After deciding to give up, I became popular

In the past, she always thought the most threatening person was Kato Megumi, but she didn't expect that Eriri would succeed in secretly running away with him. Later, just when she was about to give up, Kato resolutely joined the battlefield. Although she eventually lost to Eriri due to her disadvantage, she almost succeeded once. This incident has been her inspiration, allowing her to maintain her actions until now.

Although it seems to be quite effective, she always feels that it is not enough. She wants to ask for more. So, after learning that Kato was coming back to the country, she planned this gathering, partly to see Kato's reaction, whether it was towards Eriri, or...

"..."

"What do you think?" Utaha Kasumigaoka suddenly changed her usual "demon" image, speaking to Eriri with a nervous mood and trying to maintain a gentle tone.

This made Eriri feel very awkward, and she felt more and more that something was wrong, and she really wanted to refuse.

But she really wanted to see Megumi again, because she had always regarded her as her best friend, but she had never had the courage to see her again.

However, if Utaha... no, if Kanade is with her, then she can face her frankly!

After all, she is the winner, why should she be afraid of this and that!

"Of course, no problem!" Eriri held the phone with both hands to prevent herself from shaking and throwing the phone away, and then pretended not to care at all and said, "Come on, I'm the winner! I won't be afraid to meet her, okay!"

Well, she confessed without being forced...

Utaha Kasumigaoka slandered in her heart, thinking, why do you have to emphasize this if you really don't care?

However, she will not mock her, lest she disrupt her plan, and even she has to encourage her:

"Yes, yes, yes, as expected of a fighting blonde, still a winner, hehe..."

"Of course! I spent a lot of effort to win Kanade over! Megumi is simply not my opponent!" Eriri was obviously very guilty, but she was completely unwilling to show her timidity in front of Utaha Kasumigaoka, and even more hated being mocked by her.

"??..."

So what about her?! She is completely invisible in your eyes, isn't she? Only Kato Megumi counts as an opponent? Where did you put her?! Damn it!

Although she had been watching the show in the later period and did not join in, it does not mean that she has no fighting power?! You damn blonde, don't be too complacent! Sooner or later, she will completely train your husband!

Utaha Kasumigaoka is now full of anger. Her eyebrows are twitching, and her legs are shaking like a sieve. She clearly has a lot of words to spray, but she has to endure it because of the current situation. Even if she hates it, she can only smile and reply: "Hehe, then I wish you a happy life..."

Then, before Eriri could say anything else, she hung up the phone angrily, and then hammered the pillow in her arms fiercely. After venting for a while, she picked up her phone again and edited a message: "That's it, I'll contact Kato. Goodbye!"

"That's no problem, but why did you hang up the phone just now?"

Eriri, who was inexplicably hung up on the phone, was at a loss. She clearly had a lot of things she wanted to share with her "good friend", such as how her husband Kanade treated her roughly last night, making her miserable, and how decadent her married life was, and how she was about to be raised into a waste by Kanade...

She clearly had a lot to say! Why doesn't she let her finish every time?!

Humph!

In short, Eriri is very angry.

So she puffed up her face, pouted her mouth, and initiated a video invitation to Natsukawa Kanade, who was noted as "The Universe's Super Invincible Handsomest Husband".

But no one responded.

So Eriri was even more angry!

She was so angry that she ate several oranges in a row, and then decided not to greet the idiot Kanade at the entrance later! Not give him a warm hug! Let him enter the house alone!

She nodded firmly, determined to give her husband a good lesson, then put her phone back on the table. Just as she was about to put her hands back into the kotatsu, the sound of a key opening the door suddenly came from the entrance.

Then at this moment, Eriri, who had just decided to ignore Natsukawa Kanade, flew out of the warm kotatsu without any nostalgia, like a husky that had run away, and ran towards the entrance with a thud, and then jumped up vigorously.

"Kanade~ I miss you!"

"Wow! Eriri, this is very dangerous! Don't pounce on me when I just get home in the future, did you hear me?" Natsukawa Kanade reacted very quickly. When he saw Eriri rushing out, he quickly put down the cake desserts and briefcase in his hand, and then put his hands around her and hugged her into his arms.

