Romantic comedy with all members, why am I single?

Chapter 214 Celebration
"I?"

Jingpu Xiu was stunned at first, then thought about it and decided to refuse.

As a time traveler from the real world, he was not very interested in the old-fashioned form of entertainment such as singing in KTV. Instead of wasting time in KTV, he might as well watch some anime and read some novels.

Even watching movies and shopping are more interesting to him than going to KTV.

What's more, he has three girlfriends to accompany him. If he has that time, she can play games with Kitagawa Umi and Kasumigaoka Utaha. Isn't that great?
Just as the words were about to come out, Iura Hide suddenly understood Hori Kyoko's eyes and said almost subconsciously: "It's fine with me. If everyone goes, I'll go too."

As soon as she finished speaking, the confusion in Hori Kyoko's eyes changed, becoming somewhat 'helpless' and somewhat happy. Although it disappeared quickly, it was still captured by Iura Hide.

"Is that so? Then let's go together! I haven't been to KTV for a long time~!"

Hori Kyoko said this trying to act as if nothing had happened, and then not only the smart Kono Sakura, but even Yoshikawa Yuki and Mashiro noticed that something was wrong.

The only ones at the table who didn't notice were probably Pochi-chan and Ishikawa Toru.

In fact, Ishikawa Toru was already prepared for Hori Kyoko's rejection. After all, he had been "rejected" so many times that he couldn't even remember how many times.

Anyway, he has never been to KTV with Hori Kyoko since he met her in high school.

But Kyoko Hori has always accepted all of Iura Hide's CDs, and it is obvious that she likes listening to songs. So although he was puzzled by this, he never gave up, and felt that singing was the "right way" to narrow the distance between himself and Kyoko Hori.

Hearing that Hori Kyoko actually agreed to his proposal, he was so surprised and happy that even though he tried hard to control his facial expression, he almost laughed out loud and his facial features were almost distorted.

"Then I'll call and make an appointment now!"

As if afraid that Hori Kyoko would go back on her word, Ishikawa Toru didn't even bother to eat. He quickly took out his cell phone and walked aside to make a phone reservation - well, walking farther away could avoid interference from Hori Kyoko or others.

Jingpu Xiu asked curiously, "What about Sota? You don't have to pick him up, give Sota--"

Before he finished speaking, Hori Kyoko hurriedly covered his mouth with a slap, which made everyone stunned and look at him sideways.

Kyoko Hori also realized that her reaction was a little strange, and her pretty face blushed uncontrollably. She laughed dryly and explained, "I don't need to pick up Sota today. Oka-san is resting today."

"So that's it."

Jingpu Xiu raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then he reacted suddenly.

Kyoko Hori only said that she was going to pick up Sota, and didn't mention anything about buying groceries, cooking, or cleaning. It was obvious that she still didn't want other people to know her "secret", which made him laugh secretly.

As for the fact that Hori Kyoko covered his mouth with her hand, he didn't think much about it.

After all, Hori Kyoko is a tomboy who is a bit casual in her behavior, not to mention that the relationship between the two is really good.

Even in the original story, when Iura Hide had a cold and a sore throat, Hori Kyoko directly touched his forehead to see if he had a fever.

You have to know that at that time, Kyoko Hori had already established a relationship with Miyamura.

When Iura Hide wanted to find someone to help Motoko with her homework, the first person he thought of was Hori Kyoko instead of her classmate Sakura Kono, which also proves that the relationship between the two is really good.

After all, Japanese people don’t like to trouble others. Unless the relationship is really very good and very close, they will not ask for trouble.

However, after Hori Kyoko reacted, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. When she took out a tissue to wipe the oil stains on her hands, she lowered her head unconsciously. A faint blush appeared on her cheeks. She couldn't help but think of her mother Hori Yuriko who had been urging her to bring Iura Hide home to see her these two days.

Kyoko Hori has always had good academic performance, and has consistently ranked second in her grade. Even if she were to be admitted to Tokyo University's top major, she would be almost certain to get in.

