After resolving the matter with Itsuka Miku, Yoshino fell into a dream. So much had happened today that she felt very tired. So, after lying on the bed, she fell asleep not long after. Gradually, Yoshino realized she had arrived at her home in Academy City, and seeing this, Yoshino knew she was meeting everyone in a dream once again.
It was a long-awaited dream meeting. The moment Suzuya Yuriko saw Yoshino, she maximized her Vector and rushed towards Yoshino. That instantaneous movement-like ability startled the Muse members who were watching behind her.
"Seriously, suddenly disappearing really scared me. If those two Little Loli named gaia and alaya hadn't told me you were safe, I would've thought that someone from Academy City's dark side had captured you, and I almost tore the entire Academy City apart." Suzuya Yuriko looked at Yoshino in front of her, relieved after confirming she wasn't injured, and complained at the same time. This Little Girl made her too worried. Unable to hold back the frustration she felt, she gently chopped Yoshino's little head with a hand.
"Ow!" Yoshino adorably covered her forehead. The downside of this consciousness space was that one could feel pain. But the advantage was being able to physically touch the other person and feel their body temperature. Thus, Yoshino once again felt Suzuya Yuriko's scent.
Yoshino looked at Suzuya Yuriko's hand chop, which seemed ready to strike again, and couldn't help but look startled. She gave her a pitiful look, a sight that made Suzuya Yuriko's hand, which was about to swing down, pause. Her cheeks slightly flushed, she looked at Yoshino, her complaints gradually fading. She reached out and hugged Yoshino, giving her a light kiss on the forehead.
"You Little Girl, if this happens again and you make me worry, I'll definitely teach you a good lesson, understand?" Although she said this, Suzuya Yuriko knew that as long as Yoshino made that expression, she would definitely soften, so this could only be considered a complaint. After all, she couldn't bring herself to hit Yoshino.
"Hehe~ Even though you say that, aren't you, loli con, quite out of sorts right now? You're clearly hugging Yoshino, but your hands can't help but rest on Yoshino's cute little bottom. You're always taking advantage of Yoshino. Is it because you've been away from Yoshino for too long, and your body's Yoshino-element is severely lacking, so you're starting to get a little horny now?" Although Shiina didn't know if Suzuya Yuriko's actions were intentional, she certainly wouldn't miss an opportunity to bicker.
"Ah!" Hearing Shiina's words, Yoshino also felt two hands on her bottom. She couldn't help but let out a cute moan. Feeling the two arms on her bottom, Yoshino's face began to turn bright red. Could it be that Sister Yuriko was going to do something bad to her here? No! Everyone else was watching from behind.
"What are you talking about!?" Although Suzuya Yuriko didn't deny that her body's Yoshino-element was insufficient, her hands on Yoshino were not intentionally placed there. Though, the feeling of touching her was indeed very good. Thinking this, Suzuya Yuriko even tried kneading twice, making Yoshino feel even more shy.
"Hmm~ Seriously, why do we have to fuss so much when we're all girls? Just now, you were hugging Yoshino so tightly, making Yoshino 'press' against you the whole time, but you didn't react at all~ Ah, so I was wondering if you're a butt-person or something?" Although Yoshino's small chest was still quite small, it was at least a B-cup. You should know that even Honjou Nia, who had lived for forty-five years, only had an A-cup. Yet, even with that, Suzuya Yuriko didn't react, making Shiina wonder if her hand on Yoshino's perky bottom had this purpose.
"Isn't your way of caring a bit too vulgar!?" What kind of things was she saying? She felt like she was being grouped with strange people, was it her imagination?
"Ah, could it be that you, loli con, are actually a big-breasted supremacist? You don't approve of anything under 80 centimeters in bust size? That won't do, you know, even you haven't reached that level. And in this regard, Yoshino can't satisfy you at all, so you'd best give up." It's not like she's a loli with big breasts; Yoshino has a standard loli figure. You'd be better off looking for Toujou Nozomi and the others. Shiina's expression conveyed this meaning.
"Bastard! You damn rabbit! Don't just randomly put people into strange groups, okay!? The long-awaited reunion atmosphere has been made weird by you, okay!?" Suzuya Yuriko kept shouting. Indeed, this perverted rabbit on Yoshino's side was an absolute stain, but Yoshino couldn't leave it. It was truly troublesome. She wondered if she could try brainwashing.
"Shiina and Suzuya-senpai are at it again. Why do these two always argue when they're together?" Saten Ruiko scratched her cheek from behind, sighing helplessly at the constant bickering. However, seeing the long-lost daily routine, she felt happy inside. Since Yoshino left, Suzuya Yuriko hadn't been so emotional.
