[Grouping]

As high school life passes, there are more and more events leading up to graduation.

One of the most prominent events is the school trip.

It was only a short time ago that the students were busy with the cultural festival, and before they knew it, the day of the trip was approaching. A four-night, five-day trip to Guam. This is the school trip scheduled for Nishino's class.

For some of the students, this would be their first trip abroad, and there were many topics of conversation from the preparation stage, such as getting their passports as well as packing. This has been especially true in the last few days, as the departure is just a few days away. All of the students seemed to be enjoying themselves.

In contrast to these classmates, there was someone who was not so happy..

"Good morning. It's another beautiful day."

Nishino.

When he visits the classroom, he goes to his seat, as usual, with his usual nonsense.

It is his daily morning greeting exercise.

"People are creatures capable of learning from the past. This means that we are also creatures capable of regretting the past. Learning and regret are two sides of the same coin."

The source of this slightly melancholy greeting is the same reason why the classroom is so crowded.

Just yesterday, there was a commotion involving Rose, Gabriella, and even Tarosuke, an audition for idol candidates triggered by Matsuura-san's lack of money. On the way home, the Futsumen recalled the existence of groupings during free activities on school trips.

Grouping in the 2A class was completely free.

The homeroom teacher, Mr. Otake, had taken the liberty of deciding among those students who preferred to be in different groups. There was no set time for making the groups, and each time a group was decided upon, the group would go to the teacher to let him know.

The teacher would tell them, You are high school students, so you have to make your own decisions.

Mr. Otake, who is nominally a great teacher to his students, knew this. He has been a teacher for a long time, and he knows. He knew that when a teacher leads this kind of work, the dissatisfaction of the disadvantaged students turns on him. Therefore, he throws the responsibility to the students.

At the same time, he understood that by doing so, he would be evaluated more highly by his students.

The only ones who will suffer are the students who cannot belong to the group by themselves. He thought it would be better if he himself took them around. 

And the cynical man at the time was, of course, pretending to be a nihilist.

Of course, he had no regard for groupings.

These past mistakes are now hitting the youth-starved virgin.

" ......... "

The Futsumen sits down in his own seat and gets ready for the day for an hour, while thinking.

Grouping, what should I do?

Of course, most of the students had already finished forming their groups. It would be quite a difficult task to join in the middle of them. Even the Chairwoman, who is at the top of the caste, was hesitant to join Risa's group.

For a Futsumen at the bottom of the caste, it was a dream come true.

Whether he knew it or not, a voice echoed from inside the classroom.

"Where is your group planning to go?" 

"I just bought an aloha shirt for the first time in my life." 

"I'll need 20,000 for spending money there, right?"

"Hey, hey, what kind of clothes did you buy for the trip?"

"I had to cancel the concert I was going to and used the money for the trip!"

Although Nishino remembered the itinerary of the school trip, he had completely forgotten about the free activities. He had been so busy with his own personal life, and he had been so eager to meet new people outside of the school that he had neglected to pay attention to the events held on campus.

At this rate, I would not be able to avoid a trip to Guam with Mr. Otake.

It is true to say that I deserved it.

I will not deny that fact.

However, I am thinking extravagantly about the precious opportunity to color the memories of my high school life, and if it were possible, I would like to enjoy the trip with other students. Even after graduation, he would like to share a drink with the students and talk about the trip at the celebration of their coming-of-age ceremony or some such occasion.

"Speaking of which, which group is Nishino in with?" 

"Did you guys talk to him?"

"I mean, I guess he hasn't formed a group yet, right?"

"By the way, I heard that Chairwoman is with Risa and her group."

"Risa's group is really the best."

"She said she's going to join Takeuchi's group."

"Is that true?"

Students glanced at Nishino, who had taken his own seat.

The whispered conversation was also delivered in fragments.

