"Mashiro, Please go and call Nanami to come and eat!"
Dinner was almost over, and Homura asked Mashiro to wake Nanami up.
"Okay, I'll go now."
"Eriri! Can you hear me? It's time for dinner!" Homura shouted loudly.
Eriri heard it and promptly knocked on the door to wake up the mother and daughter, after all, having dinner together was the most important thing!
Megumi was speechless, thinking, why was she not asked for help?
When everyone gathered around the table, something strange happened.
"Mashiro, where did Nanami go? I thought you were supposed to call her?" Homura asked curiously, as he felt Mashiro hadn't gone to wake her up, something must have happened.
"Nanami is sleeping."
"Didn't you wake her up?" Homura was puzzled.
"I woke her up, but she asked me what happened while she was sleeping, so I showed her my phone and then she fell asleep again." Mashiro was staring at a huge pineapple bread and replied to Homura.
Homura suddenly had a bad feeling.
"What did you show her?"
Reluctantly, Mashiro took her eyes off the pineapple bread, took out her phone, and tapped a few times before the sound came out, "Homura-chan, Nanami has been through so much, so you must treat her well!"
"...They are all members of my club, my friends, and important and indispensable people to me, so..."
"I will definitely protect them!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, and Mashiro's smooth scheme caught them off guard!
Mashiro put her phone away and said, "That's it."
Homura's eyes twitched, "Mashiro, when did you start recording?"
"From when you asked why Shizuka didn't come in."
"Isn't that from the beginning?!"
"No wonder you said Nanami fell asleep again... she was probably too shy and fainted, right? Haha~" Homura couldn't hold back and laughed.
"At that time, Nanami was asleep, so I thought I should let her know, so I recorded it," Mashiro said.
'By the way, Mashiro, I really can't tell what you're thinking at all from your tone and expression.' Homura smiled unnaturally and asked, "So... now that Nanami already knows, can you delete it?"
"No," replied Mashiro.
"Why not?" Homura blurted out.
Mashiro thought for a moment and said, "That was Homura speaking for everyone, and it made me feel warm inside. I want to keep it."
"..."
The girls thought in unison, 'We're sorry for thinking you were scheming something.'
Homura sighed. What more could he say?
"...Nii-san, what happened when I wasn't looking?" Sagiri's voice came out low.
"If you want to know, just stay out of the room then!" Homura said without looking back.
"..." Sagiri thought, 'That actually makes... sense?'
Shizuka changed the subject and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't asked yet, is Mashiro-chan okay living here? Are you getting used to it?"
Mashiro nodded her head, "Um. Homura is my first time and he taught me a lot. Everyone is also very kind to me, and I'm very happy."
"..." The girls thought, 'You're definitely scheming something!'
If they had heard Mashiro say that when they first met her, they would have glared at Homura, wouldn't they? But now they were used to Mashiro's occasional surprising and misleading remarks.
However, there was one person who wasn't used to it...
"W-W-What do you mean by 'first time'?!" Shizuka asked anxiously, "Homura-chan, have you already made Mashiro-chan experience the pain of losing cherry?!"
"No," Homura replied weakly, "You can tell from everyone's expressions that it's not what you think."
Shizuka had asked this question several times in a panicked manner, but upon hearing Homura's answer, she looked at her daughter Sagiri and asked, "Sagiri-chan, can you explain it to Mommy?"
Sagiri felt a little embarrassed and said, "Mashiro-nee meant that Nii-san is her first male friend, and he taught her a lot of things, including some common senses and manga."
"It's not what you imagined," Sagiri added.
Shizuka listened to Sagiri's explanation without any shame, and even seemed a little carefree, "Fufufu, so that's how it is!"
"Mashiro-chan, how could you say something that can cause misunderstanding like that!"
Homura shook his head helplessly. These people all had quirky personalities, but it was precisely because of this that life in the future would not be boring.
"Let's dig in, everyone! I'll save Nanami's portion for her until she wakes up!"
"Besides, Mashiro and Haru can't wait any longer!" After Homura finished speaking, all the women looked at Mashiro, who was still staring at the pineapple bread without moving, her eyes shining and her mouth already watering, but she still hadn't started eating herself.
""""Itadakimasu!"""" Everyone said together.
"Wow!" Shizuka exclaimed in amazement after taking a bite, "Homura-chan, did you make all of this yourself?"
Homura nodded, and Shizuka was even more surprised.
"I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good after all these years!"
"Umm... I suddenly envy Sagiri-chan so much, being able to eat such delicious food every day!" Shizuka muttered to herself.
Suddenly, with a hammer-like palm strike, she said, "I've made up my mind, even if it's just for the sake of good food! I have to come back more often!"
Sagiri: "..."
Homura: "..."
Can't you do it for Sagiri's sake? What's with the obsession over food, woman?!
Sagiri thought that she had a fake mother; she wasn't as important as food.
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After everyone had eaten and the dishes were washed, they sat on the couch in the living room.
Only Shizuka had eaten too much and was lying down, watching Haru lying in Homura's arms. Curious, she asked, "Homura-chan, is this the cat that you and Kosuke-chan were talking about?"
It was lying in her arms the whole time in Sagiri's room!
"Yeah, isn't she cute?" Homura replied proudly.
Shizuka carefully observed Haru, watching her lick her paws, rub Homura's palm, and press her small pads on his hand back. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "So cute!"
"Right?!" Homura agreed.
Eriri secretly rolled her eyes, "He's acting like a dumb big brother who's been praised for his sister, or a dumb father who's been praised for his daughter!"
She knew that Homura regarded Haru as family, so this behavior was not surprising, and she didn't say anything.
"By the way, Shizuka-nee, did you come back alone? Did Uncle Minamiya not come back?" Eriri asked.
'Huh?' Eriri seemed to realize something, 'Speaking of which, it seems a bit uncomfortable to say that! It feels like Minamiya has taken advantage of me!'