My bro turned into a girl?!
Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)?!
Wait, no—this is Nino… no, no! Where's my dead-fish-eyed teacher?! Don't tell me I sat in the wrong seat?!
Hakuto instinctively looked around and found that Hikigaya Hachiman had actually taken a seat in the front row.
The first row! Right under Hiratsuka Shizuka's nose!
Dear God, the seat Hachiman was in was basically torture—it'd be worse than death for him!
But now that things have come to this... Hakuto looked at Nino beside him.
At this moment, Nino was staring straight at Hakuto without even blinking, as if she was trying to see through him.
"Yaa~ Long time no see, Nino~"
Nino didn't say a word.
"It's been a while. Shouldn't I get a big hug or something, Nino?"
Nino still didn't respond.
This made Hakuto break into a cold sweat. Wait, this doesn't add up!
With Nino's tsundere personality, she should've blushed and snapped back after the second sentence: "Wh-who would want to hug you...!"
Then she'd reluctantly give in and hug him anyway. That's how it's supposed to go...
But now, Nino showed no reaction—except for blushing...
If it weren't for the plush toy placed on the desk, Hakuto might've suspected he'd gotten uglier.
After hesitating for a moment and seeing that Nino still didn't respond, Hakuto sighed and looked at the plushie, murmuring softly.
"I... love you..."
"All right, all right! We haven't seen each other in forever and you say something like that the moment we meet—do you have no shame?"
Ah, so that's it—it's not that she's not tsundere anymore, she just wasn't ready yet.
"It's been months since I've been back, and now Nino's actually my deskmate? This is just the best!"
"What's so great about that..." Nino blushed and said in a tsundere tone, "Why didn't you let us know you were coming back?"
"I only got back yesterday. Speaking of which, Nino, are you really not going to give me a hug?" Hakuto teased, changing the subject.
"Wh-who would want to hug you?!"
Looking at Nino's blushing face, Hakuto smiled to himself. As expected, tsunderes are easy to read.
Just thinking about what Nino was about to do next made Hakuto want to laugh!
Sure enough, Nino, her face flushed and full of reluctance, gave Hakuto a hug.
That's why—even if Hakuto didn't deliberately plan for it, he could still guess how things would play out.
"There... there, satisfied?"
Nino withdrew her hands and crossed her arms, still wearing that reluctant expression.
"Yup..." Hakuto smiled gently.
He had always liked the tsundere type, and now he could see that in Nino.
During this class, Nino chatted a lot with Hakuto, like she'd been bottling it up for ages and finally had the chance to let it all out.
Hakuto just listened quietly, chiming in now and then.
"Hey, Shiratori, take a guess—what rank do you think I'm at in class now?" Nino raised her chin proudly.
"First place, maybe?" Hakuto replied.
"Huh? First?"
Hearing "first," Nino instinctively wanted to snap back and tell him to try getting first himself.
But the next second, she remembered—Hakuto probably could get first place... and easily at that.
Seeing that Hakuto had no intention of guessing more, Nino just said it outright.
"Fifteenth~"
"Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)?! Come again?"
"Fifteenth~"
Hakuto was stunned. How did his dumb, tsundere, pink-haired girl turn into a top student...
"And I did it all by self-studying—I didn't even get a tutor!" Nino said proudly, her ears twitching a little as if waiting for his praise.
"Nino, that's amazing! If I were still your tutor, I'd definitely give you a huge reward."
"Oh~ that reminds me…" Hearing Hakuto's words, Nino suddenly remembered something.
She hurriedly pulled out her phone, tapped a few times, and transferred 500,000 yen to Hakuto!
Hakuto had been wondering what she was doing, but when he saw the 500,000 transfer, he nearly fell out of his seat.
"Nino… I'm not for sale, okay..."
"What do you mean, for sale?"
"Then why'd you transfer so much money to me if you're not trying to keep me?"
Hakuto liked money, but not money that came from suspicious sources.
A beautiful girl suddenly transfers 500,000 yen to you—how would you feel?
Wait… Why panic? Isn't this a good thing?!
"That's your salary for the four months you were gone. What were you thinking?"
"Salary? Me?"
Hakuto was confused. He didn't remember working these past few months—he'd basically been living in Star Ocean.
He hadn't even been keeping in touch much—how was there talk of a salary?
Seeing his confused expression, Nino explained.
"Dad knows about you quitting, but we five sisters told him you were just away handling some matters and still doing online tutoring."
"And since Dad saw our grades improve, even if he had doubts, he wouldn't say anything—because that's exactly what he wanted."
"Also, Dad would've definitely hired a new tutor after hearing you quit... but this lady doesn't accept any other tutors." Nino flipped her hair proudly, still as tsundere as ever.
Hakuto was starting to understand...
So, in these past four months, the five Nakano sisters worked hard on their own to make up for the lessons—and credited the results to Hakuto.
The salary kept coming in...
Hakuto was nearly moved to tears!
o(╥﹏╥)o
"Nino, you girls are too good to me!"
"Don't get all sappy! It's gross!"
Hakuto had nothing to repay them with!
So he could only offer himself in return!
Come on, all five at once!
He could handle it!
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