Mash-Up: Anything for Money

In the end, under Hakuto's consideration, he agreed to the request to stay overnight.

After all, Hakuto didn't believe that Nino would dare knock on his door in a situation like this!

If Nino really did that, then she's just... well!

"Yes! Shiratori-sensei is staying over!" Yotsuba looked extremely excited—or rather, anything involving Hakuto always made her excited. 

"I'll go tidy up the room!"

"Huh? Yotsuba, whose room are you tidying?" Nino stopped the overly eager Yotsuba.

"Of course mine. What's the problem?"

"Why doesn't Hakuto just sleep in my room? I just got a new bed sheet set…"

"I've got one too… And don't you have a germophobia, Nino?"

Nino frowned. Sometimes she felt that this kind of bubbly, clueless Yotsuba was harder to deal with than anyone else…

In the end, Yotsuba brushed past Nino and headed straight upstairs. "Time to tidy the room!"

Probably only someone with Yotsuba's carefree personality could so casually offer up her room…

Honestly, every one of the five sisters had absolute sovereignty over their own rooms, and each room had several spare keys!

Even if Hakuto locked the door, it wouldn't matter! In a way, this was really like a lamb stepping into a den of wolves!

Letting the carefree Yotsuba be the one to give up her room was the best option.

Otherwise, the other four sisters might end up fighting over it...

After all, who knows if someone might use a bathroom trip as an excuse, grab a spare key, unlock the door and go right in!

Then lock the door behind them! And who knows what would happen in the room after that?

Nino had that exact thought just now—hence why she jumped in to compete...

But feeling the gazes of the other three, she refrained from continuing the fight with Yotsuba.

Because if Yotsuba gave in, Nino wouldn't be the only one pouncing…

Oh, and for the record, Ichika had lost her eligibility…

Meanwhile, Nino had a plan of her own—wondering if she could somehow sneak away Yotsuba's spare key...

At the same time, Yotsuba was tidying up her room.

"Let's put a few stuffed animals for Shiratori-sensei, and a couple more pillows…"

"All done!"

Yotsuba looked proudly at the cleaned-up room, a smug expression naturally appearing on her face.

Hehe!

I cleaned so well, Shiratori-sensei will definitely think I'm a thrifty and good homemaker!

Silly Yotsuba! All four of them were thinking of sneaking in tonight! She's still stuck on version one!

But as she finished cleaning, Yotsuba stared at the spare key in her drawer and was momentarily dazed…

"Spare key…" Yotsuba pouted. "Ah, why is my spare key here? I have to put it away properly…"

Seeing no one responded, Yotsuba quietly slipped the key into her pocket.

"I'm just worried about losing the key… that's all…" She patted her chest and returned to the living room.

"Yotsuba, all done?"

"Yeah… wait, what?! You're playing Three Kingdoms Kill without me? That's so mean!"

"You can join the next round, Yotsuba."

"So mean… wait, let me pick out my Liu Yan first…"

…

At night, Hakuto was soaking in the bathtub. He had to admit, sometimes having money was pretty nice—at the very least, even taking a bath felt luxurious.

"Yotsuba's room, huh..." Hakuto muttered indifferently. "At least I don't have to worry about getting ambushed at night..."

Not that Hakuto was afraid of a night attack or anything—if he were scared of that, he'd have chickened out already!

That wouldn't be any fun at all. It's fine to mess around in private, but come on, there are still people staying in the neighboring rooms...

Right now, all Hakuto needed to do was sleep! The rest would be left for Hakuto to handle!

Just moments ago, Hakuto had made a move to get Nakano Yotsuba to sleep in her room. Hakuto figured Nino was probably trying to drop a hint to Yotsuba.

Otherwise, there's no way this was all for the sake of swiping a spare key, right?

Hakuto shook his head, pushing out the bad thoughts swirling in his mind.

But just then, a shadow appeared at the frosted-glass door that hadn't been there before.

"How's it going, Shiratori? Do the clothes fit?"

"I haven't even gotten out of the tub yet..."

Twin tails, butterfly-shaped hair clips, a tsundere tone—even without seeing the face, it was obvious who it was.

Well, maybe for other people. But Hakuto knew full well the person outside the door wasn't Nino.

Still, Hakuto had no intention of exposing her. Instead, he decided to play along.

"Nino, what are you doing here? Is everyone else asleep already?"

"They're all in their rooms. I snuck out..."

"Oh? Isn't Yotsuba supposed to be with you?"

"I just said I was going to the bathroom, that's all."

Hakuto could practically feel the smile on the girl's face outside the door—maybe she was feeling lucky that he hadn't recognized her?

"Nino, I doubt you came just to chat with me, right?" Hakuto got straight to the point. He wanted to see what she was really here for.

"This lady came to check on her boyfriend. What? Is that not allowed?"

"So you do know I'm your boyfriend, huh..." Hakuto nearly burst out laughing. Now he kind of understood the urge to laugh that Nino had back then.

The "Nakano Nino" outside the door sat down and leaned against it. "Shiratori... actually, I just wanted to hear what you think..."

"Think about what?"

"Like... the harem thing..."

Hearing the disappointment in her tone, Hakuto shook his head. Seriously, she came to fish for info without even knowing the full story.

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