So many geniuses in anime! What's wrong with me joining?

"I didn't expect you to be so good at singing, Sakurakoji-kun. You really surprised me," Kogisora Yukina exclaimed as they left the KTV.

"That's not true. From my perspective, you already sing very well, no less than a professional," Sakurakoji Talent replied, shaking his head and returning the compliment.

"Not at all, I'm just decent for an amateur. I'm still far from professional!" Kogisora Yukina also shook her head and evaluated herself.

"You don't have to be so modest. At least in my opinion, you can sing pop songs without any problem."

"M-Heh!" Just as she was about to scold him for praising her too much, she couldn't help but laugh. "I feel a bit embarrassed when we praise each other like this."

"It does seem that way," Sakurakoji Talent chuckled, then glanced at the sky – he couldn't tell anything. The night city was always the same.

"It's getting late. Where do you live? I'll walk you home."

"Eh? I can get home by myself! That would be too much trouble for you!" Kogisora Yukina blinked and politely declined.

"Forget it. I don't want you to say later, 'He's a terrible guy who lets girls walk home alone at night'," Sakurakoji Talent said, mimicking her tone with a changed voice, having seen through her intentions.

"How did you know... Fine, I'll trouble you then." Kogisora Yukina covered her mouth in surprise and then reluctantly agreed.

"Leave it to me."

Without teasing her further, Sakurakoji Talent simply agreed with a smile.

Kogisora Yukina's home wasn't far from there, so they didn't even need to take the train; they could walk all the way.

It was only natural that she wouldn't choose a place far from home to work. If she wanted to avoid suspicion, she shouldn't have chosen a place near the school, unless her home was also nearby.

They walked together in comfortable silence, the atmosphere pleasant as they strolled along the street in the residential area, illuminated by streetlights.

During the short ten-minute walk, they didn't say much, but both felt enveloped in a sense of peace. They didn't feel awkward and both thought the other felt the same.

"...We're here. This is my home."

Stopping in front of a light green, two-story detached house, Kogisora Yukina pointed to the iron gate entrance next to it and said to Sakurakoji Talent with a hint of embarrassment.

Sakurakoji Talent looked up and noticed the house occupied a considerable area. Besides the pedestrian entrance, there was also a garage with a separate entrance for vehicles. The first floor alone was definitely over a hundred square meters, and he couldn't help but feel speechless.

A detached villa of this size in Shinjuku, where a father's salary alone could cover the tuition and living expenses for two children in private schools – is this what you call an ordinary middle-class family?

Go sit with that pink-haired girl next door!

"...It looks quite cozy. It's a nice home," he replied, unable to judge others.

"Mhm!" Kogisora Yukina smiled faintly.

"Then I'll be heading back. I had a great time today. Bye." Now that he had brought her home, Sakurakoji Talent prepared to leave.

"Ah, wait!" Kogisora Yukina reached out her right hand to stop him.

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Author's Notes: The first song is called "Akujo" (Villainess), a classic song by Miyuki Nakajima that Yukina covers in the anime. If you're interested, you can read the lyrics. I can only say... well, the production team is truly brilliant! It's full of malice!

The second song is by Ogata Rina, one of the main heroines of White Album 1. I think it's very good too. If you're interested, you can listen to it!

Volume 1: The Alluring Everyday : Chapter 73: How Could My Little Brother Be a Voyeuristic Pervert?

"M-you're really heartless, Sakurakoji-kun," she said, a hint of displeasure on her face. She puffed out her cheeks and looked at him. "Did you forget something?"

"Did I?" Sakurakoji Talent looked confused, unsure what she was referring to.

Seeing his reaction, Kogisora Yukina helplessly took out her pink phone and gestured, saying, "Contact information. Contact information."

"We're not at the same school, and we don't have opportunities to meet. Do you want to pretend today never happened and never contact me again?"

"This is something a guy should suggest first, isn't it?"

"!!!" Sakurakoji Talent was startled, realizing he had forgotten his most fundamental objective! If she hadn't reminded him, he would have left empty-handed. That was close!

He was so careless that he forgot this. He reflected internally that he had become too complacent.

"Sorry, I forgot!"

"...You're the first guy who didn't want my contact information, Sakurakoji-kun," Kogisora Yukina said, further stunned by his words. "But this also shows that you are indeed that kind of person. I don't know whether to be happy or sad."

"Haha, sorry..." Sakurakoji Talent awkwardly took out his phone from his pocket and exchanged numbers and accounts with her.

"Mhm! That's it. Well, be careful on your way!" She was visibly relieved after receiving his contact information, hiding one hand behind her back and waving goodbye with the other.

"I'm really leaving this time. See you next time," Sakurakoji Talent said, his expression relaxed as he waved and walked away.

