Anime Crossover: There are a lot of beautiful girls who like me.

"OK then!"

Unaware that Kitagawa Yu harbored 'ulterior motives' towards her, Hanami Anna happily agreed.

In fact, compared to couples who are used to splitting the bill, it is more common in Japan for friends, colleagues, and classmates to treat each other to meals.

Moreover, the two of them had even indirectly kissed several times, and Kitagawa Yu and Himegami Karen had indirectly kissed several times more times than her, so she really didn't think much of it.

but......

Unaware of Shirakawa Tsuki's eccentric personality, Hakamada Sosuke glanced at Shirakawa Tsuki's two snow-white Devil Fruits for the nth time out of the corner of his eye, his mind racing with thoughts.

"My senior's fierceness... cough cough..."

"Senior's figure and looks are in no way inferior to Himegami-kun's."

"And her personality is even more obedient and adorable than Himegami-san's..."

Most importantly, Baihe Yue Ai agreed to go out shopping and have dinner with him alone.

While there was a reason to buy a musical instrument, it should also be seen as a sign that she has feelings for him, right?

After all, if it were Himegami Karen and Shikiya Yumeko who disliked him and were prejudiced against him, even if he used the same reason of "going to buy musical instruments together," they would definitely refuse without hesitation, right?

Thinking of this, Hakamada Sosuke couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

At the same time, an impulse welled up inside him, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath and ask suddenly with a trembling voice, "Does senior have a boyfriend now?"

"Eh?"

This abrupt question made Baihe Yue'ai pause in her steps and turn her head to look at him.

"No~" Shirakawa Tsukiai said frankly, "If I had a boyfriend, I definitely wouldn't be able to go shopping alone with other guys, right?"

"Yes, that's true..."

At that moment, Hakamada Sosuke's heartbeat and breathing seemed to be paused, and an even bolder idea couldn't help but pop into his head.

Chapter 70 Invitation

"Is this a hint? Should I... should I just confess my feelings?"

Hakamada Sosuke stared intently at Shirakawa Tsukiai's sweet face adorned with delicate makeup, and her pure, innocent ice-blue eyes, almost blurting out, "Would you like to be my girlfriend, Senpai?"

If he were to boldly confess his feelings to Shirakawa Tsuki at this moment, the result would definitely be unexpected and bring him immense joy.

However, having only known each other for three days, and with no real understanding of each other's personalities and a host of other concerns, the words of his confession remained stuck in his throat, and he ultimately couldn't bring himself to say them.

"So... has senior decided what musical instrument you want to buy?" Hakamada Sosuke awkwardly changed the subject.

"Guitar!"

When this was mentioned, Shirakawa Tsukiai perked up.

"Kitagawa-kun said that a band can have two or even three or four guitarists, so if we choose a guitar, we won't have to conflict with Himemiya-kun and Hanami-kun."

"Which route or more..." Hakamada Sosuke's expression stiffened again, and he gave a perfunctory reply, feeling a little uneasy.

"We've only known each other for one day, so why are you already using such an intimate term like 'Kitagawa-kun'...?"

"Luckily, Kitagawa likes Anza, otherwise..."

"Hmm, I'll discuss it with Kitagawa when I get back tonight, and we'll figure out how to trick Anzu into going on a date with him tomorrow!"

"We absolutely have to get these two dating soon!"

Hakamada Sosuke couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Then he realized that as long as Kitagawa Yu was with Hanami Anna, both Himegami Karen and Shirakawa Tsuki would give up on him. He breathed a sigh of relief and cheered himself up again.

Meanwhile, Kitagawa Yu, who had just left school with Himegami Karen and Hachimi Anna, was also secretly glancing at the ahoge (antenna-like hair sticking up and down) on Hachimi Anna's head while thinking about the 'date'.

Until... when Anna finally noticed his gaze, tilting her head and looking at him with a suspicious expression.

"What are you looking at? Is there something above my head?"

"No, I didn't see anything."

"Really? But I always feel there's something off about the look in your eyes, like you're up to something."

"...Hey, Yanami-kun, I'm your temporary owner now, okay?~"

"Hmm... then pretend I didn't say anything, feel free to look around!"

After enjoying sweet honey pancakes together, Kitagawa Yu waved goodbye in front of the bakery to Hanami Anna, who was successfully healed by the food, and Himemiya Karen, who was always full of energy whenever she was with Kitagawa Yu, and went to the train station as usual.

However, perhaps because it's Friday, the usually empty platform is now filled with students in twos and threes.

Aside from Kitagawa Yu, the only other person left who was alone was Narumi Sena, who also had to go to the agency for classes.

When Kitagawa Yu arrived at the platform, he saw two girls, who looked to be wearing middle school uniforms, excitedly running to get Narumi Sena's autograph and take a photo.

"As expected, beautiful girls are popular everywhere..." Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but sigh to himself.

