[TSSIM] Chapter 466: A Mix of Emotions

While walking home with Homura and the girls, Fumino glanced at him before asking something.

"Homura-kun... was Ri-chan worried about me?"

"I think so..." Homura shrugged. "Who told you to have that stomach issue? What if Rizu happens to run into her dad and cause a stomachache drama right in front of you?"

"Stomachache drama…" Miyako raised an eyebrow. "Forget about Fumino. Even for us, seeing that would give us all a stomachache."

"Oh? Nice jab." Homura gave her a thumbs-up.

"Who's even making a jab?" Miyako shot him a glare.

Homura shook his head with a smile, then carried on chatting while walking, escorting the girls home.

One by one, he made sure to get each of the girls back home safely, while Mafuyu, who rarely got to walk with him like this, decided she would stick around a bit longer.

'Guess I'll be the last one, huh?'

Mafuyu thought to herself, walking along with Homura for an extra lap.

By the time Homura had dropped Rin off, he noticed that Mafuyu was walking a little awkwardly.

"Tired from walking?"

"Not really…"

Homura shook his head upon hearing this.

"You've been walking all afternoon, then you went around with me for this extra long detour. Don't try to act tough."

As soon as Homura finished saying this, he stepped forward and picked Mafuyu up—of course, in a princess carry.

"I'll just carry you home like this." Homura grinned.

Mafuyu's face turned slightly red, but she didn't protest, silently wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Speaking of which... last time you were hurt, I really wanted to carry you like this, you know." Homura said, reminiscing about the past.

"Last time?" Mafuyu looked up, pondering for a moment before asking, "Why didn't you do it then? I was injured, so if you'd been a bit more forceful, I probably wouldn't have minded."

"Um, but it was because you were injured." Homura shrugged. "Carrying you like this, you probably feel your whole body tensing up, right?"

"My spine..." Mafuyu muttered in wonder. "You mean... since my lower back isn't supported, my whole body ends up using all its strength?"

Although she wasn't a PE teacher, she at least knew this bit of trivia.

"Yup." Homura nodded, smiling a little. "Which was why I didn't carry you like this back then, even though it wouldn't have made much of a difference to your ankle."

Mafuyu's smile turned gentle.

'I've always been cared for by him, haven't I?'

===

After saying goodbye to Mafuyu, Homura returned home.

At this moment, most of the girls were in the living room since it was still early, but Nanami was strangely not there.

"Where's Nanami?" Homura asked curiously.

"In the room." Nayuta answered while pouting.

"Oh..."

Homura nodded, not asking what Nanami was doing.

"By the way, what's up with you?" Homura chuckled and patted Nayuta's little head. "You could hang something from that mouth of yours now."

"Hmph!" Nayuta crossed her arms and turned her head away.

"Huh?" Homura let out a confused voice, then looked at Elf with a twitching smile. "Elf, did I piss her off or something?"

"Pretty much." Elf cracked a smile. "Not just Nayu, though. I'm included too."

"…" Homura fell silent, his expression turned deadpan. "So... can someone tell me what the heck is going on?"

"You guess?" Utaha said with a teasing smile.

Homura glanced at each of the girls, his eyes narrowing.

Utaha's teasing smile hinted that something was up.

Eriri avoiding his gaze suggested she was hiding something.

Nayuta and Elf's reactions implied it was probably related to him.

As for Izumi, was she blushing because of him?

Putting it all together, plus Nanami not being around, he suddenly arrived at a speculation.

'Could it be...?' Homura raised his eyebrows. 'Nayu said Nanami was in the room, but... whose room?'

In the end, he sighed, shook his head, and then looked at the girls.

"Nanami upstairs?" Homura asked cautiously, testing the waters.

Upon hearing this question, Megumi knew he was already pretty close to figuring it out.

"Nanami-chan is upstairs." Megumi nodded.

Homura immediately stroked his chin, thinking further.

Just then, Mashiro suddenly said something surprising.