Watching his figure disappear from sight, Kogisora Yukina turned and walked to the gate, unlocking it with her key to enter the yard. However, when her gaze fell upon the entrance door of the house, she was instantly startled.

"Takhiro! What are you doing here!"

Standing at the entrance of the house was a face that was a bit handsome but still held a hint of childishness – it was her dear Little Brother.

He was looking at her with a playful expression and asked with ill intent, "Sister, who was that handsome person just now? Your new friend?"

"That's none of your business, is it?" Kogisora Yukina turned away, crossing her arms, and criticized her younger brother. "As for you, you've learned to eavesdrop now? I don't recall teaching you such a bad habit, Sister!"

"Ah, changing the subject!" Takhiro Kogisora saw through her strategy at a glance. "Besides, it's not my fault. You were too engrossed to notice me. I've been standing here for a while, and you didn't even notice."

"Who was engrossed... Standing here for a while? When did you start watching?" Kogisora Yukina was shocked, feeling as if her secrets had been discovered.

"From the moment you wanted him to exchange phone numbers with you."

"Waaah!!!" Kogisora Yukina's body trembled. Didn't he see almost everything just now? That Takhiro!

"So? Is that person a classmate from your school?" Kogisora Takhiro continued to press, "There's such a super beautiful girl at Minejo? Sister, you lied last time when you said you became an Affiliated Miss, didn't you?"

"Speaking of which, Sister, you haven't brought a classmate home in ages. Although this time you only brought them to the doorstep."

"Hey, hey, can you introduce me? I want to meet Sister's friend too!"

Kogisora Takhiro stared at his sister doubtfully. He knew it. They had been together for over a decade, and he never thought his sister was that attractive. How could her reputation outside be so high? She must have been bragging in front of him.

"I didn't lie to you! We're not from the same school either!" Kogisora Yukina's expression turned serious as she corrected him, then her face became complicated. "Also, don't always compare him and me. It's very rude to him."

"Because Sakurakoji-kun is a boy."

"Huh?" Kogisora Takhiro's body and expression froze simultaneously. He stiffly looked at her, "Sister, you're joking with me, right?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Kogisora Yukina's gaze towards him was filled with pity.

"...But he has long hair." He still wanted to make a final stand.

"There's no rule saying boys can't have long hair, is there?"

"But he's so beautiful..."

"There's no rule saying boys can't be that beautiful either." Kogisora Yukina closed her eyes with a relaxed expression, shrugged, and then looked at him mischievously. "Nani? You don't mean you've fallen for him, do you?"

"...Waaah!" Teased by her like this, Takhiro's face turned red, and he couldn't stand it. He turned and ran towards the living room, "Mom! Sister came home with a guy!"

"!!" Kogisora Yukina's face changed, and she quickly chased after him, "Hey! Takhiro! Stop right there! You rascal!"

Five minutes later, After the efforts of a certain unfilial brother, the Kogisora family gathered in the living room for an impromptu family meeting. Kogisora Yukina sat with her head down on the other side of the dining table, being interrogated by her parents and brother.

"So? Yukina, can you tell us what's going on? Is what Takhiro said true?" asked the mother, who still looked young, like a woman in her early twenties.

"It's nothing, just came back with a friend, what's the big deal?" Kogisora Yukina retorted softly.

"But you haven't come home with a friend in ages, and suddenly it's a guy..." The mother rested her cheek on her hand, her expression worried.

"Takhiro said the other person isn't a classmate either. Where did you meet him? Don't tell me it was some bad place..."

"No! No!" Kogisora Yukina waved her hands vigorously, shaking her head with agitation, "How could I go to those places? Besides, I'm busy with my part-time job, I don't have time!"

"Then where did you meet him?" The taciturn Kogisora father, who sat upright with his arms crossed, finally spoke. His calm and serious expression might make an outsider think he was difficult to get along with.

"It was... at my part-time job." Kogisora Yukina told the truth.

But thinking about it, it was a bit hard to explain.

"Does he work at the same place?" the mother continued to ask.

"No, but he has acquaintances in Minejo, so we happened to meet. He saw me working at the supermarket today and was a bit surprised, so he struck up a conversation." She further explained.

"Are you okay? Didn't you not want people at school to know you were working there? Should we pause it for now?" Kogisora's mother became more worried upon hearing this. What if that person was bad and used it to threaten her daughter?

"It's fine, it's fine. Sakurakoji-kun isn't that kind of person. After today's conversation, I'm absolutely sure of it!" Kogisora Yukina defended Sakurakoji Talent.

"Even so, didn't you exchange contact information? We can't rule out the possibility that he deliberately approached you," the Kogisora father narrowed his eyes, his expression a little dangerous.

