Romantic comedy with all members, why am I single?

Chapter 217: Misguided Motoko and Hoshino Ai

Hearing the voice, Iura Hide turned around and looked at Hori Kyoko in confusion.

"Ah ...

"Why is it that you can now call Yuki by her name, but you still use 'Hori' when you are talking to me?"

Kyoko Hori got excited and finally asked the question that had been bothering her.

However, before she finished her words, she shyly turned her head away, not daring to look into Jingpu Xiu's eyes. Her heart was pounding and she was so nervous that she almost jumped out of her body.

"Ahhh-"

"What the hell are you doing, you idiot!?"

"How can you ask such a question?"

Kyoko Hori stamped her feet in her heart.

She felt that she was absolutely crazy at this moment, actually asking such a shameless question.

However, this problem has really troubled her for a long time.

Obviously, Iura Hide has always been her best friend of the opposite sex besides her "childhood sweetheart" Sho Sengoku, and in terms of the closeness of their relationship, he is not inferior to Yuki Yoshikawa.

But why, Iura Hide's way of addressing Yoshikawa Yuki has gradually changed from the original "Yoshikawa" to "Yuki", but he still calls her "Hori"?

Could it be that.
Iura Hide feels that the relationship between him and Yoshikawa Yuki is closer. Isn't his relationship with him close enough?
if so
Every time she thought of this possibility, she couldn't help feeling lost and sad, and a little sour.

Okay, she admitted, she was jealous!
Mashiro, Pochi-chan, Yuki, these sound so intimate!
The most important thing is that, excluding Kitagawa Umi, among the five girls who usually surround Iura Hide in school, except Kono Sakura, she is the only one left now, and she is even called by her surname.

Although she looks like a proud academic master or goddess from a distance, and a carefree tomboy from up close, she actually also has a girlish side deep down in her heart.

Well, there is also a masochistic side.

So, it's normal for her to care!

"Yes! That's right! This is normal!"

Kyoko Hori thought about it and felt that there was no need for her to feel guilty, so she suppressed her nervousness, shyness and embarrassment, turned her head again, and glared at Iura Hide fiercely.

This made Jingpu Xiu, who was already a little puzzled, stunned for a moment. While he laughed in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Because 'Hori' sounds easier to say than 'Kyoko-chan'~"

Jingpu Xiu suppressed his turbulent emotions and explained with a smile as if nothing had happened.

However, when Hori Kyoko on the opposite side heard the name "Kyoko-chan", she felt as if she had been electrocuted. She shuddered violently, and her originally fierce aura shattered like glass falling to the ground, and two blushes could not help but rise on her fair cheeks.

"Hey, hey, hey! Can't you just scream more normally? Kyoko-chan or something, that's too much!"

Kyoko Hori complained in a panic while shyly avoiding Iura Hide's gaze. Her cute appearance formed a strong contrast with her usual tomboyish temperament. Even though Iura Hide was used to seeing beautiful women, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

The strange feeling became stronger and stronger.

"But I already have three girlfriends, plus Ai and Mashiro. And Hori will definitely not accept it."

Jingpu Xiu quickly came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and forced himself to suppress the restlessness in his heart. Just like joking, he shrugged and said with a smile: "You see, compared to 'Kyoko-chan', 'Hori' is more pronounceable~"

However, before she finished her words, Hori Kyoko, who was originally flustered and shy, instantly switched back to her previous fierce and angry look, and even clenched her fists unconsciously.

"no!"

"what?"

"No, don't call me 'Hori' anymore!"

Kyoko Hori resisted the urge to turn around and run back home immediately, her face flushed, and she looked straight into Iura Hide's eyes with anger.

This unexpected reaction made Jingura Xiu stunned again, and a strong impulse arose in his heart.

"Don't you mind that I already have a girlfriend?"

Jingpu Xiu almost blurted out.

But in the end, reason overcame impulse, and he forced himself to swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

If he only had Kitagawa Umi as his girlfriend, Hori Kyoko might be able to accept it.

