Lott, who originally had no suspicions about Mrs. Yukinoshita, now had an increasingly strange expression, 'Does going to university really change a person's personality to this extent? In my impression, you were a social phobe around anyone other than Flat-nee-san and Penguin.'
"Lott-kun, you know, some time ago at university..." Mrs. Yuigahama continued tirelessly performing her duty as a wingwoman. However, right at that moment...
"Yumiko, this restaurant is great! Megumi-nee's food is delicious. She was even a former Elite Ten's member of Totsuki. It's definitely a hidden gem."
Hearing the all-too-familiar voice from behind, the bright smile on 'Yuigahama Yui's' face froze instantly.
"Huh?" Lott raised an eyebrow slightly, 'Yumiko? Why does that name sound familiar?'
Thump!
A soft body crashed into his embrace. 'Yuigahama Yui' directly threw herself into Lott's arms, causing his eyes, which were about to look outside, to shift onto her instead.
Feeling the astonishing softness of the other party's body, Lott once again marveled inwardly, 'Does university change people this much?'
Although he remembered Yuigahama Yui's 'power level' wasn't bad back in high school, only slightly inferior to the Nakano Quintuplets and others... But this current volume... He's afraid it's not much less than Hancock's.
'Is it a second growth spurt?'
But what confused Lott even more was: 'Aren't you the wingwoman? Why are you making a move yourself?'
The 'Yukinoshita Yukino' beside them was also dumbfounded. She too had noticed the two genuine female college students entering from outside, and one of them had orange hair in a bun.
Even though Mrs. Yukinoshita herself hadn't seen her for over a decade, how could she not guess who it was?
If the other party noticed them here, wouldn't it immediately turn into a live performance of 'Who is Real Yuigahama Yui?'?
"Really? A restaurant run by a former Elite Ten's member... that must be expensive, right? I don't have much allowance, you know, Yui," The other girl replied.
"Yui?" Lott, who had just been marveling at the exaggerated changes in 'Yuigahama Yui's' figure, looked up again, trying to see in the direction of the voice, 'Yui + Yumiko? Why did this combination sound more and more familiar?'
Seeing Lott look up towards that direction again, Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't care about anything else.
She directly used both hands to grip the sides of Lott's face and used her own entire face to block Lott's line of sight. The method... well, everyone understands.
Smack... Smack... Smack...
Hearing the strange smacking sounds, the newly entered Yuigahama Yui and Miura Yumiko curiously looked over. And then they saw...
"Shameless!" Miura Yumiko cursed furiously, 'What kind of former Elite Ten's restaurant was this? Wasn't this a brothel?! Two women riding one man... even a regular brothel probably didn't offer this kind of service.'
Yuigahama Yui's face also flushed red. However, the back of the woman in the beige sweater, facing away from them, looked strangely familiar. But before Yuigahama Yui could get a closer look, Miura Yumiko had already pulled her out.
"Let's go, Yui! Don't let this kind of thing dirty our eyes!"
And just as the two left the restaurant, a crisp sound of a plate shattering came from the kitchen. The socially anxious chef, Tadokoro Megumi, was also dumbfounded.
'Wh-what are you doing in my little restaurant?!'
Tadokoro Megumi rolled her eyes and nearly fainted. Suddenly noticing that the shop door wasn't closed and a few more figures were approaching from outside, Tadokoro Megumi moved with the fastest speed of her life, rushing forward to tightly close the door and pasting a 'Closed' sign on it.
…
One minute later.
Several men and women around Tadokoro Megumi's age saw the tightly closed restaurant door. A red-haired young man among them said, puzzled, "Huh? Why is it closed? Didn't Megumi say she was going to host us today?"
"Soma-kun, you should call her 'Megumi-chan' now, shouldn't you? Otherwise, it'll be hard for your relationship to progress further," An older orange-haired young man next to him patted his shoulder and said.
"Ah, this... Isshiki-senpai, i-isn't it too early?" The man called 'Soma' scratched his cheek somewhat embarrassedly.
"Too early, my ass! You've known each other for almost ten years, right? Do you still want Megumi to make the first move? She's a girl, you know!" Another lively woman with twin buns said, frustrated at his lack of progress.
"Alright, alright. Maybe Megumi had to go out to buy ingredients. I'll ask her..." Another intellectual-looking beauty with long red hair opened the Universe Chat Group, preparing to ask Tadokoro Megumi.
But just then, from the other side of the door, came sounds resembling both crying and laughing.
Although most of the group at the door were still inexperienced in such matters, they were all in their twenties, so how could they not recognize what those sounds were?
A man wearing glasses, with an unremarkable demeanor, gulped and said, his face flushing, "A-ah, this... did we come at a bad time?"
"I never thought Megumi would be the first among us to officially become an adult," Yoshino Yuki remarked with a red face, full of emotion, then looked at Yukihira Soma with eyes full of sympathy.
Isshiki Satoshi patted Yukihira Soma's shoulder. "The romance scene is like a battlefield. If you're late to make a move, this is the outcome."
Yukihira Soma's face turned ashen, 'The girl I like is being... my life likely holds no more sorrow or joy...'
"Let's not disturb Megumi. Let's go." Sakaki Ryoko pushed her companions away from Tadokoro Megumi's small restaurant. She had sent Tadokoro Megumi several messages just now but received no reply.
'But then again, how could a girl reply while doing that? Ah, poor Soma-kun.'
But Sakaki Ryoko didn't blame her friend. Who told this guy, Yukihira Soma, to make his move so late?
That's why the plot of Detective Conan is nonsense. How could a high school girl wait twenty years for a childhood friend whose relationship status wasn't even confirmed?
Waiting until she's almost menopausal. Of course, according to the original timeline, only half a year had passed... It's infuriating for the readers.
…
However, what Sakaki Ryoko didn't know was this: The reason Tadokoro Megumi didn't reply wasn't because she was doing that. It was because she had fainted from shame. After all, Tadokoro Megumi's personality was basically a copy of Hinata's.
For an inexperienced young girl, the first live show she witnesses is a one-man-two-women combo... that... that impact is indeed a bit too much.