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“Hey, what do you mean? Did I hear you wrong?”

　With her right hand on Yō’s left cheek, Kasumi tilted her head in a cute way as she stared into Yō’s eyes.

　However, despite her demeanor, her whole body oozed anger to the point that it seemed as if she was emitting a pitch-black aura.

“That’s what I don’t like about you.”

　Yō felt a cold sweat running down his back as he told Kasumi what he didn’t like about her.

　This caused Kasumi to gasp and press her face against Yō’s chest in disapproval.

　Apparently, she was trying to hold back.

(More or less, she’s grown up a bit, I guess…?)

　Yō didn’t expect Kasumi to try to hold back, and found Kasumi’s attitude surprising.

　Kasumi began to show her frustration by pressing her face against his, but Yō gently stroked her head and waited for Kasumi to calm down.

　After about a dozen minutes of waiting, Kasumi slowly looked up.

“What made you do that…?”

“Is it because of how we are going to do the video streaming together? Or is it because Akimi is going to be doing the video streaming?”

“Both…”

　Kasumi puffed out her small cheeks in a huff and told him in a sultry voice to tell her both.

　Yō thought about it for a moment, and decided to start with why Marin wanted to do it in order to explain it in order.

“It seems that it was Nagisa who encouraged Akimi to become a video streamer.”

“That woman…!”

　Hearing Yō’s words, it seemed to Yō for a moment as if anger had materialized to envelop Kasumi’s body.

　Yō felt uncomfortable, as her anger seemed to reach its peak at the slightest thing.

　But at the same time, Yō felt a certain discomfort.

“Um, that woman…?”

“Oh…!”

　When Yō said the words that Kasumi had felt uncomfortable with, Kasumi’s face lit up as if she had realized something.

　Then, she hurriedly began to speak.

“I said a man that acts like a woman…!”

“No, it didn’t sound like that to me though…?”

“I said that! R-Rather than that, why would Akimi want to become a video streamer just because that Kamikaze told her to!? Isn’t that strange!?”

　When Yō questioned the flustered Kasumi, Kasumi brought up another topic.

　This attitude made Yō even more suspicious of Kasumi.

(If I try to ask too much here, she’ll definitely be in a bad mood again…)

　What is the main priority right now?

　He thought that if Kasumi was trying to deceive him, now would be a good time to persuade her, since she must be feeling guilty about it.

　Besides, he didn’t need to bother asking her, since he already knew the answer from Kasumi’s attitude.

　So Yō decided to play along with Kasumi’s deception.

“That girl has a crush on Nagisa, or maybe she has a thing for him. That’s why she took her up on his offer.”

“Hee~…!”

　When Yō implied that Marin might like Nagisa, Kasumi’s expression brightened with happiness.

　When Yō saw Kasumi like that―

(Really, she’s so simple when it comes to these things.)

　―Is what he thought.

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Author’s Afterword:

Thank you for answering my question yesterday!

It’s going to take a few months for this to happen,

But I’m going to try something!

And I’ve already started working on it!

I hope you enjoy it!

I would be very happy if you could support me in this decision.