Is this mangaka crazy?

"Mio! Hurry up! Why aren't you finished yet?"

Yuki, with a shoulder bag, looked at Mio, who was still applying eyeliner in their room.

Mio intently looked at herself in the mirror and applied her eyeliner. She replied: "Wait! It'll be ready soon!"

Yuki and Riko, to the side, looked at each other, both helpless.

Seeing this, Sakura smiled and said: "Alright, Yuki, there's still time, let Mio finish her makeup first... Mio, hurry up!"

Although she said it for appearances, she was actually a little anxious; after all, she and Ren had an agreement.

They were supposed to meet at the university gate at 9:50 AM, and she was very worried that Ren would wait too long.

And Sakura herself wasn't the type to like making others wait too long.

Riko looked at the time on her folding phone: "But we agreed to leave school together at 10 AM, and it's already 9:45 AM..."

Mio continued applying her eyeliner, but she said: "It's fine, Riko, Kaito and the others are guys, what's wrong with guys waiting for girls?"

Sakura, hearing this, shook her head: "Mio, it's not about gender, hurry up, guys aren't obligated to wait for us."

"And this time, aren't you trying to set up Riko?" she said to Riko with a smile.

Riko's pretty face suddenly blushed. Although Mio had proposed this end-of-semester dinner, she agreed because everyone knew she liked Hiroshi,

a senior student. And it turns out that Hiroshi is currently living in Kaito's residence at the School of Management.

Kaito was the one who had been pursuing Sakura, but after these two semesters, their relationship hadn't progressed much.

Sakura didn't have any good feelings for Kaito, but she didn't dislike him either.

But this time, Riko had someone she liked, and there was a chance to bring them together, so she shouldn't let it pass so easily.

It was for her sake that Sakura and Yuki agreed to go to the end-of-semester dinner.

But this time, when they were about to leave, Mio was late because she couldn't get out of bed.

This was something Sakura and the others didn't expect.

But they were also used to Mio's lazy and unfocused demeanor.

But although Mio was a bit lazy and unfocused, she was still quite easy to get along with, and there was nothing unpleasant about her.

"Time's almost up... why don't we call Kaito's residence to let them know?"

Yuki said with some concern: "Otherwise, will Riko give Hiroshi-senpai a bad impression?"

"Huh?" Riko couldn't help but worry a little upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, Kaito and the others are waiting for us downstairs in the dorm, and we won't make them wait too long," Mio reiterated.

Yes, after all, they are from the same university, so Kaito and the others won't wait too long.

But...

"Sakura, where did you arrange to meet Ren-san?" Riko asked Sakura in a low voice.

"At the west gate of the school..."

"Forget it... Yuki, Riko, wait for Mio, I'll go see Ren-san first."

Sakura thought for a moment and said:

"Huh?"

Riko and Yuki were a little surprised.

"Huh? Sakura, can't we go together later?" Mio, who was still doing her makeup in the dorm room, said in surprise.

Sakura replied directly: "No, it's not good for Ren-san to wait too long, I'm going first."

Then she ran downstairs alone.

"Hey!"

Riko, Yuki, and the others exclaimed, but they could only watch Sakura run downstairs.

Yuki sighed: "I really don't know what's wrong with Sakura... Is it because of the time she was rescued from drowning that she fell in love with Ren?"

Riko said: "Perhaps... Speaking of which, Ren is very handsome, and Sakura told me he's a mangaka now, which is an achievement...". However,

Mio, who was still in the dorm, said loudly with disdain: "Even if he becomes a mangaka, he's not worthy of Sakura. Sakura is such an exceptional person that no one can compare to him."

Tokyo Institute of Technology, downstairs at the female dormitory.

Four tall and handsome university students, in the prime of their lives, stood downstairs at the dormitory, as if waiting for someone.

One of the guys said with some dissatisfaction: "Kaito, why haven't they come down yet? Didn't we agree to leave school at 10 AM? It's already 9:49 AM!"

"Hiroshi, don't worry. Girls need to put on makeup, so it'll take longer."

The guy named Kaito said with a slight smile.

He seemed very tall, estimated to be over 1.85 meters tall at a glance. He was handsome, with short, clean, and radiant hair. The muscular lines of his body were vague, but he was a person who exercised regularly.

"Senpai, excuse the trouble. I'm having dinner on your behalf..." Kaito said, looking at Hiroshi a little awkwardly.

Hiroshi smiled and said: "It's fine... I can help you, Kaito, and I'm still single, so it doesn't matter if I give it a try with that senior girl."

That's right, the true purpose of this dinner wasn't to set up Hiroshi and Riko.

The true purpose of this dinner was to give Kaito an excuse to get closer to Sakura, Riko's roommate, the school beauty, famous in the Faculty of Computer Science and even throughout the entire Tokyo Institute of Technology.

As long as Hiroshi and Riko became a couple, the two dorms would have more opportunities to have dinner together.

Kaito would also have more opportunities to get closer to Sakura.

By then, with each approach, they would become more and more familiar and intimate.

Then he could find an opportunity to confess.

That was Kaito's plan.

He wouldn't be so eager to confess to Sakura at this party.

After all, Kaito knew very well that a confession was not a bugle call for the knight to charge bravely, but an ovation to declare victory.

If you confess without an emotional foundation, there's no chance of success unless you're very lucky and the other person happens to like you.

He just has to be patient.

As for the current wait, it's nothing.

Kaito planned to keep waiting.

However, at that moment...

a familiar figure appeared at the dormitory door, but... she was alone.

Sakura looked quite anxious and rushed out of the dormitory.

"Huh? Sakura!"

Kaito saw her and hurried to greet her.

"Kaito, Hiroshi-senpai, and these two guys, hello!"

However, Sakura hastily greeted them: "I'm going to meet a friend. Mio and the others are still upstairs. Please wait for them."

"I'm leaving first!"

After saying this, she immediately ran towards the west gate of the school.

Only Kaito and the others were left standing there, stunned.

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