But if there are three girlfriends, plus Mashiro who can be eaten by him at any time, and Hoshino Ai who is his "sister".
Given his understanding of Hori Kyoko, it's impossible for him to see this, right?
Although Kyoko Hori is a hidden DouM, she is not a niche anime and game enthusiast like Kitagawa Umi and Eriri, nor is she a hidden yandere like Kasumigaoka Utaha.

If you know all this, it would be because of our friendship that you don't draw a line between you and him.

"Okay, Kyoko~ If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first."

Kyoko Hori had no idea what kind of ideological struggle Iura Hide had gone through in his head in that brief moment just now.

What they didn't know was that just a little bit would bring the two of them to the wall between them, and they would have to make the final decision of whether to break down the wall and go one step further.

However, looking at Iura Hide's deliberate sunny smile, it was no different from usual.

While Kyoko Hori was happy, she was also more or less disappointed.

Although the name has been changed,
"Doesn't this idiot still understand my feelings?"

Kyoko Hori murmured to herself, and suddenly she wanted to punch Iura Hide in the face, but after taking a deep breath, she still tried hard to force a smile.

"Well, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Jingpu Xiu waved his hand, turned around and blended into the night.

Seeing this, Hori Kyoko finally put away the disguise on her face and couldn't help but sigh softly.

However, what she didn't know was that if Jingpu Xiu didn't play dumb and really asked that question, the two of them might really have to draw a line between them.

Iura Hide's understanding of her was correct. If it was just Kitagawa Umi alone, she would most likely accept it.

It doesn’t matter even if there is one more Mashiro. After all, she has gotten used to it after so many days.

But if you suddenly find out that Iura Hide has two girlfriends besides Kitagawa Umi and Mashiro, and his relationship with Hoshino Ai is also very delicate.

At least she absolutely cannot accept it now.

"Forget it, never mind. At least we should become a little closer, right?"

Kyoko Hori was alone at the door of her house for a while, thinking about the scenes with Iura Hide today. Her face was angry at one moment and smiling foolishly at another, until the cell phone in her pocket suddenly rang. She finally came to her senses, quickly composed herself, took out the key and opened the door.

And as expected, before he could even finish saying "Tadaima", Yuriko Hori and Sota came running over, gossipy looks on their faces.

".""Wait a moment!"

"Let me put down my schoolbag and drink some water first—"

Before she finished her words, Sota had already reached out and "grabbed" her schoolbag. Hori Yuriko even took out a cup of hot tea at just the right temperature, as if performing magic, which made Hori Kyoko frown.

In comparison, Iura Hide does not have this problem.

"Tadayi~"

Although the lights on the first floor were on, no one responded.

Obviously, neither Motoko, Hoshino Ai, nor Kitagawa Umi were on the first floor.

"Isn't this also the problem of the house being too big?" Jing Pu Xiu couldn't help but secretly complain.

If it was a small apartment like that, Kitagawa Umi and Hoshino Ai would have probably heard the noise and run over by now.

However, when he made a cup of coffee and brought it upstairs, the creaking stairs finally caught the attention of the three people.

"Onii-chan, you're back!"

First, the door on the left side of the corridor opened. Hearing the noise, Motoko and Hoshino Ai walked out of Motoko's room together.

Next is Kitagawa Umi's room on the right.

Looking past Kitagawa Umi, one can clearly see that the workbench is cluttered with various fabrics. It is obvious that Kitagawa Umi was busy making cosplay costumes.

However, neither Kitagawa Umi nor Motoko and Hoshino Ai had any interest in knowing about Iura Hide's previous experience of singing at KTV.

Isn’t it just that classmates went to KTV together to celebrate the end of the exam? What’s there to know about it?
It’s not like I’m staying out all night anyway.

In contrast, they are more concerned about
"Onii-chan, are we going to watch the 'maschera' you asked us to get back from Gogen-san now?"

"Forehead"

Iura Hide, who had just put down his schoolbag, paused and looked at Hoshino Ai and Motoko who looked expectant, and couldn't help feeling a little hesitant.

