Ephemeral Ability Reflects the Heart

It's quiet at the door.

He didn't know whether to say "I'm home" or not, and finally took off his shoes without saying anything.

Riko's shoes are in doorway. Apparently, she's not out.

Although he didn't think so, he walked down the hallway, keeping an eye out for a surprise attack.

There is no sign of anyone in the living room.

Then where the hell is she?

*Sssh!*

Suddenly, the curtain at the entrance to the bathroom opens.

Chihiro turned around reflexively, and her eyes met Riko's.

She is in her underwear.

The same white bra and panties as last night. Her dusky blond hair and her natural appearance, with her guard down, made her look like a normal high school girl, vulnerable and different from Maria's body.

He couldn't help but stop and stiffen.

Puzzled by the pure throbbing sensation, which was different from a feeling of torment, Chihiro stood there.

「W-Why are you here!?」

He came to his senses as the curtain is closed again with a shout.

「I-I'm sorry!」

Chihiro turned his face away in panic. Well, it didn't make much sense, since his line of sight is already blocked, though.

（...By the way, she had already told that I'm staying here. Even if I had called out to her at the door, I doubt if she would have noticed with the way she was acting just now）

Well, it's no use saying.

「Umm... I'm going to the living room」

「...Yeah」

After he confirmed the small reply, he headed for the living room. Chihiro's stuff is left in a sports bag in the corner of the room, and he needed it to change his clothes anyway.

Then, a few minutes later, Riko came out of the bathroom. She is wearing her uniform this time, as expected.

Fortunately, he did not make the mistake of starting to change his clothes before she came out. That would have been the same thing, or rather, there is a high possibility that he would have no excuse this time.

「...Geez」

After glancing at Chihiro, Riko went to the kitchen and poured iced tea into a cup. Apparently, she wanted to drink something cold after taking a hot bath.

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Then, after Riko came back with a glass in her hand, Chihiro spoke.

「I'm going to change my clothes」

「Sure, sure」

She waved her hand as if to say, "Don't bother me".

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Chihiro took his change of clothes and moved on. He felt that she would not like him to use the bathroom right after, so he changed in the room he saw her in the morning.

「I'm home」

「Welcome home, Maria」

Maria came back just as he is getting dressed.

Then, she walked back to the living room still in her uniform.

Maria's eyes narrowed when she saw Riko's outfit.

「Nishizaki-san, you didn't go back to the dorm, did you?」

「Uh, yeah. I was asleep and it was almost noon. Besides, if I came back in the morning, I'd be caught skipping school」

「Right. Have you eaten lunch yet?」

「Not yet」

「Okay. I'll make you something」

Maria nodded and took off her jacket, and then her skirt. She hung her uniform on a chair and went to the bathroom with her black underwear peeking out from the hem of her blouse. She then washes her hands and puts on her apron in the kitchen.

Riko immediately intervened. -tinytranslation.xyz

「I mean, are you going to cook in that outfit!?」

「? I've already taken off what I don't want to get dirty, so there's no problem, right?」

Maria tilted her head as if she didn't understand.

Riko let out a sigh and looked back at Chihiro.

「Is she always like this?」

「...Yeah, sort of」

Chihiro replied with a wry smile.

From his point of view, it was strange that Riko is showing a rational reaction.

It's quiet at the door.

He didn't know whether to say "I'm home" or not, and finally took off his shoes without saying anything.

Riko's shoes are in doorway. Apparently, she's not out.

Although he didn't think so, he walked down the hallway, keeping an eye out for a surprise attack.

There is no sign of anyone in the living room.

Then where the hell is she?

*Sssh!*

Suddenly, the curtain at the entrance to the bathroom opens.

Chihiro turned around reflexively, and her eyes met Riko's.

She is in her underwear.

The same white bra and panties as last night. Her dusky blond hair and her natural appearance, with her guard down, made her look like a normal high school girl, vulnerable and different from Maria's body.

He couldn't help but stop and stiffen.

Puzzled by the pure throbbing sensation, which was different from a feeling of torment, Chihiro stood there.

「W-Why are you here!?」

He came to his senses as the curtain is closed again with a shout.

「I-I'm sorry!」

Chihiro turned his face away in panic. Well, it didn't make much sense, since his line of sight is already blocked, though.

（...By the way, she had already told that I'm staying here. Even if I had called out to her at the door, I doubt if she would have noticed with the way she was acting just now）

Well, it's no use saying.

「Umm... I'm going to the living room」

「...Yeah」

After he confirmed the small reply, he headed for the living room. Chihiro's stuff is left in a sports bag in the corner of the room, and he needed it to change his clothes anyway.

Then, a few minutes later, Riko came out of the bathroom. She is wearing her uniform this time, as expected.

Fortunately, he did not make the mistake of starting to change his clothes before she came out. That would have been the same thing, or rather, there is a high possibility that he would have no excuse this time.

「...Geez」

After glancing at Chihiro, Riko went to the kitchen and poured iced tea into a cup. Apparently, she wanted to drink something cold after taking a hot bath.

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Then, after Riko came back with a glass in her hand, Chihiro spoke.

