"I'll take care of Zhuzhu and Haimeng-chan."
"Then I'll leave them to you." Amamiya Natsuki nodded, his expression unchanged. "I'll go downstairs and get some water."
Their eyes met.
Everything was understood without a word.
Amamiya Natsuki didn't need to worry about what happened next.
As the "victim," once Sayu managed to "console" Marin, Zhuzhu, who had helped her, would naturally be easy to soothe as well.
My sins seem to be piling up more and more...
Amamiya Natsuki sighed to himself, closed the bathroom door, and headed downstairs.
Half an hour later.
Thump, thump, thump.
Footsteps sounded from upstairs.
Sayu, Marin, and Zhuzhu came downstairs together.
"Natsuki, what you did just now was way out of line!"
Kitagawa Marin walked over and stopped in front of Amamiya Natsuki, hands on her hips as she gave him a furious scolding.
Zhuzhu had been pacified for the time being, but Marin still had to keep up appearances. She couldn't give up her "victim" status.
Behind Zhuzhu, Sayu quietly raised both hands, grinning as she flashed a pair of peace signs.
"It was all my fault. I'm terribly sorry. Please forgive me."
Amamiya Natsuki apologized earnestly, his attitude sincere.
"Hmph." Kitagawa Marin lifted her chin. "If an apology were enough, what would we need laws for?"
Amamiya Natsuki cleared his throat twice.
"You all agreed to date me together..."
"Agreeing to date you together doesn't mean we agreed to do that kind of thing together!" Kitagawa Marin raised her voice. "You even had Zhuzhu hold my hands down. That was too much!"
At those words, Zhuzhu awkwardly looked away.
That was right.
She'd been a victim at first, but during the process, she'd accidentally become an accomplice. She'd lost even the right to call the idiot Natsuki to account.
"I'm terribly sorry."