The Futsumen, having finished getting ready for class and having nothing to do, pulls a phone out of his pants pocket and passes the time by browsing news sites. He sits quietly in his seat, waiting for morning homeroom to begin.

As he does so, he hears someone's presence in front of his seat.

The sound of footsteps approaching, then coming to a halt directly in front of him.

"Nishino, can I have a word?"

Immediately after, he heard a voice calling the Futsumen's name, clearly.

He looked up and saw Matsuura-san standing there.

"What's wrong? Matsuura-san." 

"Nishino, you have been a little unresponsive since the bus ride home yesterday." 

"Is that so?" 

"I mean, you didn't talk a lot to Alice Kurusugawa, did you?"

"........."

It is Matsuura-san, who has been observing the changes in Futsumen day by day.

Meanwhile, a commotion spreads in the classroom, as her movements are seen in the light of day. Matsuura-san has been causing a commotion for some time now. When she visited Nishino, who is also a troublemaker, the classmates naturally focused their attention on them.

The Chairwoman, as usual, was listening at the two seats next to them.

"You haven't picked a group for the school trip yet, have you?"

"Unfortunately, no."

"I mean, you know, it's really bad when your casual replies are so creepy."

Even on campus, Matsuura-san is as relentless as ever.

If the opposite sex in class called you creepy to your face, and it was not in a joking manner but pointed out with a straight face, you would be more or less depressed. In fact, the students in the room began to clamor more and more.

Nishino, however, did not seem to be bothered by this and replied in a nonchalant manner.

"Is there something I can do for you? If you want, we can go somewhere else and talk."

The Futsumen, unable to determine Matsuura-san's intentions, is about to sit up from his chair.

He was beginning to get a better sense of the distance between him and Matsuura-san from their recent interactions.

What he receives from the other party is an unexpected invitation.

"Would you like to be in a group with me?"

She stares directly into Nishino's eyes and asks him a question.

She bends over with her hands on the desk, showing off her huge breasts.

The bust of her shirt, with its open collar, bulges out wide, revealing a deep cleavage. Between her shirt and skin, her bra with a flashy pattern was blatantly visible. She went to the trouble of unbuttoning one of the buttons on her own seat before coming over to him.

From Matsuura-san's point of view, Nishino's presence is a money tree.

She has no hesitation in opening her crotch to secure it.

"Matsuura-san, are you serious?"

"Why do you have to make up bullshit like this?"

" ...... "

On the other hand, for Nishino, they are fellow students of the bottom caste who are in a similar way. Because of their past history, they do not treat each other as opposites, but they always want to cooperate with each other by pointing at the top.

At least enough to wish her success as an idol.

Perhaps that is why her voice leaked out from her mouth in affirmation of the invitation.

"Is it really okay ?" 

"I don't have a group yet either."

"...... I see."

From the female student's point of view, they were both in the bottom caste of the class. It was a scene as if those were licking each other's wounds. The female students who used to be Matsuura-san's friends were looking at her with expressions like, Oh no!

However, the male students saw it a little differently.

Matsuura-san is a female student.

And, she is surprisingly good looking.

So much so that she has been approached by people in the entertainment industry.

And most of the students are divided into groups of men and women.

Nishino's presence in the midst of this group, forming a group with the opposite sex, is something that the male students watching him feel more than a little envious of. Putting aside the hierarchy of the caste system, Nishino's partner is a cute girl with a body that men would love.

Moreover, she has already had sex with Takeuchi and Suzuki-kun.

Moreover, she is very erotic.

This fact stirs up the fantasies of all the boys who watch the exchange between the two. The reactions are especially noticeable from the lower-middle caste students who have no specific partner. They were wondering if Matsuura-san would let Nishino have sex with her as well.

Such speculations were instantly circulating among the nonmotivated members of the 2A class.

They all shared the view that if that were the case, they would like to have sex with Matsuura-san as well. The reason why they thought that they might have a chance with her is because they are still at the bottom of the caste system in the school.