「I'm going to change my clothes」

「Sure, sure」

She waved her hand as if to say, "Don't bother me".

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Chihiro took his change of clothes and moved on. He felt that she would not like him to use the bathroom right after, so he changed in the room he saw her in the morning.

「I'm home」

「Welcome home, Maria」

Maria came back just as he is getting dressed.

Then, she walked back to the living room still in her uniform.

Maria's eyes narrowed when she saw Riko's outfit.

「Nishizaki-san, you didn't go back to the dorm, did you?」

「Uh, yeah. I was asleep and it was almost noon. Besides, if I came back in the morning, I'd be caught skipping school」

「Right. Have you eaten lunch yet?」

「Not yet」

「Okay. I'll make you something」

Maria nodded and took off her jacket, and then her skirt. She hung her uniform on a chair and went to the bathroom with her black underwear peeking out from the hem of her blouse. She then washes her hands and puts on her apron in the kitchen.

Riko immediately intervened. -tinytranslation.xyz

「I mean, are you going to cook in that outfit!?」

「? I've already taken off what I don't want to get dirty, so there's no problem, right?」

Maria tilted her head as if she didn't understand.

Riko let out a sigh and looked back at Chihiro.

「Is she always like this?」

「...Yeah, sort of」

Chihiro replied with a wry smile.

From his point of view, it was strange that Riko is showing a rational reaction.

「Why are you being so demanding?」

「Well, I'm not ready yet either. I need to work harder to get to the top」

Then, Kamishiro glanced at someone.

And the person ahead of him is Aika, who was talking to a female student. She turned and locked eyes with Kamishiro, as if she had noticed his gaze.

A tall, handsome boy and a girl who looks like she wants to be protected.

The surrounding students looked on without saying a word at the picturesque scene.

「...Eh, um. Kamishiro-kun?」

Aika raised her voice in a reserved manner to the silent Kamishiro.

Kamishiro's response came a few seconds later.

「Oh... sorry. Takatsuki-san」

「Oh, don't worry. But...」

Perhaps due to the lingering effects of his stare, Aika's reply is also indecisive.

And then someone muttered.

「What is it? I thought you are going to confess」

The word "confession" spreads among the students who hear it, creating a buzzing commotion.

Rather, Aika and Kamishiro, the parties concerned, are left behind.

Kamishiro raised his voice in panic.

「Oh, no. That's not...」

His denial stopped in mid-sentence.

His cheeks flush, and his gaze wanders in the air for a moment. He's thinking about something... or maybe he's lost.

Then, a slightly louder voice echoed in the classroom.

「Takatsuki-san」

「Y-Yes」

The buzz died down. -tinytranslation.xyz

Then, as the crowd began to grow, Kamishiro and Takatsuki looked at each other again.

Kamishiro opened his mouth and told Aika, choosing his words carefully.

「...Well, I've been thinking about you for a while. To tell you the truth, I was going to wait until later to tell you」

「Uh, yeah」

「If I get a B on the next assessment, will you go out with me?」

Aika's eyes widened.

Perhaps the voice she had just heard had triggered it.

And Kamishiro's sudden confession to Aika made everyone around them gasp, and they looked at the two who had turned red.

「Eh, uhhh...」

Aika looks down.

She says quietly, staring at the floor or a nearby desk.

「Well, let me consider it positively...」

"Whoa", someone shouted.

Within a breath, the two students are swarmed and jostled. Students from other classes pass by and peek in to see what's going on.

Watching the scene from afar, Chihiro quietly left his seat.

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As he headed for the doorway behind him, Maria, still seated, whispered to him.

「Aren't you going to see it?」

「I'm not in the mood」

"Ah, so", he heard her reply as he left the classroom.

Then, he left the school and went back to the apartment. Using a duplicate key, he went through the entrance and into the apartment.

It's quiet at the door.

He didn't know whether to say "I'm home" or not, and finally took off his shoes without saying anything.

Riko's shoes are in doorway. Apparently, she's not out.

Although he didn't think so, he walked down the hallway, keeping an eye out for a surprise attack.

There is no sign of anyone in the living room.

Then where the hell is she?

*Sssh!*

Suddenly, the curtain at the entrance to the bathroom opens.

Chihiro turned around reflexively, and her eyes met Riko's.

She is in her underwear.

It's quiet at the door.

He didn't know whether to say "I'm home" or not, and finally took off his shoes without saying anything.

Riko's shoes are in doorway. Apparently, she's not out.

Although he didn't think so, he walked down the hallway, keeping an eye out for a surprise attack.

There is no sign of anyone in the living room.

Then where the hell is she?

*Sssh!*

Suddenly, the curtain at the entrance to the bathroom opens.

Chihiro turned around reflexively, and her eyes met Riko's.

She is in her underwear.

The same white bra and panties as last night. Her dusky blond hair and her natural appearance, with her guard down, made her look like a normal high school girl, vulnerable and different from Maria's body.

He couldn't help but stop and stiffen.

Puzzled by the pure throbbing sensation, which was different from a feeling of torment, Chihiro stood there.

「W-Why are you here!?」

He came to his senses as the curtain is closed again with a shout.

