise, I would really think that Fuuka has become a bad kid."

Mikazuki Fuka was too embarrassed to speak. Hoshino Mi not only remembered it very clearly, but also deliberately teased her about what happened yesterday.

"To be honest, I really wanted to message Feng Hua yesterday, but I also wondered if I had gone too far, and I was worried that Feng Hua might not want to talk to me anymore."

"Actually, I also want to message Hoshino-kun!" Mikazuki Fuka's eyes lit up, but when it came to the name, she blushed and dared not say Hoshino's name.

“So, I’m very happy right now.” Hoshino spoke softly, staring intently at her.

Mikazuki Fuuka's heart fluttered. The more she looked into his eyes, the more she couldn't help but gaze into them. They were so bright, sparkling with the colors of early spring, like a clear and azure sea. She felt as if her whole body was glowing there.

She remembered clearly that when Hoshino helped her move her things, she had seen a pair of eyes like those, and now, a year later, they were still bright and captivating.

"I...I'm very happy too," Mikazuki Fuka said softly, unaware that her voice carried a hint of girlish shyness and excitement.

What should we do? What should she do now?

"Do you want ice cream today? Find out about his childhood sweetheart. If he avoids the question or tries to evade it, hint at what your relationship is now."

The words spoken by her group members flashed through her mind in an instant, and Mikazuki Fuka regained her composure. She wouldn't be so easily fooled by Hoshino Mi; she had to confirm the relationship between the two!

Just as Mikazuki Fuka was about to speak, Hoshino Miki had already grabbed her small hand.

"This isn't the place to talk, let's go somewhere else."

Mikazuki Fuuka stared blankly, mouth agape, at her little hand being held by him, then at the students passing by, some of whom were looking over in surprise.

As expected, the girl felt her cheeks were very hot, but she didn't seem to dislike the feeling. Instead, she quietly tightened her grip on Hoshino's hand and followed beside him, ignoring the surprised and curious glances from others.

So this is what Eriri and he usually do?

Chapter Seventy-Six: First Love is Sweet and Painful

Hoshino didn't think too much about it. The reason she took Mikazuki Fuka away was because chatting in the corridor was too conspicuous.

When Hoshino stopped and turned around, he found the girl with her head slightly lowered, letting Hoshino hold her small hand, as if she would follow him no matter where he took her.

"No one should be coming here." Hoshino let go of her hand. Holding hands openly is a privilege reserved for couples, no matter the time.

Mikazuki Fuka nodded blankly, her palms slightly sweaty from nervousness, warm and cozy, probably from Hoshino Mi's warmth, making her a little shy. She wondered if Hoshino Mi had noticed this little detail.

Actually, her little hands were very soft. When you held them, you could feel how soft and delicate they were. Girls' hands are usually small, and when you squeezed them, you could feel their soft, rounded texture. Hoshino wanted to continue holding her hands.

However, doing so is not good; it seems impatient.

"You seemed so bold yesterday, but why do you seem so dazed today?" Hoshino tapped her little nose with her finger. "Didn't anyone teach you how to deal with me today?"

Mikazuki Fuka instinctively shrank her little head and quickly said, "No, no one taught me how to do things. Yesterday was my own idea."

"Your own idea? Were you carrying the remote control with you all day yesterday?" Hoshino glanced at her sideways, and her reaction became even more awkward.

"I invited you over, and then secretly put it on in the bathroom..." Mikazuki Fuka whispered. If it were Eriri, she would definitely deny it to the death, but she would obediently listen while her eyes were filled with tears.

She looked particularly dejected, as if she had been bullied by Hoshino Mi again.

"Do you know what the consequences of doing something like this are?" Hoshino leaned closer. "I remember we were good friends, right?"

Mikazuki Fuka was startled; she almost bumped into Hoshino Mi's face and quickly took a few steps back, only to bump into the wall behind her.

"I...I...I...I..." Mikazuki Fuka panicked a little. She was the one who was going to question Hoshino Mi, but she didn't expect Hoshino Mi to be questioning her. Her momentum immediately weakened.

