He reached out and stroked Minami Kotori's hair subconsciously. At the same time, Senba Gari noticed that something was wrong with Minami Kotori's spirit. Even Honoka Kosaka and Umi Sonoda who came with her also felt something was wrong. When he glanced at the pillows in the hands of the three girls, he seemed to have some guesses.
"Um... Teacher Senba..." Honoka Kosaka said coyly.
Next to her, Umi Sonoda had already shyly picked up a pillow to cover her face, which was as red as an apple.
Ah, it's so rare. Honoka, who is usually single-minded and fearless, actually has such a little girl side. Even Umi is so cute... No! What am I thinking! Forget it!
"Ha... I understand, come in, as long as you don't mind." Senba Gari, who had already understood the intention of the three girls, sighed helplessly, then turned sideways to make way for a seat, looking at the three girls and signaling.
After seeing through their intentions, the three girls entered Senba Gari's room a little shyly. When Senba Gari closed the door, the three girls' bodies visibly stiffened.
Returning to the desk, he picked up a book on the table that recorded ancient history, and Senba Gari said intentionally or unintentionally.
"You just go to sleep, I won't do anything to you. I know what happened tonight may be difficult for you to forget, but you..."
--Tuk Tuk
Senba Gari Before he finished speaking, a knock on the door interrupted his next words. Then he got up helplessly and walked to the door, then opened the door and took a look, Maki Nishikino, Rin Hoshizora, Hanayo Koizumi The three girls were standing in front of his door in pajamas and holding their own pillows. Just when they were about to speak, Senba Gari suddenly interrupted them.
"Come in."
"Eh?"
The three girls were obviously unable to react, but when they saw Honoka Kosaka behind Senba Gari, they understood that someone was one step ahead of them.
Then Senba Gari closed the door, sat on the chair in front of the desk, then turned around and looked at the six girls who were a little restrained and continued what they just said.
"But you have to..."
--Tuk Tuk
Just as he was beginning to speak, there was another knock on the door, interrupting him again.
"..." Senba Gari looked at the door with a twitching corner of his mouth.
"Pfft..."
The reaction of the six girls looking at Senba Gari seemed to be that they wanted to laugh but did not dare to.
"Alas..." Senba Gari looked at the six girls helplessly and resentfully, and then opened the door with a look of helplessness.
When he opened the door, he looked at Yazawa Nico, who was also wearing pajamas and holding her own pillow. Just as Yazawa Nico was speaking, Senba Gari interrupted her.
"Come in..."
"Eh?! You, you, you, you, you..." Yazawa Nico suddenly crossed his arms and looked at Senba Gari with a red face. He kept saying this for a long time without saying anything.
Seeing Yazawa Nico's actions, Senba Gari couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"What are you doing? Let me remind you, you are not the first... but you are not the last either." As he said that, Senba Gari looked up at the back of Yazawa Nico speechlessly, and Yazawa Nico also said the same thing as Senba Gari and looked back.
Eli Ayase and Nozomi Tojo stood not far behind Yazawa Nico with awkward looks on their faces. They were also wearing pajamas and holding pillows. At first glance, they knew that these nine girls had the same thoughts.
"..."
Looking at Senba Gari, the nine girls sitting on his bed, he couldn't help but think.
'If anyone else saw this... I would probably be dead!'
Until now, he had no place to regret even if he wanted to, and looking at the haggard expressions on the girls' faces, Senba Gari felt a little distressed and remorseful. The distress was because the expressions on their faces should be the excitement of their first night together instead of the haggardness they were feeling now. The self-blame was because he could have stopped it at the time, but he did not continue to blame himself, but spoke in a gentle tone.
"I know that you still can't forget it. Even if you close your eyes, you will still dream of the fear at that time, but I want to tell you, as a teacher and... friend.
No matter whether you close your eyes and still recall the fear at that time or what, you have to remember that at least you are not alone, and the friendship between you will ease your inner fear, so what you need to do now is to treat everything before as a dream, a... a long nightmare..."
--Time dividing line--
"Hul... hulu... huh..."
Covering Honoka Kosaka with the last quilt from another room, looking at the nine girls sleeping tightly in each other's arms and their somewhat peaceful sleeping faces, the corners of Senba Gari's mouth turned up slightly, and then he quietly stood on tiptoes and walked out slowly without making the slightest sound, and then carefully closed the door.