He seemed to foresee a story of a wild boar running into his yard, wanting to uproot the prize cabbage he had so carefully nurtured.

"Ah, that's fine. Because Sister actively asked to exchange contact information," Kogisora Takhiro, who was lying on the table bored, interjected upon hearing this.

"Takhiro!" Kogisora Yukina exclaimed with a blushing face, trying to stop him from saying more.

What sin had she committed to have such a brother who loved to stab her in the back!

"...What's going on now? Yukina, you be quiet. Takhiro, continue," the strict father commanded. Kogisora Yukina could only let out a 'Waaah~' and give up resisting.

"Because he was already leaving, but Sister got angry and said he didn't proactively ask for her contact information, so he agreed to exchange them," Kogisora Takhiro continued to add insult to injury for his sister. "If anything, Sister seemed like the one who was pestering him."

"I wasn't angry," Kogisora Yukina added softly.

"Is that so? Yukina?" Both parents looked at their daughter in surprise, not expecting her to be like this.

She had always avoided close relationships with friends, so why the change now?

"Well, roughly," Kogisora Yukina awkwardly ran her fingers through her hair and chuckled in agreement.

"That's good, at least it shows that child probably doesn't have any bad intentions," Kogisora's mother relaxed a little.

"No, no! Isn't that the problem?" Seeing her parents about to let it go, Kogisora Takhiro protested from the side, "Have you ever seen Sister bring a strange man home? And it's the first meeting! It's weird no matter how you think about it!"

"Ko-gi-so-ra-Ta-ki-ro--" Kogisora Yukina clenched her fists, veins bulging on her usually gentle and beautiful face. If her parents weren't there, she would have already gone up to beat up the brother three years her junior.

"The strangest one is you! Getting infatuated with a guy, it's unbelievable!"

Since it had come to this, she wasn't going to spare her brother any face and directly exposed his secret.

"Wh-- " Takhiro's face changed drastically, and then he shouted with a red face, "What are you talking about! Sister! I never said that, did I?!"

"Hmph, you can fool others, but you can't fool me! How many years have I been your sister? I know exactly what you're thinking with just one look!"

"Wait, what are you two talking about!"

"Takhiro! Yukina, what's going on here!"

Hearing their daughter drop another bombshell, their parents could no longer hold back, slamming the table and asking separately. The two felt dizzy; their son, whom they had raised for over a decade, was actually...

"Dad! Mom! Please let me explain!" Takhiro excitedly overturned his chair and stood up, desperately trying to explain.

"Hmph, you just wanted me to introduce him to you earlier, and now you're turning your back on him?" Kogisora Yukina seized the opportunity, a sly smile playing on her lips, and continued to twist the knife.

"Takhiro!" X2

The suspicion and disbelief in his father's eyes, the worry and shock in his mother's eyes, pierced the heart of the second-year junior high school boy like two thorns.

Seeing this scene, Kogisora Yukina was extremely pleased. Smiles and optimism returned to her face. She had been criticized for so long, and now it was finally someone else's turn.

"It's not like that! It's not like that!" Kogisora Takhiro's face contorted in pain. "If you want to blame someone! You can only blame Sister's friend for being too captivating! It's not my fault!"

"...What is this all about now?" The Kogisora parents were once again bewildered, almost driven mad by these two troublesome children.

"Oh, right! I took pictures too!" He suddenly had a flash of inspiration and excitedly took out his phone, as if he had found the key artifact to absolve himself.

"You actually did something like that?! Taking secret photos is illegal!" Kogisora Yukina also slammed the table in surprise, scolding her brother.

"It's unbelievable, my brother is actually a pervert who takes secret photos from the shadows! Dad, you can't let this behavior of his slide!"

"Takhiro! You're infringing on Sakurakoji-kun's right to privacy, I advise you not to show it!"

Of course, some of her emotions might also stem from the fact that if this continued, there would be no more drama to watch.

"Who cares about that at this point!" Kogisora Takhiro, fueled by emotion, could no longer stand his family's strange looks. He quickly opened his phone, found the photos he had taken at the door earlier, and placed the phone in front of his parents.

Although they knew such behavior was wrong, the parents couldn't resist their curiosity. They also wanted to know what kind of child could have turned their two children into this in just one day.

"Ahhh..." Kogisora Yukina wanted to stop her parents' immoral behavior but understood that she was powerless at this moment and could only regretfully lower her hand.

Because it was night, and the only light sources were the streetlights and the porch light, the quality of the photos was not ideal. However, they could still clearly see the figures and appearances of Kogisora Yukina and the other person.

Especially since Takhiro, in addition to the wide-angle shot, had specifically taken a zoomed-in full-body picture of the other person, as well as a close-up of their face.