「I-I'm sorry!」

Chihiro turned his face away in panic. Well, it didn't make much sense, since his line of sight is already blocked, though.

（...By the way, she had already told that I'm staying here. Even if I had called out to her at the door, I doubt if she would have noticed with the way she was acting just now）

Well, it's no use saying.

「Umm... I'm going to the living room」

「...Yeah」

After he confirmed the small reply, he headed for the living room. Chihiro's stuff is left in a sports bag in the corner of the room, and he needed it to change his clothes anyway.

Then, a few minutes later, Riko came out of the bathroom. She is wearing her uniform this time, as expected.

Fortunately, he did not make the mistake of starting to change his clothes before she came out. That would have been the same thing, or rather, there is a high possibility that he would have no excuse this time.

「...Geez」

After glancing at Chihiro, Riko went to the kitchen and poured iced tea into a cup. Apparently, she wanted to drink something cold after taking a hot bath.

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Then, after Riko came back with a glass in her hand, Chihiro spoke.

「I'm going to change my clothes」

「Sure, sure」

She waved her hand as if to say, "Don't bother me".

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Chihiro took his change of clothes and moved on. He felt that she would not like him to use the bathroom right after, so he changed in the room he saw her in the morning.

「I'm home」

「Welcome home, Maria」

Maria came back just as he is getting dressed.

Then, she walked back to the living room still in her uniform.

Maria's eyes narrowed when she saw Riko's outfit.

「Nishizaki-san, you didn't go back to the dorm, did you?」

「Uh, yeah. I was asleep and it was almost noon. Besides, if I came back in the morning, I'd be caught skipping school」

「Right. Have you eaten lunch yet?」

「Not yet」

「Okay. I'll make you something」

Maria nodded and took off her jacket, and then her skirt. She hung her uniform on a chair and went to the bathroom with her black underwear peeking out from the hem of her blouse. She then washes her hands and puts on her apron in the kitchen.

Riko immediately intervened. -tinytranslation.xyz

「I mean, are you going to cook in that outfit!?」

「? I've already taken off what I don't want to get dirty, so there's no problem, right?」

Maria tilted her head as if she didn't understand.

Riko let out a sigh and looked back at Chihiro.

「Is she always like this?」

「...Yeah, sort of」

Chihiro replied with a wry smile.

From his point of view, it was strange that Riko is showing a rational reaction.

The same white bra and panties as last night. Her dusky blond hair and her natural appearance, with her guard down, made her look like a normal high school girl, vulnerable and different from Maria's body.

He couldn't help but stop and stiffen.

Puzzled by the pure throbbing sensation, which was different from a feeling of torment, Chihiro stood there.

「W-Why are you here!?」

He came to his senses as the curtain is closed again with a shout.

「I-I'm sorry!」

Chihiro turned his face away in panic. Well, it didn't make much sense, since his line of sight is already blocked, though.

（...By the way, she had already told that I'm staying here. Even if I had called out to her at the door, I doubt if she would have noticed with the way she was acting just now）

Well, it's no use saying.

「Umm... I'm going to the living room」

「...Yeah」

After he confirmed the small reply, he headed for the living room. Chihiro's stuff is left in a sports bag in the corner of the room, and he needed it to change his clothes anyway.

Then, a few minutes later, Riko came out of the bathroom. She is wearing her uniform this time, as expected.

Fortunately, he did not make the mistake of starting to change his clothes before she came out. That would have been the same thing, or rather, there is a high possibility that he would have no excuse this time.

「...Geez」

After glancing at Chihiro, Riko went to the kitchen and poured iced tea into a cup. Apparently, she wanted to drink something cold after taking a hot bath.

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Visit Now !

Then, after Riko came back with a glass in her hand, Chihiro spoke.

「I'm going to change my clothes」

「Sure, sure」

She waved her hand as if to say, "Don't bother me".

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Chihiro took his change of clothes and moved on. He felt that she would not like him to use the bathroom right after, so he changed in the room he saw her in the morning.

「I'm home」

「Welcome home, Maria」

Maria came back just as he is getting dressed.

Then, she walked back to the living room still in her uniform.

Maria's eyes narrowed when she saw Riko's outfit.

「Nishizaki-san, you didn't go back to the dorm, did you?」

「Uh, yeah. I was asleep and it was almost noon. Besides, if I came back in the morning, I'd be caught skipping school」

「Right. Have you eaten lunch yet?」

「Not yet」

「Okay. I'll make you something」

Maria nodded and took off her jacket, and then her skirt. She hung her uniform on a chair and went to the bathroom with her black underwear peeking out from the hem of her blouse. She then washes her hands and puts on her apron in the kitchen.

Riko immediately intervened. -tinytranslation.xyz

「I mean, are you going to cook in that outfit!?」

「? I've already taken off what I don't want to get dirty, so there's no problem, right?」

Maria tilted her head as if she didn't understand.

Riko let out a sigh and looked back at Chihiro.

「Is she always like this?」

「...Yeah, sort of」

Chihiro replied with a wry smile.

From his point of view, it was strange that Riko is showing a rational reaction.