"But it seems to me that we can't be a group on our own."

"Even if it's just the two of us, a group is still a group, right? It's Otake's fault for throwing all the responsibility of making groups on the students, and it's not right if they don't compromise this much. I'll talk to him."

Group activities alone with a girl.

From the perspective of the boys who were listening in, it is a very enviable situation. 

Even if the other party was Matsuura-san, he was intrigued enough to follow their interaction. Her ass, which was thrust out behind her as she bent forward. The bulge of her buttocks peeking out from under her skirt suddenly looked very erotic to all the boys.

And the invitation was given by a girl.

The opportunity for sexual intercourse may be within reach if they reach out their hands.

It is about to happen.

Glimpse of eroticism at close hand makes the boys of class 2A agonize.

By the way, there was a woman who could not remain silent when it comes to this.

That's right, it is the Chairwoman.

She had heard the exchange that took place in the two seats next to hers.

She was listening to every single word of the conversation with a vivid, unerring attention to detail.

Someone she is a little concerned about is about to be seduced by an unsavory classmate. The interaction between him and her was the way it appeared to the Chairwoman on her day. Matsuura-san's black-heartedness has been shown to Shimizu-san in the past few days to the point of disgust.

" ...... "

In the midst of a school trip, men and women in high spirits.

A perfect opportunity to take the first step.

Even early on, Shimizu's head is filled with adult fantasies.

This was not limited to her, but Takeuchi, who was also listening, naturally guessed what was going to happen to the Futsumen. He said, Oh, Nishino's guy is going to get eaten. A certain feeling of certainty came to the handsome man's mind, along with his past actions.

Matsuura-san, who had decided that this was the one, was sometimes so horny that the opposite sex was attracted to her.

"Then it's settled. I'll tell Otake......." 

"Wait a minute, Matsuura-san!"

Matsuura-san was about to head back on her heels from the Futsumen's seat.

At the same time, a voice echoed in the classroom.

She did not intend to make her voice that loud. However, perhaps it was because of her nerves, the sound was even snappier than she had imagined, and it was delivered from one corner of the classroom to the other. The students in the room were all paying attention to her.

Naturally, the chatter in various places stopped and the classroom became quiet.

"What? Chairwoman."

"Is it true that Nishino and Matsuura-san were left out of the grouping for the school trip?"

Shimizu, flustered by the stares from those around her, speaks to them.

Matsuura-san was the first to answer.

"Then what? I mean, didn't I tell you about it yesterday? " 

"Well, if that's the case, I'm in the group with you!"

"Huh? Are you kidding me?" 

"I can't leave my classmates alone if they are in trouble, and as the Chairwoman of Class 2A, if there's anything I can do to help, I'd like to help as much as I can. So I'm going with Matsuura-san to report to Mr. Otake."

The Chairwoman speaked in one breath.

The calm part of her sounded a warning whistle, telling her to stop. But Matsuura-san's upper tits, exposed in front of Futsumen's face, pushed Shimizu back. Even in the most recent case, Takeuchi and Suzuki-kun, she was the one who had already been accused of a previous crime, which made her feel threatened. 

On the other hand, the person being complained against nodded her head after thinking about it for a bit.

".... Well, okay. "

If it had been Matsuura-san until last week, she would have shown an immediate reaction.

She must have poked fun at the Chairwoman by using Nishino as an excuse.

However, having shared an idol audition together, she has begun to feel more or less friendship with Shimizu, and has decided to accept the other party's outlandish proposal. The Chairwoman's recent exam scores are not up to par, and she is probably just looking for an opportunity to get an inside score, she thought. 

The fact that the Chairwoman's friendship group had been broken up beforehand also added to the misunderstanding.

In addition, there are many benefits to be gained by getting Shimizu together.

At the very least, the girls in the same class will be less critical of them.

"Sorry, Risa. You went to a lot of trouble to get me into your group."

