Shishio realized once again that many of his acquaintances were coming from well-off families.
The ones who were relatively poor were rather small in number.
While he didn't want to be rude, if he had to say who had a bad economic condition among the people he knew, it would be Saki Kawasaki.
His girlfriend was probably the poorest one since her parents didn't have money to pay for her university.
However, he didn't overthink this problem since she was with him now, and everything will be okay from now on.
After he entered Ebina's, the most natural normal reaction was to observe the surroundings. Yet he had to say he felt quite disappointed. If he had to talk about her apartment, only one word was suitable.
Normal.
It was so normal that he didn't have anything to say.
However, this might be how this country is now.
Everyone had to be in uniform, and everyone had to follow what everyone did. Everyone had to be the same no matter who they were.
Even Yukinoshita, who came from a wealthy family, wasn't immune to this problem.
Naturally, he was immune to this, so he was okay.
However, ordinary people couldn't do something like him since the pressure of living was already hard. They didn't want to add another problem, so they followed what everyone was doing.
Yet this was impossible since everyone was different.
If he had to say, it was like when we played shape sorting during childhood. Even though the hole told us to put a triangle, we kept trying to insert the square no matter what, which was naturally impossible.
Society was like this.
This was also why Ebina knew that no one would accept her hobby and didn't force anyone to like it.
She only liked it, that's all, nothing else.
As long as no one interrupted her, she was okay.
However, she was also a human, and if possible, she wanted to search for someone who could stay by her side. It didn't mean that this person would accept her hobby, but she hoped this person didn't judge her even though she knew her hobby was weird.
This had already become a paradox.
Even though she knew her hobby was weird, she didn't want anyone to talk badly about it.
Yet this was how life was, right?
"What's wrong?" Ebina asked.
"Is it okay for me to enter? Your parents are inside, right?"
"It should be... okay." Ebina thought for a moment, then said, "Ah, but pick up your shoes with you. Bring them to my room."
"......" Shishio and Yumiko.
"What do you mean?" Shishio was speechless.
"Yeah, Ebina, what do you want to do?" Yumiko also wasn't sure what her friend planned to do.
"It's troublesome to explain why I invited you here at dawn to my father."
'So don't invite me at dawn!'
He wanted to slap this girl's ass again.
"Then, don't invite him at dawn." Yumiko sighed.
"But I want to test whether his costume fits or not. If it doesn't fit, I will fix it immediately." Ebina countered.
"Well, that's true." Yumiko nodded.
"Wait, wait, what do you mean by a costume? Why have I never heard anything?" Shishio quickly interrupted.
"Ah, really, I might have forgotten about it." Ebina laughed embarrassingly, but she couldn't see a smile on his face. She knew he was angry, so she quickly apologized. "I'm sorry! But come to my room first! I will explain it there!"
Shishio didn't move from his spot, so Ebina pulled his hand. However, she couldn't pull him. She could see that he wouldn't move until she explained everything, so in the end, she kissed his lips.
"......" Shishio and Yumiko.
"Follow me!"
Ebina didn't wait for Shishio to give a response and pulled him to her room.
"Wa-Wait, what are you doing?!"
Yumiko quickly chased after them in a complicated mood, especially after what she had seen. When she entered, Ebina quickly closed and locked the door.
"......"
Not only was Yumiko, but he was also speechless.
Still, it was his first time in her room, and honestly, it was too normal!
It was so normal that he felt it was weird.
After all, while he didn't feel surprised by the interior of her house, he was dumbfounded by the interior of her room since he thought there would be a lot of BL's goods.
'But this room smells nice...'
He could see Ebina's family was relatively well-off.
While she wasn't as rich as Momo, it was only slightly lower.
"Sit down first."
Ebina tapped her bed, telling him to sit down on her bed.
"Where should I put my shoes?"
"Just outside of the veranda."
"....."
Shishio was too lazy to argue and put his shoes on the veranda before he sat down on the bed. However, he had to say this feeling was quite strange since he felt he had done something he shouldn't do, especially when her parents were beside them, sleeping peacefully, without knowing what their daughter was doing.
The feeling of tarnishing something felt quite addicting.
If this continued, he was afraid that he might walk into the path that he shouldn't do.
However, he realized that he was already a scumbag, who almost seduced the mother of his senior, so hadn't he already fallen?