Because they suddenly decided to go to KTV to sing together after the exam at noon today, they couldn't go to the talent class, so he asked Motoko and Hoshino Ai to go find Gokou Ruri to get the DVD.

At the same time, he did plan to watch this anime with Kitagawa Umi tonight.

But he never thought of asking Motoko and Hoshino Ai to watch it together.

Although "Maschera" is not a niche anime with any color, don't forget that Gokou Ruri started to become a middle school student with a sinister heart because of watching this anime.

It would be fine if Motoko and Hoshino Ai feel that the show doesn't suit their taste and can't continue watching it. But what if they find it good after watching it and become like Gokou Ruri?
Although being a middle school student and a black-bellied person is also one of Gokou Ruri's cute points, he doesn't want such a cute point to appear on the originally well-behaved and sensible Motoko and Hoshino Ai!

After hesitating for a moment, Iura Hide decided to tell the truth.

"Hey, you two are not old enough. This anime is not suitable for you to watch!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the three people in front of him all changed at once.

Kitagawa Umi's heart was beating faster, even though she and Iura Hide had played countless games and almost all the skins and achievements had been unlocked.

Even the achievement of four people taking a bath together was achieved.

But Iura Hide still made her feel a little embarrassed when he said this in front of Motoko and Hoshino Ai.

Motoko and Hoshino Ai couldn't help but think of those scenes that they had to pay to watch, and their pretty faces blushed.

In fact, after they finished their homework, they were bored and read the comic book that Motoko found together.

As a result, after Jingpu Xiu said this, the two of them suddenly thought of the wrong thing.

No, if you add Kitagawa Umi's words, then all three of them are thinking in the wrong direction.

"???"

"Why are these three guys blushing?"

Jingpu Xiu blinked and looked at the reactions of the three people with a puzzled look on his face.

In his opinion, it could be because the film contains bloody and violent scenes, just like the retreating dwarves.

Who would have known that these three guys would think about color so tacitly.

At this time, Hoshino Ai was the first to come back to her senses. She rolled her eyes and asked back, "Then why can Gogen-san see it?"

Yes, even though she knew that "Maschera" was a niche anime, she still didn't plan to give up because she didn't want to always lose to Kitagawa Umi.

However, this time she stumped Jingpu Xiu.

"Hey."

Jingpu Xiu tried his best to rack his brains, but he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

If it were someone else, he could have retorted: "Others do bad things, so does that mean you can do bad things too?"

But he obviously couldn't say that to Hoshino Ai and Motoko.

In addition, he also realized at this time that he had just "degraded" the anime "Maschera". Could it be that Motoko and Hoshino Ai would have some bad misunderstandings about Gokou Ruri?
“Oh, that’s not right—”

Jingpu Xiu suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"I watched Maschera, and because I really liked the character of the 'Queen of the Night' in it, I started to imitate the 'Queen of the Night' and became a middle school student and a black-bellied person. That was Gokou Ruri in the original story."

"Although Gokou Ruri in this anime world also likes Maschera, she is not affected at all and remains as quiet and well-behaved as ever."

"so."

"Am I worrying too much?"

Looking at the pitiful look of Hoshino Ai, Iura Hide hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

"Well, you two can watch along, but you must not imitate the characters in the film!"

Before he finished speaking, Hoshino Ai and the other two exclaimed in unison. Obviously, even Hoshino Ai herself did not expect that Iura Hide would actually agree.

As for the fact that they can't learn this from the characters in the film, of course they know it, after all, they are not old enough yet.

They are just learning now and accumulating theoretical knowledge, and then they can
"But Gogen-san usually looks gloomy, just like me in the past. I didn't expect that she was so brave to watch this kind of anime, and even lend it to Onii-chan. Could it be that she is interested in Onii-chan too?"

Hoshino Ai couldn't help but frowned as she thought about it.

At the same time, in a small Japanese-style living room, Gokuru Ruri, who was sewing the lace of a cosplay costume while watching TV animation with her two younger sisters, suddenly seemed to feel something, her nose itched, and she couldn't help but sneezing hard.

(End of this chapter)