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◎Wu, I miss you so much◎

Seeing that neither Fushiguro Megumi nor Yuuki Matsuna spoke, Otsukotsu Yuuta seemed a little puzzled. He tilted his head and asked, "Did I disturb you?"

The innocent-looking high school boy puppy's head tilt is so cute!!

Yuuki Matsuna answered almost instantly: "Not at all, I'm very happy that Otsu-senpai is here to take care of me!"

Seeing the undisguised love in Yuuki Matsuna's eyes, Fushiguro Megumi sighed.

When Yuta Otsuki entered the room and said those words, he had already anticipated Matsuna Yuki's response.

“Megumi.” Yuta Otsuko turned to look at Megumi Fushiguro and said with a smile, “You can leave Yuuki to me to take care of, after all, I’m the one who made Yuuki have a fever.”

Fushiguro Megumi was silent for a few seconds, then sat down in the chair he had been sitting in before and said, "I won't trouble you, Otsuko-senpai. I've already asked Gojo-sensei for leave, so there's no point in going back to class."

"Ah, is that so?" Yuta Otsukotsu was still smiling. "Then let's take care of Yuuki together."

This...this scene!

Yuki Matsuna had seen a similar scene in a certain otome manga.

In that comic, male protagonist A and male protagonist B are jealous of each other over the female protagonist, and they are sarcastic and mean to each other. Neither of them wants to leave, and they both insist on staying with the female protagonist, confronting each other.

This scene... isn't that what they call a "battleground"?

Yuki Matsuna knew that in this chaotic situation, the heroine's actions were extremely important. If she didn't handle things well, the male leads might lose interest in her and stop liking her.

However, if handled well, the male leads will like the female lead even more. Their feelings for her will deepen as they confront the other male leads, and they will develop a sense of "I must have this woman."

Now, Yuuki Matsuna is the heroine in this chaotic situation, and her fate hinges on this moment.

Yuuki Matsuna took a deep breath, suddenly sat up in bed, ignoring the needle still in her right hand, raised both arms in front of the two, and said in a serious tone, "Erguchi-senpai, Fushiguro-kun, don't fight over me!"

As someone who is determined never to pursue a pure love story in her life, Yuuki Matsuna knows that she must possess a skill: to teach her boyfriends how to get along peacefully with other people.

She added, "I love each and every one of you equally. You are all going to be my boyfriends, so how can you argue at a time like this!"

Fushiguro Megumi: ...

Yi Gu You Tai: ...

For some reason, Fushiguro Megumi noticed a crack appearing in the smile on Otsukoshi Yuta's face.

As expected, even the good-natured Eki-senpai can't stay calm when faced with an idiot whose thinking is different from others.

"Yuki, please sit down first." Yuta Otsukoshi calmed down again.

He pressed Yuki Matsuna back onto the bed, picked up an apple and a knife that were placed to the side, and while peeling the apple, suddenly asked, "Why do you always use honorifics for us?"

"Hmm?" Yuki Matsuna looked at Otsuko Yuta with a puzzled expression.

"Whether it's me, Megumi, or Thorn, Yuuki always seems to use honorifics to address us, right?" Yuuta Otsuko placed the peeled apple onto a plate.

He handed the plate to Yuuki Matsuna, looked at her, and said, "But I've already considered Yuuki a friend. It's actually a little sad that Yuuki keeps calling me by honorifics."

He turned to look at Fushiguro Megumi and asked, "Megumi thinks so too, right?"

“…Hmm.” Fushiguro Megumi replied, “Yuki seems to only use honorifics with everyone, even with Maki-senpai, who is also a woman.”

Why?

This is truly an unexpected question.

Yuuki Matsuna thought for a moment and then answered the two people's questions seriously: "Because this kind of address will not make the other person feel disgusted, and it can also maintain a reasonable distance so as not to make the other person uncomfortable."

“But keeping too much distance can make the other person feel alienated.” This is what Yuta Otsukotsu said.

“I agree.” That’s what Fushiguro Megumi said.

Hearing what the two said, Yuuki Matsuna's eyes widened, and she said in surprise, "So...so that's how it is!"

She frowned again, touched her chin with her left hand, and said thoughtfully, "That's not right. In male-oriented comics, girls who always address the male protagonist with honorifics are more 'cute' and more likely to win his heart."

Despite her seemingly innocent appearance, Yuuki Matsuna has actually done her research on how to make boys fall in love with her.

However, she only studied it through comics and novels.

According to her research, honorifics are the best way to maintain a sense of distance and create a "cute" feeling. Girls who nervously and shyly confess their feelings to boys while calling them by their honorifics are more likely to succeed.

Could her research have gone wrong?

"How could this be? Is there something wrong with my research?" The girl, who was so engrossed in comics and novels that her thinking was not on the same level as normal people, fell into deep thought.

“That’s not quite right,” Yuta Otsuko explained helplessly. “But that situation is probably different from ours. Yuuki has known us for a while now, and using honorifics to address him would be a little hurtful.”

"I see. So the way you address a man to make him like you depends on the time and place." Yuuta's words made Matsuna Yuki feel like she had grasped the essence.

Although the meaning he wanted to express seemed to be different from what the other person understood, it seemed that the other person also understood somewhat, so Yuuta Otsukoshi said again: "Then, Yuuki, would you like to try calling me and Megumi by our names?"

“Of course!” Yuuki Matsuna looked up and saw that Fushiguro Megumi and Otsuko Yuta were both looking at her.

So, whose name should we call out first?

"Teacher Gojo makes his entrance—"

The tense situation was broken by the appearance of a new person. The three of them looked at the person who opened the door. A white-haired man, over 1.9 meters tall, stood in the doorway and shouted, "Yuuki, your teacher has come to see you~"

It is the fifth insight.

Seeing that the three people inside were not moving, Gojo Satoru walked towards them in confusion and asked, "Why are you all staring at your teacher? Do you miss your teacher that much? Your teacher is so touched."

Yes.

Since calling out "Senior Ekiku" or "Fushiguro" isn't the right answer, let's shift our focus to this new person in front of us.

This is the perfect way to crack it.

With this thought in mind, Matsuna Yuuki's eyes lit up, and she said, "Satoru, I miss you so much!"