Mash-Up: Anything for Money

Hakuto furrowed his brows. Just as he was about to put down his phone and head out, a video suddenly appeared in the group chat.

Yotsuba: [Video]

Hakuto clicked on the video, and Yotsuba's lively voice came through.

"Hakuto-sensei, Hakuto-sensei, we five are coming to find you! Are you home right now?"

In the video, it seemed like Yotsuba was riding in a taxi, sitting in the back row on the far right.

She spoke while turning the camera, capturing Nino, who was sitting next to her.

"Nino and I are in the same car, while Miku and the others are in another one..." Judging by her tone, Yotsuba sounded like a little abandoned wife.

Well, it's impossible for five people to fit in a single taxi, so they must have been split into two groups.

In the video, Nino, seeing herself being filmed by Yotsuba, casually waved her hand and then told the driver.

"Driver, can you speed up? I can pay extra."

"Are you in a hurry, young lady?"

"Yes! I'm in a hurry to catch someone in the act!"

Nino spoke seriously, even startling Yotsuba with her words.

"Nino, don't say such things..."

The video cut off abruptly, leaving Hakuto staring at his phone with a confused expression.

Five... are coming?

Damn, isn't this just changing the place to sleep?

Hakuto really wasn't planning on doing it with all five of them at once. If only one of them came, that would be fine, but five...

It's not that Hakuto is scared, but isn't this a little too intense?

[Group chat: Loving family (6)]

Yotsuba: [Hakuto-sensei, wait for me.]

Ichika: [Catch someone in the act? What does that even mean?]

Nino: [What, Ichika, aren't you the one who's guilty?]

Ichika: [We're all Hakuto-sensei's girlfriends. Why don't you say I'm going to catch you instead?]

Miku: [Catch someone in the act... catch someone in the act!]

Itsuki: [By the way, Hakuto-sensei's home should be empty, right? Tomori-san shouldn't be there, right?]

Hakuto couldn't help but smile bitterly. Only now, after they're already in the taxi, do they remember to ask this?

Hakuto replied.

Hakuto: [No one is here... I'm alone.]

Nino: [Don't get ahead of me! If I get there first, I'll make sure you can't get in the door.]

Ichika: [Yotsuba, Nino says you can't get in the door, hurry and stop her.]

Yotsuba: [Eh (゜ロ゜)? Nino, are you really not going to let me in?]

Nino: [You're right next to me, why are you sending this in the group chat?]

Miku: [Nino's sending stuff too...]

Ichika: [Nino~ We're almost there, you'll just have to watch from the side~]

Nino: [Tch, we've already arrived downstairs at Hakuto's place. Ichika, you can sleep outside by the door tonight.]

Both of them were just playing around. The five sisters' home was still a bit far from Hakuto's, and they had only just passed halfway through the distance.

Hakuto put his phone away. Since the five sisters were still far off, he decided to take a shower first.

With that, he grabbed a change of clothes and headed straight to the bathroom.

Hakuto took off his shirt and stood in front of the bathroom mirror.

Today, the five sisters really had dragged him all around, shopping for who knows how many things.

The Nakano family certainly had plenty of wealth! 

Hakuto couldn't help but feel a bit guilty towards Nakano Maruo, using his money to spoil his daughter.

Necklaces, earrings, hairpins, pure silver, pure gold—none of these were about the price, it was just about picking what they liked and buying it without hesitation.

At that time, Hakuto was actually consciously trying to pay for the items himself. 

Although he didn't really want to buy these things, since his girlfriend had picked them out, buying them wouldn't hurt.

Moreover, his wallet was quite full now, so these things weren't a big deal.

However, the five sisters seemed to have no intention of letting Hakuto pay. Swipe the card, buy it outright—how cool was that!

Hakuto was stunned. While he had imagined situations like this where he was living off of others, he never expected it to actually happen.

"If this were before, I'd probably just resell these things..." Hakuto sighed helplessly.

Gold and silver usually didn't fetch high resale prices, since both had market values.

Even if it was a piece of jewelry that was already shaped and engraved with a name, it could be melted down and sold as new with ease.

It was convenient... but that was in the past. Hakuto didn't mind these things anymore.

After all, these were gifts from his girlfriends, which made them special and meaningful, far more valuable than money.

Hakuto undid his hair and trimmed it a little with scissors.

For some reason, he felt that a man growing long hair was like being a toy for his girlfriend.

Why should he, a grown man, tie his hair into pigtails?

Meanwhile, on the other side...

"Nino... you... slow down..." Yotsuba was panting, trying to keep up with Nino. She never imagined that someone in her family would outdo her in physical stamina.

Is this the power of love?

"Yotsuba, can you run any faster? Ichika and the others said..." Nino hadn't finished speaking when she saw three girls who looked exactly like her walking in from the other side of the neighborhood entrance.

Both sides paused, staring at each other in silence for a few seconds.

In the end, whether due to the unspoken bond of being sisters or for some other reason, all five of them instinctively started running toward Hakuto's house.

"Didn't Nino say she was already here? Why is she still downstairs?" Ichika teased.

"I was just waiting for you! Who knew you'd have no honor and run when you saw me?"

"But how come I saw you, Nino, take the first step?"

"Ha~ ha~ can we stop running..." Yotsuba was really exhausted. 

She and Nino were slower than Ichika and the others, so meeting them here meant they had been running nonstop.

"Miku, Itsuki, can we stop and rest for a bit?" Yotsuba had no choice but to request a ceasefire.

But her plea was rejected.

"Hmm? Yotsuba, do you want to be locked outside?"

"Sleep outside by the door... you'll just have to watch from the side..."

(゜ロ゜)?

Yotsuba seemed to suddenly have a realization about what the two were referring to.

In the next second, the potential of her athleticism was unleashed. It was as if a greenish shadow enveloped Yotsuba.

"Go, go!"

Miku and Itsuki were dumbfounded as they watched Yotsuba suddenly speed up.

"Miku, I have a bad feeling about this."

"Yotsuba wouldn't lock us out, would she?"

Meanwhile, at the front, Nino and Ichika were still bantering. But the next moment, Yotsuba dashed through the gap between the two.

(๑•_เ•๑)?

(;一_一)?

The two stared blankly at Yotsuba's rapidly disappearing figure, unsure of what to say.

Just like that, Yotsuba, with unstoppable momentum, made her way straight to Hakuto's doorstep.

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