People are in Mygo, and I can write their personalities.

"Thank you, Auntie, it's really delicious!"

"Eat more if you like it, and come visit often!"

Chihaya Aine sat to the side, mechanically shoveling rice into her bowl. Looking at this scene of "motherly love and filial piety" in front of her, she felt that this world was too magical.

Looking at Nanami Natsuki's chubby cheeks from eating, she had to admit that this girl was indeed very deceptive in appearance. Who would have thought that beneath that angelic face lay a devilish heart that delighted in toying with the hearts of young girls?

Moreover... this guy was acting all arrogant and domineering on the rooftop, but now he can act so naturally cute and innocent.

This acting is so good, it's a waste that it doesn't deserve an Oscar!

After finally finishing her meal, Aine was afraid that her mother would keep chatting with Nanami Natsuki, so she quickly put down her chopsticks and stood up.

"Um... Mom, Xiaoyue and I are full, we'll go upstairs now."

"Why are you in such a hurry? You just finished eating and you're not even resting for a bit."

"We need to practice guitar!" Ai Yin quickly came up with a solution, using the excuse that Nanami Natsuki had just given her. "There are some things that Tsuki doesn't understand, I need to go and teach her!"

"Okay, then."

When Ai Yin's mother heard that it was a serious matter, she immediately stopped stopping them and even reminded them, "Then you can go ahead, but don't practice too late. Of course, it's okay if it's too late. I saw that Xiao Yue has her school uniform and schoolbag with her. You can sleep here tonight, and I'll drive you to school tomorrow."

"Oh, by the way, I'll cut up the fruit and bring it up for you later."

"No need, Mom! We...we need some peace and quiet!" Ai Yin quickly refused. Just kidding, what if her mother brought up the fruit and saw something she shouldn't see?

She grabbed Nanami Natsuki, who was still trying to act innocent, and practically dragged her upstairs.

Goodbye, Auntie~ Thank you for your hospitality, Auntie~

As Nanami Natsuki was being dragged along, she didn't forget to turn back and give Aine's mother a sweet smile. Only after turning the corner of the stairs and completely out of Aine's mother's sight did the smile on her face instantly disappear, replaced by a lazy and playful expression.

"Oh dear, why are you in such a hurry, Aine-chan? I wanted to chat with your aunt about your embarrassing childhood stories."

"you shut up!"

Aine opened her bedroom door, shoved Nanami Natsuki inside, and then quickly closed the door, even carefully locking it from the inside.

After doing all this, she turned around, leaned against the door, let out a long sigh, and then looked at Nanami Natsuki, who had already collapsed onto her bed, with an extremely complicated expression.

"You...you were really good at pretending just now, weren't you?"

"Pretending? I was just being genuine, okay?" Nanami Natsuki rolled over and lay on her back on Aine's pink bed, which was full of girlish charm, and stretched comfortably. "Auntie is really nice, and her cooking is delicious, much better than mine."

"...That's because you're a complete failure in life, isn't it?"

"Don't slander me, okay? I can be independent too, and besides, there are plenty of people who want to take care of me." Nanami Natsuki turned her head, her glassy eyes staring straight at Aine. "Like right now, didn't I just get taken home and 'taken care of' by Aine-chan?"

"Who, who's keeping you as a sugar daddy?!"

Aine's face flushed instantly, and she hurriedly avoided Nanami Natsuki's gaze. "I just... I was just worried that something might happen to you if you went home alone so late, so I brought you back!"

"Really? It's really just because you're pitiful?"

Nanami Natsuki sat up in bed, a mischievous smile playing on her lips. She slowly crawled towards Aine, like a kitten closing in on its prey.

"But I remember... just now downstairs, Aine-chan specifically told Auntie 'not to come up and disturb us'."

She climbed to the edge of the bed, reached out, and gently hooked the hem of Ai Yin's school uniform skirt.

"You're in such a hurry to lock the door, and you don't want to be disturbed... Aine-chan, you're not planning to do something weird to this delicate guest, are you?"

"I...I was afraid of being exposed! Afraid that you would let something slip!" Aine felt her heart start to race and her breathing become rapid.

"Oh? What's wrong?" Nanami Natsuki's fingers slowly slid up her skirt, her voice soft and seductive. "Is it that you don't know how to teach guitar at all? Or... what I did to you in the past that we talked about on the rooftop?"

"you……"

"Don't worry, Aine-chan."

With a sudden burst of strength, Nanami Natsuki pulled the unsuspecting Aine onto the bed, then flipped over and skillfully straddled her waist.

Looking down at the blushing girl beneath him, the mockery in Nanami Natsuki's eyes gradually turned into a deeper, darker light.

"Since you've so thoughtfully prepared the environment, wouldn't it be extremely impolite of me, as the guest, not to reciprocate the host's 'refined taste'?"

"Wait, wait! Xiaoyue! This is my home! My mom is still downstairs..."

"Isn't that even better?" Nanami Natsuki leaned down and whispered in Aine's ear, "This feeling of secretly doing bad things behind your parents' backs... doesn't Aine-chan like it?"

"Waaah..."

"Then let's do it now..."

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Chihaya Aine reacted as if she'd been electrocuted, abruptly reaching out and shoving away Nanami Natsuki, who was about to bend down. She quickly sat up straight, her arms tightly crossed over her chest in a defensive stance, the blush on her face still lingering, her eyes showing a mixture of panic and a forced rationality.

"I...I haven't thought it through yet! This is too fast...Xiaoyue, give me some time, I'm not ready to accept this..."

"What are you ready for? Will you accept me?"