"Umm, yeah, that's fine, but ......"

As for Risa, it's an unfortunate story.

She still has a fondness for the Chairwoman, which is why she is so excited about the school trip they are going to spend together. To be more specific, she has been looking forward to the bath time spent at the hotel where they are staying, and Shimizu's naked body.

And once the Chairwoman raised her hand, there was movement from others.

"Hey, well, if that's the case, I'm also ......" 

It is Suzuki-kun.

This is the perfect opportunity to share a school trip with the person he has a crush on. Moreover, Nishino would have flowers on both hands, including Matsuura-san, if he let it go as it was. The handsome man's mouth was impulsively open, as if he could not allow that to happen.

Just before he did so, however, a voice came from elsewhere, interrupting his statement. 

"Well , good morning."

A male student's voice echoed from near the door at the front of the classroom. It was Ogino-kun, the class clown, who had just arrived at the school.

The classroom was unusually quiet for a morning homeroom. The eyes of the classmates present in the room turned to the source of the voice. He continued to speak, trying to make up for the unexpected echo of his own greeting.

"What is this atmosphere? Is something wrong again?" 

"No big deal. It's just the grouping for the school trip."

It was Nishino who answered before anyone else.

The "na" at the end of the sentence irritated his classmates. 

In a classroom where conversation was sparse, the exchange between the two reached everyone's ears in vivid detail.

Ogino-kun, who had just arrived at the school, checked the words school trip and grouping to find out what was going on. Near Nishino were the Chairwoman and Matsuura-san, who both got up from their seats to face him. The other students are supposed to be paying attention to those three students.

The tense atmosphere at the scene also helped him to understand what was going on.

"Nishino, maybe you haven't decided on a group yet?"

"I haven't submitted my group yet."

The drama lightener quickly grasped the reason for the commotion. There must have been a pushing and shoving among the classmates over where Nishino was to go. In fact, he never dreamed that the Futsumen in front of him would have one foot in the harem.

So he decided to take the first step.

"Really? Then why don't you form a group with me?" 

"...... Is that okay?"

"The group I'm in now has five members, so I think it's okay if I leave the group. But if you don't want to be alone with me, I won't force you to do it."

Nishino was surprised by the unexpected invitation.

He did not expect to be invited by Ogino-kun.

"But Ogino-kun ... " 

"Didn't I meet Nishino in Akiba before?" 

"Oh, that's right."

"That exchange saved my life, I guess."

Nishino had coaxed Gabriella to go to Akihabara on a date. It was during this date that the two met. For Futsumen, it was just a chance meeting in town on a day off. They didn't have much to say to each other.

However, it seems that the joker had something to gain.

Since that day, he no longer makes fun of Nishino in class.

More precisely, the opportunities for the joker's jests to make the classroom lively have been gradually decreasing.

"......I see."

When this happens, it is the Futsumen who can't stop rejoicing.

Unlike Matsuura-san, who approached him out of calculating, the presence of a comical person who approached him out of pure goodwill was very pleasing to Nishino, who is in love with Class 2A. He feels a warmth spreading inside his heart.

An ordinary student would have been dragged down by the grudges of the past.

However, the Futsumen, who had been raised in a world of cynicism and harm, did not respond in any way. He took this opportunity to bow his head and ask for a favor. This is finally going to be a fun school trip, he said.

"Sorry, but if that's the case, I'd really appreciate it.."

"Oh, well, I'll go to Otake's place during the next break."

"And I'm sorry, but there are two other members of the group."

"Huh ?"

I was speechless when I heard Futsumen's words that continued.

"Matsuura-san and the Chairwoman will be in the our group."

Nishino's group became instantly lively, welcoming not only Matsuura-san but also Chairwoman and Ogino-kun. The Futsumen pointed with his gaze at the girls, who looked at Ogino-kun and each make a contrasting greeting.

"Yo, nice to meet you, Ogino -kun ." 

