Then, they came to the bedroom.

No lights on.

Kato Yusuke directly placed the tense Eri on the bed, and then sat down on the chair next to the bed.

"Yu...Yusuke...?"

Yinglili sat up with her shoulders hunched, took a pillow and hugged it in her arms, and asked tremblingly: "What are you... going to do...?"

"Take it off."

"……Eh?"

Kato Yusuke looked at her expressionlessly and said indifferently: "Aren't you going to take off your clothes?"

"Haha? What are you talking about inexplicably!?"

"What's wrong? Isn't this what you want? Don't you want me to accompany you tonight?"

"I...that's not right! Why are you talking to me with such an attitude!"

Yinglili stared angrily, feeling sincerely resistant to the frivolity in his tone.

Whether it was his commanding tone or the look in his eyes as if he was looking at something, they made her feel very uncomfortable and had a sense of contempt.

"At least……"

Ying Lili hugged the pillow hard, turned her head to the other side angrily, and murmured something in a low voice.

"Tell me carefully...idiot..."

The bright moon hung high in the night sky, pouring softly through the windows, shrouding the bedroom in unsullied light.

The girl sat cross-legged on the bed, her slender legs lightly crossed.

Her dark eyebrows were lightly knitted, her long eyelashes quivered as lightly as feathers, and her slender fingers scratched the pillow, lightly touching the rough texture on it, looking quite endearing.

"..."

Kato Yusuke looked at this scene speechlessly, and his mood became more and more negative. Then he stretched out his right hand and put it against the other person's cheek with a little force.

"Turn your face."

Ying Lili's body trembled slightly, and she was half pushed and half turned away by him, but refused to look at him.

He caressed the girl's face, then slowly came to her chin, placed his thumb on the soft lips, and rubbed them gently.

The owner closed his lips tightly, hugged the pillow on his chest unconsciously, and his body was shivering.

Kato Yusuke narrowed his eyes and took back his hand, "...You are so scared, why are you still trying to be brave?"

"Eh……?"

"You know? If Shintiao comes at this time, he will be particularly proactive."

"——!

"

"Kano-chan is generally quite sensible, Shi-chan is very obedient as long as her emotions are in place, and the little aunt... Akane Kurisaka is more individual."

Yinglili was stunned for a few seconds, "What does this mean...?"

"...That's what it means literally."

Kato Yusuke looked at her deeply and made a statement calmly.

"You may be beautifying me too much. There are actually quite a few girls around me who are the kind of playboys you hate the most.

I don’t know what you like about me, but I’m not a suitable love partner.”

"Yusuke..."

Yinglili opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Kato Yusuke shook his head and continued.

"Because of this, I hope you can carefully consider our relationship and don't do anything you regret.

Even if we just maintain the status quo, I will still take care of you as before, and nothing will change."

The scene ushered in a period of blank time.

"Don't let yourself regret it...?"

Yinglili blinked and stared at him for a while, feeling angry for some reason.

"——Stop talking to yourself and pretending to be serious! You narcissistic and arrogant idiot!"

She suddenly threw the pillow out of her arms and hit Yusuke Kato on the face with a "pop", raising her voice and shouting:

"You just deliberately used those unpleasant words to make me angry, right?

Whether it’s Shiu Kasumigaoka, Kano-chan, Shinjo-san, Akane Benisaka, or Megumi... of course I know about you and everyone else! Why do you always treat others as fools?"

"...?"

Kato Yusuke took the pillow away from his face, with a puzzled look on his face, "Since you know, why do you still..."

"——How many times do you want me to say the same thing? Of course it's because I like you!"

Yinglili tightened her skirt with both hands, faced him in a duck-sitting position, and glared at him angrily.

"Ever since the day I fell in love with Yusuke, I have been watching you by your side! Every day I fall asleep thinking of you and wake up thinking of you!

...Indeed, my reaction was a little slower than others, and I refused to admit that I liked you at first...because I am stupid and very impulsive...When I first learned about you and everyone else, I was really affected

A blow.

Oh, no...that's not what I'm talking about. Really, anything like that is fine!

In fact, what I want to say is just one sentence, what I have always...wanted to tell you——"

The girl shook her head vigorously, took a deep breath, and even though she was clumsy, she still frankly turned her heart into words——

"Thank you all the time...thank you for taking care of me like this...until now, very...thank you..."

"Eiriri...?"

Kato Yusuke whispered, a little surprised by this unexpected truth.

Yinglili narrowed her eyes, as if remembering the past, and slowly began to explain.

"I've always thought about you, Yusuke, you will always be by my side.

No matter how willful I am, I will never get angry; no matter how nagging I am, you can always treat me patiently; no matter how much work is pushed to you, you will finish it all well.

The most important thing is that when I lost confidence in myself, you always believed in me..."

She crossed her fingers on her thighs, as if searching for the right words.

"The last time I went to the Voice Actor Selection, I realized how good the game we were trying to make was, and at the same time, I really hated myself for not being able to draw anything."

“The incident of going out to sea on the island made me understand that growth will not be a smooth curve. Although experience and skills will slowly improve over time, there will definitely be a period of stagnation where we can’t make progress.

Even if I push myself desperately, my ideal painting skills are still far away, and my body cannot keep up.

Then, you are the one who cheers me up.

Yusuke, you said to me that in your heart I will always be the most powerful painter who led you to get started. These words dispelled all the confusion in my heart."

She paused for a moment, then said word by word:

"——It is because of your encouragement that I am able to break through."

Suddenly, she thought of the opportunity for her breakthrough, and her face turned slightly red.

It was like breaking some kind of barrier and jumping up two or three stairs in one go.

The body becomes lighter, as if getting rid of the self before yesterday, catching up with the wonderful painting skills painted in front of the mind, ideal and reality finally merge into one.

The person who brought all this was the boy I loved.

The more passion she put into painting, the more obsessed she became with him.

The more flustered she became about him, the better she became at drawing.

This is by no means a momentary impulse, but something that blossoms and bears fruit over time, yielding the sweet fruit called love.

"So, my intentions are not false -"

Yinglili pressed her heart, which was beating vigorously, and looked at the boy in front of her.

"For me, you have long been closely connected with painting.

Once this relationship ends, this me now will probably end too.

I won't force you to only have eyes for me, as long as I can stay by your side as a lover.

I have long been mentally prepared for this—"

The girl's eyes swayed, the azure eyes soaked by the illusion that seemed to melt into the darkness and disappear, reflecting the silver of the moon.

Then, she lowered her head slightly, and two lines of tears fell down her cheeks.
To be continued...