Silence, silence filled Nijika's house at that moment.
Even someone like Yamada Ryou, an eccentric and unrestrained girl, found it hard to maintain her usual aloof image when faced with a scene that would make any ordinary girl cover her face and flee.
Fortunately, Nijika quickly snapped out of it, hurried back to the bedroom, grabbed clothes for Ryou, and swiftly helped her put them on, finally covering up the snow-white, flawless view.
During this process, Kaito had already sensibly turned around, but the scene just now was deeply imprinted in his mind, hard to forget.
'It has to be said, although Unreliable Ryou is usually a bit… undependable, her figure is arguably the second most attractive in the band, only behind Bocchi.'
And… even though she lived the most degenerate lifestyle among the girls, always staying up late, munching on snacks, and sleeping in, she somehow still had abs.
'Is this also a kind of talent?'
"Got seen completely, huh," The blue-haired girl had already put on a thin T-shirt, covering all the spring scenery.
But Ryou still lowered her head, hair drooping slightly, her expression hidden, and from her voice alone, she seemed quite devastated.
"I'll never be able to get married now… maybe I'll even get pregnant? From now on, I'll carry the label of an unwed mother, living out my days all alone under strange gazes from outsiders…"
"It's not that serious at all!", Nijika had been a little embarrassed and unsure how to ease the situation, but Ryou's joking around made her feel both exasperated and amused, "And you won't get pregnant just from being looked at a few times! Were you sleeping through all your biology classes?"
Ryou first nodded very honestly, then asked, "So, I won't get pregnant?"
"Of course not!", Shimokitazawa's archangel explained patiently, like a gentle mother teaching her teenage daughter about sex education, "Getting pregnant isn't that simple. You'd still need to… with Kaito-kun… Wait!"
Nijika suddenly realized, 'Ryou reads so many dirty manga all the time, how can she not understand this kind of thing?'
"You jerk! You're messing with me again!", With a "whack," she punched Ryou, who now wore a mischievous smile, clearly satisfied with her prank.
Still, thanks to this bit of fooling around, the earlier incident was finally put behind them.
Just then, Bocchi, who had heard the commotion from the bedroom, cautiously poked her head out. Seeing the scene in the living room, especially Kaito's figure, her blue eyes lit up a little, "P-President!"
Kaito also raised a hand and greeted her, "Bocchi, good afternoon."
Standing and chatting in the living room wasn't proper hospitality.
So Nijika soon brought Kaito to her bedroom.
Her room wasn't big, but it was warmly decorated. Pink bedsheets, sky-blue pillows, and lots of cute plush dolls. It was the very picture of a girly heart.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, the group began discussing serious matters.
"Kita has been missing practice for several days in a row. Everyone, does anyone have any good ideas?", As the band leader, Nijika couldn't help but worry every time she thought of this.
They had finally gotten a chance to perform on stage thanks to her sister, but now the band's guitarist and lead vocalist had dropped the ball. Worse yet, the live performance date was approaching fast, and she had precious little time to figure something out.
"It's hard, isn't it?", Ryou shrugged, palms up, "The problem lies with her mom, after all."
If Kita were facing any other difficulty, she could still help try and overcome it.
But now it was Kita's mother who had forbidden her from wasting time on band activities and ordered her to focus entirely on studying.
This was a family matter, outsiders had no say.
But if they really just stood by and did nothing… then Kita wouldn't just miss these practices. She might miss future ones too.
In a worse case, she might even be forced to quit the band.
Bocchi lowered her head, looking a bit downcast.
Everyone in the band was important to her.
They had promised to stand on Budokan together, Tokyo Dome too. But the band's journey had just begun, and they were already facing the crisis of losing a member.
Bocchi was anxious but couldn't think of a good solution, so she instinctively turned her hopeful gaze to the president beside her.
In her shy little world, the president was someone who could do anything. She had gotten used to relying on him, and honestly, couldn't imagine life without him.
Receiving the pleading look from his adorable club member, Kaito thought for a moment and suggested, "How about… we visit Kita's home and have a face-to-face talk with her mom?"
"Doesn't seem very hopeful," Ryou shook her head, not thinking much of the idea.
Kita's mom was a civil servant with a very strict and strong-willed personality. Someone like that was hard to sway once they made up their mind, and wouldn't be easily persuaded.
'Wait a minute…', Ryou suddenly thought of something. Stroking her chin in thought, she looked over at Kaito, eyeing him up and down, a subtle expression on her face, "Maybe… it's not impossible?"
"Eh?", Nijika was confused by her words, 'Just a moment ago you weren't optimistic, why the sudden change of mind?'
Ryou's reason for changing her mind was simple.
No matter how strong-willed or strict Kita's mom was, she was still a woman. And as long as she was a woman, there was no way she could say no to that face.
"In that case, there's only one answer," Ryou cleared her throat, her golden eyes shining brightly as she declared, "For Kita's sake… boyfriend-kun, use your sex appeal on her mom!"
Kaito: "..."
Kaito: "?"
—SILENCE—
"SEDUCE MY FOOT!", After a long silence, Nijika's head was buzzing. She couldn't even keep up her ladylike image in front of Kaito anymore. Her pretty face turned red as she leapt up and covered Ryou's mouth.
'What kind of terrible suggestion is that?'
"Forget whether it's a terrible idea. Just say, would it work or not?", Ryou broke free from her grasp, righteously declaring, "Kita's mom changes her mind, Kita returns to the band, and the live show can proceed as planned. Everyone's happy… Isn't that great?"
Nijika stammered, not knowing how to refute her.
Though the idea sounded crazy, once she thought it through carefully, 'It actually doesn't seem that unlikely to succeed.'
Even her own sister, that almost thirty-year-old virgin, had been so stunned the first time she saw Kaito that she couldn't even hold her apple juice properly.
This proved that Kaito's charm worked just as lethally on older women.
'But…'
"Still, that doesn't mean…", After holding it in for a while, Nijika finally couldn't help but protest, "We can't have Kaito-kun destroy Kita's family, can we?"
'If it really works…'
'Will Kita have to call him Daddy?'
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