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

"Hori is also my friend, and she has helped the student council a lot. As the student council secretary, it is my responsibility to check if she has encountered any difficulties, right?"

The already intelligent brain quickly sorted out the logic at a speed several times faster than usual.

Although she still felt that doing so was a bit wrong, her body had already followed this logic. She quickly put down her pen and notebook, took out a document from her bag that she planned to deliver to the student council office during her lunch break, got up very naturally, and followed.

"What exactly happened, Hori?"

Following Hori Kyoko through most of the corridor, they arrived at the corner of the emergency escape staircase, where there were usually few people. At this point, Iura Hide, who had regained consciousness, finally couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Hearing this, Hori Kyoko stopped at the window, first glancing at him quickly out of the corner of her eye, then casually looking out at the playground, and said, "Well, it's nothing, I just wanted to ask if you have time after school lately. Sota would like to invite you to my house."

Iura Hide was taken aback by what he heard, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

His eyesight was fine, but halfway up the stairs, he noticed that Hori Kyoko's expression was a little off. When he reached the window at the corner of the stairs, an overwhelming sense of déjà vu washed over him.

Upon hearing Hori Kyoko speak, he immediately realized what was going on.

"I knew it looked familiar!"

"No, how did it happen to me?"

Across from her, Hori Kyoko, feeling uneasy, kept a close eye on his reaction. Seeing his strange expression, she assumed he was unwilling but embarrassed to refuse, so she quickly said, "If you don't have time, then forget it."

If Iura Hide were Miyamura Izumi, or Ishikawa Toru who had feelings for Hori Kyoko, they would definitely agree at this point.

Unfortunately, Hideaki Iura is not one of them.

"I'm sorry, I'll be busy with the band and the novel these next few days, so I'm afraid I won't have time," Iura Hide said with a wry smile without any hesitation.

To be honest, if he weren't completely clueless, he would have wanted to pull Miyamura Izumi back onto his original path of fate.

"Oh"

Hori Kyoko gave a soft "oh".

This answer was not unexpected, since she knew that Iura Hide was very busy.

However, her feelings after hearing this answer were somewhat different from what she had expected.

She originally thought she would breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this answer, after all, she was quite ashamed to show her rustic appearance to Iura Hide again.

But when she heard this answer...

Perhaps she had some secrets that she had kept for too long and wanted to share them with someone, or perhaps it was something else she herself was unaware of.

At that moment, she suddenly felt a little disappointed for no reason.

"About the novel? By the way, how's your novel coming along?"

Hori Kyoko instinctively put on an indifferent expression to hide her true emotions, while changing the subject and asking about the novel by Iura Hide.

"I've already signed a contract with the publisher and am currently working hard to finish the manuscript."

"so smart!"

Hori Kyoko couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

"When are you planning to record that song we performed last time? Will you have time recently?"

"I can only try to squeeze out some time to get out," Iura Hide said, shrugging.

"Oh, I see. Then forget it."

That was what Hori Kyoko originally intended to say.

But as the words were about to come out, her heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "What about the weekend?"

An indescribable sense of tension welled up from the depths of Hori Kyoko's heart.

Iura Hide was taken aback after hearing this.

"The weekend? You mean I'm going to your house to play with your younger brother?"

"Um"

Hori Kyoko looked away and said softly, "Otherwise, you can come over when you're eating. Consider it my treat. It won't take up too much of your time. Otherwise, he keeps bothering me, and it's giving me a headache."

"I'll try my best!" Iura Hide said with a wry smile to himself.

To be honest, he really didn't know what a high school student like him could play with a little kid.

Like Miyamura Izumi in the original story, she can still get along well with Hori Sota without getting tired of him at all. He really doesn't know how Miyamura Izumi managed to do that.

Since Hori Kyoko, one of his closest friends, had asked him for this favor, and the reason was for his younger brother, he really couldn't refuse.

However, he forgot that people are different from each other.

Izumi Miyamura brought her mental age directly to the same level as Sota Hori, and the two became good friends.

If he acts aloof, who knows how Hori Sota will react?

Chapter 108 Eriri's Grief and Indignation

"Then it's settled!"

Kyoko Hori truly felt a sense of relief and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. All her previous tension, anxiety, shame, and other emotions vanished without a trace.

Aside from a little bit of shyness that she didn't know why she was feeling, her main thoughts were...

"I'll show you my cooking skills then!"

Iura Hide couldn't help but smile, and seeing her eager and ready stance, he was also somewhat looking forward to it.