"Wait! Wait! Why did you kiss him on the lips suddenly? Why did you do that? Why did you kiss him?"
However, before they started, Yumiko was already outraged since she didn't expect this situation and even repeated her question twice.
"Yumiko, it's like what you imagine. We're in this relationship."
Ebina wanted to show Yumiko again and kissed his lips, but he pushed her head away.
"What did you push me away?!"
"You haven't explained anything to me, and it is better for you to explain it to Yumiko-senpai. She is your friend, right?"
Yumiko was Ebina's only friend.
While Ebina's relationship with Yui and the rest were good, she had the closest relationship with Yumiko since Yumiko was the only one who accepted her and understood everything.
"Well, that's true."
Ebina nodded before she sat on his lap and hugged his neck intimately.
"......" Shishio.
"Yumiko, we are in this relationship," Ebina said while pressing her cheek against his.
"........" Shishio.
"Sin-Since when...?" Yumiko was at a loss, and her head was blank at that moment.
"From the summer camp before, right?" Ebina looked at Shishio.
"But we often went out together before that."
"That's true." Ebina nodded since their relationship had been forged for quite a while, and it was only when they were at the summer camp that their relationship advanced to the next step. "By the way, what's that? You have been holding that paper bag for a while."
"Oh, it's a souvenir. I just came back from Kyoto, remember?"
"Can I see it? What's in there?" Ebina took the paper bag and looked at the inside curiously.
"Sweets, matcha, and more."
"I am going to eat them!"
"Wait! Wait! How can you be nonchalant about this? Why don't you tell me?"
Yumiko felt so vexed at that moment. Her feelings were complicated, and she couldn't find the right words to describe her emotion. She knew she shouldn't have a feeling toward Shishio since her heart had always been for Hayama Hayato, but the more she met him, the more she felt her heart swayed.
Knowing that, she tried to firm and harden her heart, thinking more about Hayama, and moved away from Shishio. However, even though she tried to get away, he kept appearing in front of her from time to time, right when she didn't expect it, making her firm heart have a feeling that she shouldn't be born. Yet it was impossible for her to give up Hayama so easily. This wasn't because she loved Hayama, but it was just a desperate attempt since the more she tried to forget about Shishio, the more she thought about him, forgetting Hayama's figure.
However, Hayama was never there.
Hayama wasn't by her side, and he also didn't have an interest in her.
This made her desperate attempt useless, and she realized her feeling toward "him" became stronger, so after that summer camp, she completely forgot about Hayama.
'Even though I know he is bad...'
She knew that this guy was a scumbag and had a lot of girlfriends, yet his figure kept emerging in her mind, dream, and heart.
Unfortunately, it was summer vacation, and it would be impossible for her to meet Shishio.
However, fortunately, Ebina made a promise to him to go out to the Comiket. She decided to join even though she didn't have an interest in it. However, even though the event hadn't started, she felt this event was more interesting than she had thought, especially when she found out about Ebina's surprise for him.
Yet the fact that Shishio and Ebina were together shocked her and made her legs so weak.
"Senpai, sit down first."
Shishio could see how shocked Yumiko was, which made him worried.
"Yeah, come here."
Ebina pulled Yumiko and let her sit on his lap.
"........" Shishio and Yumiko.
'Can you put her on a different chair? My leg isn't a chair!'
Yet those words didn't come out of his mouth, and he shut his mouth firmly, especially after he felt the mochi-like round fleshes firmly sit on his thigh. His body was quite huge, so it was quite easy for him to let two girls sit on his lap, especially when Yumiko and Ebina were rather slender and had average height.
Yumiko was also confused by everything since if the news that Shishio and Ebina were like uppercuts on her chin, then when she sat on his lap, it was like a blow to her liver. She lost her calm and rational judgment and wasn't sure what to do before she stared at his lips, which were so close yet so far away.
Yet Ebina had kissed those lips several times.
Yumiko gulped, wondering how it felt to kiss those lips.
Shishio didn't know what Yumiko was thinking, and he wanted to know what Ebina was thinking. However, the fragrance of shampoo from their hair tickled his heart, making him want to bury his face in their hair. It made him sigh, thinking how hard it was to harden his will, so he wouldn't have an erection.
However, when he tried to calm himself, and Yumiko was confused, Ebina suddenly said something outrageous, "Shishio-kun, are you interested in cosplay?"