A voice slowly came through.
Hearing Hikari's still steady and calm tone, Sakuramiya Hinata, who had fallen from the clouds with her eyes rolling back and was still a bit dazed, gradually came back to her senses.
After gradually regaining her awareness from that extreme comfort, Sakuramiya Hinata first met eyes with Hikari's lowered gaze.
Then quickly turned her face away blushing.
Then she noticed that among the few girls still lingering in the classroom at noon, quite a few were staring in her direction.
Sakuramiya Hinata's pretty face turned even redder.
Although this plan was something she had thought of before, the fact that she boldly carried it out this time still surprised even herself.
However, her entire mouth being stirred into an upside-down mess, the feeling of not even feeling like herself, that kind of experience like being on the clouds made her linger and unwilling to leave.
If she were given another chance, she might still do it.
Raising her head, Sakuramiya Hinata saw Hikari's gaze and blushingly muttered in a low voice, "Um... Hikari-kun, you're not angry, right?"
"B-Because we have to show intimacy in a couple's relationship to break that rumor about me and my sister being yuri, that's why I suddenly did that…"
"I'm… I'm very sorry!"
Hikari slightly shook his head, "It's fine."
He didn't intend to blame Sakuramiya Hinata.
Although her move came suddenly this time, the reason was still somewhat reasonable.
The key was, Hikari didn't feel like he lost out, right?
It had to be said, that imported candy experience, actually felt pretty novel and surprising.
If used well, it could be a good strategy too.
Maybe, he could try to use it to trick someone else.
In Hikari's mind, several figures with charming looks and painted-eyes suddenly appeared.
Then, his body suddenly stiffened.
'Wait… thinking of Teacher Shirakawa is normal, after all, she often teases me. Wanting to trick her in return is only natural. But why did I also… think of Miss Mira?'
'Must be an illusion? It's definitely because Miss Mira has treated me too well since childhood, so just like usual, her image naturally appeared. It has absolutely nothing to do with the imported candy, hm!'
Hikari shook his head.
While Hikari was in a bit of a mental mess, quite a few girls in the classroom also had complicated emotions.
Since Sakuramiya Hinata entered, Chizuru Shiina had been watching over here.
So naturally, she also saw the scene of Sakuramiya Hinata feeding Hikari 'imported candy'.
For some reason, seeing that scene, Shiina felt a little sour inside, very unpleasant.
Even the food in her mouth didn't taste good anymore.
She could only silently curse in her heart.
'So improper!'
'Frivolous woman!'
'Hikari-kun really is a shameless and frivolous guy too!'
And in the classroom, there were a few girls like Shiina who were sour like that.
But quite a few had envy in their eyes.
Seeming curious about what it would feel like to kiss a beautiful boy like Hikari.
After all, Hikari's appearance was still quite high-level.
And seeing the curious and envious gazes from the surrounding girls, Sakuramiya Hinata, though shy, felt a bit of pride in her heart.
Her initial nervousness also decreased quite a bit.
In fact, just after coming out of Hikari's arms, Sakuramiya Hinata shyly and bashfully asked Hikari, "Hikari-kun, that imported candy… was it good?"
Looking at the suddenly aggressive today's Sakuramiya Hinata, Hikari nodded, "Quite sweet."
Sakuramiya Hinata immediately said, "Then… I'll feed you again next time!"
Receiving Hikari's affirmation, Sakuramiya Hinata's heart and mouth were equally sweet.
Only she didn't notice.
Watching this scene, besides Shiina and the other girls in the classroom, there was also a figure outside the hallway, watching this scene through the glass window.
Glaring at her little sister, who was now almost clinging to Hikari, Sakuramiya Saya couldn't help but tightly clench her pink fists, her heart sour, and a trace of anger appeared in her beautiful eyes.
Sakuramiya Saya and Sakuramiya Hinata, as sisters with a close relationship, had previously confided in each other.
They both clearly knew that they both had fallen for Hikari.
And to get closer to Hikari, breaking through from the side of Natsuha and the others, they even came up with the plan of being fake lovers.
At that time, when making the plan, Sakuramiya Saya had argued with Sakuramiya Hinata about who should be Hikari's 'fake girlfriend'.
In the end, Sakuramiya Saya was persuaded by her sister Sakuramiya Hinata. After all, based on their personalities and usual behavior, Sakuramiya Hinata was indeed more suitable.
But they had made some agreements.
For example, Sakuramiya Saya asked that even if Sakuramiya Hinata was Hikari's fake girlfriend, she could not secretly hog him, and absolutely could not get too intimate with him behind the other's back.
After setting the ground rules, Sakuramiya Saya chose to trust Sakuramiya Hinata.
But after thinking from another perspective, she suddenly got worried.
After all, being able to be together with Hikari, could one really resist that heartbeat?
So when Sakuramiya Hinata said she would eat lunch with Hikari, Sakuramiya Saya couldn't help but secretly come over to take a peek.
The result? It would've been fine if she hadn't come, but now that she had, she immediately saw her precious little sister hogging it all.
'So infuriating!'
"We agreed to capture Hikari-kun together, and yet you're secretly hogging him!"
