It's a romantic comedy for everyone, so why am I the only one single?

Did she seem anxious, rushed, or distracted?

"No, not at all," Ryūne said after thinking carefully for a moment. "She seems perfectly normal, and doesn't seem anxious at all. It shouldn't be anything urgent. What's wrong?"

"nothing."

""

Ryūon was speechless.

She's just a little simple-minded, not stupid. Sugaya Noi's furrowed brow while holding her phone clearly means something's wrong.

However, friends should respect each other's privacy. Since Sugaya Noi didn't want to talk about it, even if she was curious, she didn't plan to ask too many questions.

At the same time, this kind of respect also applies to lovers.

Although Iura Hide didn't have much practical experience, he had read so many manga and anime that he knew this much.

He just really wanted to know what Kitagawa Kaimu was doing and why she lied to him.

Lying can be a big deal or a small deal.

If it's just a regular friend or classmate lying to you, you might feel annoyed for a moment, but then it'll pass, and you might not even care at all.

But if your girlfriend is lying to you, then it's obviously a different story.

The feeling of curiosity, trepidation, unease and other mixed emotions is hard to describe in words. It's like locking a kitten in a cage and then sprinkling catnip all over the outside of the cage. It's just too agonizing.

"No, no, you should believe Hai Meng!"

"Although Hai Meng is a hot girl, she is not a FD's woman."

"But if it's just about work or something else, there seems to be no need to lie and tell me I was on duty at school, right?"

What exactly is Hai Meng doing?

On one hand, the trust and respect between lovers prevented him from continuing to question Kitagawa Kaimu about what she was doing; on the other hand, his curiosity and torment grew stronger and stronger.

This drove Hideaki Iura to scratch his head in frustration, desperately trying to recall all the plot points about Kitagawa Kaimu from "The Dressing Doll," attempting to find some clues.

Instead of trying to think about it, he became increasingly irritable as he recalled Kitagawa Kaimu's various infamous moments of giving away freebies.

"The opening scene shows her flying backwards five meters and crashing into the male lead's desk. Then, just because she saw a bit of ink on the male lead's arm, she reached out to touch it."

"In the home economics class, knowing that the male protagonist can sew clothes for dolls, she got excited and immediately changed into the clothes in front of him, asking him for his opinion."

"Then, on the weekend, she went to the male lead's house on her own initiative. In the male lead's room, she was only wearing her underwear and asked the male lead to take her measurements."

"Those five new dishes aren't exactly handsome guys in the story either, are they?"

"Is it really necessary to give it away for free?"

“He’s never been this proactive when he’s with other male colleagues or classmates.”

"Okay, it's not a good thing to take the initiative with other guys either."

Iura Hide kept complaining in his mind.

However, through recalling the events, he did discover a potentially useful clue.

"According to the setting, Hai Meng often goes to the home economics class when she's not working and borrows the sewing machine there to make cosplay costumes."

"Could it be that Hai Meng went to get clothes made this time as well?"

"But if that's the case, there's no need for you to hide it from me, right?"

Iura Hide turned around and looked at the gate of Toyosaki High School behind him, as well as the school building in the distance. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to take a look anyway.

That way, at least he can do something and stop overthinking.

"that"

Could you tell me the location of your school's home economics classroom?

Iura Hide then took out his phone and asked Sugaya Noha where the home economics classroom was located.

On the stairs, Sugaya Noi, who was holding a broom and her phone and was about to send a message to Kitagawa Kaimu to ask what she was doing, suddenly had an expression of realization after seeing the message from Iura Hide.

Kitagawa Kaimu often went to the home economics class after school to make cosplay costumes, which her friends naturally knew.

However, Kitagawa Kaimu couldn't concentrate on chatting while making clothes, so when they went there, they could only sit there bored and daydreaming. Therefore, Kitagawa Kaimu usually went alone, and she hadn't thought of it just now.

When Iura Hide mentioned it, she remembered that Kitagawa Kaimu might have indeed gone to the home economics class to make clothes again.

Sugaya Noi breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although she still harbored some feelings for Hideaki Iura, as a friend, she also didn't want Kitagawa Kaimu to do anything bad or cause any problems in her relationship with Hideaki Iura.

Anyway, it's quite a dilemma.

