I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Just as the two were interacting, the librarian came up behind Tianyin.

He put his hands on her shoulders.

"Tenon? So you're Miyako Tenon. Your disguise is quite good."

Tianyin felt a chill run down her spine and froze on the spot.

"It's a misunderstanding! I promise I won't bring snacks and drinks in anymore!"

Seeing Amane's embarrassed expression, Shiina immediately perked up.

"Tianyin, you actually brought drinks and snacks into such an important place, what a bad kid you are!"

Seeing Shiina's swift change of heart, Amane scratched her cheek with some embarrassment, then whispered something in Shiina's ear, whose cheeks were still burning.

"Idiot, have you forgotten? Those 'Shiina Hiyori Likes Type II Bear Cookies' were meant for you to eat last time, and you ate the whole bag clean. You also drank all the coconut milk tea I made. Why are you betraying me now?"

There's actually such a thing? But if you put it this way...

Am I actually an accomplice?

Shiina's eyes were actually sparkling.

Becoming an accomplice for the first time feels surprisingly exciting!

Chapter 51: I Want to Capture Your Wonderful Moments

"I'm starting!"

After putting her hands together in gratitude to the gods who might be slacking off in the dead of winter and to the cooked food, Tianyin gently unwrapped the fast food bento box.

With the cafeteria no longer selling food, besides buying fresh ingredients to cook at home, bread, cup noodles, and ready-to-eat meals have become the preferred choices.

After all, no one would think about cooking for themselves at school lunchtime.

Seeing that Amane, who had been all well-behaved just a second ago, was now wolfing down her food, Shiina, standing to the side, had a slightly troubled expression on her face.

I was originally thinking that eating fast food with Amane would be a great experience, but now it seems...

Since the two of them were eating while sitting on a bench, students passing by would occasionally look in Tianyin's direction with strange eyes.

Shiina had originally planned to start eating, but feeling a little embarrassed by the people coming and going, she decided to take her bento back to her dorm to eat it later.

However, seeing Amane enjoying her meal without caring about others' opinions, Shiina was quite envious, especially since Amane seemed to be eating very well; the bento must taste pretty good too.

However, in order not to leave a strange impression on outsiders, Shiina chose to endure it.

Glug~ Glug~

Unfortunately, my stomach betrayed me and started growling.

Tianyin raised her head in confusion upon hearing the strange sound.

I think I just heard pigeons cooing.

Tianyin looked around, seemingly searching for traces of pigeons.

Shiina, whose face had already turned bright red, quickly nudged Amane.

It would be too embarrassing if Tianyin found out that it was her stomach that was making noise.

Fortunately, Shiina reacted quickly and immediately came up with a way to distract Amane.

"Hiyori, did you spot a pigeon? That's strange, I feel like I can hear it right next to my ear but I just can't find it."

Tianyin scratched her head and muttered to herself in a strange tone.

"Can you hear pigeons cooing? Maybe you misheard, Tianyin. I'm right next to you and I didn't hear any pigeons cooing. By the way, Tianyin, would you like some of this pork chop?"

Shiina opened her heated bento box and, somewhat reluctantly, picked up a golden, crispy fried pork cutlet to show Amane.

As expected, Tianyin's gaze immediately focused on the fried pork chop.

"Ahem...is this not a good idea? The portion of the bento isn't very large..."

While keeping her eyes glued to the pork chop, Amane said some insincere words of modesty. Shiina saw Amane swallowing her saliva and knew that the little glutton had been tempted.

Although it's a bit of a pity, seeing how cute Tianyin is, I'll still let her eat it.

"It's okay, I ate something before going to the library."

Shiina explained with a smile, then handed over the pork chop.

Shiina wasn't lying; she had indeed eaten a frozen, rock-hard bread on her way here. Shiina's original plan was to quickly finish her business at the library, borrow new books, and then immediately go to the supermarket to buy some fresh ingredients to treat herself to a good lunch.

Oh, right, Shiina also planned to buy all the ingredients needed for dinner while she was at it, so she wouldn't have to go downstairs to buy groceries in the evening.

However, the result was slightly different from her pre-planned arrangements.

Click.

The crisp sound of the fried pork cutlet being bitten off brought Shiina back to her senses.

Tianyin was happily chewing on the fried pork chop in her mouth.

The fried pork cutlet on her chopsticks was visibly missing a large piece, but since it was all for Amane's Shiina, she didn't feel too bad about it.

But then she discovered a huge problem!!

"Tianyin, you..."

"What's wrong?"

Because she was chewing food, Amane made an indistinguishable sound, but her big, blinking eyes were full of confusion. Even if you looked at her, you could tell that Amane was puzzled by Shiina suddenly calling her name.

"You didn't just bite me..."

Click!

Tianyin took another bite and completely devoured the entire strip of fried pork chop.

……

Shiina glanced at his chopsticks, then at Amane, and was about to say something when he saw Amane also pick up a piece of chicken from her bento and hold it to Shiina's mouth.

"Just say you want some, don't be shy. I often swap food with Suzune and the others. Try it, these chicken nuggets are pretty good!"

Urged on by Amane, Shiina opened her small mouth hesitantly.

The shame that made Shiina's whole body burn made her close her eyes, while she silently told herself things like, "It's just exchanging food, it's nothing," trying to distract herself from the fact that she was being fed.

Just as Shiina was about to receive a feeding, a crucial moment arrived.

Suddenly, a figure snatched the chicken piece from Tianyin's chopsticks.

