A guide to survival in a heavy girl's world

"Then you should start taking care of your hair from now on. You don't want Mr. Tetsuya to complain about your ugly hair in the future, do you?"

"…………"

Hearing this, Hoshino Ai, who had already crawled into the bed, suddenly came out silently.

"Then please hurry up, I'm very sleepy now."

"understood."

As the hair dryer was turned on, a gust of hot air with a fresh floral scent immediately blew away the subtle smell of gunpowder in the room.

【Summer Zodiac】, today is also harmoniously confronting each other.

Chapter 7: Waking from a Dream

Although that dangerous night has passed safely, for Chihaya Tetsuya, the "aftershocks" left by that night have not completely disappeared.

Especially in the past two days, when he was with Toyokawa Shoko, he always felt inexplicably...unable to calm down.

[Chihaya-san, regarding the production instructions here...]

[Chihaya-nii! Please take a look at this.]

"..."

Before this, Shoko Toyokawa would often sit next to him, but recently, whenever Shoko Toyokawa came over, he would immediately feel an indescribable panic in his heart.

Just like that night when Hoshino Ai pushed him against the wall.

Is there some subtle and imperceptible change in Fengchuan?

……

No, she didn't. She didn't do anything strange at all. She was just studying as actively as ever.

So... the problem really lies with him?

But what exactly is the problem that causes him to have such a strange reaction?

What effect did Ai have on him that day?

"Hey! Bro, look, the video of our live show has already reached 50,000 views!"

Just when Chihaya Tetsuya was still lost in thought, Chihaya Aine came to him happily holding her cell phone.

"Look at the comments section below. A lot of people are praising our singing! And a lot of people are praising the clothes you made!"

"…………"

On the other side, when Chihaya Aine sat down next to him, Chihaya Tetsuya's first reaction was not to listen to what his sister said, nor to look at the phone screen she showed him, but rather -

“…Aine.”

"kindness?"

"Do you smell anything?"

“? No.”

Chihaya Aine looked at Chihaya Tetsuya with a strange expression.

"What's wrong, brother, do you smell something?"

"..."

Chihaya Tetsuya was silent for a moment after hearing this, then he leaned slightly towards Chihaya Aine and sniffed lightly a few times.

"Ah!!! Brother, what are you doing!"

Thinking it was some kind of smell on her body, Chihaya Aine blushed and immediately moved away in the opposite direction. Then she quickly lowered her head and checked again and again:

"There's no strange smell, is there? And I clearly took a shower after I got home..."

"No, that's not the case."

Chihaya Tetsuya quickly explained:

"Maybe it's just my imagination. Sorry, Aine."

"Really? Stop scaring me!"

After hearing this, Chihaya Aine immediately stuck back with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.

"I'm very careful about my image in front of my brother! If you really smell something unpleasant, I'll definitely want to die..."

"Don't say that, and it's not a bad smell I smell."

Chihaya Tetsuya shook his head.

"Rather, it's the complete opposite. It smells very nice... like flowers or something."

"Eh? Is that so? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

After hearing her brother's additional explanation, Chihaya Aine immediately felt relieved.

"That must be the scent of that new shower gel I bought. It's indeed a blend of florals! But I didn't expect it to still be detectable after all this time."

As she spoke, she walked directly in front of Chihaya Tetsuya, and then sat on his lap before Chihaya Tetsuya could react at all.

"Since it's a fragrance, then there's no problem. You can smell it as long as you want, brother!"

"No, that's not what I meant..."

Chihaya Tetsuya shook his head helplessly.

However, when he was about to adjust his sitting posture as usual so that Chihaya Aine could sit more comfortably, a familiar yet unfamiliar touch made him freeze in place.

Obviously, Chihaya Aine had sat on his lap like this countless times before, but he had never felt such clear softness so clearly.

Eh? Did it feel like this before? But in my memory, whenever Aine sat on me, I only felt a reassuring warmth and a sense of fulfillment...

Something is wrong, something is definitely wrong!

