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

"The weather is nice today. I'd like to sunbathe here and wait for Tianyin to come back."

Seeing that Amazusa was so insistent, Horikita had no choice but to let Amazusa wait at the door. However, Amazusa saw this scene as a sign of her intelligence, as she saw through Horikita's scheme.

Tianze Yixia felt extremely pleased, believing that she had already won the first battle, as if even the heat outside had dissipated considerably.

Of course, that's impossible.

Since the outside temperature was already close to 40 degrees Celsius, it was clear from the fact that Tianze Yixia was still sweating profusely that it was just a psychological reaction caused by her extremely good mood.

Seeing that Amaze Ichika refused to come inside, Horikita had no choice but to suggest that Amaze Ichika put the ingredients she was carrying inside first. After all, there were heavy ingredients such as rice and noodles, plus all kinds of meat that Ama-on had bought at once, totaling a full twenty kilograms. And that didn't even include the bottles and jars of seasonings, vegetables and fruits.

Horikita noticed that Tensawa's hands were trembling, yet he still insisted on holding them, so he couldn't help but suggest putting the things in first.

At first, Tianze Yixia thought this method was feasible, but the clever girl suddenly realized a problem: if she put the things inside the house, what would be the point of her standing outside?

The reason she insisted on carrying such a heavy thing while waiting here was not only to prevent Horikita from setting a trap for her, but also to make a good impression on Amane. If Amane came back and saw her putting the things inside while she stood at the door, not to mention whether it would change her opinion of her, Amane would think that there was something wrong with Amane Ichika just by seeing this behavior.

Therefore, it is absolutely forbidden to leave things inside the house.

'As expected of Horikita Suzune, I almost fell into her trap. Luckily, I reacted in time, otherwise I would have been an idiot standing there, and Amane would have become suspicious. Those second-year seniors are really cunning.'

Even now, Amazuki no longer dared to underestimate Horikita Suzune. In order not to be bewitched by Horikita Suzune's sweet talk, Amazuki deliberately moved away from the door and stood in a place where the sunlight could shine directly on her.

Although she was feeling a bit dizzy from the sun, Tianze Yixia believed that what she did was worthwhile.

"Tianze, would you like some drinks? It's so hot, you're more likely to get heatstroke if you don't keep your body hydrated!"

Horikita handed a can of beverage, which had been thoughtfully opened and had a plastic straw placed inside, to Amasawa Ichika.

Seeing the fine water droplets and lingering white mist on the surface of the canned drink, Tianze Yixia immediately determined that it was an iced beverage.

After standing in nearly 40-degree heat for almost an hour, just when you're parched from the sun, someone suddenly hands you an ice-cold drink. Even the most determined person would be shaken, right?

Amazusa Ichika hesitated for a moment. She wasn't worried about what was in the drink, but rather she was suspicious of Horikita's motives. Why would a legitimate girlfriend be so concerned about a competitor like her who had come knocking on her door? What was Horikita up to?

After thinking for about three minutes, Amazu Ichika came to a conclusion: Horikita probably wanted to deliberately show off his magnanimity in front of her, and only such a possibility could have made her act so unusually.

Thinking that it would be stupid to not drink an iced beverage and then faint from the sun, Amasawa Ichika didn't stand on ceremony with Horikita Suzune and leaned over to take two big gulps.

As soon as it entered her mouth, a refreshing coolness seemed to burst forth from every pore of her body, and Tianze Yixia felt comfortable all over and a smile appeared on her face.

The very next second.

Tianze Yixia's beautiful features suddenly became distorted.

Is there really something wrong with the beverage?

"It's so sour... What is this?"

Ichika Amasawa, suppressing the sour taste still spreading in her mouth, looked at the drink in Horikita's hand.

"This? This is tomato juice. Tianyin likes to drink this, so I keep a lot in the refrigerator. At first, I wasn't used to drinking this kind of thing, but after drinking it for a while, you'll find that... it's actually quite hard to drink."

Horikita shrugged, indicating that she herself couldn't understand why Amane liked such strong flavors.

Tianze Yixia was utterly devastated at this moment.

You yourself find the taste unpleasant to drink, yet you give it to her to drink?

Does Horikita Suzune have some kind of mental illness?

Just as Ichika was about to give Horikita Suzune a proper greeting, light footsteps came from the direction of the elevator.

Tianyin, holding three drinks, rushed towards the two of them with a happy expression.

As soon as she arrived at the door, Amane looked at Amazawa Ichika, who was carrying groceries in both hands and standing as if being punished, with a strange expression, and Horikita Suzune, who was feeding Amazawa Ichika tomato juice.

"What are you doing? Why don't you come inside?"

Tianyin couldn't understand what had happened after she left that made Tianze afraid to even go into the dormitory.

"You'll have to ask Tianze about that."

Horikita had no idea what was wrong with Amaze Ichika, so he could only let Amane ask Amaze for confirmation herself.

"After all, it was you, Miyako-senpai, who entrusted me with the care of the ingredients. I wouldn't feel at ease if I couldn't hand them over to you personally."

Tianze Yixia's reason was as far-fetched as it could be, but Tianyin didn't care about such things.