Seeing the girl stammering, Hoshino approached and pinned her against the wall.

Mikazuki Fuka blushed instantly. Leaning against the wall, she wanted to lower her head, but Hoshino lifted her chin and looked into her eyes.

The two stared at each other, the girl's cheeks growing redder and redder, her heartbeat as erratic as a newlywed frantically trying to play the drums, only to accidentally knock them over – a complete mess.

"No one really forced you?" Hoshino suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Mikazuki Fuuka was taken aback. Wasn't she supposed to be here to teach her a lesson?

“Fuuka, I’m not criticizing or warning you, but some things should not only be done with someone you like, but also from your own heart,” Hoshino said. “Because we are good friends, even if you do something bad, I won’t use it to blackmail you, but I hope you will think it through.”

"What... should I consider?" Mikazuki Fuka could barely contain her heartbeat, because she could tell that Hoshino Mi was concerned about her.

"You know Eriri is my childhood friend, right?" Hoshino released her chin. "Not only Eriri, I also have a younger sister."

Mikazuki Fuka bit her lip, looking somewhat pale. She thought Hoshino Mi was going to reject her.

Sure enough, Hoshino said the sentence she hated the most.

“I care about both of them a lot, so much so that…”

"I like you!"

Before Hoshino could finish speaking, Mikazuki Fuka raised her chin high and interrupted Hoshino with a slightly louder voice.

"They all say I'm too quick to give away my tasks, but everyone just keeps asking me to do all sorts of things. The students on duty in class often ask me to cover for them, the teacher calls on me to help when she sees me, my friends in the gardening club ask me to help water the plants, and the librarian always specifically asks me to do things..."

She seemed to finally understand what it meant to be unable to believe the fact that Akira Nomi always received love letters, and why he didn't have a girlfriend.

“I am... this is the first time someone has helped me, the first time no one has needed my help. Hoshino-kun just treats me as a normal friend. He greets me when he sees me, helps me with my work, and sometimes even helps me settle accounts with them. I really, really care about Hoshino-kun. I care so much that I even hate that you treat me as just an ordinary friend.”

Why does he always get so close to Eriri? Why does he only treat me as a friend, like most of his friends? Why can I only watch from the sidelines?

"This is the first time I've ever liked a boy, so could you... please not mention Sawamura-kun's name in front of me?"

In Mikazuki Fuuka's eyes, Hoshino Mi mentioning Eriri's name was tantamount to directly rejecting her confession.

Her feelings were so ordinary, so ordinary that most people in this world experience love in this way: developing feelings for someone in a daze, falling in love with a boy in a daze, and ending the relationship in a daze.

Mikazuki Fuka felt her eyes burning, and something was streaming down her cheeks. She forgot what her friends in the group had said: at this moment, she should question Hoshino Mi.

However, she couldn't think too much about it.

"Are you done talking?" Hoshino reached out and touched her cheek, gently wiping away her tears.

Mikazuki Fuka began to tremble, waiting for his final answer. She felt incredibly ashamed, knowing that her friends in the group would definitely laugh at her when she got back.

“First of all, yesterday was my first kiss, and I wouldn’t kiss a girl I don’t like,” Hoshino said softly. “Secondly, we’re good friends, and I’m happy that Fuuka likes me so much.”

Mikazuki Fuuka stared at him blankly, her mind not quite processing what he meant. Had her confession been successful?

"However, Eriri is my childhood friend, and she is very important to me, even though she sometimes seems a bit silly."

"Or... is it not allowed?"

“It’s not that it’s impossible. Fuuka is so cute, I wish I could be with you.” Hoshino said with a serious face. “However, I promised Eriri and my sister that I would marry both of them at the same time.”

Mikazuki Fuka was stunned. She could understand Hoshino wanting to marry Eriri, but what was going on with marrying two people at the same time?

"So, Fuuka must have misjudged me. I'm just a guy who dreams of having girls on both sides," Hoshino denied. "I'm not worthy of Fuuka's affection."

