[TSSIM] Chapter 410: Foursome

After Nozomi left, Maki and Hanayo both glanced intensely at Rin.

"Nyaa!" Rin jumped back, looking wary. "What are you two planning, nyaa?!"

"We're not planning anything..." Maki shook her head.

"Rin-chan, what Nozomi-chan said is true, right?" Hanayo's eyes sparkled with intense interest in the topic.

"Eh?" Rin blushed slightly, scratching the back of her head sheepishly. "Ehehehe..."

"When did it happen?! How did it feel?! Who made the first move?! Rin-chan, tell me!" Hanayo grabbed Rin and shook her excitedly.

"Kayo-chin, I'm gonna faint, nyaa..."

Nevertheless, this side of Hanayo was quite rare.

Hanayo rarely resorted to Honoka's pestering tricks, but it surprisingly worked, and Rin surrendered in no time.

Blushing, Rin shyly looked at Homura.

She knew whispering was useless but still lowered her voice to talk to Hanayo anyway.

At the same time, Maki approached them nonchalantly.

If Homura were to ask Maki, she would probably reply in a tsundere manner like, 'Don't get me wrong, I'm not curious; I just want to know what they're talking about.'

As the three girls were walking and talking, Hanayo occasionally made surprised noises.

It couldn't be helped, Rin's firsthand experience made Hanayo understand its authenticity better than hearing others talk about such topics, so she was more interested this time.

Eventually, Hanayo glanced at Homura with no unusual expression, but he felt she seemed much more relaxed.

After walking all of Muse's girls home, Homura set off on his way back.

Even though Maki hadn't intended to give him a hug like the other girls did when she got home, Rin suddenly pushed her from behind, causing her to reluctantly hug him.

Funnily, this led to Maki and Rin playfully wrestling for a while.

As for Hanayo, she hesitated for a while but eventually used Umi's approach, which embarrassed her immensely.

As for Rin, her feelings for Homura were steadily growing.

After changing shoes in the entranceway at home, Homura heard no sounds in the living room and Haru wasn't there either.

'Hmm, a familiar feeling...'

Guessing something, Homura went straight to his room.

"Welcome back."

Utaha lounged lazily on Homura's bed, smiling as she greeted him.

Beside her was Eriri, who was also looking at him.

Similarly, next to Eriri was Megumi, who was petting Haru's fur.

Homura couldn't help but feel quite speechless; seeing them in his room, he knew they really planned to do it for real.

"Yeah, I'm back." Homura replied calmly.

"Oh, Homura-kun, the water's ready. Why don't you go take a bath first?" Megumi looked up and spoke.

"What about you girls?" Homura asked without thinking.

"We're done washing..." Eriri blushed. "Why? Do you want to take a bath together with us?"

"...Although that's not what I meant, I actually wouldn't mind..." Homura paused for a moment, then answered with a smile.

"In that case—"

"Go wash already!"

Eriri grabbed Utaha's hand and interrupted her just as she was about to make a move.

"By the way... didn't this situation get reversed?" Homura shrugged and muttered as he walked away.

Once he was out of sight, Eriri spoke up again.

"He's right, it feels like it got reversed, doesn't it?"

"Whether it's reversed or not doesn't matter..." Utaha shook her head calmly. "But are you really mentally prepared?"

"Hahh..." Eriri sighed. "If it were just me alone, I'd have been mentally prepared long ago... but in this situation now, I don't believe anyone is prepared."

"Chika-chan seemed to prepare for this quickly though..." Megumi chimed in.

Eriri: "..."

"I've really come to understand her again... I didn't expect her to do something so bold the first time, and plan it so thoroughly..."

Just thinking about Chika, Eriri still felt conflicted.

"Homura-kun was kept in the dark too, y'know." Megumi could only say something that might be comforting.

"Umm... that's true..." Eriri muttered.

"You can only say she truly lives up to being a daughter from a high-status family." Utaha sighed. "No matter what her personality is like, her methods are definitely not ordinary."

In the next moment, Utaha tilted her head and saw Haru happily enjoying being petted by Megumi.

"By the way, what do you think Haru-chan thinks of Homura-kun, Megumi?" Utaha asked while looking at the cat.

"Hmm? Why are we talking about Haru-chan so suddenly?" Megumi paused slightly, then continued to pet the cat.

Utaha then described her feelings from the previous night when she and Eriri ambushed Homura.

"You think Haru-chan might like Homura-kun like she would like the opposite sex?!" Megumi was speechless, finding this unbelievable.

"After all, that display was a bit..." Utaha felt a bit awkward as she spoke.

"I don't think so..." Megumi shook her head. "I think Haru-chan just sees Homura-kun as the most important family member. Didn't Homura-kun already tell us about their meeting?"

"Yeah, maybe we're overthinking it..." Eriri scratched her head with frowned brows.

Megumi couldn't help but smile slightly as she looked at Haru.

"By the way... what do you think Homura is thinking right now?" Megumi asked.

"Who knows... maybe he's looking forward to it?" Utaha raised an eyebrow.

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As for Homura, how should he put it?

To say he was looking forward to it, any normal man would, wouldn't they?

As for being surprised, there was a bit of that too.

After all, the three girls were really in his room to do 'that', not just for a normal one, but for a foursome.

Realizing this, while he was surprised, he also knew that making this decision wasn't easy for the girls.

Homura, feeling somewhat excited, started absentmindedly soaking in the bath after washing up.

Since the water was already heated up, so why not soak for a while?

However, three minutes later—

"Dammit, I'm done with the bath."

Homura sighed and stood up from the bathtub.

"Seriously, a foot bath is even longer than this bath, but... calmly taking a bath in this kind of mood is tough..."

In the end, Homura decided to get to the point.

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"What? He's already done with the bath?! Damn it, suddenly feeling nervous again!"

Eriri exclaimed in panic as she listened to the sounds from the bathroom.

"Of course, Homura-kun couldn't wait—or should I say, I'm a bit surprised that Homura-kun could even take ten minutes in there..." Utaha stretched lazily and chuckled meaningfully. 

"I've seen a survey once, seems like most guys shower really quickly, so maybe Homura-kun's timing is actually normal?" Megumi chimed in after thinking for a moment.

In the end, Eriri just buried herself under the blanket.

"Now it's a bit late to be shy, isn't it?" Utaha shook her head.

"Mwehehe..." Eriri's strange laughter came from under the blanket.

'She's gone crazy... Meh, whatever...' Utaha thought with a twitching brow, then sighed.

"Yo." Homura emerged, wrapped in a towel.

Upon seeing him, Utaha's eyes lit up, feeling that his body was even more captivating than the photos Elf had sent her before, making it hard to look away.