Although Chika Fujiwara resisted with all her might, since they had already arrived and even picked up the room key, she could only reluctantly follow Shin and Ai Hayasaka into the room.
It had to be said, the first time was awkward, but the second time felt more familiar. Being forcibly led into this kind of hotel room for the second time, Chika Fujiwara realized she wasn't as resistant as she had been yesterday.
"Today, I mainly wanted to ask Shin to stop cheating… Wait! Don't start doing that kind of thing again!"
Chika Fujiwara looked at Shin with a tired expression, ready to explain her request.
But as soon as she turned her head, she saw Ai Hayasaka and Shin already sitting on the bed. Although Shin wasn't doing anything, Ai Hayasaka had already taken the initiative to sit in his lap.
"I didn't do anything."
Shin spread his hands with an amused expression—he wasn't lying. It was Hayasaka who had taken the initiative. He was just sitting on the bed as usual.
However, he also knew that Hayasaka was deliberately teasing Chika Fujiwara, so he was happy to play along and see what Hayasaka had planned for Fujiwara.
"Hayasaka-san, stop doing that kind of thing!"
Chika Fujiwara's face turned bright red as she urgently shouted at Ai Hayasaka—she could see that Hayasaka was the one making moves, while Shin seemed more like the victim.
"You're Kaguya's good friend! You can't do that kind of thing! This is cheating!"
Although Ai Hayasaka's role was Kaguya Shinomiya's maid, in Chika Fujiwara's eyes, Hayasaka had long since become Kaguya's good friend.
But now, Hayasaka was doing all sorts of things with Kaguya's "fiancé," which made Chika Fujiwara feel incredibly stimulated… no, wait, it should be described as utterly shameless.
"Even if you say that… Fujiwara-san, have you ever considered that perhaps Kaguya-sama is the one who came later?"
Just as Chika Fujiwara was about to explode, Ai Hayasaka, who was sitting on Shin's lap, suddenly asked a question that left Chika Fujiwara speechless.
"…Huh?"
Chika Fujiwara was stunned. The hypothesis Hayasaka had proposed was something Fujiwara had never considered before.
"Shin and I have been deeply in love for a long time, and we've been inseparable. But because the Shinomiya family wanted to pair Kaguya-sama with Shin, I was forced to separate from my lover."
Hayasaka wiped the corner of her eye, looking as if she were about to cry. Her voice even trembled, making Chika Fujiwara feel a pang of sympathy.
However, since Hayasaka was sitting facing Shin, he could see her expression—calm and composed, with no sign of tears.
She was clearly acting, and doing it very well. Judging by Chika Fujiwara's stunned expression, it was obvious that Hayasaka's performance had completely fooled her.
"For the sake of Kaguya-sama and the Shinomiya family's future, I've kept this a secret to avoid embarrassing Kaguya-sama."
Hayasaka noticed that Chika Fujiwara was indeed fooled, so she continued to weave her lies, playing the role of a tragic heroine.
"But even so, Shin and I still love each other. We can only meet in secret and do intimate things… Even so, will you still stop us, Fujiwara-san?"
"This… is that really how it is?"
Chika Fujiwara was completely bewildered. Her mind was spinning, and her tone softened immediately.
She had dared to take the initiative earlier because she believed she was in the right, standing up for Kaguya Shinomiya by admonishing Shin.
But after hearing Hayasaka's "truth," Chika Fujiwara suddenly felt like she had become the villain in a Romeo and Juliet story, the one trying to tear apart the star-crossed lovers.
After all, Chika Fujiwara was also a girl who loved romantic stories, and Hayasaka's description perfectly aligned with her understanding of tragic love.
Chika Fujiwara thought carefully and realized that what Hayasaka said might actually be true—after all, the arrangement between Kaguya Shinomiya and Shin had only been decided by the Shinomiya family in the past few days.
But the kind of things Hayasaka and Shin were doing clearly couldn't have started just a few days ago. They must have been involved for a long time.
So, was Kaguya Shinomiya actually the one who had come between them?
"However, doing this kind of thing with Kaguya-sama's fiancé does have a unique sense of excitement."
Just as Chika Fujiwara was feeling dejected, Hayasaka suddenly added another sentence.
This immediately brought Chika Fujiwara back to life. She looked up at Hayasaka and saw the faintly amused expression on her face, prompting her to shout in frustration:
"Isn't that still cheating!?"
"I was here first, so how can this be considered cheating?"
Hayasaka wore a mysterious smile as she got up from Shin's lap and walked over to Chika Fujiwara.
With Chika Fujiwara looking completely confused, Hayasaka took her hand and led her to Shin, smiling as she said:
"Why don't you try it too? It's quite thrilling."
"I would never do that kind of thing!"
Chika Fujiwara's face turned red—partly because she had never been intimate with a boy before, and partly because she felt a sense of shame at having her thoughts exposed.
In fact, when she had seen Hayasaka and Shin doing those things earlier, she had indeed felt a strange sense of immorality.
But out of goodwill for her good friend Kaguya Shinomiya, Chika Fujiwara had suppressed that feeling, unwilling to do anything that would sadden Kaguya.
But now… according to Hayasaka, Kaguya was the one who had come later, and Hayasaka was the one who had been there first.
So, didn't that mean that doing such things wouldn't be betraying Kaguya? Instead, it would be more like betraying Hayasaka?
And since Hayasaka was okay with her doing such things with Shin… wouldn't it be perfectly reasonable for her to do those things with Kaguya's fiancé?
Chika Fujiwara's mind was completely tangled by Hayasaka's words. Her eyes spun in confusion for a moment before she finally exploded:
"No! Even if it's reasonable, that kind of thing should only happen after marriage!!!"
Then, just like last time, Chika Fujiwara shouted in self-abandonment, opened the door, and rushed out of the room—once again, leaving the door wide open.
"Looks like you really confused her."
Shin looked in the direction Chika Fujiwara had fled and couldn't help but laugh.
He had thought, based on Fujiwara's expression earlier, that she might actually make a move on him. But in the end, she had pulled back at the last moment.
Still, if this happened a few more times, Chika Fujiwara might really get caught up in Hayasaka's web. Who knows what kind of outrageous things she might end up doing then?
To be continued…
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