Come to think of it, he'd known Hori Kyoko for so long, but he'd never tasted her cooking. Even though Hori Kyoko always packed her own lunch, as a husky whose mind was completely absorbed in music, who would want to eat a girl's lunch?

"Speaking of the entire world of 'Horimura and Miyamura,' she and Kono Sakura seem to be the two girls with the best cooking skills. I wonder who is better at cooking between them?"

"But if we're talking about 'good wife and loving mother,' wouldn't Kono Sakura be even better at it?"

"After all, Hori is somewhat of a tomboy and a BDSM enthusiast."

Suddenly, Iura Hide thought of Kono Sakura.

That's understandable, since Kono Sakura's seat is right next to him, and she appears in front of him every day.

Unbeknownst to him, the ideal wife and mother he envisioned was standing quietly like a ghost on the corner of the floor above him and Hori Kyoko, having 'accidentally' overheard their conversation.

"Shall we go back?"

"Hmm, with such good grades, aren't you going to treat us?"

"I'd like to, but I still need that guy to invite me."

""

About a minute after the two left, Kono Sakura walked out from the corner where she was, then casually left the stairs and returned to the corridor.

However, judging from her sparkling dark green eyes, one could tell that she was not at peace at all.

"Hori-kun actually invited Iura-kun to his house for dinner? And what kind of games are they going to play?"

"I don't think Hori-san has ever invited anyone to her house, not even Yoshikawa Yuki."

"And Sengoku, the student council president who is Hori's 'childhood friend,' seems to have never been to Hori's house either!"

Has their relationship become closer?

"But if that's really the case, isn't it too fast?"

Sakura Kono had countless questions in her mind.

Because they were a little far apart, and because Hori Kyoko had unconsciously spoken softer than usual, she didn't hear the entire conversation between the two.

All I heard were things like "going home", "weekend", "eating", and "playing".

However, it can be deduced that Hori Kyoko wanted to invite Iura Hide to her house for dinner and to hang out with her over the weekend.

This was problematic in itself, but more importantly, she could also vaguely sense that there was something wrong with Hori Kyoko's tone of voice!

I felt a little shy, a little nervous, and a little ashamed and embarrassed.

If you're a decent person—no, I mean if you don't have any other intentions and are just casually inviting friends over to your home—do you need to be shy?

In fact, Hideaki Iura had also vaguely sensed this.

However, in Iura Hide's view, Hori Kyoko didn't want him to see her rustic side at home and didn't want to invite him to her house, but Hori Sōta insisted on hanging out with him.

Hori Kyoko, as the older sister, had no choice but to invite him, which is why she felt conflicted. She didn't take it seriously or think about it much.

However, unlike Iura Hide, Kono Sakura didn't know the plot, so based on the current clues, her only reasonable deduction was...

"Oh my god! Does Hori-san also like Iura-kun? This—"

Kono Sakura, who was initially quite shocked, seemed less surprised after thinking about it carefully.

Although Ishikawa is open about his feelings and clearly likes Hori Kyoko, that doesn't mean Hori Kyoko has to reciprocate.

Who Hori Kyoko likes has no necessary connection to whether Iura Hide is Ishikawa Toru's good friend, right?

Objectively speaking, Hideki Iura and Kyoko Hori had a very good relationship.

Besides Sho Sengoku, Hideaki Iura has always been the boy who is closest to Kyoko Hori.

It's just that because this guy is Hideaki Iura, someone who clearly has all the qualities of a super popular guy, but whose mind is only filled with music (and Motoko), and who clearly has a lot of female friends, but shows absolutely no signs of being in a relationship, no one suspected anything.

However, just because Iura Hide doesn't plan to date or find a girlfriend doesn't mean that no girls like him or take the initiative to pursue him.

Wasn't she secretly in love with Hideaki Iura herself?

But before she could even confess her feelings, she learned that Iura Hide already had a girlfriend.

Even more unexpectedly, Hori Kyoko was so bold as to invite Iura Hide to her home!

However, upon closer reflection, Hori Kyoko does seem to have a bit of a boss-like demeanor, so it's not surprising that she would take the initiative.

She had heard many stories from Sengoku Sho about how Hori Kyoko bullied Sengoku Sho like a 'bully' when they were young.

The more Kono Sakura thought about it, the more convinced she became that the truth must be as she had guessed.

Well, that's probably a common flaw in smart people.

Moreover, Kono Sakura is a girl.

"But the question is, why doesn't Iura-kun refuse?"