Ch.189189. Confession Bombardment

“This is cheating, cheating!”

After the kiss with Blanc ended, while we were looking at each other and savoring the moment.

A voice broke that lingering feeling.

“Arin…!”

“How can you confess first when nothing has been decided yet! You’ve stolen the first move…!”

To which Blanc replied.

“Hmm… but you already confessed, Arin? If you think about it, weren’t you the first one to cheat?”

“T-that’s…!”

“And you kissed her first too, didn’t you? You took Bine’s first kiss…”

“A kiss on the cheek doesn’t count as a real kiss! You stole her actual first kiss!”

“But you still took her first cheek kiss. And in such a romantic setting like the Ferris wheel?”

“T-that…! That doesn’t count because you ran away afterward! It’s invalid, invalid! Anyway, it’s invalid! I’m telling you it’s invalid!”

My heart was already in turmoil because of Blanc.

And now Arin too…

“Um… I just became your girlfriend, right…?”

“Yes. That’s right, Bine.”

“B-but… Arin is also making a move…?”

“Yes. I’ll allow it. Since I’m your first.”

I wonder if there’s something significant about being the “first.”

Arin reacted to those words.

“I’m the first! I’m Bine’s first! I liked her first!”

“Hmm… if we’re talking about who liked her first… honestly, wouldn’t that be me? I said it earlier.”

“You said you only became certain after coming here!”

Eh?

Arin, do you actually remember all of Blanc’s confession lines?

“By that logic, you and I started liking her around the same time! In that sense, I basically liked her first!?”

“Hmm… even so, you were the one who confessed first, Arin. The timing might have been bad, but the mood was good, wasn’t it? I was on that Ferris wheel too. I saw it with Ellie, right?”

“Ugh…! But you both ran away and abandoned me that day! So it doesn’t count!”

“No matter how much you say it doesn’t count… well, I took her first anyway. Sorry? In exchange, I’ll allow Bine to date the women here. The first one gets to decide, right?”

“That… Blanc… how can you be so bold…”

“I am bold. You didn’t accept her confession that day.”

“I… guess so…?”

“That’s…! I was planning to defeat Bine with my own skills and confess again…! If I had known Bine was returning to Eden, I would have asked her to date me right then and there! Of course I would have! Then maybe Bine wouldn’t have gone back to Eden! Who runs away and abandons someone who could be their lover!”

“Hmm… Arin, have you been watching too many dramas and webtoons?”

“No! Not at all! Argh…! I’ll say it now! Bine! I want to slightly change my confession from the Ferris wheel! Right now! Please go out with me!”

Arin boldly requests this of me.

Her face is truly flushed.

Her blue hair reflects the light, appearing almost white, creating a dreamlike atmosphere.

And as the light illuminates Arin’s face.

The droplets forming in her eyes.

Moistening the corners of her eyes…

Arin is sincere too.

“Arin…”

“Ugh…! Blanc! When I’m making such a confession, it’s weird for you to be claiming Bine!”

“Hmm… but I already belong to Bine, and Bine belongs to me.”

“That’s not fair! You cheated and went first…!”

“Anyway, right now Bine is completely mine and I am Bine’s.”

“Um… Blanc…?”

“Well… I’ll share. But I’m still the first.”

“…Ugh, you steal her by cheating and then…”

“But I got her first. Well… being stubborn about this would mean breaking my promise to date Bine together.”

Blanc, who had been embracing me, sat me down beside her.

Then she went behind Arin and made room for her.

Arin seemed surprised by this gesture.

“Th-thank you…?”

“Don’t mention it.”

Soon, as if remembering something more important.

“I, I…! Bine!”

“Yes…?”

Standing before me, who was dumbfounded.

“I…! I really like you too. Actually, when I first came here, I was suspicious when I heard you were a villain. How could someone similar to me or even smaller than me cause such fear among magical girl seniors who are stronger and more famous than me.”

“R-really…?”

“But… what broke that prejudice from the beginning was… finding out that you were actually… an incredibly good person.”

“Y-yes…?”