Nanami Natsuki wasn't angry after being pushed away. She sat sideways on the bed, tilting her head to look at Aine. Her eyes, which seemed to see right through people, now held less of a playful tone and more of a serious, probing look.

"Aine-chan, do you think being with me will cause you pain?"

"Huh?" Aine paused for a moment, then subconsciously shook her head. "No... it's not painful. Even though you always lie to me and like to tease me, but..."

"After we did that last time..." Natsuki's voice softened, her fingers unconsciously tracing circles on the sheets, "Did you ever resent me? Even for just a moment, did you feel disgusted by me, or didn't want to see me again?"

"..."

This time, Chihaya Aine remained silent for a long time.

She recalled how she felt when she left Xiaoyue's house that day, and then thought about the embarrassing scene of trying it again after returning home. So, was that complicated and indescribable feeling resentment? It didn't seem so.

Is it regret? It doesn't seem so. More than that... it's a sense of bewilderment after breaking a taboo, and a kind of secret dependence hidden beneath the shame.

Finally, under Natsuki's watchful gaze, she slowly and firmly shook her head.

"No... I have never hated you."

"That's right."

Nanami Natsuki laughed, a smile tinged with seduction, like the serpent in the Garden of Eden offering the apple to Eve. She leaned closer, her voice soft as if humming a lullaby:

"Since Aine-chan doesn't know what happiness really is, and since the things you pursue make you feel so tired... why not try indulging yourself a little?"

"Don't think about the future, don't think about right or wrong, just do things that won't make you feel pain, but instead make you feel happy and fulfilled... Isn't that good?"

Aine looked at the girl so close to her, at the pupils that reflected her own image. Reason told her that this was sophistry, a trap, a cannon fodder disguised as sugar.

But her heart was saying: But, I'm so tired... If I just keep wallowing in this, will I stop thinking about those complicated interpersonal relationships?

In this small room, in this world where it's just the two of them, perhaps... indulgence is the only cure.

As if by some strange twist of fate, Chihaya Aine nodded.

……

……

The night outside the window was already deep, and a languid atmosphere, reminiscent of a beautiful night, filled the room.

Nanami Natsuki curled up in the blankets like a well-fed kitten, only her delicate face showing. Chihaya Aine, on the other hand, leaned against the headboard, her eyes somewhat vacant, seemingly still reliving everything that had just happened, or perhaps rebuilding her shattered worldview.

"Hey, Aine-chan."

Natsuki suddenly spoke, breaking the silence. Her voice carried an obvious hint of pleasure, as if she had just completed a masterpiece.

"Actually, what happened in the rehearsal room yesterday... was all arranged by me."

“…What?” Aine snapped out of her daze and turned to look at her somewhat belatedly.

“I said, Lin Guzi… ah, that is, the drummer wearing a mask, and Su Shi’s performance that day, were all deliberately guided by me.”

Nanami Natsuki rested her chin on her hand, smiling as she spoke casually, as if discussing the weather:

“I specifically instructed the drummer to be strict with you, preferably to criticize you to the point of being worthless. I also hinted to Su Shi that she should not stand up for you in that situation, but should make you feel the pressure of being isolated and helpless.”

"Although they probably didn't quite understand why I made such a strange request, they complied out of respect for me, or for their own purposes."

"What did you say?!"

Chihaya Aine's eyes widened instantly, a look of shock creeping across her face. She recalled the suffocating frustration she felt in the rehearsal room that afternoon, the despair of feeling that no matter how hard she tried, she could never fit in...

So, all of this was a script directed by this little devil in front of us?!

"That's the truth."

Nanami Natsuki showed no remorse whatsoever; instead, she extended a finger and gently tapped Aine's nose.

"But I think lying to you like this is actually good for you. You see, if you hadn't been forced into that situation, if you hadn't felt there was no place for you there, would you have been so decisive in coming home with me? Would you be like you are now, letting go of those so-called 'concerns,' learning not to wrong yourself, and only pursuing the happiness of the moment?"

"Aine-chan, you care too much about what others think. You'll never learn to be 'selfish' unless you're pushed to the brink. Aren't you much more real and adorable now than the timid and submissive person you were in the band?"

"..."

Chihaya Aine silently looked into Nanami Natsuki's eyes.

Those eyes were filled with cunning and calculation, yet so open that it was impossible to hate them. She could even see a twisted "kindness" in them—though the way that showed it made her want to call the police.

What is this? In order to teach me to love myself, they first teamed up with others to hurt me severely?

This is utterly robbery logic!

But... just as Natsuki said, she truly felt an unprecedented sense of ease. It was the ease of facing desire nakedly after shedding all pretense and burdens.

"Ugh……"

After a long while, Aine sighed helplessly. That sigh contained compromise, but also a kind of indulgence that came from seeing through the other person's true nature.

"Xiaoyue, did you know I wouldn't really get angry, and that I couldn't do anything about you, so you dared to tease me so brazenly?"

"Heh? Did you find out?" Nanami Natsuki stuck out her tongue, looking completely unfazed. "After all, I'm Aine-chan's good apprentice. I'm so cute, and you're so gentle, teacher. How could you possibly get angry at me?"

"Yeah……"

Ai Yin murmured something under her breath, and then the bitter smile on her lips slowly faded, replaced by a dangerous, aggressive curve she had never seen before.

Before Nanami Natsuki could react, Aine suddenly flipped over, moving as swiftly as a hunting leopard, and pinned the unsuspecting Natsuki down.

"Whoa! Aine-chan?!"

Nanami Natsuki gasped as her hands were firmly pinned above her head by Aine, trapping her between the soft bed and Aine's body.

She looked up in surprise, meeting Aine's eyes, which were burning with a flame called "counterattack".