The Heroines Want to Confess.

Chapter 113: One Night at the Nakano House

If the sun were to suddenly appear at night, what would happen?

Random vampire out on a stroll: Σ(°ロ°)!!!

Sakurai Saki looked at the rain outside the balcony, lost in thought.

Though he liked rainy days, storms weren't on that list.

'Should've just canceled the tutoring session earlier.'

It was ten o'clock at night now, and it would take at least thirty minutes to get home. The wind and rain weren't the main problem—what scared him more were those five sisters.

From their perspective, someone who dared to walk in the pouring rain could only be described with one word——idiot, LOL!

To avoid ruining his "teacher" image, Sakurai Saki decided to wait until the rain stopped.

His superpower today was summoning the sun.

Controlling this ability was quite simple—he had drawn it three times before, so there were no side effects. Other than attracting a bit of attention from normal people, everything was fine.

And how did he do it? Simple: during the day, he'd pull the clouds away, and at night, he'd speed up the Earth's rotation so that the area he stood in faced the sun. Easy as putting an elephant into the fridge.

Any Esper could probably do that, right?

Footsteps sounded behind him—

"Sensei-chan, where do you want to sleep tonight~?" Onee-san Ichika walked up beside him.

There was nothing worth watching in the dark, rainy window.

Nakano Ichika was looking at Sakurai Saki.

Sakurai Saki was thinking the same—women weren't worth looking at, he was watching the rain.

Mainly because… the girl had just come out of the bath, wearing only a thin shirt.

"I'll sleep on the sofa," Sakurai Saki replied.

The sound of rain echoed noisily in his ears.

"Just now, my practice assignment had the highest score~" Onee-san Ichika, realizing he wasn't paying her any attention, leaned close to his ear. Her voice was as soft as if her tongue were licking his earlobe. "Is there a reward, Sensei-chan~?"

Ichika: (❀❛ ֊ ❛„)♡

"I'll give you another set of practice problems for tomorrow. That's your chance to rank first in the exam." Sakurai Saki glared at her, his tone far from friendly.

Ichika clasped her hands behind her back and leaned forward slightly. The view at her chest was hard to ignore.

Even whiter than winter snow.

"Ara~ where are you looking~?" she teased.

Ichika: (˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

"Nakano Ichika, please have some self-respect." Sakurai Saki raised his hand, palm forward, trying to resist temptation. "Our relationship is a pure teacher-student one. I've always seen you as a student, and I hope you'll see me as a teacher!"

Sakurai: ( •̀ - •́ )

"Mmhm~ is that so~"

(˶ᗜ⩊ᗜ˵)

Nakano Ichika, under Sakurai Saki's astonished gaze, placed her hand on her cleavage, then pulled out several 10,000 yen bills. "Sensei-chan~ you're working as a rental boyfriend, right?"

"Your teacher job is done for the day." Ichika fanned the bills in her hand.

Sakurai Saki pulled out his phone and opened the rental boyfriend app. "Please read the company's terms carefully."

"'Not allowed to accept private jobs outside official hours through company channels…'" Nakano Ichika finished reading and returned the phone to him. "Your company's strict, huh."

After saying that, seeing Sakurai Saki sigh in relief, she pulled out her own phone. "But if I book an appointment right now, it should still be in time, right?"

"...."

"What's wrong?"

"..."

"I just want to experience what it's like to have a boyfriend, is that not okay?" Onee-san Ichika noticed he seemed genuinely reluctant.

Well, of course—it was a lot harder to pretend to be a lover with someone familiar than with a stranger.

"Alright, alright~ I get that you're unwilling."

"Even if you make a booking, I still have the right to decide whether or not to accept it."

Sakurai Saki replied.

For suspicious clients, Sakurai Saki would never accept.

Female clients who booked in the middle of a cluster of love hotels—just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.

Boys needed to learn how to protect themselves when going out, or else they'd be devoured by girls from A to Z, and wouldn't even have the right to be mad.

"The rain shows no sign of stopping, huh~ It's a bit cold tonight. If you catch a cold, that wouldn't be good."

"This house only has 5 rooms in total," Sakurai Saki reminded.

