Anime Girls are Moist

The Next Day, Monday.

At the Service Club, Yukino, Yui, Iroha, and Yumiko had gathered together.

Iroha's gaze swept back and forth across the three of them, making Yumiko uncomfortable.

Slamming a hand on the table, Yumiko stood up.

"Hey, you've been peeping at us this whole time. What's with your sneaky behavior? Just what the heck are you up to?"

She chose to confront Iroha's actions outright.

But Iroha pouted and murmured in a small voice:

"It's so unfair, you senpais totally led me on and made a complete fool of me."

"Huh? Who played you for a fool?"

Yumiko raised a brow and marched right up to her.

"Say it clearly!"

"Yumiko, calm down!"

Yui quickly clung to Yumiko's arm, worried that her temper might flare. Though she herself had no clue what was going on.

"Sigh…"

Iroha took a deep breath.

"I already heard everything from Yukino-senpai about the whole truth."

Her eyes brimmed with tears as she spoke in grievance:

"The truth?"

"Yukino?"

Yumiko and Yui both looked at Yukino, who was quietly reading by the window.

"Yukino, what on earth did you tell her? You didn't go talking smack about us, did you?"

Otherwise, she just couldn't figure out why Iroha would suddenly have so many complaints toward them.

Closing her book with a snap, Yukino let out a small sigh, then spoke as though out of options:

"Regarding our relationship with Rei Ao, and a portion of the 'unseen side' normal people can't touch, I explained according to Rei Ao's instruction. That's all."

"Ah?!"

Both of them were startled.

"She…already knows everything about Rei Ao?!"

Yui shrank in on herself.

Given this, from Iroha's perspective, seeing that they were Rei Ao's girlfriends, trying to help her chase after him definitely wouldn't make sense. She would logically feel they'd deceived her.

"…"

Yumiko turned, looking at Iroha with a somewhat complicated expression.

"So in other words, now you're one of our 'sisters', right? That night, you had a date, dinner, then off to a hotel—yeah?"

Which means Rei Ao had been with Iroha first, and then came to find us!

Thinking about how on that day she and Yui had used "second-hand goods," Yumiko got irked.

"Uh… 'sisters'? No, no, I'm not!"

Iroha turned red, flailing her hands in denial.

From the side, Yukino also helped clarify:

"Iroha only encountered that visitor from another world. Because of that, Rei Ao revealed a few details. That's all."

"Oh, that's good then."

Hearing that she had gotten a 'first-hand version' herself, Yumiko felt much better.

Then she lifted her chin and said:

"So we never actually tricked you. If it wasn't for Yui here saying she wanted to help you out, I would've considered it a big hassle to do all that."

"Eh?"

Iroha stared, dumbfounded, then slowly turned toward Yui:

"Yui-senpai… Were you really serious about helping me chase after Rei Ao?"

"U-Um…"

A flush crept across Yui's face. Self-consciously, she nodded:

"Yes, I truly wanted to help you."

"Why?"

Iroha couldn't comprehend it.

Helping someone else chase your own boyfriend—how was that not bizarre?

"Probably…because seeing you reminds me of the time I had a big crush on Rei Ao. So I wanted to lend you a hand, hehe~"

Yui scratched her head sheepishly.

"Yui…"

Yumiko's feelings got complicated. Yui really had been like that back then.

"And don't forget Yukino!"

Yui pointed to Yukino.

"She was sincerely trying to help you too!"

"No, that was just my responsibility as Service Club president."

Yukino wouldn't admit to any real feelings about it.

She had simply committed to help and couldn't just drop it, that was all. After the matter with Iroha, Yukino well knew not to promise things so lightly. Much like agreeing to help Rei Ao with "that matter," it only led to her own difficulties.

"Senpai…"

Hearing their straightforward explanations, Iroha felt her bit of resentment melt away.

"Hey, you guys quit with the emotional scene! It's so sappy it's making my skin crawl!"

Yumiko waved an arm, cutting short the tender moment.

"Anyway, Iroha—whatever you plan, you're not to spill a word about it, got it?"

"Mhm, I know that much already~"

Iroha stuck out her tongue playfully. She wasn't dumb.

And not just about Yukino etc. being in a relationship with Rei Ao—words about visitors from another world, if she said that out loud, she'd be labeled insane.

"Uh, so Iroha, you probably don't need to keep up that 'chase Rei Ao' scheme anymore, right?"

Yui asked timidly. No way could everyone in that big group all share a single boyfriend. Yui thought Iroha might just abandon the pursuit.

Yet Iroha suddenly flashed a bright smile.

"Hehe, I, Iroha Isshiki, am not the sort to give up so easily~"

She scanned all three of them.

"So, Senpai—please keep helping me chase after Rei Ao-senpai!"

…

Early morning. The Early Summer Observational Diary of Ai Hayasaka

Today, Miss Kaguya was once again low in spirits. The latest exam results had hit her hard, giving me fewer tasks to do, so my schedule's freer. I've utilized my free time to follow and observe Rei Ao.

From what I've found, he's had close interactions with multiple lovely girls:

Transfer student Hyodo Michiru,

Ex-star Sakurajima Mai,

Secret LN writer named "Kasumigaoka Utaha," (?)

Secret doujin artist Spencer–Sawamura Eriri.

Anyway, it strongly suggests not only is Rei Ao superhuman, but potentially a "scumbag," some time-management master.

I shall keep following him…

"So it seems she's realized Rei Ao's uniqueness?"

Hiding behind the wall to watch him and scribbling notes, Hayasaka hardly noticed a bob-cut girl right next to her. Indeed, it was Katou Megumi, from her earlier records. Because Katou had noticed someone secretly tailing Rei Ao and the girls around him, she used her ability to see what Hayasaka was up to.

But seeing the record and that it was only the mention of "observation diaries," Megumi decided it was no big threat. Moreover, if Rei Ao must have known, and he hadn't objected, neither would she.

Casting a sidelong glance at the obviously "gyaru" style but carrying on spy-like behaviors, Katou Megumi thought:

"Looks like the type Rei Ao might enjoy."

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