[You discover your older sister and the man you like in an intimate position, lying on the same bed.]
[Your sister's face is flushed, her eyes shimmering with emotion, clearly aroused.]
[This lewd scene leaves you speechless.]
[When you come back to your senses, the shopping bag in your hand falls, vegetables scattering across the floor.]
Sister, so you finally made your move?
Getting turned on by a 16-year-old high school boy...
["Sister, Toru-kun... you, you..."]
[For a moment, you can't find the words.]
["Nijika, listen to me! It's really not what you think!"]
[Your sister frantically straightens her clothes, covering the exposed skin, and takes several steps toward you.]
["Explain? You're both on the bed taking off clothes—what is there to explain?"]
["We didn't take off clothes, I was just..."]
[Caught red-handed, she has no way to argue back.]
[Seika knows you like Toru, but she too cannot resist his charm.]
["Sister, you're Toru-kun's aunt! How could you do something so... so indecent with him?"] Your face burns as you speak, unable to look at her.
["Nijika, I'm sorry."]
[Toru finishes adjusting his clothes and apologizes to you.]
[Seeing his wronged and pitiful expression, your heart softens a little—]
["This time, I'll let it slide."]
["But..."]
["To prevent you two from doing anything strange, I'll supervise you."]
[An aunt and her nephew getting involved like this—if word got out, it would ruin the family's reputation.]
[As the younger aunt, you have to keep an eye on this shameless pair.]
[Even more, you need to find a way to divert Toru's attention.]
[You decide—]
[1. The Kessoku Band happens to need a manager. Let Toru try it out. If he focuses on the dream, he'll surely forget about romance quickly.]
[2. Steal him for yourself, keep it secret from your sister, and climb into bed with Toru.]
[3. Don't hog him alone—share Toru with the other three members of the Kessoku Band.]
[4. "I came to join this family, not tear it apart..." Serve him together with your sister.]
[5. Simulate it yourself themselves.]
The first one feels right.
In reality, Nijika had the same thought: make Toru the band's manager and let him grow alongside the Kessoku Band.
That way, dreams and love can both be pursued—a perfect plan.
The other options are too lewd...
Choose 1.
[Privately, you tell Toru your idea. He thinks about it for a moment...]
[And finally agrees.]
[He has no reason to refuse.]
[In the following days, upon hearing the news, the other band members react in different ways.]
[You all share an unspoken agreement—]
[No one confesses first. Let Toru choose a girl himself.]
[You can sneak ahead a little, but not too far.]
[The reason it's so complicated]
[is because you all want to preserve the peace in the Kessoku Band—]
[If someone confesses first, it would feel like betrayal, and your friendship could never go back to the way it was.]
[On the other hand, if Toru confesses on his own, the loser would accept it willingly, even sincerely offer blessings at the wedding.]
"It's pretty similar to reality," Nijika murmured.
After a year of being together,
little angel Nijika actually knows that if she chose to confess, Toru wouldn't turn her down.
So why doesn't she go for it?
Because she's afraid the band would fall apart.
Everyone liking the same guy—this situation is far more complicated than the love triangle from before. It's a terrifying pentagon... and with her sister, a hexagon.
If you sneak ahead and confess in secret, who would accept that?
The current situation is already tricky enough.
No matter which member of the Kessoku Band confesses, Toru won't say no...
Meaning anyone could easily become the official girlfriend.
But precisely because of that, no one dares to make a move.
That Christmas, why did Nijika watch Yamada Ryo go home with Toru and not stop them?
Because little angel Nijika knows Yamada Ryo won't confess—she'd at most hold hands or share a kiss.
If the mood turned romantic and Toru got moved enough to confess right then, well, the loser loses.
It would be a matter of skill.
If you couldn't make him fall for you, you'd have to look at yourself—no blaming others.
Of course, all of the above is just the band's unspoken rule.
Outsiders, like the Kagarino Kirie from the last simulation, wouldn't care about such strange rules.
That's why Yamada Ryo and Gotoh Hitori have recently stepped up their advances...
Gotoh Hitori might not even fully understand the rules, but she's still caught up in the atmosphere and has made some bold moves.
In the past, how could she ever have tried to seduce Toru?
"I hope no more rival shows up in this simulation," Nijika said with some worry.
A rival you know inside and out is far easier to deal with than some deus ex machina stranger.
In the worst case, the four of them could each take a step back and share him.
Given Toru's future achievements in the previous simulations, it wouldn't exactly be a huge loss—at most a small one.
But if the winner turned out to be some unknown rival?
Sharing him? Becoming his mistress?
No chance—she wouldn't agree.
You wouldn't even get to be the side piece.
On top of that,
Toru himself would never go for it. A pure-hearted guy who, even after marriage, would need his wife to help find mistresses for him—it's hard to imagine him cheating or building a harem on his own.
[Toru's joining is like the Golden Cicada entering the Kingdom of Women.]
[Whether it's you, Yamada Ryo, Gotoh Hitori, or Kita Ikuyo—each of you wants to monopolize all of his love.]
[But because of the agreement, none of you do anything too extreme.]
[For now, what lies ahead is the upcoming "Undetermined Riot" music festival, far more important than romance.]
[Toru understands this deeply as well.]
[March, graduation season.]
[One thing feels off to you.]
[Yamada Ryo hasn't come to school in almost two weeks, and she's skipped several shifts at the live house too.]
[She doesn't answer calls or texts.]
[Kita Ikuyo has even set up a small memorial altar for her at home, burning incense and chanting sutras.]
[Amitabha]
Pfft...
Burning incense.
The scene is kind of funny.
[Regarding this matter.]
[You decide—]
[1. The whole band goes together to Yamada Ryo's house to look for her and see if we can help.]
[2. Ask Toru to handle it alone.]
[3. Just you and Toru go together.]
Let me think.
Yeah.
Choose the first one.
For the Kessoku Band, unity is the most important!
Even though—
in the future, we might end up going our separate ways because of fighting over a guy.
But at least for now, we're still one big happy family...
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