"Okay~~~"

Eriri had a very well-behaved smile on her face, but Natsukawa Kanade knew that his wife must not have listened to his words at all, and she would definitely do it again in the future.

Fortunately, he has always maintained the habit of exercising, otherwise he might not be able to catch Eriri's personal attack.

"By the way, Kanade, that fat woman Utaha wants to find me for a party tomorrow... By the way, you have to go too."

"Oh, is that so?" Natsukawa Kanade lowered his head and kissed her lips lightly, "Isn't that a good thing? You haven't been out for a few days, you should go out for a walk. If you stay at home all day, you may accidentally get fat, and if you get fat..."

"Will you dislike me?" Eriri asked nervously.

"Of course not, what are you thinking?" He tapped Eriri's little head with his right hand in the shape of a hand knife. Natsukawa Kanade put the shopping bag aside, hugged her in his arms, and said to her in a tone of coaxing a child: "I will always like Eriri, but if Eriri gets fat... I can only punish you for not being able to eat snacks in the future."

"Eh? So scary? I don't want it!"

"It's up to you." Natsukawa Kanade shook his head.

When he took Eriri for an examination before, he had already discovered that her body was even unable to keep up with the sub-healthy state, and because she was too housebound, even the most common social functions were probably greatly reduced, which really worried him.

"Hmph, Kanade is so excessive! I don't want to talk to you..." Eriri pouted, pretending to be reserved.

"Okay, okay, don't talk to me..." Natsukawa Kanade nodded with a smile, "Then, what do you want to eat for dinner?"

So the little blonde broke her merit in a second: "Umm... hamburger steak! And fried tempura!"

"Neither, there are only green peppers and bitter gourds for dinner today."

"Eh? No! They are all things I hate..."

"Pfft haha, I'm kidding you, I didn't buy any of those things."

"..."

"Uh... are you angry?"

"No... just thinking about annoying things..."

"It's good that you're not angry, then I'll go cook first, Eriri, play by yourself for a while, and then we'll go for a walk together after dinner."

"Grumble... hey, wait, Kanade..."

"What's wrong again?"

"If... if it happens again, if it wasn't me first... would you have chosen Megumi back then?"

"Ah? What? Why are you asking this for no reason?"

"Just answer me seriously... please, Kanade... don't lie to me, okay..."

Eriri's voice was a little trembling, and her tone revealed a trace of pleading. Her face had an expression of wanting to know the truth but being afraid of being hurt.

Although she has never shown it on the surface, she has actually been very afraid in her heart. Until now, every time she mentions Megumi, that feeling of guilt and worry will always linger in her heart.

Natsukawa Kanade was stunned, then smiled softly. He slowly walked to Eriri's side, rubbed her little head, kissed her fair cheeks that looked very fair because she had been at home for a long time, and then hugged her into his arms again, and said gently: "Idiot, there is no choice, the person I like the most is only Eriri from beginning to end."

"... really?"

"Really."

"Didn't you lie to me?"

"I've never lied to you."

"Then... kiss me!"

"Mua!"

"Kiss me again!"

"Mua! Mua!"

"... hug me..."

"Eh? But I still have to cook... um..."

"..."

"..."

"Today... just, just stay here..."

"Um..."

Extra story, invitation to stay overnight (Angel Chapter 1)

"Can I... not go back today...?"

At that moment, Natsukawa Kanade couldn't understand what he heard.

When the vague voice close to a whisper came into his ears, Natsukawa Kanade's thinking stopped all of a sudden, and it took him a lot of time to figure out the meaning of the words.

Can I not go back today...

In other words, Mahiru is implicitly advocating that she wants to spend the night in this house, and she also wants to spend the evening time with him. Although it seems that he and Mahiru are indeed in a relationship and have had the experience of sleeping in the same bed, this is different from that time.

Not because of the atmosphere and the factor of dozing off, but because Mahiru voluntarily said that she wanted to stay overnight.

"..."

The thinking circuit, which was several times slower than usual, came to this conclusion, and Natsukawa Kanade's cheeks became as hot as a fireplace burning firewood, and his breathing became much heavier.

