[Be careful at school.]
Seeing the message from Horikita Suzune, Kaorufelt completely baffled.
"What's wrong?"
Ichinose Honami, sitting in his lap, was the first to notice his reaction.
"It's a message from Suzune. Probably telling me to go home early."
Kaoru put down his phone.
He had set all of them as special contacts and pinned them at the top so he could receive their messages immediately, even while working.
"I see. It seems her period ended a few days ago."
Ichinose Honami flipped through the documents on the desk nonchalantly, "Is Kikyo waiting for you too?"
"I told her I'd go back with you later."
Kaoru wrapped his arm around the girl's slender waist, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke up.
"There's something I haven't told you yet."
Ichinose Honami shifted her gaze from the documents to his face, then leaned in closer, pressing against him and sniffing lightly with her small nose.
"You cheated."
The girl stated with certainty.
Kaoruwas stunned for a while.
Had this skill spread from Karuizawa Kei to all of them?
"Is the scent on me that strong?"
Kaorucouldn't help but ask.
"Hmm, what do you think?"
Ichinose Honami lifted her chin, "Although I don't know who you were with, doing bad things leaves a strange smell. If you haven't showered, you can smell it when you get close."
Kaoru understood—it was the scent Kamuro Masumi had left on him earlier.
Especially girls who had experienced intimacy were highly sensitive to such scents.
"What if I was with Kei or the others?" Kaoru asked again.
Ichinose Honami raised her willow-leaf eyebrows and poked his cheek discontentedly with her index finger, tapping it repeatedly.
"If you were with Kei, would you be reacting like this?"
The girl puffed her cheeks in annoyance, "I said you cheated, and you didn't even try to deny it!"
Kaoru felt awkward. He had misunderstood, thinking Ichinose Honami had already guessed something
."Alright, I did cheat."
As the words fell, Ichinose Honami stared fixedly at Kaoru without speaking. Her continuous gaze created a strange atmosphere.
"During last month's Spring Break, I got together with Airi."
Under her intense gaze, Kaoru unconsciously lowered his voice, "This month, I've also gotten together with Masumi and Arisu."
Ichinose Honami remained silent for a long time before finally sighing: "My dear boyfriend, do you realize how complicated this makes me feel?"
Her boyfriend had admitted to cheating without any excuses, which was bad enough, but it wasn't just one person - it was two or three!
Hearing him say he was with them, Ichinose Honami only felt her head turning green, almost seeing black before her eyes.
"What if your boyfriend insists on having all of you stay with him?"
Kaoru Mitoma took her hand, intertwining their fingers, "To be honest, I don't want to let any of you go."
Ichinose Honami let him hold her hand, merely tilting her face slightly to look into his eyes.
Her other hand reached up to caress his cheek as she whispered: "I've already sunk in too deep, but some people will have difficulty accepting your idea. Like when you were at the agency - the girls like you, they only want to be with you, not with someone else who also likes you."
These days, Kaoru had told Ichinose Honami many things, including his experiences at the agency.
Although the idols all had their own groups and enjoyed being with their teammates, and most of the time the agency atmosphere was harmonious.
But when it came to romance, it completely exceeded the idols' imagination.
Some progressed slowly, some progressed quickly. Some had just started liking the producer, only to find they were already behind, their chance at romance gone.
Some were there first but could only watch helplessly as the producer grew closer to others.
As the number of idols increased, the agency relationships became more complicated.
Those who regretted not making a move earlier often tried to sneak ahead, causing anxiety among everyone.
Idols who didn't want to share the producer outnumbered those willing to share.
Everyone wanted to keep the producer by their side, resulting in fewer and fewer idols willing to share him.
The same principle applied now. If Kei Karuizawa and the others didn't want to share Kaoru, even if it was just one person, this seemingly harmonious harem relationship would quickly become unstable.
"Actually, everyone knows this well. Like Asahina-senpai - do you know why she rarely comes over, Kaoru?"
Ichinose Honami pursed her lips, "She feels her position is awkward. She can't blend in comfortably with us. Although she appears generous and tells you not to worry, she knows you, she likes you. To her, we're just a group of juniors."
Kaoru didn't speak, because he had always thought it was Kushida Kikyo who scared her off, along with Asahina Nazuna's inexplicable wariness towards Ichinose Honami.