--Click
"Phew... it feels so comfortable..."
Standing alone on the beach, feeling the wind blowing from the sea, Senba Gari's originally agitated heart suddenly calmed down.
Finally, he picked up the phone and dialed a number.
[Hey... who is it...]
The somewhat tired voice of Takai Geki came from the mobile phone.
'Huh? Idiot, what's wrong with him? Even if it's late at night, the voice can't be so tired. Something must have happened to him.'
"Idiot Ji? Are you okay? Did something happen to you?" Senba Gari asked worriedly.
[Oh, it's you bastard hunting, it's okay, everything is fine with me, but it's you who called me in the middle of the night. Could it be that something happened there?] Takai Geki said.
"Oh, it's nothing. I just want to ask you to bring me a few things for me tomorrow. I'll use them tomorrow."
Brilliant fireworks night
In the morning, a ray of sunlight shines through the gap in the curtains on the nine sleeping girls. Together with their sleeping postures hugging each other, it forms a very beautiful picture.
"Uh-huh..."
Minami Kotori, who was awakened by the dazzling sunlight, got up from the bed in a daze. Then he got off the bed and staggered out of the room with his consciousness in mind.
"Sniff sniff..."
When Minami Kotori came out of the room, she suddenly smelled a hint of attractive fragrance, and then she came to the kitchen talking about the fragrance.
--His!
In the kitchen, Senba Gari was wearing an apron and holding a spatula and was busy preparing today's breakfast. Feeling the sight behind him, Senba Gari turned around, looked at Minami Kotori standing at the door of the kitchen with a smile and said.
"Hey, you finally woke up? Little lazy boy, look at how you look now, you just woke up, right?"
At the same time, he looked at the messy hair on Minami Kotori's head because she had just gotten up. He walked up to her helplessly and smoothed her raised hair. After smoothing it down, he continued.
"Okay, now, go and wash up right away, and then go and wake up some other lazy bugs for me." Then on a whim, he reached out and flicked Minami Kotori's smooth forehead.
"Oh, I understand." Minami Kotori, who was slightly awake, nodded in a cutesy manner.
Looking at Minami Kotori's back, Senba Gari turned around and continued busy with today's breakfast.
"Hmm... I don't know if the things I asked idiot Geki to send have arrived?"
--View switching
"Ah sneeze--!"
Downstairs in an apartment building, Takai Geki was riding on Golden Firmament in the form of a motorcycle, and then he suddenly sneezed.
"Strange, who is talking about me." Takai Geki muttered quietly.
"My lord, this is just a superstitious statement. Scientifically speaking, people sneeze for no reason..."
"Stop!"
When Golden Firmament was about to speak enthusiastically, Takai Geki quickly interrupted it.
[...]
"You, when you talk, you have surpassed the machine gun and upgraded it to Gatling. Even Silver Phantom was almost brainwashed by you. I said you can be said to be from the same origin. Why are there such big differences?" Looking at Golden Firmament, Takai Geki felt a little tired. They are also combat-assisting robots and were created from one of the fragments of that 'thing'. Why are there such big differences.
[Because our 'makers' are different.]
"..."
What you said makes sense, but I am speechless. You are the one who is the blame, Alaya, do you know?
"Oh, I lost to you. At least you have something in common. Both me and the bastard hunter are tired..." Takai Geki covered his face and said speechlessly.
"Ji? Who are you talking to?"
A familiar voice reached Takai Geki's ears. At the same time, his body suddenly stiffened, and then he turned stiffly and looked at the person who came and said.
"Ha, haha... Okay, long time no see, I, I'm not talking to anyone, I'm just talking to myself, Wings."
-Time dividing line---
"I'm starting!"
At the dining table, the other girls who were woken up from their sleep by Minami Kotori, after washing up, sat down at the dining table to eat.
"Aww~ It's delicious~"
After taking a bite of the sandwich, Honoka Kosaka held his face and said with a satisfied expression.
"Is it that exaggerated... Although it's not very delicious." Although Yazawa Nico said she was not satisfied, there was a very satisfied expression on her face.
"Ahem."
"Huh?" At this time, Senba Gari suddenly coughed several times, which also attracted the attention of the nine girls who were still dining.
