"Yu! I think there was a strange noise next door last night, do you have any idea what it was?"
"I'm sorry..."
With dark circles under his eyes, Miyazawa Yu lowered his head in shame and honestly admitted his mistake when faced with his senior's kabedon interrogation.
He knew that guy Kohei was a pervert who might secretly do some unsavory things in the dead of night.
However, last night was simply too much. Even if their villa had good sound insulation, it was impossible to surround every room with soundproofing material.
This led to those excessive, seductive sounds being like a parasitic disease that could not be ignored, even when covering one's head with a blanket.
That bastard Kohei! He used the speakerphone! And he used it so loudly!
"Yo, good morning everyone, how did you sleep?"
The culprit appeared!
Flames flickered in their eyes. Ryujiro Kotobuki and Shinji Tokita immediately released Miyazawa Yu when they saw Kohei walk down with a flushed face, turning to affectionately surround him on the left and right.
Ten minutes later, wails echoed throughout the villa. Even seniors get angry when they are forced to listen to strange sounds all night!
Kohei, with his thin arms and legs and fair, effeminate face, should be grateful if he doesn't end up with a bruised behind after falling into the hands of two muscular men!
"So... was the sound really loud last night?"
"Mhm mhm!"
"...I remember wearing headphones."
"I don't know about that, but everyone else definitely heard it. We guys don't mind, but Chisa and the girls..."
Sitting at the dining table with a bruised and swollen face, Kohei Imamura's soul had already flown out of his mouth.
His device, which had headphones plugged in, suddenly played through the speakerphone—he actually encountered this hellish, embarrassing moment, and it was at maximum volume! Maximum volume!
Although there were no explicit moaning segments, the sound of a beautiful girl's single track loop of "I love you" was enough to make him unable to lift his head for a lifetime!
Miyazawa Yu felt he deserved it. If Kohei didn't suffer a little, who would compensate for his lack of sleep last night!
"Haa... good morning Yu, and Kohei. The sound was too loud last night, please listen with headphones next time..."
With her strap hanging on her arm, Azusa Hamaoka leaned against the stair railing and greeted the three scumbags below, then gave a long yawn before barely waking up.
Unlike the boys, she had some resistance to the beautiful girl's lullaby, so she barely slept in the latter half of the night.
"No, no! My device malfunctioned! It's not my fault!"
"Yeah, yeah~ What are we eating this morning, it's inconvenient that there's nowhere to buy breakfast around here..."
"You should know better. Come, chew on this bread."
Tossing the bread he had just bought from the convenience store to Azusa Hamaoka from the table, Miyazawa Yu rubbed his throbbing temples, forcefully suppressing the urge to beat Kohei up again.
"Don't wait up tonight. I'll eat at Shuchi'in Academy."
"The evening party is today? Are you going to wear those clothes?"
"I can't help it. That guy Miyuki was too self-conscious and insisted on bringing a translator. Ha—I guess I'll just have to accompany him."
As he was saying this, Aina Yoshiwara, with messy hair and dull eyes, staggered past Azusa Hamaoka from behind, with absolutely no highlights left in her eyes.
"Ohayou, Aina! Are you, alright?"
"I haven't slept all night. Right now, I just want to smash something with my fist."
Mechanically tilting her neck, Aina Yoshiwara's gaze didn't linger on Miyazawa Yu for a second but was fixed intensely on Kohei Imamura.
It was crystal clear what she wanted to smash.
"I'm sorry! Please forgive me, I will do anything!"
Kohei Imamura, who had managed to drive Aina, the most normal of the group, into this state, knelt down instantly at the foot of the stairs, begging for forgiveness.
However, Aina Yoshiwara grinned a sickly smile and stepped mercilessly onto Kohei's back.
Before entering the restroom to wash up, she even shook her foot, as if something dirty had stuck to it.
"...You are finished."
"Mhm, I am finished!"
Treated as a low-quality doormat, Kohei Imamura's pupils darted wildly in his eyes, which were facing the floor.
Azusa-senpai is easygoing, so she can let him off the hook, but the gentlest Aina is already looking at him like trash!
Extrapolating from this, Nanaka-san would probably just scold him and be done, but he has no idea what Chisa might do.
After all, she often treats the three scumbags like trash in normal times. Now, it would be surprising if she didn't literally treat Kohei like trash and dump him in the garbage truck to be returned to nature!
"Good morning, Yu, Iori. Wait, Kohei, why are you kneeling here?"
