Guard Duty

Tap, tap!

Just then, crisp footsteps sounded from around the corner of the corridor, interrupting what Na Nali was about to say.

"My, my☆~ So you were hiding here and whispering secrets~"

Along with that sweet voice, Sirin appeared behind the two of them.

No one knew when she had silently followed them. She was currently standing on tiptoe, leaning forward, poking her head back and forth between them with a thoroughly playful look. Hugging a game console to her chest, she wore an innocent smile. "Take me with you, okay☆?"

The instant Na Nali heard the voice, her body stiffened sharply. Instinctively, she quickly hid the Lovesick Heartbreak Red she had been clutching behind her back.

Then, she forced a somewhat stiff smile. "Miss Sirin, senior schoolmate Nan and I were merely discussing some work-related matters."

"Work☆?" Upon hearing that, Sirin suddenly leaned closer. Her purple hair cascaded down like a waterfall, lightly brushing across Na Nali's cheek and making it itch. "You weren't discussing something you don't want others to know about, were you?"

Seeing this, Nan Fusheng quietly stepped between them and said gently, "Sirin, we really were discussing serious business."

"Serious business☆~" Sirin tilted her head, a teasing glint flashing through her golden pupils. She suddenly poked Nan Fusheng in the chest. "Then why is Fusheng's heart beating so fast?"

Just as the tension reached a breaking point, Nahida's voice suddenly came from the end of the corridor. "Sirin! Are you teasing people again?"

Nahida stood with her arms folded, her bare, fair feet resting on the floor. With a somewhat helpless look on her face, she looked at the three of them in the corridor and slowly said, "Didn't you say you were going to make Small Cakes with me today?"

"Ah! I forgot!" Sirin