Chapter 119: Please, Just the Mixer!!

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However…

When every woman here gives me the stink eye, it’s hard not to flinch. Except for Ange, all of them have experience in bed, making them far more experienced and skilled than a virgin like me. Somebody teach me some magic words.

“Well, I’ll leave the rest to you young ones and take my leave now.”

“Is this a matchmaking event or something?”

Ignoring my remark, Misa-san left the apartment.

The door closed with a bang, and silence enveloped the room—a silence more troublesome than a raging fire.

“Explain.”

“Uh, what?”

“E-X-P-L-A-I-N!! Onii-chan, explain properly!”

“I, uh, I'm not really sure myse—ow!”

Before I could come up with an excuse, Ange's interrogation was cut short as Kenzaki-san grabbed my shirt collar and dragged me outside. Wow, she's surprisingly strong.

“What is this all about?”

She pinned me against the wall outside. She's got high facial features, but there’s zero excitement here.

“I-I want to know that myself…”

“If you didn't say something, Mii wouldn't have prepared to move in, especially with her mother's approval!”

“I swear, I have no idea! I only remember trying to set things up between you and Kurebayashi-san!”

“…Huh? What are you talking about? Then why was Mii so happy?”

“…”

“She looked… happy…”

Whoa, Kenzaki-san's words seemed to have hit her hard, and she slowly started losing her composure.

“Mii… was happy… I see…”

“What?”

“I… I couldn't… make Mii that happy…”

I had a bad feeling about this. If I let her be, Kenzaki-san might conclude things on her own in a disastrous way.

“Uh, Kenzaki-san?”

“Mii likes you enough to smile like that…”

“No, I don't think that's necessarily…”

A different kind of cold sweat ran down my back. Could Kenzaki-san be thinking of leaving Mii to me and giving up?

This is serious!

“Hey… how do you feel about Mii?”

“Please, just let me have the mixers! I beg you!”

“…What?”

“I've worked so hard to untangle all the complicated relationships here! If you cancel the mixers because of this, it’s worse than a death sentence! Who's going to compensate me for my lost hair and dead hair follicles from all this stress?”

“…Even though Mii likes you so much…”

“Honestly, do you really think I can skip all the steps and just move in with her? That’s as impossible as a straight guy suddenly going gay!”

“…Maybe, but…”

Kenzaki-san still looked skeptical.

“You know what makes Mii happy. Can you really say you wouldn't fall for her if she asked to move in with that smile of hers?”

“Isn’t it those mistaken ideas that have made Kurebayashi-san cry all this time? This time is no different!”

“…I see.”

“Glad you understand.”

“I understand that you care about Mii's true happiness.”

“…What?”

“And that you're a decent guy who will treat Mii right… Maybe you can make her smile more than I ever could…”

“Hey! Please, don't conclude things on your own!”

To be honest, if Kurebayashi-san is already seen as taken, her value drops for me. If things continue with her mother's approval, it would be like evolving from being netorare (cheating) to metorare (mutual cheating)!

…

Where did the misunderstanding about moving in come from? I really need to ask Kurebayashi-san. Even though asking might be like opening Pandora's box.