My daily life with the Shiina sisters

Imagawa Kaede opened her eyes while lying in bed early in the morning. The person next to her should have woken up a little earlier. Today, she might not have the idea of ​​staying in bed with him all day.

My thoughts couldn't help but drift to last night. Imagawa Kaede only felt that the fiery red maple leaves were particularly beautiful when they bloomed in the summer night.

He stretched lazily with contentment, but he still had no intention of getting up. He just wanted to lie down for a while during this rare free holiday.

The sky outside the window is gray, obviously a cloudy day. It would be better if there was a little rain.

He always thought it would be better to have some rain on days when he had nothing to do, which would make him even less likely to go out.

This is Mahiru's room, and the quilt is filled with Mahiru's scent. He likes this scent very much, it has a reassuring and gentle feeling, like being stroked by a soft hand on the back.

He simply took advantage of the time before Mahiru came to wake him up and started to let his imagination run wild.

The first thing that came to my mind was Nakano Miku from last night.

"I know." These three simple words can express a lot of meanings.

It was she who gave up because of her inclination to refuse.

Or did she feel that what she said didn't matter.

Judging from his reaction at the time and the system's task, it should be the latter, but what exactly is that idiot's "ambition"? Imagawa Kaede couldn't figure it out for a while, so he just threw it aside.

However, as he thought about it, he thought of Mahiru.

If it were an ordinary strategy game, if Imagawa Kaede was an ordinary person.

So, when facing a girl like Shiina Mahiru, the best strategy might be to try to ignore her before you gain a certain level of favor, and don't try to be too attentive to her.

And after having a certain emotional foundation, you should give each other enough love.

Of course, it would be best if you spruce it up a bit and still find it a little handsome.

But Imagawa Kaede is different. After a slight change of mind at the beginning, the resentment was maxed out, which put him in an absolutely passive position.

What's more, the feeling of guilt and his natural timidity when he first came here naturally forced him to act with caution.

In fact, realistically speaking, Imagawa Kaede could have been more tough. The worst that could have happened was that Mahiru couldn't stand it anymore and just replaced him with someone else.

But whether it was a change of people or Mahiru enduring it, it would not be a good thing for him.

The original owner's reputation was already not very good, and if he was replaced because of something like that, he would become a hopeless case.

Although in history, Adou was still relatively capable.

Wouldn't it be even more terrifying if you endured it? Think about it carefully, the person next to you wants to kill you...

That feeling...

All these factors combined naturally led to a change in his approach.

Fortunately, after experiencing a series of events, his relationship with Mahiru has greatly improved.

This also made Imagawa Kaede start to re-examine Mahiru's needs, and a simple analysis would reveal the answer.

Imagawa Kaede is not an ordinary person, and there is a huge difference in their status.

In other words, Mahiru can actually be replaced very easily.

Her family could not give her any help. To describe the relationship between her parents as in name only was a compliment. Her mother even had a lover outside, which was a hindrance to her.

In addition, there are actually no shortage of girls around Imagawa Kaede who are better than her. Whether it is Shinomiya Kaguya, Shijo Maki, or Fujiwara Chika and Kashiwagi Nagisa, she is actually not much better than them.

What's more, she actually knew in her heart that even Shinomiya Kaguya was not unable to become his fiancée, it was just that the Imagawa family did not take the initiative to bring it up.

Her advantage is actually just the favor of Mrs. Imagawa and the love of Imagawa Kaede.

But will this love last?

As for herself, she had actually long been dissatisfied with the overly close relationship between Imagawa Kaede and Miku.

Don't think that Mahiru is really slow, Miku is different from Ryujumo, because of preconceived notions and emotional mentors, she doesn't think it's a problem for Ryujumo to call Imagawa Kaede by her name, after all, they are friends who have been playing for so long, and Mahiru even needs some recognition from Ryujumo.

Miku has only known Imagawa Kaede for a short time, and she calls him "Kaede-kun" all the time. Although she tells herself in her heart that Miku is just introverted and didn't have many friends before, she still feels dissatisfied even though she understands.

If the relationship was equal, Mahiru could have brought it up at the beginning. There would have been no problem whether she pretended to be jealous or said it clearly, but she kept it to herself until yesterday when she brought it up.

These are actually very telling. Compared to being pampered, what she needs more is the feeling of being needed by Imagawa Kaede.

Except for things that made her shy, Mahiru basically never refused some of Imagawa Kaede's requests.

Anyone can be pampered, even when Aqua is acting cute and whimpering, as long as Imagawa Kaede has nothing important to do, he will scratch her chin and smooth her fur.

It is obvious which is more important, this kind of replaceable pampering or being needed.

Therefore, Imagawa Kaede's attitude towards her needs to change from trying to please her to being more dependent on her. It would be even better if he could make her feel that he cannot live without her.

Of course, this transformation is also caused by the special relationship between him and Mahiru.

Love = two-way giving

Both parties need to offer something to the other to maintain the relationship.

Your appearance, family background, financial situation, humorous personality, etc. are actually all your bargaining chips.

No emotion is blind at first. Love at first sight at least depends on appearance. A hero saving a beautiful girl also requires the initial sacrifice of "saving".

In fact, the only ones who can put Imagawa Kaede in a passive state naturally are Mahiru and Ryugumo Momo. The rest, like Miku, Sakurajima Mai, Machida Sonoko and the like, can be replaced without any loss to him.

Even Long Zhutao would not be passive if he did not have a certain purpose in mind at the beginning and was willing to compromise himself even though he already had a certain status.

To put it simply, the only thing Imagawa Kaede can provide to Ryujumo Tao is emotional value. If Ryujumo Tao had not met Mrs. Imagawa during the previous archery competition, which gave her some confidence, there would be very little that Imagawa Kaede could provide.

After all, there is a saying that goes "no desire means strength", and he is not the kind of person who can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman.

But as a result, he felt that Ryuju Peach was very fragrant, and even said that he liked Ryuju Peach a little more than Mahiru.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Long Zhutao has the bonus of the special identity card of "the daughter of the extreme", plus he has not really eaten it yet, and there is the so-called "thrill".

Of course, what is more important is the way the two get along with each other. Compared to Mahiru, who is gentle and considerate to him and always responds to his requests, Ryugumo Momo, who steps on his feet from time to time and has a bad temper, makes this somewhat mean guy feel like he is in love.

Just when he was beginning to wonder if he had a cat cake, Mahiru also opened the door.

"are you awake?"

"Not awake."

PS: I have nothing to do tomorrow afternoon, so I will try to update twice.