Faced with Kamijou Mutsuki's gift—a new song for MyGO!!!!!—Tomori naturally opened the lyric notebook and began reading it seriously.
This song was different from all of Kamijou Mutsuki's previous songs.
It was neither perfectly compatible with MyGO!!!!!, as though Tomori herself had written it...
Nor did it feel completely out of place with MyGO!!!!!, more like fan-created derivative work than an original song...
Come to think of it, those songs really did count as derivative works, didn't they?
This song seemed to fall right between the two, completely unlike all the songs before it, as though...
"Tomori!"
Taki's worried voice suddenly rang out beside her ears.
The girl raised her head blankly, only then realizing in shock that her eyes had somehow filled with tears, and a large patch of the lyric notebook in her hands had already been soaked wet.
"What exactly did you write?"
You even made Tomori cry!
Taki immediately shot Kamijou Mutsuki a death glare.
My fault?~
Kamijou Mutsuki revealed an innocent expression.
"Taki-chan!"
At that moment, Tomori finally spoke.
"Don't be like that, I just..."
"Mutsuki's song... is really too good."
"At the next live... we absolutely have to sing this song!"
The girl hugged the lyric notebook tightly, as though holding some kind of treasure.
As she said this, she could not help but look toward Kamijou Mutsuki.
In truth, the way Tomori normally looked at Kamijou Mutsuki was already very gentle. But the emotions in her eyes at this moment were so rich they seemed on the verge of overflowing.
"Thank you, Mutsuki, for the gift... I really like it."
"Just verbally?"
It had to be said, Tomori's appearance right now was incredibly alluring and tempting.
Kamijou Mutsuki could not help slightly raising his brows, his tone teasing as he joked: "How about something more practical... mmph."
Before he could finish speaking, Tomori lifted her head and pressed her lips against his.
Then came a familiar sensation—soft and sweet.
Taki: ?
Soyo: ?
If you're talking, then talk properly. Why did you suddenly start kissing!?
Taki in particular could not stop her pupils from trembling.
Although Tomori had been very dependent on Kamijou Mutsuki from the very beginning, and their relationship had always been somewhat ambiguous, she rarely did something this intimate right in front of her.
For a moment, the girl's heart felt sour and bitter at the same time, and even she herself could not tell what kind of emotions she was feeling.
As for Soyo beside her, her emotions were far more agitated.
No, wait, wasn't this her house?
Wasn't this supposed to be her home-field advantage?
Whether it was proposing the training camp at her house, or wanting to take the opportunity to win over Mutsuki-kun, she was obviously the one who started first...
So why did this always happen!?
The girl suspected someone was deliberately targeting her!
As for Anon, her cheeks had already turned crimson, an unhappy expression appearing on her face.
She wanted to turn her head away and not look at this shameless scene, but somehow she could not pull her eyes away.
As for the final cat-like girl, she looked somewhat...
Eager to try?
"Taki,"
Perhaps because Taki's gaze was too obvious, after finishing her "thanks," Tomori directly turned to look at her.
"Do you want one too?"
"Eh?"
Hearing that, the emotionally conflicted Taki first froze slightly, then her cheeks instantly flushed bright red.
"Who would want that!?"
Even though the one asking was Tomori, Taki still gave an extremely agitated reply.
What Taki found hardest to accept was that when she heard Tomori's question just now, she had inexplicably...
Felt a little tempted?
An illusion, it was definitely an illusion!
Meanwhile, seeing Tomori's complete lack of tact, Soyo could not help puffing up her cheeks slightly.
Tomori, don't just ask Taki, ask me too!
She doesn't want it, but I do!
However, Tomori did not seem to notice Soyo's thoughts at all. Instead, the cat-like girl beside them could not help raising her hand.
"I want—"
"No, you don't!"
With quick eyes and quick hands, Taki immediately pressed the cat girl's raised hand back down.
"Since we already have the new song, let's stop here for today. It's already pretty late."
Soyo could not help speaking up.
"Let's eat dinner first!"
They absolutely could not let this continue any further.
Today was supposed to be her home turf. Even for Tomori, this was getting a little excessive.
"Now that you mention it, I really am hungry."
Hearing that, Anon could not help rubbing her stomach, while the cat girl beside her also nodded in agreement.
No, you were eating the whole time earlier—you never stopped, okay!?
"But... is one new song really enough?"
Taki voiced her concern instead.
"Probably?"
"Probably? What kind of vague answer is that?"
The girl looked somewhat dissatisfied with Kamijou Mutsuki's reply.
"Don't worry, I'll handle it!"
Tomori, meanwhile, tightly hugged the lyric notebook.
In her eyes, having a song like Stellaris alone was already enough.
With Soyo speaking up, the discussion regarding the future Budokan performance also temporarily came to an end.
After all the commotion for so long, they really were hungry.
Soyo was the head chef for dinner, but with so many people present, Anon and the others naturally did not stay idle either.
Everyone who knew how to cook lent a hand.
Kamijou Mutsuki had originally thought that "Master Soyo" would secretly tamper with the dinner somehow, but after eating it, he discovered there were no computer parts mixed into the food.
The meal had excellent color, aroma, and taste—it could be said to be an extremely delicious dinner.
Even Kamijou Mutsuki felt that this time, Soyo probably did not have any hidden schemes.
That was, until she brought out the dessert afterward...
"Soyorin, why does this chocolate taste weird?"
Looking at Anon, who had eaten a few chocolates and shortly afterward appeared dizzy, her face carrying an unnatural blush, the surrounding girls could not help turning their gazes toward Soyo.
No way, you actually went through with it?
Soyo, what did you put in the chocolate?
"It's just ordinary liquor-filled chocolate."
Seeing this, Soyo quickly explained.
"I'd never tried this flavor before, so I wanted everyone to taste it together..."
She had not expected Anon to get drunk so quickly. It could only be said that Miss Ano's alcohol tolerance really was not very good.
"Liquor-filled chocolate? Aren't we still not allowed to drink alcohol?"
Taki raised her objection.
This country was unexpectedly peculiar when it came to alcohol laws.
Students could work part-time jobs, pilot Gundams, or even save the world—but they still were not allowed to drink alcohol.
"It's just chocolate,"
Soyo said with a light smile.
"If Taki-chan doesn't dare, you don't have to eat it. There are other desserts and snacks here too..."
Clearly, Master Soyo's provocation was extremely effective.
The cat-like girl was very interested in this flavor she had never tried before, and even Tomori ate a few pieces out of curiosity.
Seeing this, the girl could not help revealing a "plan successful" expression in secret.
To avoid arousing suspicion, Soyo herself also ate one or two pieces.
Although it was just chocolate, the filling inside was specially made cocktails.
Even if someone was not like Anon—who became dizzy right after eating them—once the aftereffects kicked in, it would all be the same.
However, she had already taken hangover medicine in advance, so there was no problem!
And then...
"Look at this Taki, she's such a lightweight~"
Soyo patted Kamijou Mutsuki's leg, her face full of abnormal redness.
"She got drunk after just a few pieces..."
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