"Girls, after breakfast, let's..." Senba Gari deliberately extended his tone for a while, "Let's go out for a walk together and buy some things by the way!"
"... Great!!!"
The nine girls were silent for a while, and then suddenly shouted excitedly.
"Hmm."
Looking at the nine girls who were starting to get excited, Senba Gari said to himself, "The plan is clear." Then he suddenly reached out and grabbed Honoka Kosaka's hand that was reaching for his breakfast, and said with a smile.
"Honoka, what do you want to do to my delicious breakfast~"
"Ha, haha, what are you talking about? Teacher Senba, I, I just saw, Teacher Senba, that you haven't eaten your breakfast yet and it's cold now, so I want to help Teacher Senba to heat it up, yes, just to heat it up!" Honoka Kosaka said with a haha as if his little move was caught on the spot.
But it was impossible for Senba Gari to believe it, so he reached out his hands to grab both sides of Honoka Kosaka's face like a prank, and said in a funny way.
"I think you don't want to help me heat it up, but you want to help me eat it, right? Sui-no-guo--"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusu..." Honoka Kosaka was scratched in the face by Senba Gari, and he begged for mercy with unclear words.
"Hahahaha... I call you greedy, Honoka, hahaha..." Yazawa Nico gloated at Honoka Kosaka who was being manipulated by Senba Gari.
"Hahahaha..." At the same time, others couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The breakfast time was spent in laughter and laughter.
--Time dividing line--
"Can I regret it..."
On a busy street, Senba Gari was covered in bags, big and small, looking forward with a look of despair.
He is still too sweet, and he underestimated the "combat power" of girls in shopping.
It's so scary, isn't it?
"Teacher Senba! Teacher Senba! Come on, come on! We are interested in a lot of beautiful clothes." Honoka Kosaka suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Senba Gari's arm, and then pulled him away without saying a word.
"You girl, do you want to be so strong? I'm so tired! I don't want it! I want to rest! I don't want to go."
That day, Senba Gari remembered the horror of girls shopping.
"Pfft! Hahahahahaha..."
Eli Ayase, who was originally walking with Senba Gari, saw the tearful Senba Gari being dragged and dragged to the other companions by Honoka Kosaka who was in high spirits, and couldn't help but laugh out loud for a moment.
"Ah, Eli seems to be very happy." Nozomi Tojo, who was also with Senba Gari and Eli Ayase, looked at Eli Ayase with a shifty expression.
"Xi, what's that look in your eyes? I just saw that guy was finally embarrassed and couldn't control it for a moment." Eli Ayase said arrogantly.
"Haha."
Seeing Eli Ayase's reaction, Nozomi Tojo looked at her in amusement, then turned to look in the distance and helplessly took the bags from the other girls with slightly apologetic faces, and said, "Teacher Senba also has good intentions."
"Huh? Why do you say that?" Eli Ayase looked at Nozomi Tojo in confusion.
Seeing the confusion in Eli Ayase's eyes, Nozomi Tojo explained carefully.
"Teacher Senba actually saw that we were still worried about what happened last night, so he used the excuse of going shopping with us to relax us. You see." Nozomi Tojo turned his attention to Honoka Kosaka and Senba Gari again. There, Eli Ayase said at the same time. Nozomi Tojo looked over and saw that they were resting at a cold drink stall and enjoying the cold drinks in their hands. Then Nozomi Tojo continued, "Everyone is very happy now. They don't seem to be thinking about the fear of last night."
Thinking about it, if Nozomi Tojo hadn't said it out, Eli Ayase wouldn't have thought about it. Now that she thought about it carefully, she found that it was indeed as Nozomi Tojo said, she would no longer think about what happened that night at all. Thinking about it this way, Senba Gari did have good intentions.
"What are you thinking about?"
Suddenly, a voice came from Eli Ayase's ear. When she looked up, she found Senba Gari holding a cold drink in front of her.
"This is?" Eli Ayase looked at Senba Gari in confusion.
"Take it, I asked you, and don't keep watching. We are going to have a lot of fun today! You guys are right!" Senba Gari looked back at the other girls and said.
"That's right! Eli, come and play too! Teacher Senba is our coolie today!" Honoka Kosaka hugged Eli Ayase and said.