She said she wanted to stay overnight, that is...

Even he wouldn't be wrong. What kind of awareness does Mahiru need to ask "Can I not go home?" in this atmosphere? In fact, her body leaning in his arms was no longer as relaxed as before, and her expression became a little nervous and stiff. He didn't know if she was shy or nervous. Natsukawa Kanade could even feel her trembling slightly.

He never thought that he would hear such a coquettish request from Mahiru, so he couldn't help but look down into his arms, and Shiina Mahiru, who noticed his gaze, shrank her slender body immediately.

Then, with half of her face buried in Natsukawa Kanade's chest, she raised her eyes and looked over.

Those eyes, which were more watery than usual, seemed to be full of shyness and sweet expectation. Natsukawa Kanade could clearly see his figure in the other person's eyes, and he also realized that his heartbeat was getting louder and louder, and his vision became more focused because of this, but Mahiru seemed to be trying to escape, burying her face in his chest.

Natsukawa Kanade's mouth couldn't make a sound. He opened and closed it several times, urging himself to speak as soon as possible. As a result, it took a long time for him to squeeze out a voice carrying all the shaking emotions with his trembling throat: "That... what, what do you mean...?"

"Just, just the literal meaning... I don't want to be separated from you. I want to... feel more... your existence." Mahiru's tone was intermittent, but her determination made Natsukawa Kanade clearly feel it.

This is really bad...

Angel-san's words made Natsukawa Kanade's whole body stiffen as if his breath was blocked, which was more than enough to make his brain crash.

But Angel-san was still outputting. She then raised her head and glanced at him, and continued in a low voice: "Just like this is not enough... I have been enduring these two days, wanting to stay with you more..."

"I... I actually think so too, but... wouldn't that be a little bad?" Natsukawa Kanade became hesitant instead.

He felt that his girlfriend should be able to understand, after all, he was also a physically and mentally healthy man. If in this environment where no one would come to disturb him, he heard his girlfriend say that she didn't want to go home... it would definitely evolve into that kind of development, right?!

Although Natsukawa Kanade prides himself on being a relatively rational person, he is still a high school boy in the prime of his youth with considerable sexual desire. Faced with the cute temptation actively proposed by his beloved girlfriend, the rationality that pretends to be serious will immediately reveal a beast-like face, and pounce on Mahiru, and it is impossible not to eat her clean.

"..."

No, wait, maybe... the meaning that Mahiru wants to express is not like that? Maybe she simply doesn't want to be separated, but she hasn't really prepared for that kind of thing...

Natsukawa Kanade has already begun to struggle. On the one hand, he doesn't want to put his own desires first. After all, for Angel-san, as long as he really wants to, then Mahiru should definitely agree to him. So the premise of avoiding that kind of situation is that he must try his best to avoid things from developing to the point where they will destroy his rationality, but on the other hand... they are in a relationship, right? And he has already prepared himself to never let go and only have the other person in this life. In that case, it's okay if some things happen a little earlier, right?

But he won't say his thoughts. Even if his girlfriend doesn't dislike him for being too horny, he himself will feel ashamed.

"Say... that's what I said, since we are in a relationship, it's normal to spend the night together, right..." Natsukawa Kanade became less and less confident as he spoke, because in reality he really wanted to do bad things, "Normally it would be like this..."

"Do you mean, we are not a normal couple?" Mahiru raised her head and looked at him.

"That's not what I meant," Kanade Natsukawa quickly shook his head, explaining, "I mean... well, we've only been dating for a short time, right?"

"Hmm... but... we've already been to your place and spent the night together, so saying something like that now..." The angel-like girl's tone was somewhat reproachful.

"Uh..." Hearing her say that, Kanade Natsukawa was momentarily speechless and unable to refute her.

Immediately after, Mahiru looked at him with a very resentful gaze.

"Do you dislike me that much?"

"How could I possibly dislike you!" Kanade Natsukawa immediately retorted.

It's more like he's afraid because he likes her too much. There's a thought in his mind that if Mahiru doesn't feel the same way, then his actions would undoubtedly be coercing her.