The next second, Shiina cutely bit down hard, only to miss. Confused, Shiina opened her eyes and saw Ibuki, arms crossed, eating her chicken nuggets while giving the two of them a malicious look.

"I didn't expect you guys to make such quick progress. You've already started to be so... so shameless?"

Ibuki looked somewhat angry.

Shiina shrank back behind Amane in fear, and it was this small action that made Ibuki start her freshman year even more.

"Hey! My relationship with you is definitely better than this guy's. Besides, we're classmates and friends. Are you going to side with an outsider now?"

Shiina looked at Amane with difficulty, then at Ibuki, and slowly hid behind Ibuki, step by step.

Seeing that Amane had been abandoned by Shiina, Ibuki's face showed a smug look.

"Tsk tsk, how ugly! I just won Hiyori over!!"

Before Ibuki could finish speaking, Amane pulled her into her arms and nuzzled her cheek affectionately.

"Hey, isn't this Mio? Long time no see, have you grown a bit?"

"What nonsense are you spouting! Hiyori is still here, don't corrupt her!"

"that……"

Shiina carried her bento box to the other side of the bench and sat down again.

"Please don't treat me like a child. I do know a bit about adult matters, though I haven't experienced them firsthand. If you don't mind, Ibuki-san, could I stay and observe and learn later? Also, I'm quite good at taking photos, so I can capture all your 'wonderful moments'!"

Shiina laughed and said something that left Ibuki speechless.

It wasn't until Amane pinched her cheek that Ibuki realized what was happening, and immediately covered her face while letting out a scream.

"No!! Taking pictures is absolutely not allowed!!"

Chapter 52: Whose corpse are you looking at?

"Alright, Hiyori, stop scaring her."

Amane looked at Ibuki, who kept snuggling into her arms, and patted her back to comfort her with amusement.

Shiina, standing to the side, covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Sorry, I was just trying to joke with Ibuki-san, I didn't expect her to react so strongly. But... come to think of it, this is probably the first time I've seen Ibuki-san make such a cute expression. No, I should say it's the first time I've seen Ibuki-san blush like a normal girl."

Shiina had barely finished speaking when he was met with a counterattack from Ibuki.

"Damn it! Shiina, what kind of talk is that?!"

"Huh? Wasn't I speaking Mandarin?"

"...That's enough! What I mean is, I'm not as bad as you say! I'm very feminine usually, aren't I?"

Femininity is a very broad term, encompassing a girl's personality, temperament, clothing, appearance, manners, and so on. Simply put, femininity is a rather conceptual evaluation without specific standards, and everyone's definition of femininity is different.

It's quite surprising to hear such words from Ibuki. But thinking about it carefully, it's probably because the girls couldn't find anything to praise about Ibuki in their private conversations, so they used a vague concept to compliment her on being feminine. As a result, Ibuki believed it. Judging from her expression, she probably didn't even know what femininity was before using someone else's evaluation of her.

In a way, being clumsy can be quite endearing.

"Femininity? What does that smell like?"

Amane deliberately moved closer to Ibuki and sniffed her deeply, then the two looked into each other's eyes.

"Femininity...it's not a flavor! Miyako, are you an idiot?"

"Ahem, Ibuki-san, I think Amane is just trying to take advantage of you, that's why she's doing this on purpose."

"What? So that's how it is... Oh, so you did it on purpose. Let go of me now!"

After realizing that Amane was pretending to be stupid in order to take advantage of her, Ibuki immediately tried to break free from Amane's embrace. However, Amane's strength was far beyond what Ibuki could overcome. In desperation, Ibuki actually bit Amane, and only after feeling the pain was she able to break free.

Looking at the teeth marks on her arm, Amane glared at Ibuki with annoyance.

"Mio, are you a dog? Why do you bite me every time we meet?"

Thinking about the time I was bitten in the locker room, plus the time I was bitten while watching a movie, this is the third time now.

If Ibuki develops the bad habit of biting people at the drop of a hat, how will Amane manage to do anything bad in the future? Therefore, this bad habit must be corrected!!!

"Who told you to touch me inappropriately every time you see me... Hiyori, why do you look so happy?"

Amane also looked over at Shiina, who had been ignored all along. While watching the two of them bickering and listening to their gossip, Shiina quickly finished off the pork cutlet bento box that didn't have pork cutlet.

"Because when you're full, you feel good."

"I agree!!"

Amane raised her hand high, indicating her agreement with Shiina's statement.

However, Amane's feeling of being full and Shiina's feeling of being full are clearly not the same concept.

"You two are really acting like little kids."

Ibuki sat between the two of them, complaining somewhat discontentedly.

Upon hearing Ibuki's complaint, Amane and Shiina exchanged a smile across Ibuki, but said nothing more.

The three of them sat on the bench for a while, and since no one spoke, the atmosphere became awkward.

Normally, for effective communication to take place, someone would first bring up a topic, then everyone would join the discussion. After the topic had been discussed to a certain extent, someone would then extend the discussion to other areas, thus bringing up a new topic, which everyone would then join in on.

This is the normal way to communicate.

However, it seems that two of the three have no intention of communicating at all.

Sitting in the middle, Ibuki was undoubtedly the most awkward one.

Before she arrived, Shiina and Amane were interacting amicably, but the atmosphere became strange after she abruptly intervened.

Ibuki first glanced at Amane, who was smiling as she looked at her phone screen while chatting with the other person at an astonishing speed.

Out of curiosity, Ibuki peeked at Amane's screen and discovered that Amane was chatting with five or six girls at the same time!

Not only was the transition seamless and uninterrupted, but I even managed to snap a photo in between...