“Um…Aine.”

"What's the matter, brother?"

"Hey, can you get off my lap?"

"Eh? Why?!"

Chihaya Aine was shocked when she heard this.

"Could it be that you think I'm too heavy?!"

"No, this... the reason is a bit complicated to explain."

Where Chihaya Aine couldn't see, Chihaya Tetsuya showed an extremely conflicted expression.

Because of her surprised movement of turning back, a very subtle friction occurred where their bodies were in contact.

The stimulation brought by this touch filled Chihaya Tetsuya's heart with a mixture of guilt and self-blame.

"But anyway, it's not that I think you're too heavy, nor am I feeling uncomfortable. It's just that there's something wrong with me..."

He quickly explained:

“Please, Aine, just come down this time… okay?”

"……Know it."

Although she didn't know what the "problem" Chihaya Tetsuya was talking about was, Chihaya Aine still got off his legs obediently.

"Brother has been acting strangely today... Oh, by the way, we're planning to hold a celebration party for our successful first live performance! When are you free?"

"Let me think..."

Chihaya Tetsuya thought for a moment before saying:

"Maybe this weekend. Before that, I might have to draw the design for Chuhua."

"Um, Chuhua..."

After hearing the name, Chihaya Aine first showed a thoughtful expression, and then nodded.

"Celebration party...should we invite her too? After all, if she wasn't there that day, our performance wouldn't have started so smoothly..."

"Regarding this, you should first discuss it with your bandmates, right?"

Feeling the heat in his lower body gradually subside, Chihaya Tetsu also regained his composure.

"Besides, Chuhua may not have the time to come."

"That's right~"

Chihaya Aine nodded.

"Then I'll go ask everyone if we can invite Chu Hua, and then I'll let my brother ask her if she has time!"

"...That's fine."

Regarding what happened that day, Chihaya Tetsuya also felt a certain amount of gratitude towards Sankaku Hatsuka.

If she hadn't been there, who knows how Aine and the others' first live show would have turned out.

"Then it's settled. Chu Hua happens to be coming to our studio the day after tomorrow. Just let me know when you have the results tomorrow."

"Oh!"

Chihaya Aine nodded, then prepared to get up and go back to the house.

However, before entering the room, she suddenly thought of something:

"Oh, I forgot to mention that the celebration party will be held at Su Shi's house!"

"……Eh?"

"That's it, goodnight, brother!"

After saying that, as Aine closed the door, Chihaya Tetsuya finally blinked in realization.

"So...did she discuss this matter with Shigaraki-san?"

……

Forget it, let them discuss these matters among themselves.

On his side... he also has things he has to deal with.

Just like that, Chihaya Tetsuya returned to his room earlier than usual.

Chapter 8: Today's main player has not yet made an official statement

The agreed day soon arrived.

That night at the KaZoKu studio, when Toyokawa Shoko saw the person following behind Sankaku Hatsuka, the corners of her eyes twitched unconsciously.

"Why did Hoshino Ai come with you..."

"Well, she heard everything on the phone. Do you think she can still sit still?"

Sanjiao Chuhua shrugged helplessly.

"Rather than letting her continue to stalk Mr. Tetsuya like a nympho, I think it would be better for her to come here openly."

"…………"

After hearing this, Hoshino Ai ignored Sankaku Hatsuka's obviously sarcastic remarks. She just looked around, trying to find Chihaya Tetsuya's location.

"Where's Zhe?"

"I'm on the phone in the production room... communicating with the factory about new fabrics."

Toyokawa Shoko first answered Chihaya Tetsuya's whereabouts truthfully, and then immediately reminded him with an unhappy look on her face:

"Let me make it clear first, Chihaya-nii is going to concentrate on work today and won't have time to fool around with you."

"Hey, that's a coincidence. I just wanted to see Zhe at work today, I didn't plan on doing anything else..."

Having said that, she suddenly remembered something and then revealed a playful smile.

"Come to think of it, you seem to owe me a thank you."

"…Huh? Why?"