"It's okay, it's fine to put something this heavy on the ground. Anyway, the bag will protect it and it won't get dirty. Standing in the sun for so long must be tiring, right? I'm planning to cook a big meal later, Tianze, why don't you stay and have lunch with us?"

After extending an invitation to Tianze, Tianyin looked at Horikita... and gulped down the entire can of tomato juice in her hand.

"Phew, I'm saved! I was almost dying of thirst the whole way here."

Seeing Tianyin's happy expression, Tianze Yixia opened her mouth but didn't remind Tianyin that the straw was the one she had just used.

Once inside the dormitory, Tianze Yixia realized that it was not as simple as it seemed.

Although the dorm rooms are all about the same size, Horikita's dorm room appears slightly larger because it is close to the elevator. However, what makes this dorm room look extraordinary is that there is a small nest made up of cushions and a small sofa on the floor.

There was also a fairly large brown bear pillow in the little nest. Based on her experience, Tianze Yixia judged that this was probably a little nest prepared for a pet.

"Miyako-senpai, do you and Horikita-senpai keep any pets in the dormitory?"

Tianze Yixia's question was tinged with a little cunning, because the dormitory rules clearly stated that no pets were allowed in any form in the dormitory.

Even hamsters are not allowed to be brought into the dormitory, let alone this little house, which looks like it belongs to at least a medium to large dog.

"Pets? I don't remember having any pets in the dorm."

Amane, who had just tied on her apron, tilted her head. She had once wanted to secretly keep a cat, but Horikita rejected the idea, so she had no intention of keeping a pet. Why was Tenze suddenly saying that their dormitory had pets again?

"Huh? Isn't this little house for pets?"

Tianze instinctively sensed something was wrong.

"Oh, you mean that? That's a little nest I prepared especially for Tianyin. She likes to roll around on the floor when she plays games, and I thought she took up too much space, so I prepared a little nest for her. When I'm not playing games, I just leave her in the little nest to play games by herself."

Horikita's words left Amazu Ichika speechless.

Who would build a doghouse in their dorm room for their boyfriend to live in? Are they really dating? Or is it just a cover...?

Got it!

Tianze Yixia's eyes suddenly lit up; she had an idea that she could make use of this little place.

"I see... Poor Miyako-senpai, even though the beds provided by the school aren't very big, there shouldn't be any problem for two people to squeeze in and sleep together, right?"

While seemingly standing up for Amane, Amasawa Ichika was actually testing whether Amane and Horikita's relationship was as close as the intelligence suggested.

If it could sow discord between the two and pave the way for my successful conquest of Tianyin, that would be even better.

But as soon as Tianze Yixia opened her mouth, she saw Tianyin's expression change. Tianyin quickly came to Tianze Yixia's side and covered her mouth.

"Tianyin, look, I told you you should sleep in bed more often. You're always holed up in your little nest, making it feel like I'm abusing you. Sigh, I remember at the beginning you were always pestering me to sleep with you and asking me to tell you bedtime stories, weren't you?"

Horikita took a sip of tea and sighed as if reflecting on something.

Normally, Amane spends most of her time in the dormitory in her little room, and only goes to bed to play games when Horikita is not around.

One reason is that the school beds are really too small, and it's a bit uncomfortable to squeeze together. Another reason is that Horikita is the kind of person who, when she's abstinent, is completely unaffected. No matter how Amane tries to coax her, Horikita won't be influenced by her. Often, Amane can only gain the upper hand by being mischievous.

Horikita, now in "passion mode," is arguably the most troublesome presence for Amane. Completely uninhibited in matters of passion, Horikita demonstrates to Amane what it truly means to be ready to mate at any time.

Take yesterday for example. While playing a game, Amane suddenly felt an electric shock all over her body. Realizing what was happening, she looked down and met Horikita's seductive eyes, who was "working" in a maid outfit.

Young and impetuous, Tianyin suddenly felt a burning sensation in her abdomen, resulting in her maid outfit being ruined.

However, this was only in the morning. In the afternoon, Amane was enjoying the beautiful girl's lap pillow while resting her head on Horikita's lap when she smelled something strange. When she opened her eyes, she saw a milky white Yukiko.

Who could resist that?

In short, just a few weeks ago Horikita was complaining that Karuizawa didn't cherish Amane, but who knew that she herself seemed to be trying to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Terrified, Tianyin could only hide in her little nest and pretend to be a coward every day.

It's not that Amane couldn't subdue Horikita; on the contrary, she almost never won a battle against him. However, after Horikita started to overpower her, Amane could clearly feel her body starting to suffer. In order to protect herself, Amane could only get Horikita to restrain himself a little by setting three rules for him.

Now, Tianyin sometimes misses the Horikita Suzune who was arrogant, aloof, and most importantly, quite reserved.

"Ahem, it's summer now, and it's so hot, it's not appropriate for us to squeeze together like this..."

"The room has air conditioning!"

"Um... I was just worried that Lingyin wouldn't be comfortable sleeping..."

"Isn't it uncomfortable to sleep alone? With you here, at least I have a pillow, which will greatly improve my sleep quality."