"If you're going to be heartless, then don't blame me for being unrighteous, Hinata!"
Standing in the hallway outside the window, Sakuramiya Saya's fair knuckles crackled as she clenched her fists, then turned and quickly left.
And Sakuramiya Hinata, after feeding the 'imported candy', still felt somewhat embarrassed.
After snuggling a bit with Hikari under the excuse of pretending to be a couple and clearing the rumors, she packed her lunchbox and left.
Just having finished his meal, Hikari touched his belly, savoring the sweet scent left in his mouth by the beautiful girl, and lightly wiped the corner of his mouth.
He slightly looked up and saw a graceful figure heading straight for him.
"Class Rep?"
After Sakuramiya Saya left, the one who suddenly approached was none other than the class rep, Shiina.
Looking at her serious face and intense gaze as she came to his desk, Hikari asked curiously, "What's up? Class Rep, do you need something?"
Shiina took a deep breath and solemnly scolded Hikari, "Hikari-kun, after all, you've helped me before, and I know you're a good person. So for minor things like not doing homework, I won't fuss over them as class rep."
"But even so, you can't be all lovey-dovey with another girl in class, sticking together like glue, right?"
"That kind of behavior seriously undermines morals and tarnishes our class's image. Please show some self-respect."
Hearing Shiina's words, Hikari finally understood why the justice-filled class rep had come.
So it was the imported candy incident with Sakuramiya Hinata that caused it.
Hikari made a helpless bear-shrug gesture and said with a wry smile, "Class Rep, maybe you didn't see, just now I was completely passive. That senpai was the one who took the initiative. I couldn't do anything about it."
Hearing Hikari's explanation and helpless tone, after watching the whole thing for four or five minutes just now, and with her mind still full of Hikari's dozens of different kissing positions and strange angles, Shiina nearly choked on her breath.
She blushed and righteously scolded, "Even if senpai is ninety-nine percent at fault, don't you bear any responsibility at all?"
"I don't care, just don't let me see such indecent behavior again in the future!"
Seeing Shiina ignoring the facts, Hikari knew arguing was useless and immediately nodded.
"Okay, Class Rep, I'll be more careful."
Shiina couldn't help but say again, "Hikari-kun, you'd better stay away from those strange women in the future. And don't step on too many boats, or you'll end up like in those anime and get the cleaver."
Hikari nodded, "Alright, I understand."
Just as Shiina let out a sigh of relief, a crisp and pleasant yet slightly timid voice suddenly came from outside the window.
"Hikari-kun…"
Hikari and Shiina both turned to look.
Only to see a girl with shoulder-length hair and a pure, lovely face, timidly looking at Hikari from outside the window.
"Serizawa-san?", Seeing the sudden appearance of librarian Serizawa Yukiha, Hikari looked puzzled.
"Hikari-kun, could you come out for a moment? I have something I want to tell you…", Serizawa Yukiha said softly from outside the window.
"Okay," Hikari knew Serizawa Yukiha must have something to talk about, so he naturally didn't refuse.
Seeing that she had just finished scolding him, and Hikari was already going off with another girl, Shiina felt irritated again.
"Hikari-kun, you sure know a lot of pretty girls, huh, hehe!"
Seeing Sakuramiya Hinata just leave Hikari's side and then a new, unfamiliar beauty suddenly show up, Shiina felt quite unpleasant and spoke sourly.
Hikari shrugged, "Can't help it, it's not like I want this. It's just that a classmate needs something. Totally normal, right? It just happens to be a girl. Don't be sexist, okay?"
Watching Hikari's departing back, Shiina's eyes showed a bit of helplessness. After all, whatever Hikari wanted to do with whom was his freedom, she couldn't really control it.
'That time Hikari-kun saved me, I was thinking of repaying him. I even started to feel a bit moved.'
'But this guy is always surrounded by girls. It's so annoying!'
That time when she was threatened by that creepy teacher Tamura, then rescued by Hikari, Shiina actually thought about devoting herself to him, even considered confessing.
But because of her responsibilities as class rep, and Hikari always being surrounded by girls, she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Now seeing all these beauties one after another around Hikari, her heart was sour, yet she didn't know what to do.
Shiina was also starting to consider if she should be more proactive...
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On the other side, Hikari had just left the classroom, following Serizawa Yukiha to the hallway outside.
"Serizawa-san, what's up?", As soon as they stepped out, Hikari asked Serizawa Yukiha, who was currently bowing her head and seemed a bit embarrassed.
Serizawa Yukiha quickly replied, "It's not anything serious. It's just that Hikari-kun has helped me several times before. I've always remembered that and wanted to thank you, but lately, I haven't had the time or chance."
"And since I have fewer classes today and don't need to be on library duty, I have more free time."
"So today, I wanted to invite Hikari-kun to have dinner at my house. W-Would that be okay?", It was Serizawa Yukiha's first time inviting a boy to her home. Her fair little face turned slightly red, clearly still a bit shy.
Seeing her shy yet sincere appearance, Hikari thought for a moment, glanced at Serizawa Yukiha's face, then nodded in agreement: "Alright."
Receiving Hikari's agreement, Serizawa Yukiha immediately looked delighted and was overjoyed.
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