At the same time, Miku, lying in bed, suddenly woke up with a start!
She hurriedly sat up, breathing heavily, with sweat still beading on her forehead!
"I... How did I fall asleep..." Miku checked her phone. "It's three o'clock... I still need to find Shiratori..."
"How did I fall asleep?!"
Miku's pupils shrank as she stared at the slightly open door of her room, hesitating.
It was already three in the morning, and normally, Hakuto would have been asleep by now.
Miku hesitated whether she should go find Hakuto...
"Go? Don't go? Go?"
She checked her phone and saw that around one o'clock, Hakuto had sent her a sticker.
"How did I fall asleep?!" Miku pouted, slapping her own face in frustration. She was tempted to just end it all in shame!
Such an important matter, and she ended up falling asleep... Miku was really in a daze.
At the same time, Miku felt an inexplicable emptiness in her heart, as if something was blocking her.
There was an unsettling premonition...
Miku slowly got out of bed, walked out of her room, and reached her sister's door. She wanted to knock but hesitated.
After all, it was already three in the morning, and Miku didn't want to disturb Hakuto. Plus, it was her fault for being late...
"Knock? Don't knock?" Miku was in great indecision when suddenly, she heard someone call her name from behind.
"Miku?"
"Ichika?"
Ichika slowly walked up the stairs and came to Miku's side.
"What are you doing so late, Miku?"
"Nothing... Nothing at all..."
Ichika raised an eyebrow, glancing at Miku's flushed face and then at the door of Yotsuba's room.
With a smile, she said, "Miku, are you looking for Shiratori-kun?"
Hearing Ichika's words, Miku was about to shake her head but then immediately nodded. She quickly changed the subject.
"Ichika, why aren't you asleep?"
"Mm... I just woke up to use the bathroom," Ichika answered.
She definitely wasn't going to admit that she had been on the balcony to calm down after confessing to Hakuto.
But Ichika thought there was nothing to worry about; Hakuto would definitely accept, but she herself was a bit nervous.
"If you want to find Shiratori-kun, maybe you should go tomorrow. It's already too late tonight," Ichika advised.
Fake! Ichika knew that Hakuto's room was currently occupied by someone else!
It was obvious! Ichika wasn't a fool. She could hear the noise coming from the wardrobe, right? Two pillows on the bed—didn't she notice that?
Ichika just didn't want to reveal it, because she suspected that Nino was probably hiding in the wardrobe.
Ichika had no reason and no right to point this out.
Moreover, she figured that Hakuto hadn't given an answer yet, probably because there was someone hiding in the wardrobe.
So, Ichika wasn't in a hurry, and she gave the deadline for tomorrow morning.
So yeah, never underestimate the observational skills of an actress.
Ichika looked at Miku, who seemed to be on the verge of turning into steam, and suddenly asked, "Miku, do you want to talk to me?"
"Huh?"
Thus, Miku, still groggy, entered Ichika's room and sat down in front of her.
"Tell me, Miku, what was so important that you had to look for Shiratori-kun so late?"
After hearing Ichika's words, Miku hesitated for a moment before deciding to tell the truth.
After all, this wasn't something worth hiding, and there was no benefit in keeping it a secret...
"Shiratori asked me tonight... asked if I would... if I would be his girlfriend..."
Miku's voice became softer and softer as she spoke, and by the time she finished, Ichika could barely hear the last few words.
Upon hearing Miku, Ichika raised an eyebrow and smiled with a mysterious expression.
She had thought Hakuto was quite honest, but she didn't expect he had already targeted her sisters.
From this point of view, agreeing to the confession was a done deal—she just had to wait for the answer tomorrow morning.
Ichika looked at Miku, who was almost turning into a steam engine, and thought that normally, she shouldn't get involved in this, but after all, she was Hakuto's future girlfriend.
Ichika shrugged and said to Miku.
"Then Miku, you should just accept him. As far as I know, you like Shiratori-kun too, right?"
Miku blushed and nodded.
"Shiratori... he asked me to come find him tonight..."
"Huh? Well, that's true, but there's no need to go at three in the morning..."
"No... I accidentally fell asleep..." Miku kept regretting it more and more. It was such a good opportunity, and she wasted it...
Ichika, hearing this, helplessly shook her head. She had guessed this would happen, but luckily, it wasn't a big deal.
"Miku, do you want to hear some secrets about Shiratori-kun?" Ichika said, pretending to be mysterious.
"What are you talking about, Ichika... What secrets?"
"Well, for example, I just confessed to Shiratori-kun..." Ichika said with an innocent expression.
As soon as Miku heard this, her face turned white!
Her pupils shrank, and her body involuntarily trembled!
Ichika quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, Shiratori-kun didn't accept my confession... but he didn't refuse either."
Hearing this, Miku calmed down a little, though she was still slightly trembling.
In her mind, if Hakuto were taken away by someone else just because she overslept, Miku would really jump off a building!
"What did he say?"
"He said he likes you, Miku, so he can't respond to my feelings..." Ichika said, pretending to be sad, even adding a glint of tears in her eyes.
So never underestimate the potential of an actress!
Upon hearing this, Miku's face regained color, and there was a spark of excitement in her eyes.
"Did he... really say that?"
"Of course, I heard it with my own ears!"
"Then why did you say he didn't reject you?"
"That's the problem!" Ichika took Miku's hand and said, "Miku... in Shiratori-kun's eyes, we're like the palm and the back of the hand..."
"What do you mean, Ichika?"
"Shiratori-kun definitely has feelings for me, but of course, they're nothing compared to how he feels for you..."
When Ichika said this, she gritted her teeth. She felt like she had sacrificed so much, and Hakuto must make it up to her!
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