"Our school's home economics classroom is located on the third floor of the teaching building, in the innermost classroom on the east side. Haimeng often uses the sewing machine there to make cosplay costumes."

Sugaya Noi quickly sent a message back to Iura Hide, but only after sending it did she realize something was wrong.

"Ah?"

"Is the senior asking about the specific location of the home economics classroom?"

"If you just want to know if Haimeng is in the home economics classroom, you can just let me go and take a look, right?"

"Could it be that..."

"Senior, you've come to our school?"

Iura Hide, who was texting Sato to borrow his shoes, raised an eyebrow when he saw the message Sugaya Noha sent afterward.

But now that things have come to this point, he has nothing left to hide.

"Um"

"yes"

"I originally wanted to surprise Haimeng by walking her home from school."

Is it a surprise that we just walked home from school together?

Iura Hide suddenly asked himself a question, then sent a somewhat embarrassed dry laugh and head-scratching emoji.

In his opinion, Sugaya Nowa would definitely disagree and find it funny.

However, the truth is that Sugaya Noi looked at the message on her phone and her eyes darkened; she couldn't be more envious.

Being able to walk home from school with someone you like is really heartwarming and romantic!

"Then I'll take you there."

is this necessary?

Before Iura Hide could reply, Sugaya Noi, who had impulsively sent the message, was already panicking.

"stupid stupid stupid!"

"You've already told the senior where the home economics classroom is. He can find it himself. Does he need you to take him there?"

"Besides, when they meet, they're all all lovey-dovey, and you'd just be a third wheel, wouldn't you?"

Sugaya Noi felt increasingly embarrassed and wished she could take back the message and pretend that nothing had happened.

Unfortunately, that's no longer possible.

"Thank you for your help."

When Iura Hide saw the message, he was slightly taken aback, feeling that it was unnecessary.

However, since Sugaya Noiwa has brought it up, he doesn't need to refuse her kindness, does he?

"call!"

Sugaya Noi quickly patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief, a sweet feeling secretly welling up in her heart.

Then she blinked her big eyes and looked at Ryūne with deep affection.

"Hey, what do you want? Get to the point, don't stare at me like that, it's creepy."

"Scary!?"

Sugaya Noha was speechless.

However, to get Ryune's help, she gave her a sweet smile and said cheerfully, "Then I'll leave the rest of the cleaning duties to you~"

Without giving Ryuno a chance to react, Sugaya Noi shoved the broom into her hand and then, like a mischievous fox who had successfully pulled off a prank, dashed down the stairs and disappeared.

"..."

This time, it was Ryune's turn to have a black line on her forehead.

"Even if Nowa wants my help, he should put the broom back himself!"

Ryūne first complained, then glanced at the stairs that had been almost cleaned, picked up the broom and returned to the classroom.

On the other side, Sugaya Noi ran out of the teaching building before quickly stopping and resuming her normal walking.

However, upon seeing Iura Hideki, dressed in his school uniform and looking incredibly handsome in the pale golden sunlight at the school gate, she couldn't help but smile.

"Senior, over here!"

Perhaps it's because Sugaya Noha is a member of the school's famous "Gyaru" group and is very pretty and cute, or perhaps it's because Iura Shu's school uniform from another school is a little too eye-catching.

The two attracted a lot of attention from passersby as they walked.

However, neither of them paid any attention.

Because of his amazing grades, Iura Hide is now much more popular at his school than he is now.

This amount of attention was nothing to him.

As for Sugaya Nowa, his lips never left his mouth the whole way; it was already a miracle he wasn't secretly laughing.

However, not being sure whether Kitagawa Kaimu was really Iura Hide who was making clothes in the home economics classroom, he was somewhat uneasy along the way and was also somewhat absent-minded while chatting with Sugaya Nowa.

Although Sugaya Noiwa noticed it, she did not feel dissatisfied.

For her, just being able to walk on campus with Hideki Iura like this was enough to make her very happy.

"Senior, you don't need to worry. Hai Meng usually goes to the home economics class to make cosplay costumes whenever she has time, and this time will definitely be the same."

Sugatani Noha smiled and comforted Iura Hide.

However, she never expected that her words would not only fail to comfort her, but would have the opposite effect.