All Beautiful Girls Want to Stick with Me

When Yukino taught her, she became very strict. Kotomi, who had spent most of that time observing from the side, fully agreed with her approach. With Yukino’s stern personality, she could absolutely become a music teacher after graduation—no student would dare daydream in her class.

”Yukino wants you to internalize the techniques until they become second nature, like a reflex. She’s strict, yes, but to reach that level, you’ll have to practice with extreme focus in private until every technique is fused into your instincts.”

Kotomi’s words sounded like a sigh, but they were actually her way of telling Yui how to reach that level.

When it came to Yui’s singing practice, something amusing had developed: Yukino played the strict role, Kotomi the lenient one. One was the bad cop, the other the good cop. They had never discussed it, yet there was a subtle understanding between them.

Silly little Dango seemed completely unaware, just following their guidance step by step.

The results were really great—just from listening casually, it was easy to tell how much Yui had improved in this time.

While listening to her sing just now, Kotomi had shown a look of satisfaction. But… she had been so absorbed in Yui’s performance that she completely forgot to reply to Megumi Kato’s message.

In fact, even now, she still hadn’t checked what Megumi had written.

”Yui, take a break for now. Later, try singing them again, just like before. Still back-to-back.”

”Okay! No problem!” Though beads of sweat dotted her cheeks, Yui Yuigahama perked up immediately at Kotomi’s words, answering with cheerful energy.

As Yui sat on the sofa to rest, Kotomi picked up her phone and opened Megumi Kato’s text message.

Megumi Kato: [What are you doing?]

It had already been twenty full minutes since Megumi sent that message. Luckily, Megumi wasn’t the type to get upset if Kotomi replied late.

Kotomi glanced at Yui beside her. Yui was sitting lazily on the sofa, sipping at her juice—its ice long since melted—and munching on fries one by one.

Kotomi’s fingers flew over the keyboard as she sent a reply to Megumi.

Kotomi Izumi: [Just woke up. It’s the last day of the weekend, so I wanted to laze around at home.]

After sending it, Kotomi felt a little odd. Ever since she and Megumi exchanged Line contacts, nearly all of their conversations had been there. Hardly anyone used text messages anymore.

Probably in a few years, texting would be as rare as chatting by email.

Her phone buzzed again—a Line notification. It was Megumi.

Megumi Kato: [I cleared my phone cache this morning. Afterward, when I tried to open Line, it had logged me out and asked for my password again. But I’d long since forgotten it.]

[So I clicked ’Forgot Password,’ and while waiting for the verification code, I got impatient. I wanted to message you right away and see what you were doing, so I sent a text instead.]

[I didn’t expect you to take so long to reply. For a moment, I thought you were secretly out on a date with some other girl behind my back~]

After reading Megumi’s message, Kotomi felt a pang of guilt. She glanced sidelong at Yui, still resting peacefully beside her, before quickly typing another reply.

Kotomi Izumi: [Where would I even find another girl besides you who’d agree to date me? Megumi, my heart has only you.]

[Didn’t I tell you yesterday? I’m not going anywhere today. I just want to stay home and play games.]

As soon as she set her phone down, Yui Yuigahama carefully put aside her juice, then leaned gently against Kotomi’s shoulder, shyly asking:

”K-Kotomi, can I rest here for a while?”

”Of course.” Kotomi agreed without hesitation.

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