"By the way, Talent-kun, don't you have work tonight?" Kogisora Yukina asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"I've been slacking lately. I don't go every day... I often get coworkers and friends to cover my shifts."
"Hey~!" Touma Kazusa pointed at him, meaning, And you still have the nerve to lecture me!
"Let's go to karaoke! Karaoke!" Kogisora Yukina suggested with an eager smile. "We can order dinner there too!"
"No, um... It's raining today, so maybe we should pass?" He looked to Touma Kazusa for help.
She understood him at once, but didn't deliberately make trouble for him. "True~ Going out in this weather is a pain."
Seriously, why should they go to all that trouble just to suffer through hours of the karaoke queen admiring her own singing?
Even if he could sing along, he wasn't particularly in the mood.
"Aww~ Awww~~" Kogisora Yukina pouted cutely in protest.
"Oh, all right~" Sakurakoji Talent climbed off the bed and took the Smart Lens out of his luggage. "Did you bring yours? Let's play games!"
"Heh-heh~ Of course!"
As though she'd known exactly what he would say, Touma Kazusa curled her lips into a sly smile and produced a black gaming set from behind her!
"...You were planning this all along, weren't you?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
Kogisora Yukina also smiled as she took out the cherry-pink set she'd bought with her savings and quietly prepared to log in.
For Touma Kazusa, anything was far more interesting than studying—although studying wasn't unbearable with them around, doing nothing else was still pretty boring.
Kogisora Yukina wasn't particularly interested in electronics, but since the kids at Houjou generally came from wealthy families, practically everyone owned one of these new devices.
If she didn't buy one, she'd be left