"Nanami will sleep in your room."

Homura: "…"

Girls: "…"

Nayuta: "Hmph!"

Homura wondered if Mashiro had maxed out her talent for shocking people, but because of her words, he had pretty much figured everything out.

Nanami was planning to ambush him tonight and do 'that' with him!

'Wait a sec...'

Homura raised his eyebrows, realizing something important.

'Why does everyone know Nanami's planning to do 'that' with me?'

'Moreover, knowing Nanami's personality, she's not the type to take the initiative for this kind of thing, right? Even if she did, with so many people knowing about it, she should've given up, but from the looks of it, she clearly hasn't given up...'

'So... the only explanation is that someone else had planned this for her, but who?'

Homura closed his eyes, seriously brainstorming.

'It had to be Eriri, who was avoiding my gaze, right? Even Utaha and Megumi were probably involved too.'

Coming to this conclusion, he felt a mix of emotions and didn't even know what to say.

Nayuta was probably angry about this, and even Mashiro seemed a little awkward.

Understanding this, he thought for a moment, then decided he would make swimsuits for the two of them!

With that, he opened his eyes and quickly took out the tools he had used earlier in the day.

Seeing this, Eriri understood his intention.

'I see...' Eriri thought, smiling wryly. 'If Nayu gets a gift, she'll probably go from being upset to smiling in no time, huh...' 

Meanwhile, as Homura looked at the variety of fabrics, he pondered for a moment.

'For Nayu's swimsuit, it should be either white or black, but since I already made a white one for Eriri, this time it will be black.'

Decided, Homura took out a black fabric, and his hands started moving.

===

Twenty minutes later.

"Nayu, come here." Homura called out with a smile.

Nayuta shifted her butt and quickly moved over to his side.

"Senpai, I'm here!" Nayuta exclaimed with a big smile on her face.

'Too easy...' Eriri, seeing this scene, rolled her eyes.

"Your swimsuit. Wanna try it on?" Homura asked with a smile, showing a black swimsuit.

"Um!" Nayuta nodded, then immediately took off her clothes.

""Stop!""

Eriri and Utaha, in perfect sync, grabbed Nayuta's hands and started heading upstairs.

"No! Let me go!" Nayuta struggled. "You guys and Senpai already had sex! What's wrong with letting Senpai see my body?!"

Everyone was speechless upon hearing these bold words.

'Nayu-chan...' Megumi sighed, her lips twitching. 'She really goes crazy when it comes to Homura-kun...'

'Seriously...' Homura scratched his nose. 'Wait until Nayu turns eighteen, then she'll say whatever she wants, cracking all sorts of lewd words without shame.'

Naturally, Nayuta would only do that kind of thing when it came to Homura and the girls. For strangers, she would probably act indifferent.

Struggling, Nayuta still couldn't break free and ended up being escorted away by Utaha and Eriri.

After seeing the three girls vanish, Homura glanced at Mashiro, who was silently staring at him, then nodded.

'Alright, time to make a swimsuit for Mashiro.'

Homura stroked his chin, pondering while gazing at Mashiro.

'Mashiro... Blonde hair... No doubt, white seems like the best color for her.'

Homura immediately started working on the design for a swimsuit that fit Mashiro.

Not long after, Nayuta, Eriri, and Utaha came downstairs, but Eriri looked seriously pissed off, almost as if she were gritting her teeth.

Meanwhile, Nayuta seemed quietly smug as she watched Eriri's pissed expression.

"Uh..." Elf lowered her head and glanced at her own chest, not wanting to say anything.

"Nayu-chan is only fourteen just like me, but she somehow gives off a mature vibe!" Izumi remarked, her eyes lit up. 

"Don't worry, you'll get there too." Homura smiled and gently patted her head. 

Izumi blushed because she knew exactly what he meant.

She had secretly compared her breast size to others before, and she was surprisingly already surpassing Megumi and even catching up to Utaha.