"Did you know? Heh heh... Mashiro was really popular at school today."
At the family restaurant, Kaede enthusiastically recounted to Rin Ito the events of Mashiro's day at school—how curious classmates surrounded her during breaks, how many girls invited Mashiro to eat lunch together, and funny stories about Mashiro's worldly naivety.
After a simple dinner, the five returned home. Rin Ito had spent the entire day accompanying them and hadn't drawn much at all.
He sat down and took out his phone. There were quite a few messages from Megumi Jinno and Ami Aragaki, including group photos of them with Sagiri. Although Sagiri's social anxiety was not gender-specific, it didn't apply to beautiful girls willing to be her drawing models. Maki, who was willing to put on the catgirl outfit, quickly bonded with Sagiri. The girls seemed to be having a lot of fun.
After chatting with them for a while, Rin Ito started on some serious business... not drawing manga, but something related to Sagiri and Mashiro.
Rin Ito: [Orie, when are you free to help introduce us to a printing company?]
Not just Sagiri and Mashiro, but even Rin Ito himself had never contacted a printing company. Generally, individual doujinshi artists needed to contact a printing company themselves for printing and binding their books, and the same went for Sagiri and Mashiro. However, Rin Ito didn't have the capital to print back then and urgently needed money, so he submitted directly to the Crab Editorial Office for serialization in their Etsurakuten magazine, bypassing the printing step.
If he asked Orie to introduce a printing company, it might even be cheaper. A few minutes later, Orie replied to Rin Ito's message.
Orie: [Does Ito-sensei have something that needs printing?]
Rin Ito: [Mhm, a friend of mine wants to publish a batch of doujinshi.]
Orie: [Is it Mashiro-san? Mashiro-san could totally serialize in the magazine.]
Rin Ito: [It's someone other than Mashiro.]
Rin Ito: [You know, Orie, although Mashiro is interested in doujinshi right now, she would definitely need to use a pseudonym and couldn't serialize long-term. My other friend probably won't draw doujinshi long-term either, and for certain reasons, the book has to be sold at an offline convention.]
Orie sent a small, pitiful crying emoji.
Orie: [Well... introducing a printer is fine, but I haven't been at the editorial office long, so I'm not too familiar with this part... I'll go ask Satou-senpai.]
Rin Ito: [Okay.]
After a while, Orie sent another message.
Orie: [Satou-senpai said it's fine, but she needs Ito-sensei to come to the editorial office tomorrow. She said she needs Ito-sensei's help with something.]
Rin Ito: [No problem.]
Rin Ito readily agreed. You help me, I help you. That's just how business works.
After chatting with Orie for a bit longer, Rin Ito checked the time. It was still a while before bedtime. Although he hadn't reached intercourse with Sagiri and Elf that afternoon, they had some intimate contact and activated the camera system. However, Kaede was at school then and didn't have the chance to collect Nurturing Points. The system mentioned that Kaede needed to redeem some items but was low on points.
Well, it's still early. The Nurturing Points for the camera system refresh after midnight. Might as well let her finish collecting today's points... It's definitely not because Sagiri and Elf's technique was too poor and he wasn't satisfied!
The next day.
Nanami opened her eyes to the buzzing vibration of her phone. It was the familiar ceiling of Rin Ito's apartment. The ceiling was familiar, and so was the person sleeping next to her, but it wasn't Mashiro—it was Rin Ito. The room Nanami was in was also Rin Ito's room, not Mashiro's.
She turned her face, her eyes passing over Rin Ito's bare chest and landing on Mashiro, who was also naked on his other side. Nanami looked at Rin Ito and Mashiro with a complicated expression... The three of them had done it together again last night, not for research but purely for desire. After they finished in Mashiro's room, it was late, and they had school the next day, so instead of cleaning up, they just slept in Rin Ito's room. This was the benefit of having two beds... "dry/wet separation."
The vibrating phone woke Rin Ito from his sleep as well. Rubbing his eyes groggily, Rin Ito nudged Mashiro's shoulder next to him.
"Wake up."
"Mmm..." Mashiro, now awake, clung to the bed like a lazy cat, covering her eyes with her arm.
"Nanami, you go get dressed first. I'll wake Mashiro up."
"Oh... oh..." Nanami nodded and left the room.
In the hallway, Nanami shook her head. She had to hurry. It would be trouble if Kaede and Suzu came over after making breakfast! It wasn't that she was afraid of Kaede seeing them—after all, Kaede had told Nanami about her cuckold fetish—it was just that Nanami herself would be embarrassed if they were caught.
Returning to her room, she quickly put on her underwear and school uniform, then fetched Mashiro's underwear and uniform and brought them next door. She and Rin Ito worked together to dress the still groggy Mashiro. After getting Mashiro ready, Nanami took her to wash up while Rin Ito dressed himself.
After all that, Kaede and Suzu hadn't finished breakfast yet, so the three went over to Kaede and Suzu's apartment next door. Not until she sat down at the dining table did Nanami feel a strange sense of unreality.
When did the three of them doing this together become so commonplace? I don't even resist drinking their mixed bodily fluids anymore; sometimes, I even think it tastes quite good?
"Nanami?"
"Ah... mhm."
Kaede's voice brought Nanami back to reality. She realized breakfast was already laid out on the table. The toast, freshly warmed on the toaster, emitted a faint scent of wheat. The warm, rich milk sent up a slight steam, and each person's fried egg was sprinkled with soy sauce.
Nanami glanced at Kaede with a complicated look... Ever since she came from the countryside to the city for school, she had always been alone. The burden of a dream not understood by her family rested solely on her shoulders. Although she never regretted it, it was exhausting. To pay for voice acting classes, she tried to finish her homework during school breaks, went to work odd jobs after school every day, and had no time to rest, even working night shifts on weekends.
Nanami had more than once doubted whether she could sustain it. If it weren't for Kaede and Mashiro, she might have given up. It was a good thing Mashiro needed a model. It was a good thing Kaede had a cuckold fetish.
So... she needed to properly repay them. She needed to provide excellent material for Mashiro, doing her best to fulfill any play, no matter what it was. As for Kaede... while learning through cuckold manga, she had come across something called an NTR Report.
Since Kaede had a cuckold fetish, then... although it was very embarrassing, she would find an opportunity to describe what happened when she and Mashiro lost their virginity to her!