Turning Over and Singing

My name is Arisu Sakayanagi. I do not know my age, but I am an adult. I attend the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, and I return to my dormitory before eight o'clock every night. I do not smoke, nor do I drink. I go to bed at eleven o'clock and ensure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what.

I have a lover named Reigetsu Amasawa. He is my classmate, but there are always people around me trying to steal my husband: Kiyoko Ayanokoji, Ran Morishita, Kikyo Kushida, Suzune Horikita, Hiyori Shiina, and perhaps many others whose names I do not know...

I thought that with my capacity for acceptance, I could handle the possibility of others trying to steal my husband, but when I truly saw Kiyoko Ayanokoji in the act, putting it into practice...

I cannot help but wonder: why do I always stumble into these battlefields of love? Why is it that every time Reigetsu is with another girl, I am there too?

Could it be that I am the third wheel? No, I was the one who came first!

Stop trying to steal my husband!

Advanced Nurturing Yacht, guest room.

Arisu Sakayanagi's eyes lost their luster as she stared at the pair of dogs on the bed, her thoughts drifting back to one week ago—

"Father, the vacation next week... it is a special exam, isn't it?"

Arisu Sakayanagi sat on the leather sofa opposite Narimori Sakayanagi, speaking of such a formidable matter with a relaxed tone. However, this was within Narimori Sakayanagi's expectations; she was his daughter, after all.

"Yes, it is. And as your father, I want to remind you that this exam has high physical requirements. I am worried that you might..."

"Survival on a deserted island? That is certainly a bit..."

Arisu Sakayanagi deduced the content of the exam. If it truly were survival on a deserted island, she would not mind the environment, but a deserted island represented countless places beyond the reach of surveillance. If she were to be abducted by Ryuen or certain individuals from Class D, the situation would become very complicated.

The principal's office fell into silence as father and daughter stared at each other.

"In that case, how about giving me a private room so I can enjoy my vacation?"

A bold plan began to take shape in Sakayanagi's mind.

"Of course. Do not push yourself, Arisu."

Narimori Sakayanagi looked at the scheming gaze in his daughter's eyes and could not help but feel a twinge of worry.

Nevertheless, he gave Arisu Sakayanagi the key card to a guest room for girls on the yacht.

"Are you sure you want to copy this key card?"

"Yes, I need a spare key."

Finally, when boarding the ship, she stood in line right before Reigetsu Amasawa, took the key card that originally belonged to him, and swapped it with her own "spare key." With that, Arisu Sakayanagi's plan was perfectly concluded.

Just thinking about being able to spend a government-funded honeymoon with Rei-kun at school made Arisu Sakayanagi hum softly to herself~

I can watch the moon with Rei-kun on the deck, feel the sea breeze, go fishing... then have dinner together, and return to a guest room filled with our love, where it is just the two of us...

Perhaps even—

Eek!

The silver-haired girl lowered her head slightly, her long eyelashes fluttering restlessly. Her eyes were veiled in a hazy mist, and her gaze darted frantically between her own toes and the deck, not daring to look forward even an inch for fear that Rei-kun might notice and see through her.

No, I cannot laugh yet. I will laugh when I get back to the room in half an hour. No, ten minutes—in ten minutes, I can laugh out loud!

Rei-kun, I am so looking forward to seeing the surprised look on your face when you realize we are sharing a room. ♡

I miss Rei-kun's scent so much...

Arisu Sakayanagi bit her lower lip, acting coy as she tried to suppress the curve of her mouth that was desperately trying to rise, but the pure joy and shyness of a young girl still made her legs go weak.

To remain standing, Arisu Sakayanagi had to press down hard on her cane with both hands, putting her entire weight on it to desperately suppress the trembling of her legs.

At the time, Rei-kun even asked me with concern if I was feeling unwell... But seeing his nose twitch a few times, he must have smelled my scent, right? Could it be that after I return to the room, I will—

Arisu Sakayanagi walked toward her guest room alone. Her brain's capacity for imagination could no longer handle any more fantasies. She gently patted her face, but her cold hands could not cool her burning cheeks; they only made her fair face flush even redder.

"Click."

Arisu Sakayanagi pushed the door open—

Did I open it the wrong way? Arisu Sakayanagi rubbed her eyes vigorously, but the hellish scene before her remained unchanged.

"Eh?"

Arisu Sakayanagi saw the shattered window on the wall and let out a broken sound.

When Reigetsu Amasawa heard someone approaching the room, he had actually already prepared to hide. After all, he assumed it would be one of the male students from his class, and it would not be good for them to see Kiyoko Ayanokoji in this state.

However, after listening carefully to the footsteps with his enhanced hearing, Reigetsu Amasawa realized that the sound of a cane hitting the floor was mixed in with the footsteps.

How does Arisu have my key card? Wait, is my roommate Arisu? Are you kidding me? No, she is the chairman's daughter! The Advanced Nurturing School has gone dark.jpg

No, now does not seem to be the time to think about that?

Why is Arisu Sakayanagi always appearing in these battlefields of love?

No, this didn't seem to be the time to think about that.

Just as Amasawa Reigetsu was brainstorming, the door had already opened—

Sakayanagi Arisu's eyes lost their luster, and she prepared to close the door and leave, but her vision spun, and when it refocused, she found herself already on her own bed.

Amasawa Reigetsu's hands were braced on either side of Sakayanagi's head, his masculine weight causing the soft mattress to sink deeply, which only served to close the distance between their faces.

"Don't... I hate you, you playboy Rei-kun..."

Sakayanagi Arisu's complaint was as soft and sweet as a coquettish plea. She struggled to turn her head away, refusing to look into Amasawa Reigetsu's magical, turbid pupils; she was afraid that if she did, she would be sucked in and sink into them.

Sakayanagi Arisu reached out with limp arms, trying to push Amasawa off her body, but her already frail, strengthless frame only made the gesture feel like flirting. The gravity of her drooping limbs exerted more force on Amasawa than her attempt to push him away ever could.

Sakayanagi Arisu felt her lips being covered. Her body shuddered, and she looked toward the direction where Ayanokoji Kiyoko had been just a moment ago, feeling a hint of fear.

Ayanokoji Kiyoko was expressionlessly eating fruit in the room, watching her with the same look one might have while watching a nature documentary on TV.

Sakayanagi Arisu squeezed her eyes shut. The string of her sanity snapped at that very moment, and she wrapped her limbs tightly around Amasawa Reigetsu's back, pulling him as close as possible.

Today, I, Sakayanagi Arisu, am done being the third wheel! You all like to fight over my husband, right! I'm going to take him, one by one, right in front of all of you!!!

When Morishita Ran found out about this incident a long time later:

"You made these words up.jpg"