"I can give you my bed," Ichika said seriously.

"The sofa is fine for me," Sakurai Saki replied, equally serious.

He had already died socially once that day during Golden Week.

Seeing him refuse again and again, Ichika helplessly turned around to leave.

"You got wet from the rain on your way here, right, Sensei-chan? Make sure to take a shower, or you'll catch a cold."

She originally intended to tell him to shower earlier, but there weren't any spare clothes in the house.

At the moment, Sakurai Saki was only wearing his uniform pants and a white undershirt.

His uniform jacket had been dried earlier, but Sakurai Saki hadn't put it back on.

"Nino's still showering, right? I'll wait until she's done," Sakurai Saki turned his head toward the bathroom.

"Don't use that bathwater for anything indecent, okay~?"

(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

Ichika covered her mouth with a hand and giggled.

"I don't have a habit of soaking." Sakurai Saki preferred showers.

"Ara~ what a shame. We five sisters… oh wait, it changed midway. Now only two of us use the bathwater—I think it's Miku and Nino." Ichika's tone made it easy to misinterpret her meaning.

"Better make use of it while it's still warm~"

(≖⩊≖)

Ichika's voice faded into the distance.

She had returned to her room.

Sakurai Saki sat down on the sofa, waiting for the rain to subside.

Usually, heavy rain didn't last long.

Then again, this rain had started right after the tutoring session and had already lasted over an hour.

Had he known, he wouldn't have given them extra study time earlier.

Also—why was Nino taking so long in the bath?

More than ten minutes passed.

"Hm?" Sakurai Saki turned his head and saw a figure stepping out of the bathroom.

She wasn't wearing any hair accessories, so without prior knowledge, Sakurai Saki would have had a hard time telling who it was.

Still… it wasn't Itsuki—he could tell just by looking at the legs.

Definitely not Ichika—Ichika had short hair.

Miku wouldn't act so casually.

And Yotsuba would never show that kind of bashfulness.

After thinking for a moment, Sakurai Saki realized that if you paid attention to the five sisters' habits, you could still tell them apart. After all, their personalities were very different.

Nino was staring blankly at the blurry world in front of her.

She had soaked in the tub for a little too long and now felt a bit dizzy.

"Ichika?" Nino saw a silhouette on the sofa through her hazy vision.

As she stepped closer, she skillfully plugged in the hair dryer and began drying her hair.

"It's me," Sakurai Saki suddenly said.

And then he noticed—Nino looked like someone had hit the pause button on her.

"You came out wearing only a towel?"

Nino had no answer for that question.

She had just finished bathing, her mind was foggy, and by reflex, she thought there were no boys in the house. Just a bad habit that could get someone killed.

"You've already seen it, so whatever,"

(,,¬﹏¬,,)

Nino's face blushed slightly, but her tone stayed firm.

Showing embarrassment now would mean losing! If she'd been seen once, what's the point of being shy about being seen again?

"You forgot your contact lenses again?"

"In the cabinet next to the bathtub, second shelf, middle drawer—I forgot to grab them earlier."

Sakurai Saki walked over, flipped through the cabinet several times, but still couldn't find them.

"Still can't find them?"

Nino stood up, intending to help.

She walked over behind Sakurai Saki and stood on tiptoe.

Then she reached out and opened the cabinet.

"Bang~"

Because she couldn't see clearly, she opened the wrong drawer.

The inside was stuffed with books, and they were about to tumble out.

Sakurai Saki reached out, pulled her into his arms, and with his other hand, slammed the cabinet door shut.

"Eh." Nino let out a sound on reflex.

She didn't know what had just happened—but she knew one thing.

She had just been pulled into someone's arms.

The warmth of his hand transferred through to her shoulder...

'My heart's beating so fast…'

A few seconds later, Sakurai Saki let her go.

She was only wearing a towel—and not even a tightly wrapped one.

Sakurai Saki had moved quickly, so it was no surprise the towel dropped to the floor.

At first, Nino only felt a chill—then she quickly realized something was wrong.

She instantly wrapped her arms around Sakurai Saki in return, pressing herself tightly against him.

"What's wrong?"

"…Don't look!"