Having received the thing she wanted, Chisa Kotegawa slept exceptionally well that night, and her mood was especially good when she woke up this morning.
However, just a few steps out the door, besides seeing Yu and Iori with strangely sad expressions, she found Kohei kneeling at the foot of the stairs, cosplaying a wooden floor.
And judging by the footprints on his back, someone must have just stepped on him. Is this some kind of strange play?
"Ew—! Chisa! Please forgive me, I can be your insole!"
"Eh? What are you saying, Kohei, you didn't do anything, did you?"
"???"
Kohei Imamura lifted his head in confusion. This script isn't quite what he expected. Shouldn't Chisa be directly saying, Get lost, you disgusting worm?
"Could it be that Chisa didn't hear anything last night?"
"Hear what? I was wearing headphones with my sister last night. The 3D surround sound of the ocean waves was super realistic; a major company's work truly is grand!"
Case closed. Chisa must have gone to Nanaka-san to share the good thing she just got last night.
Nanaka definitely wouldn't let Chisa go easily with such a good opportunity, and then the two naturally slept together.
"That's great, Kohei, at least you don't have to worry about being thrown out as unrecyclable trash!"
"Exactly, hahaha!"
To be honest, Miyazawa Yu and Iori were a little disappointed; the chance for reasonable revenge on Kohei was gone.
However, with that regret, Aina Yoshiwara walked out of the restroom with empty eyes, carrying a bag of non-recyclable trash in her hand.
"Ara!"
Her eyebrow raised, looking at Kohei Imamura, who was still celebrating his survival on the floor, she grinned with a yandere-like arc.
"Why is there such a big pile of trash here? We must clean it all up together on the garbage collection day!"
"Wait! Wait, Aina, what are you going to do, don't come closer!!!"
It proves that even good people can be terrifying when they blacken. In the end, it took Azusa Hamaoka and Nanaka Kotegawa working together to barely subdue the blackened Aina.
Seeing this, Miyazawa Yu, to save Kohei's life, offered his family's treasured super-expensive ice cream, which barely brought Aina back to a semblance of her former self.
"You're the best, I love you the most~ Don't be like that~ Onii-chan~, do you understand the bombardment of this kind of noise!"
Sitting on the sofa, the great monster who wanted to twist Kohei's head off and throw it in a garbage bag was now a pitiful little lamb victim, sucking on a spoon and vehemently accusing Kohei of his all-night torment. Even recalling it now filled her with lingering fear!
"We understand!"
Miyazawa Yu and the others, who were also attacked by the noise, nodded in unison. Although it was an accident, the impact was too awful and must be punished!
"Kohei, do you admit your guilt?"
"Yes..."
There was nothing to argue about. The dead, uncharged phone was proof of the crime. Kohei Imamura reluctantly accepted the judgment.
"In short! This thing absolutely! Cannot be left in Kohei's hands, or it will cause huge trouble! I suggest it be confiscated for safekeeping!"
"Whaa... right off the bat, a suggestion that could kill Kohei!"
It must be said that a normal person like Aina is like a god in the Pab Club, as she can always find the pain point in everyone's accepted routines and strike accurately.
"But where should it be kept? Kohei often sleeps over at Grand Blue. He probably knows it better than his own home, right?"
At this point, Iori Kitahara brought up a blind spot. Four of the nine people present are permanent residents of Grand Blue.
The homes of the remaining senpais are definitely not suitable, so the remaining storage location...
"That's right! It will be kept at my house. If you, Kohei... want to use it, you come to me to get it!"
Realizing she had possibly trapped herself, but having already started, Aina Yoshiwara delivered the sternest judgment in the end.
Looking at the treasure that was about to be confiscated after only one day, Kohei Imamura's eyes were filled with tears, and he secretly wiped them while sticking out his neck.
His pitiful expression, like a child having his beloved toy confiscated, even made the angry Aina feel guilty.
"Um, Kohei, you can come over often. If you're not playing strange games, just watching the CGs..."
"Really?"
"Mhm, really..."
Aina Yoshiwara felt like her home was about to be invaded for no reason, like she had lifted a rock only to drop it on her own foot.
But she figured it shouldn't matter much. After all, it's just a segment of CG. Kohei will probably forget about it once he's watched enough!
On the other hand, Miyazawa Yu keenly caught a piece of information: Chisa seemed to have slept with Nanaka-san again!
Based on experience, Nanaka-san is particularly agreeable every time she has enjoyed the service!
In other words, the success rate of tomorrow's confession has once again sharply increased! A cause for celebration!