"But isn't that what makes it interesting? You know, the only one who can make Yuriko show an angry expression is probably Shiina, and Shiina is so important to Yoshino that Yuriko, unable to kill her, can only bicker with Shiina. It's just that she's never succeeded." Toujou Nozomi covered her mouth and chuckled. When that happened, she had already received memories from the consciousness entity. Every day, the two would argue for various reasons, just like Yatogami Tohka and Tobiichi Origami.
"Ah! You must be the 'Muse' senpais Yoshino always talks about. Hello! My name is Saten Ruiko! I'm a middle school student! I really love your music, and I'm your fan now!" Looking at the other beautiful girls besides Toujou Nozomi, Saten Ruiko realized that the people present were probably the ones Yoshino had mentioned before. And they were all so beautiful! The power of nine beautiful girls with completely different styles standing together was not ordinary.
"Oh~ So you're the ones Yoshino made a contract with before. Besides the three of Toujou Nozomi, there are so many other people! Yoshino really knows how to pick people to contract with. You know, everyone here is a beautiful girl." Honjou Nia said, pinching her chin with some surprise. Everyone present could be said to be one-in-a-million beauties.
"Um... are you also a girl?" Ayase Eli looked at Honjou Nia, saying with some uncertainty. Just now, seeing Honjou Nia in casual clothes, she thought Yoshino had made a contract with some boy, but after hearing her speak, she said it with some uncertainty. You should know that Ayase Eli couldn't see any hint of a girl on Honjou Nia, except for her somewhat neutral voice. She didn't even seem to have breasts, whereas even Yazawa Nico and Hoshizora Rin in Muse showed at least a little.
"You, what did you say!? I'm clearly a youthful beautiful girl, why would you ask me such a question?" Honjou Nia asked Ayase Eli, her face pale. Although her pen name was Honjou Souji, that was just a means to protect herself. Now being asked if she was a girl, she felt she couldn't take it.
"You're currently wearing an old short down jacket and jeans, not deliberately dressed up. This sloppy appearance certainly doesn't look like a girl." Kousaka Honoka said. You should know that even Hoshizora Rin wouldn't dress like this; at least she'd wear shorts or something. What was with just wearing jeans?
"And you have short gray hair, and even your behavior is very much like a boy. So, for you to be a girl, you're completely unqualified, aren't you?" Yazawa Nico said. Although she knew the other person was a girl at first glance, she couldn't separate from the group. Since everyone else was commenting, she had to say something too.
"You! You!" Honjou Nia pointed at them, her emotions highly agitated. What did she just hear? That she, as a girl, was completely unqualified? What a joke! She was just too lazy to dress up.
"Then I'll just show you whether I'm a girl or not!" Saying that, she took off her down jacket and threw it aside. She started unbuttoning her shirt... "Wait a minute! What are you doing?" Hoshizora Rin, who was closest, grabbed her hand, stopping her from trying to take off her clothes. Why was she stripping at the slightest disagreement? This wasn't some strange gathering!
"Didn't you want to know if I'm a girl? Then I'll just strip naked and show you! That way you'll know if I'm a girl! Let go quickly! I only have two more pieces of clothing to go." Saying that, she pulled out her other hand and unbuttoned her jeans, about to pull them down.
"What shameless thing are you doing? Stop it at once!" Sonoda Umi stepped forward and stopped Honjou Nia's actions. Her pretty face was completely flushed, and steam was even faintly rising from her head. She was inherently a girl with extremely high modesty, initially even unwilling to show her legs when performing on stage. Now, seeing someone strip in front of her, she couldn't bear it at all.
"What's shameless? We're all girls, aren't we? There are no other boys around, so what if I'm completely naked! What does it matter if I strip completely to let you know the truth of the matter?" At this point, Honjou Nia was completely throwing caution to the wind; no one could stop her from taking off her clothes.
"Stop it!!"
"Ahaha~ I feel like I can't get involved on either side." Saten Ruiko scratched her face. She just said she didn't look like a girl, why was the reaction so strong? Why care so much? Isn't it enough to just live happily?
"It's a rare meeting, so why are they getting along so boisterously right from the start? Who knows when this dream will end; don't they value the time we have?" I still had many important things I wanted to tell Yoshino, but now that Suzuya Yuriko had monopolized Yoshino, I had no chance to intervene.
"Forget it. It'll be fine once they're done playing. I'll just sit here and drink tea." After all, as a junior, I had no right to stop a senior's actions, so I might as well enjoy my tea.
Hmm~ Today truly is a peaceful day.
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