In addition, Sota is relatively young and needs Hori Kyoko's care, so Hori Yuriko originally thought that Hori Kyoko would have to wait until Sota's junior or senior year, that is, when he was in junior high school and could take care of himself, before he would have time to fall in love.

As a result, after Sota's exaggerated revelations last weekend, Hori Yuriko immediately keenly realized that Hori Kyoko might have fallen in love with Iura Hide.

After all, before this, Kyoko Hori had never taken the initiative to invite any boy to her home for dinner, not even her childhood sweetheart Sho Sengoku.

After some further probing, after discovering that Kyoko Hori had not yet won over Hide Iura and had not even conveyed her feelings to him, Yuriko Hori immediately urged Kyoko Hori to invite Hide Iura to her home so that she could meet Hide Iura and help Kyoko Hori at the same time.

Kyoko Hori originally wanted to tell her directly that she was overthinking it, that Iura Hide already had a girlfriend, and that she and Iura Hide were just good friends.

But every time the words come to my lips, I don’t know why I can’t open my mouth.

In the end, he even agreed to Hori Yuriko's request without thinking, and today, under the pretext of celebrating the end of the exams, he invited Iura Hide to his house for dinner.

It is precisely for this reason that Hori Yuriko, who often works overtime even on weekends, suddenly takes a break today so that she doesn't have to pick up Hori Sota from school and go home early to cook.

At the same time, it was for this reason that the look she gave Jingpu Xiu before was so entangled and complicated.

But now that she had an excuse to go to KTV to celebrate together, she could justifiably stand up Hori Yuriko.

As long as she can get away with it this time, given how busy Hori Yuriko is at work, I think she should be able to have some quiet time.

As for the future, we will talk about it when the time comes.

"Ogasan is really something, always causing trouble."

Kyoko Hori muttered to herself while secretly looking up at Iura Hide.

Then, when I thought about going to KTV with Jingpu Xiu after school, I couldn't help but feel a kind of joy and anticipation that was hard to describe in words. The corners of my mouth unconsciously raised up, and everything around me seemed to become colorful, like a beautiful fairy tale. Even the lunch box in front of me seemed to become more delicious.

In fact, it wasn't just her. Sakura Kono, who was standing next to her, seemed to be eating her lunch box elegantly as before, but when she heard Iura Hide agree, she couldn't help but clench her chopsticks. The happiness, excitement and anticipation in her heart were no less than those of Hori Kyoko.

Even Mashiro, who is a natural and innocent person, had her ruby-red eyes sparkling.

After all, everyone is going to celebrate this time, so it's impossible for Jingpu Xiu to "leave" her home alone like he usually does, right?

And this is a KTV!
She has never been to KTV since she was a child.

"Huh? Mashiro has never been to a KTV?"

After lunch, on the way back to the student union office to continue cramming for the afternoon exam, Hori Kyoko and the others couldn't help but show surprise when they learned about this.

However, because of her three-no attributes, Mashiro just nodded slightly, and on the surface, she still looked calm.

This actually made others, including Pochi-chan, feel even more sympathetic towards her.

After all, Pochi-chan has been to KTV once!
That’s right, Pochi-chan has only been to KTV once since she was a child, and that was last weekend when she went there with Iura Hide.

But no matter what, there is still an essential difference between 0 and 1. At least that's what Pochi thinks.

In fact, because of Iura Shu, Pochi-chan now has not only bandmates, but also so many friends in school. It's hard to say about other aspects, but her confidence is already comparable to the end of the first season of the original anime. Otherwise, if it were the original Pochi-chan, she would never dare to take the initiative to "crash" Iura Shu and others' party to celebrate like she does now.

"Ah~~ The exam is finally over~~"

"Yes."

“When will the results and class placement be announced?”

"On Thursday, which is the day after tomorrow, we will post the grades and reassign the classes just like the previous times."

"Hopefully we can all be put into the same class by then."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Isn't Ishikawa-kun's appointment time half past five? Let's go eat first."

"What should we eat?"

"What do you think, Xiu?"

"Me? Yakitori, sushi, or ramen are fine with me."

"Why?"

"Stupid, because these are things you can't eat at home~"

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As soon as the exams were over and school was over, Toru Ishikawa and Yuki Yoshikawa couldn't wait to invite everyone to walk out of the school, discussing what to eat as they walked.