"Well, Ogino would be fine."

The joker looked at Shimizu-san and Matsuura-san and could do nothing but pout and be dumbfounded.

◇ ◆ ◇

This was a free activity program during the school trip. The lunch break of the same day, when the grouping of the students had been lively since early in the morning. As soon as the Chairwoman, Matsuura-san, and the jester gathered on the roof of the school building after finishing their lunch.

The Chairwoman was the first to call out to them.

The other two members of the group, perhaps having their own thoughts on the matter, followed their lead and went to the rooftop.

The temperature had begun to drop in earnest recently, and only three students were to be seen under the cold sky.

After confirming this, the Chairwoman said.

"Sorry if I'm wrong, but didn't Ogino-kun dislike Nishino?"

Even though he had shown his openness in the classroom, Shimizu could not help but wonder about the relationship between the comical person and Nishino. The former had repeatedly made fun of the latter in the past. It was natural for him to wonder if they were up to something bad again.

And he, like no one else, understood this.

"It's not that I disliked him, or that I unilaterally make fun of him......." 

"Oh, I didn't mean to accuse Ogino-kun, did I?" 

"Right? In that sense, the Chairwoman was worse."

" .... "

Immediately, Matsuura-san interrupted them.

Ogino-kun spoke to them.

"But this time it wasn't like that. I had some feelings about Nishino, or rather, I had a lot of thoughts about him. So I decided that if he's out there on his own, I'd like to go around with him." 

"I, I see... "

The Chairwoman was surprised to hear Ogino-kun's revelation, which was more honest than she had imagined, made her wonder what had happened between the two of them.

At the same time, she felt the same way as a comical person.

"How come the Chairwoman and Matsuura-san are in the same group?"

When you put it that way, it is Shimizu who is in trouble.

Everything that applied to Ogino-kun also applied to the Chairwoman. Rather, she has a history of disliking Nishino more intensely than he does. Even within the class, this tendency was evident. Everyone in the class has seen the two clash on numerous occasions.

"I was under the impression that Nishino was a bit of a pain in the ass."

"If you change your mind, you can leave. I will take care of Nishino."

"Matsuura-san, I don't think you should talk like that."

In the face of the exchange between the two girls, the jester could not believe his ears.

This was rather the opposite of the situation he had imagined.

Naturally, words of confirmation leaked from his mouth.

"I don't think so, but does Matsuura-san like Nishino?" 

"Huh? No way."

"But you and Nishino are in the same group on the school trip, right?"

"I guess you could say he's like a friend or a lover." 

".....?"

Ogino-kun was absolutely mortified by this toothless remark.

Even from the Chairwoman's point of view, this was an outrageous statement.

A voice of confirmation was immediately raised.

"Matsuura-san, did you have sex with Nishino-kun?" 

"Curious ?" 

"N, Not at all."

"Of course it's a joke. Nishino-kun, definitely is a virgin."

"......." 

Matsuura-san, who was apparently teasing them.

But Shimizu noticed that her day was not smiling as she spoke so. The Chairwoman was convinced that this guy would definitely fuck her if she left him alone. Ogino-kun, who is honestly smiling, is a virgin as well as the Futsumen.

"I mean, the Chairwoman is the one who is too desperate, isn't she? Are your grades really in such danger that you have to turn down Risa's group and start taking care of Nishino-kun? Why don't you drop the level of the school you are applying to? "

"...... I don't care which university I apply to, it's my choice, right?"

While I was annoyed that she disrespects my grades, I was inwardly relieved and relaxed.

The Chairwoman is concerned about Nishino, but if that fact were known to those around her, she would be in trouble. He has no idea what will happen to his future school life. Although Futsumen are being treated differently in some quarters, he is still treated at the bottom of the caste.

In order to cover up such feelings, excuses were given.

I am not mentally strong like Nishino-kun, was her honest thought.