"You want to find two girlfriends?" Mikazuki Fuka seemed a little skeptical and wanted to confirm it again.

“This isn’t an excuse to reject you on purpose. I’m really thinking about marrying both of them at the same time.” Hoshino thought for a moment. “Besides, I’m not sure if I only have two girlfriends.”

Mikazuki Fuka's eyes widened. Just as Hoshino thought she would be extremely disappointed, she asked softly and cautiously.

"So, Hoshino-kun didn't reject me?"

"I wouldn't say I refused, but if I could, I'd like to experience what first love feels like with Fuuka."

Hoshino smiled as if joking, thinking he was just giving the girl a way out, without realizing anything else.

He knew that girls would never accept a harem, so he never considered anyone other than Eriri and Kasugano Sora.

Eriri and Kasugano Sora are his only childhood friends, and if he can't even win them over, then he can't possibly win over anyone else.

Mikazuki Fuka stared blankly at him, the words her friends in the group chat had repeatedly flashed through her mind.

"Super Girl: If he doesn't deny it, just force yourself on him and drag him away from that childhood sweetheart!"

Just as Hoshino was about to pull his hand away, the girl moved faster than him, suddenly grabbing his collar, rising high on her tiptoes, and kissing his lips.

Before he could even savor the feeling, because her movements were so forceful, Hoshino was knocked to the ground the moment she kissed him, his head nearly making intimate contact with the ground.

By the time Hoshino came to his senses, the girl was already straddling him, her two soft, boneless hands pressing against his face as she continued to kiss him.

Chapter 77 I'll Let You Go This Time (Part 2)

Eriri chatted casually with her friends in the classroom, but her mind was elsewhere; she was still thinking about what Hoshino had just said.

What if Hoshino Mi actually finds a girlfriend?

Then Eriri realized that her worries were unnecessary. Hoshino Mi said that he wanted to be with her and Kasugano Sora, and probably wouldn't find a girlfriend.

But what does he mean? Does he mean he's thinking of having two women on his left and one on his right?

Eriri snorted softly. She wouldn't give Hoshino Mi such an opportunity; it would be too easy for him.

However, Eriri felt somewhat relieved.

Having said that, Eriri comforted herself, thinking that Kasugano Sora would never monopolize Hoshino Mi, and that it wouldn't be a big deal if the two lived together.

Even so, Eriri still planned to seek advice from the experts. She was shocked by the kitten's success yesterday, and perhaps the experts really had a way to help her defeat Kasugano Sora.

Eriri made an excuse and secretly took out her phone, avoiding everyone's gaze.

Eriri glanced at the chat history and her lips twitched slightly. She discovered that these guys were actually discussing how to become strong enough to be with the person they liked.

Last time it was drugging and seduction, now it's physical intimacy. It's shameless! Can't they be a little more reserved like her?

"Iron-Blooded Childhood Sweethearts: Enough already! Anyone who didn't know better would think you were perverted old men!"

"Do you want ice cream today? It's so cold and shivering. Boys can be tough on girls, but girls can't be tough on boys?"

"Kari: If you don't strengthen him, plenty of others will!"

"Iron-Blooded Childhood Sweethearts: I'm not a shameless girl like you!"

"Water Mage: Plum Sauce, you've arrived just in time! Kitty's opponent is her childhood friend, you have to step in personally!"

"Super Pretty Girl: Now it's time to show Plum Sauce's true power!"

"Iron-Blooded Green Plum Party: Huh?"

After their explanation, Eriri understood the situation a little better, and then became even angrier.

She's a staunch supporter of childhood sweethearts, how could she possibly help a philanderer figure out how to deal with his childhood sweetheart!

"Iron-Blooded Plum Party: Please look at my ID when you speak."

Water Mage: Hey, what does it matter? Kitty is one of us, it's that childhood sweetheart who's the one who's cheating.

"Huali: Actually, you can think about it carefully. If you could come up with a plan to help the kitten with her childhood sweetheart, wouldn't you be able to spot the cheating cats around you at a glance in the future?"