Kurumi came back to her senses and narrowed her eyes, the smile in her wine-red pupils squeezing them into lovely crescent shapes.
"Yes, I like Senior Kojou very, very much. After all, someone as 'outstanding' as him is becoming quite rare."
"Mm-hmm." Sendou Yuma nodded. "I already knew you... Huh?!" Yuma's eyes widened in disbelief. "You... you like Kojou-kun?"
"Yep." Kurumi tilted her little head slightly, her pretty face flushing just enough. The look of a girl in love elevated her charm even further.
"I really, really 'like' Senior Kojou! He's been on my mind constantly these past two days, and it's been troubling me."
"Ha... haha, is that so?" Sendou Yuma gave a dry laugh. Kurumi's answer had caught her completely off guard. She had only intended to tease this exceptionally pretty girl, but she hadn't expected...
"I just didn't expect Kurumi-chan to be so bold."
"Not at all~" Kurumi cupped her reddened cheeks with her little hands, her eyes sultry as silk as she occasionally glanced at Akatsuki Kojou...
Gulp~ Sendou Yuma swallowed. From this angle, the girl before her seemed to have been completely won over by Kojou, which gave Yuma quite a headache.
If Kurumi-chan personally confessed to Kojou-kun, even Kojou-kun would find it difficult to reject her, right?
Just now, even she, as a girl herself, had felt the faintest flutter in her heart.
This kind of girl was way too bugged!
"Target located."
Just as Sendou Yuma was about to find another topic to ease the awkwardness, a blue-haired little girl in a maid outfit walked up to Kurumi and said something rather out of place.
Her voice carried no inflection whatsoever, like a mechanical recording played from a repeater.
"Huh? Asztarte, why are you here?" Kurumi asked knowingly.
"The first person in charge