If he is alone until he graduates, then I will call on him. He said he has someone he likes, but he would probably dump me anyway. However, a girl named Alice Kurusugawa confesses her love to him and he rejected her.

In her mind, she agonized over the distance between her and Nishino.

As she began to think about it, Shimizu suddenly came to an idea.

She wondered if Nishino's pretense of being a dandy was the problem. I don't think he should be handsome. Instead, he should at least try to be someone else.

If he had at least behaved in a way that matched his own face deviation when he was around other people, she would have been able to approach him.

So the Chairwoman decided to take a step toward the two people in front of her.

"I have a suggestion about Nishino." 

"... Suggestion ?"

"Can't we straighten up Nishino-kun on this school trip?"

"Huh? I don't understand."

Matsuura-san frowned at the Chairwoman's outlandish remark.

Ogino-kun was also puzzled.

Regardless of this, Shimizu continued to speak.

"Whatever Matsuura-san thinks of Nishino, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to have him say and do a little more. If Ogino-kun is going to be his friend, he should be a little more approachable, right?"

Putting her own thoughts aside, she asks for their cooperation.

She wondered if there was any way she could educate Nishino.

When she thought about it, the school trip seemed like the perfect opportunity.

"I honestly don't care, but it would be nice not to be annoyed by every little thing he says."

"I'm sure I've wondered about some of the things he's said and done......."

The two responded in the affirmative.

Matsuura-san and Ogino-kun, both of whom had been in contact with Nishino. If he had been taken care of by these two people, plus Shimizu personally, day in and day out, would there be some change in his attitude.

At this thought, Shimizu's heart lit up with motivation.

"Okay, then it's decided. "

Thus began the Nishino training project under the leadership of the Chairwoman, and a group of volunteers.

◇ ◆ ◇

At the same time, in the back of the school building, the hustle and bustle of the lunch break could be heard in the distance.

There, Rose and Gabriella were turning to each other.

Normally, they would be spending their lunch time together with Nishino, but the former, called on the latter to prepare a place for them. They said that they had something they wanted to check before meeting Nishino-kun face to face.

"Sister, what do you want to talk about?" 

"I would like to hear more about what happened yesterday."

"I told you before that if it was someone he was interested in, we already know nothing about it." 

Rose asks with a serious face.

Gabriella's attitude in response is curt.

It is Gabu-chan who is hungrier than that.

Her eyes are on the lunch package that Rose has put down in her hand.

"How about asking him during his lunch break?" 

"If he answered me honestly, I would not have asked you. I'm not asking you if you're the one who's interested in him, but you're the one who's talking about going out with him." 

"I didn't say that."

Rose confirmed this to Nishino yesterday.

She said that it would be a nuisance for him if people around him knew about it, or something to that effect, and he was one-sidedly evasive. She is right, but she is also having a hard time with the Futsumen, who reads the atmosphere precisely at times like this.

"He has been very quiet of late, hasn't he?" 

"He is not weak like you sister. It is impossible for him to obey you by force."

"If you were stronger, would you have pushed him down with all your might?"

"Yes, I would have. I think the possibility is not small."

The image of Gabriella, who enjoys forcibly capturing her subjects and tying them to the bed, as she has done in the past, comes to Rose's mind. She has considered doing the same thing many times, so this is what she imagines.

While pushing this frustrating picture out of her mind, she continues to speak.

"If the person in question is on campus, I don't think Nishino-kun, a man who is hungry for women, would miss the opportunity to go on a school trip. I don't need to go to the trouble of checking with him, but I think I can find out a lot of things even if I just take a quick look.

"Do you think that the girl is on campus?" 

"I am not sure. But if we don't see any reaction during this trip, we can be sure that they are not within the reach of the sun, can't we? In any case, I think it makes sense to keep an eye on it."

"That's true......"

"So, I'm wondering if you could help me out."

Normally, she would have done things on her own without asking anyone for help.