Then after a seemingly complicated discussion, everyone quickly decided to eat Yakitori.

At the same time, Kitagawa Umi left the classroom early after school and went to Motoko and Hoshino Ai's school with Ozora and Sugaya Noha.

Originally, after receiving a text message from Iura Hide at noon, Kitagawa Umi was planning to go to the supermarket to buy some vegetables after school, and then go home to show off her skills to Motoko and Hoshino Ai.

For this purpose, she even looked up the recipe for a class and carefully studied how to steam rice so that it would not be undercooked, how much salt should be put in miso soup, etc.

But later during the break, Ozora and Sugaya Noha found out about her thoughts, and then
"Come on! With your cooking skills, do you want to blow up the senior's house, or send Motoko and Ai-chan to the hospital?"

Kitagawa Umi was very dissatisfied with Ozora's complaints.

"Isn't this too much? Are my cooking skills that bad?"

"No doubt about it, it's that bad!"

"That's right!"

"agree!"

Noha Sugaya and Ryune also nodded in agreement, which made Kitagawa Umi suddenly pout like a deflated ball.

"Cooking is not as simple as you think, and you don't have any talent for it. If you want to cook for Kiko and Ai-chan, you should learn for a while first. As for now, you should just take Kiko and Ai-chan to a restaurant outside to eat."

"Dakong is right!"

Sugaya Noha's big eyes like black pearls twinkled, and she nodded again in agreement.

Although she was a little disappointed that she couldn't meet Iura Hide today, it would be nice if she had the opportunity to get closer to Motoko and Hoshino Ai.

After all, this is her future sister-in-law, so she must establish a good relationship with her.

Then, at the instigation of the two, Kitagawa Umi invited Motoko and Hoshino Ai to go out for dinner after school.

As for why Ohzora also came, it was of course because he was worried about the idiot Kitagawa Umi, and was afraid that the rough-minded Kitagawa Umi would mess things up.

"Damn it! Am I that unreliable?"

In response to Kitagawa Umi's whispered complaints, Ozora and Sugaya Noha didn't say much, but just gave her a blank look.

The silence speaks.

Kitagawa Umi was suddenly so upset that he couldn't help but clench his fists.

However, in order to perform well and take good care of Motoko and Hoshino Ai when Iura Hide is not around, Kitagawa Umi gritted her teeth at Ozora and Sugaya Noha, but finally decided to put up with them for the time being.

However, maybe it was bad luck, but as soon as they walked out of the teaching building, they saw Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri who were also walking towards the school gate.

"Shiha-senpai! Eriri-senpai!"

Kitagawa Umi's eyes lit up and she waved and greeted the two of them.

How to put it, it’s different from how Ozora is very wary of Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri.

Kitagawa Umi is not at all afraid of Eriri, a 'loyal fan' of Iura Hide, but gets along very well with her.

Especially this morning when the three of them came to school together, she learned through casual chatting along the way that Eriri was also an anime otaku, and she also liked a certain niche anime.

This undoubtedly brought her and Eriri closer together.

In fact, although they had only known each other for a short time and there were some unpleasantness at the first time, Kitagawa Umi already regarded Eriri as a good friend with common interests.

When you meet someone at this time, it is natural to say hello.

Then Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha asked Kitagawa Umi what she was going to do, whether she was going to meet Iura Hide, and then
Then of course we have to go together to build a relationship with our future sister-in-law.

It was okay that they were one or several steps behind Kitagawa Umi before, but now they definitely don’t want to fall behind again.

As a result, Kitagawa Umi's party also turned into a dinner party for seven people. If Ryune had not had to go to work today, the number of people would have been even greater than that of Iura Hide's party.

And I don’t know if it was a tacit understanding, but when Kitagawa Umi and the others were discussing what to eat, they also considered Yakitori and Ramen. But maybe because they were all girls, they finally chose a conveyor belt sushi restaurant with a nice environment.

This is quite different from the Yakitori restaurant on the street that Hideyuki Iura chose and that looks quite old.

(End of this chapter)