"And Mako-chan, the kind of relationship she wants isn't this twisted one we have."
Seeing Kaoru's surprise, Ichinose Honami smiled, "Are you surprised that I mentioned Mako-chan, Kaoru?"
"A bit unexpected. I haven't seen her much recently." Kaoru had met Amikura Mako, often keeping it secret from Ichinose Honami.
They would hold hands and stroll slowly around the campus, occasionally even attempting kisses in secluded corners.
However, this couldn't be disclosed to Ichinose Honami.
Amikura Mako hoped he would keep it a secret from everyone.
She strongly resisted meeting the other members of his Harem, so the two of them remained in a clandestine relationship.
"You two really don't meet often. Do you remember how Mako-chan had a crush on a senior in middle school?"
Ichinose Honami remained completely unaware of their affair. "At first, she thought you resembled that senpai, but later she realized you're way too perverted—nothing like him at all."
"Is that any way to talk about your boyfriend?"
Kaoru's face darkened. No matter how perverted he might be, he was still her boyfriend, wasn't he?
"I'll say it as much as I want, you foot fetishist!"
Ichinose Honami snorted lightly through her nose. "A boyfriend who only thinks about lewd things all day—if I stay with you, I'll end up like a cream puff sooner or later."
Kaoru was taken aback for a moment, and she suddenly realized what she had said, her ears turning bright red.
"I-It's something Kikyo says all the time!"
Ichinose Honami shifted the blame to Kushida Kikyo.
Kaoru found it somewhat amusing. "The fact that you remembered her saying that just proves you're a girlfriend with a mind full of lewd thoughts too."
Flustered and annoyed, Ichinose Honami punched him several times. After a moment, she put on a serious expression.
"The reason I brought up Asahina-senpai and Mako-chan is to help you understand what they're thinking. Don't blame them for not getting closer to you—they just don't know how to interact with the rest of us."
As she had mentioned earlier, the reason girls feel jealous and exclusive is that the person they like is Kaoru, not someone else.
They find it impossible to share the one they love.
Asahina Nazuna and Amikura Mako haven't overcome the barriers in their hearts, not because they don't want to be with Kaoru, but because they are restraining their possessiveness toward him.
Since they can't bring themselves to accept Kaoru's Harem, they simply turn a blind eye. From a practical standpoint, this is already a form of tacit consent.
"I don't blame them."
Kaoru thought for a moment. "Actually, I'm planning to have all of you get to know each other."
Ichinose Honami was initially stunned, then understood what he meant and said irritably, "Just how many girlfriends do you have?"
"Only a few of you for now."
Kaoru felt a bit embarrassed. "But, you know my past is a bit complicated... It seems Kaho has developed some strange feelings for me too."
"That's exactly what I'm worried about!"
Ichinose Honami bit him angrily. "Even though so many girls already like you, you're still not satisfied. It makes me furious!"
"Well, there's no helping it—I'm a pervert."
Kaoru closed his eyes. "Go ahead and bite me to death."
This was something he and they would always struggle to understand.
As long as he didn't reveal the existence of the wish-granting device, they would never comprehend it.
And if he did reveal the existence of the wish-granting device, their reactions would likely be even more incomprehensible.
For now, Kaoru only dared to confess his supernatural abilities to Ichinose Honami, as he couldn't predict how the others would react.
Moreover, his abilities had already attracted outside attention.
He didn't want outsiders to realize that the source of this power actually came from the girls themselves.
"You think I won't do it? I'll bite you to death!"
When Kaoru closed his eyes, the spirited girl cupped his face and quickly kissed him, bringing a warmth and softness that made his heart race.
Opening his eyes, Kaoru saw Ichinose Honami pressing her forehead against his, their lips so close he could smell the citrus fragrance on her.
"Silly, I'll always be on your side."
The girl held his face, "After all, I'm your girlfriend. Even if my boyfriend becomes degenerate and perverted, his girlfriend can only follow along to the end."
Kaoru wrapped his arm around Ichinose Honami's waist.
This woman might truly be able to condition him into whatever shape she desired.
Later, Komiya Kaho came running over excitedly, but accidentally witnessed the intimate scene between the two and silently closed the door.
No wonder no one was disturbing the president and vice president's work.