Unfortunately, he still couldn't recall which anime Narumi Sena was from, so without the emotional connection from his past life, he only glanced at Narumi Sena from afar, lingering for a moment on her fresh and sweet smile, like a spring breeze, before naturally looking away.

After all, staring at a girl's face for too long, even if she's a model or an idol, is a little impolite.

However, what he didn't know was that this brief glance was enough to make Narumi Sena, who had been stealing glances at him from the corner of her eye since he stepped into the tram station, feel happy and a little bit smug.

Honestly, if it were just her and Kitagawa Yu on the platform right now, she might actually have mustered up the courage to take the initiative to come over and say hello to Kitagawa Yu, using the topic of the light music club's formation as an example... right?

Unfortunately, there were other people on the platform at that time, and most of them recognized her as a 'big star'.

If she were to run off and greet Kitagawa Yu at that moment...

"Won't this cause trouble for Kitagawa-kun?"

Narumi Seina could only use this excuse to comfort herself.

In contrast, Rupa, the mature older sister, is much braver and more proactive.

"Huh? Kitagawa-kun brought a guitar today?"

In the corridor where people come and go.

Whether he was waiting on purpose or just happened to come to the corridor to drink, Rupa didn't care about the gazes of the other people around him. After seeing Kitagawa Yu, he immediately waved and walked over.

"Yes, that's right. We needed to use the guitar for today's club activity, so I brought it to school," Kitagawa Yu explained politely.

Rupa, in perfect agreement, wore an envious expression: "School clubs? I've never experienced that before!"

Then, without waiting for him to speak, Rupa asked again, "Does Kitagawa-kun have time tomorrow night?"

"Tomorrow? Tonight?"

Kitagawa Yu was taken aback upon hearing this.

If he hadn't known that Rupa simply liked drinking and wasn't the type of girl who liked promiscuous sex, he would have almost gotten the wrong idea.

However, the other students in the arrangement and bass classes had no idea that Rupa was a proper girl. After seeing Rupa's rather sexy outfit and very curvy figure, they couldn't help but show surprised and ambiguous expressions, looking the two of them up and down.

Especially Saito Ichigo, who happened to be smoking in the corridor, had a lewd smile on his greasy middle-aged face.

However, Kitagawa Yu and Lupa, who were at the center of the incident, did not change their expressions, clearly neither of them cared about the surrounding gazes.

"The live house I used to frequent gave me and Xiaozhi some tickets. Do you want to go together?"

“This…” Kitagawa Yu hesitated for a moment, then said apologetically, “I’m so sorry, I’ve already made plans with a classmate for tomorrow, so I might not have time tonight.”

"That's such a shame."

A hint of disappointment appeared on Rupa's face.

She and Ebizuka Tomo are both 'working adults' now, and they usually don't get off work until 10 p.m., except on Saturdays when they work from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

So if Kitagawa Yu doesn't have time on Saturday, then we'll have to wait until next week to make an appointment.

It's also worth mentioning that those Live House performance tickets weren't given to her as a gift, as she claimed; she bought them herself.

And these were the kind of discounted tickets I got through a friend. They were cheap, less than the original price of one ticket for all three, but they were non-refundable.

It has to be said that Rupa really put in a lot of effort behind the scenes to help the withdrawn and love-starved Ebizuka Satoshi make new friends.

Unfortunately, Kitagawa Yu didn't know any of this, otherwise... he might have considered it for a few more seconds.

"Then I'll go back to the classroom."

"Okay, then let's reschedule for another day!"

As she spoke, Lupa's exotic and pretty face once again revealed a gentle smile, like that of a caring older sister.

However, neither Rupa nor Kitagawa Yu expected that they would meet again so soon.

Chapter 71 The Reasons for Insomnia

"Hey! Kitagawa, are you done with get out of class?"

"I just got back from shopping with Shirakawa-senpai."

"What time do you plan to meet with Yagami tomorrow?"

"How exactly should I put it?"

It was nine o'clock in the evening. Kitagawa Yu had just finished dinner with Tsukimi Eiko and was leisurely washing the dishes in front of the sink when he received a message from Hakamada Sosuke, who had also just returned home.

At the same time, as if hinting at his relationship with Shirakawa Tsukie, he also specifically mentioned in the message that he and Shirakawa Tsukie had gone shopping together before.

Unfortunately, Kitagawa Yu didn't notice this at all; all he could think about was his date the next day.

I have a music composition class tomorrow during the day.

Classes don't end until 3:30 PM.

"So let's set the time for four o'clock."

Kitagawa Yu first wiped his hands, then picked up his phone to reply.

"Let's meet at that Pantage bakery near Shinjuku subway station."

Kitagawa Yu suddenly remembered the popular bakery that Hanami Anna had mentioned that afternoon, so they arranged to meet there.

"As for the reason, just say you're going to buy bass effects pedals and also help Hanami-kun choose a guitar, so let's go to a music store together."

"OK! I'll go message Hanami now!"