But for this one time, she would ask for Gabriella's cooperation.

Around the time of the idol audition, Alice Kurusugawa confessed to him. She was a blonde-haired Lolita who was impatient to see Nishino's immediate refusal. She seemed to have noticed that Nishino's behavior was somehow different from that of the Futsumen she had met so far.

She doesn't think it was because he witnessed the Chairwoman's lasciviousness.

"All right, we'll try to find out who he's traveling with during the trip." 

"Just make sure he doesn't know what you're up to."

"No problem. I'll take care of it."

In the pocket of Rose's skirt, the phone began to buzz and shake.

It appears to be a call ringing.

She turns Gabu-chan down and reaches for it.

The name on the display is that of her boss.

"What is it? Francisca."

"You're on your lunch break, right? I'd like to talk to you for a minute."

"Yes, of course. You can continue if you want."

With a view of Gabriella right in front of her, Rose continues the call.

"You told me about the school trip before, didn't you?" 

"Don't tell me you're coming too?"

"I'd like you to do some work there, Rose."

"......."

We were just now discussing our plans for the trip when the unexpected interruption came.

As soon as she received the call, her shoulders wrinkled.

"You are foolish as to put your job on the line for the trip."

"Oh, I wonder if you are so absorbed in your student life that you forgotten your position?"

"...... Please continue with your explanation."

Francisca continues to talk to Rose, who makes no attempt to hide her displeasure.

According to her words, she was helping a local agent. She was asking for Rose's help to finish a job that had been in progress for some time, and she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get it done in one go.

From her subordinate point of view, it was nothing more than cleaning up her mess.

"Isn't it your job to help the local collaborators?" 

"Isn't that why I'm asking you to do it? They would never have dreamed that an additional person would come along with a group of students on a trip. It's not that big of a job, so I'd like you to get it over with."

"I think that improving the relationship with [Normal] during the trip is also an important job."

"I'll send you more information later, so make sure you have it by the time we get there!"

"Wait a minute......!"

"And as for your place, you can go back there now that it's been cleaned. "

Rose tried to resist, but the call ended with a one-sided disconnect.

She stared abjectly at the phone she held down from her ear.

"A call from the job?" 

"Yes, that's right. "

Rose mutters as if to throw up and puts her phone away.

Gabriella, on the other hand, smiled and said.

"So that means you will be away for the school trip." 

"Would you stop making assumptions? It's a local job. "

"Oh, I see."

"Why were you so happy just now?"

"This was the perfect opportunity for me to spend some quality time with him without your interference."

Gabu-chan, who speaks with great joy, has a very straightforward personality.

If the opponent had been Shimizu, she might have punched her. However, with Gabriella as her opponent, she will get the return fire. Swallowing her indignation, Rose accompanied her back to the school to spend lunchtime with her beloved.

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After school that same day, Nishino and the others returned to the share house, their original home, from the hotel where they had been temporarily living for the past few days. As Rose had been informed by Francisca, the interior of the house had been neatly repaired, and there were almost no traces of the previous disturbances.

The broken window panes and bullet holes that had been scattered throughout the house had all disappeared. In some areas, there is a slight change in the design of the wallpaper, but that is at best the only difference from before. Takeuchi's poison on the rooftop has also been thoroughly cleaned.

"I was only gone for a few days, but it feels like it's been a long time."

Nishino said, sitting on a chair in the upstairs dining space.

Rose is facing him, and Gabriella is next to her.

"After getting used to lounging around in a tatami room, the hotel bed was a bit cramped!" 

"Your clothes are already wrinkled, why don't you at least iron them?"

"That's too much trouble. Why don't you do it for me, sister?" 

"Why do I have to take care of your clothes too? ....."

The sun has been setting for a while.

Dinner prepared by Rose is lined up on the dining table.

It was a lazy dish that she said she hadn't even prepared properly because of the time she had to spend moving from the hotel. Even so, the dishes that were still steaming with heat were very good, and Gabu-chan and the others were happily enjoying their food.