"..."

Just as Tenon was wondering what reason she could give Horikita to abandon his idea of ​​making her sleep in bed every day, she suddenly heard Tenze making a whimpering sound in her arms.

Tianyin then realized that she had been covering Tianze's mouth for quite a while, so she quickly let go of his hand.

"I almost thought I was going to suffocate... Anyway, since you, Miyako-senpai, don't want to sleep in the bed, and Horikita-senpai wants to sleep with you, why don't you two squeeze into this little nest? If Miyako-senpai can't stand it, he'll just go back to the bed, right?"

Tianze Yixia casually made a suggestion.

She genuinely didn't understand why couples wouldn't sleep together, which is why she made that suggestion. This was because when Tianze overheard the two bickering, he keenly sensed that Tianyin seemed to be deliberately avoiding Horikita.

Although she couldn't figure out what Amane was afraid of, she could encourage Horikita to take the initiative. Since Amane had some kind of fear of Horikita, more contact between the two might make Amane unhappy. At that time, she could use her status as a junior to listen to Amane's emotional troubles, and then...

“That makes sense. From today onwards, I’ll squeeze into this little nest with you, Tianyin.”

Horikita's gaze toward Amane began to burn with passion.

Tianyin, standing to the side, chose to escape reality and entered a blank expression.

However... the way Tenon looked at Tenze Ichika didn't seem to be very friendly.

Lunch was prepared by Amane. It has to be said that Amane's cooking skills are several levels higher than Horikita's. Although Amane learned how to cook a long time ago in order to avoid starving to death in the wild, she accidentally triggered some kind of talent. As a result, Amane's cooking skills could be the top dish in any famous restaurant in the country.

"I'm sorry, I didn't have much time and I didn't know what you like to eat, Tianze, so I just made something quick and easy. I hope you like it."

Tianze glanced at the eight dishes and one soup on the table, then at Tianyin, who was scratching her head apologetically. In that brief moment, Tianze felt that he had gained a completely new understanding of the saying "just made a little something".

Could a high school student really have made all this delicious-looking food? She had no idea that Tianyin was a professional chef!

"It's okay, I love any food made by Miyako-senpai. Also, Miyako-senpai, just call me Ichika like you did when we went to the movies together last time~"

Tenze deliberately looked at Tenon with an adoring expression, while secretly glancing at Horikita out of the corner of his eye. He was surprised to find that Horikita had already started eating and was completely unresponsive to Tenze's ambiguous words!

Suddenly, Tianze felt a surge of pressure. She didn't know how to sow discord between Tianyin and Horikita or get Horikita to show hostility towards her, so that Tianze could then use this to arouse Tianyin's protective instincts.

Even though the plan was perfect, Tianze felt that something was not quite right.

"Then I won't be polite~ I look forward to your guidance from now on."

"Miyako-senpai is too modest. I am the one who should learn more from you in the future."

Seeing that he had already started building a future relationship with Amane, while Horikita still had an indifferent expression, Tenze couldn't help but feel annoyed.

The plan was progressing too smoothly; if things continued like this, Tianze even had the illusion that he could take down Tianyin today.

Why did Horikita ignore her provocation? Even if she was just pretending to be magnanimous, there was no need to go to such lengths.

Unconvinced, Tianze rolled his eyes, then picked up a slice of meat and held it to Tianyin's lips.

"To express my gratitude for the sumptuous lunch you prepared for me, please allow me to do so."

When Tianyin saw that Tianze had already put the slices of meat to her mouth, she didn't stand on ceremony with him.

"I'm so embarrassed."

As Amane said this, she took a bite of the meat slice. Just as Amane and Tenze were interacting intimately, Horikita, who had been silent since the start of the meal, finally spoke up.

"Tianze, classmate."

It's here! It's here! It's here!

Tianze was overjoyed. If she pretended not to see anything Horikita did, then everything she did would look like a clown. Fortunately, Horikita was just pretending to be magnanimous. Tianze had made up her mind that no matter what Horikita said that was bad for her, she would just cry in front of Tianyin.

However, to her surprise... Horikita only reminded her that Amane was a picky eater.

"Tianze, don't just feed her meat. Tianyin is a very picky eater, but you can't spoil her too much, otherwise she'll get so fat that she can't even walk one day. Before things get to that point, you should let her eat more vegetables."

Horikita's suggestion made Amane pout and start to complain quietly.

"It's not as exaggerated as Lingyin said..."

Unlike the relaxed atmosphere between Amane and Horikita, Amane, who mistakenly thought Horikita was going to lecture her, had already started to prepare her ultimate crying move. However, Horikita ended up asking her to feed Amane vegetables.

No, you're sitting next to her too. If she's picky about food, why don't you just put vegetables on her plate? No, something's not right! Horikita would never let her put food on Amane's plate.

Tianze narrowed her eyes, then a mischievous smile returned to her face. She had seen through Horikita's entire scheme!

If Tianze deliberately makes himself put food that Tianyin doesn't like on his plate, and Tianyin keeps leaving it in her bowl after a few tries, Tianze will feel embarrassed to put food on Tianyin's plate again.