"By the way, Nishino, I have a question for you."

"What is it?"

"The school trip is just around the corner, right?" 

"Yeah, what about it?"

"I wonder if you have a group for the free activities."

He is a Futsumen who has been getting general disapproval from his classmates.

I don't expect him to be part of the group.

It was Rose's plan to take the initiative during the trip by raising the topic. Although they are in different classes, the destination of the school trip is the same. This would be a much more effective way to make contact with the students than if they were taking classes on campus.

However, her plans went wrong.

"No problem. I got the group together without a hitch."

"Oh, isn't that your usual attitude?"

"What's the point of being stubborn about something like this?"

The Futsumen talks about his own entry into the group as if it were a matter of course. It was a very arrogant thing to say, even though the decision was made at the last minute today. If they had witnessed his calm and composed attitude, Shimizu and the others would have been irritated by his decision to join up with Nishino.

However, Rose, who did not know the situation, was surprised by his response.

"Some of your classmates were very kind to welcome you into their group."

"Yes, I must thank the Chairwoman and the others."

"........"

Rose's face hardened as she heard the responses given in rapid succession.

"Oh, my. Are you in the group with Shimizu-san?" 

"She, Matsuura-san, and Ogino-kun are in the same group ."

"........."

It was a mixed grouping of men and women,.

This made her think about a lot of things.

Why, why, why?

Gabriella, who was listening to the conversation, did the same.

She looked up from her plate of food and spoke to him.

"Aren't two of them the same people you were working with until yesterday?" 

"Yes, that's right." 

"Are they the ones you're interested in?"

"Well, I don't know."

Gabu-chan asked questions in rapid succession.

Nishino, who answered the questions, was plainly cynical.

He is used to this kind of persona, so it was extremely difficult to read his true intentions from his facial expressions. Even Rose, who was staring at Futsumen's pouty face, trying not to miss even the slightest change, was unable to make a judgment.

"I also heard rumors that you were friends with a girl in your class named Risa."

"Yes, she and I have been through a lot."

His thoughtful attitude is also irritating.

It's especially hard to see the true meaning of the situation.

At this moment, Rose and Gabriella are eager to make out, putting aside their girl talk like behavior. On the other hand, the Futsumen, who is being questioned, is not so full of it. Enjoying the conversation about love.

"Don't you think women will hate you if you keep on talking so much?"

"I've been blessed with many opportunities recently. I guess it's a good thing I'm balanced"

Nishino was completely out of his element.

If he had been good-looking, he might have looked a little better. However, Nishino now was a Futsumen no matter how he tried.

If the Chairwoman had been there, he would have lost a lot of points he had earned from the host event.

"You have a lot on your hands, don't you? You're not the same person you were last week."

"You must have gotten laid somewhere."

Gabu-chan, who is surprisingly good at making sexual jokes, made a sharp point.

The Futsumen is unilaterally aware of the Chairwoman's affection for him, even if he doesn't actually make love to her. This is no doubt the reason for the relaxed attitude. However, only Francisca knows about this fact. And it is Nishino who is keeping quiet to the latter.

"No comments."

It would not look good if the situation was discovered.

The virgin shifts his attention to the meal at hand to avoid the topic. She pretends to be as cool as possible and takes a bowl of rice to his mouth. 

The takikomi rice with bonito broth was excellent, despite the fact that the chef called it a lazy dish. The pork miso soup was also irresistible.

" ......... "

This is an outrageous development for Rose.

She wanted to claim that the person in front of her belonged to her for the first time.

However, she probably decided that it would be impossible to question him on this occasion. She did not continue with her pursuit. Nodding briefly, she reached for her food again. Probably he hasn't had sex yet, was her intuition, having caught a glimpse of virginity in his most recent comment.

Instead, Nishino is surrounded by a growing number of surveillance.