“And then I got to know you. That’s why I came to like you.”

“I-I feel like a lot of steps are being skipped here, Arin…”

“Well, that’s not important. What’s most important is that I really, really like you, and I love you. That’s the same as what I said in that Ferris wheel, right?”

“Y-yes…”

“Tch… I should have just taken you then. It’s a bit late, but… will you accept me too…? Bine?”

“…A-aren’t you still a student, Arin…?”

“I’ll grow up soon. I’ll study hard… work hard and grow so that I won’t be embarrassed to be by your side.”

“B-but… I’m a villain… It’s not good for you to be with me…”

“You’re not anymore. That doesn’t matter. The real Bine. There’s no way I wouldn’t know the goodness that the real person named Bine possesses. Didn’t I tell you once? I can see how… kind and pure-hearted a person is.”

“Y-yes…?”

“Bine’s energy is as clean and bright as Blanc’s, a purely white and warm energy. That black energy from before is gone now. Really. I can swear to it.”

“T-that can’t be…”

“No. What I saw is certain. I felt it with my own eyes, my own heart.”

“Ah…”

“So, I love you. Even if I shouldn’t, I love you. I truly love you. This isn’t a child who doesn’t understand love playing house. This isn’t the game of a wet-behind-the-ears kid. I can know for certain.”

“B-but… I don’t know if you said this to Blanc too, but Arin and I… we’re both women…”

“I thought about that a lot too. Not being a man… But in the end, that wasn’t important. It’s Bine’s fault for making me feel attracted and developing love despite not being a man.”

“W-wait… so I’m the bad one…?”

“Yes, you’re bad. I won’t accept rejection. You have to accept my confession.”

“B-but…”

The tears that had been welling in Arin’s eyes had disappeared somewhere.

Perhaps they had evaporated from her passion.

She speaks to me with eyes full of truly intense emotion.

“I love you, Bine.”

“…Yes.”

In the end, I…

Once again, I couldn’t help but weakly accept her love.

“Ah. I’ve done it.”

After saying that, Arin…

Threw herself into my arms as I sat on the sofa.

Embracing me, she pounced on me.

Arin’s face, coming close to mine, was flushed red.

What Arin wanted.

I could understand.

“U-um… I, I just did this with Blanc…”

“It doesn’t matter. Just… paint me over that.”

I tried to protest further.

But Arin prevented me from doing so.

Arin was…

Warm and soft.

* * *

“So-o. They both cheated. Ellie. What should we do-o?”

“Why are you asking me?”

“But still-l… I didn’t think they’d really cheat like that-t… They both went ahead of us right before our eyes… At this rate, we won’t even get a chance, sob sob…”

“Again, why are you asking me? I’m already Bine’s zeroth, you know?”

“Eh-h…?”

Then, Yuri, who was holding Ellie.

“Bine!”

“Yes…?”

“Date me too!”

To me, who already had Blanc and Arin on either side.

With both of them holding my hands.

“Uh… Ellie…?”

“Bine!”

“Y-yes?”

“Did you just say yes? That means you’ll date me too!”

“W-wait… what…?”

“Yes! Right now I’m being held like this so I can’t do anything…! But later I’m going to do it too, that, that thing!”

“That thing…?”

“Only Blanc and Arin have done it! I’m going to do it too. Th-that… kiss!”

“E-eh…?”

“I’ve always been your number zero, so it’s okay for me to do it anytime, right?”

“N-no, Ellie…?”

“What, do you… dislike me…?”

“N-no…! It’s not that I dislike you, it’s just too sudden…!”

“Why? Weren’t Blanc and Arin sudden too?”

“W-well, they were also sudden, but…”

“Why, can you abandon me who has been with you the longest and even shared everything with you?”

“I’m not abandoning you…! I-it’s just… I thought of Ellie as family already… so, I didn’t expect you to say such things…”

“Because we’re family, we can do anything! And… being family doesn’t mean we can’t be lovers.”

“W-wait… that sounds a bit dangerous…”

“Anyway. I’m dating you too!”

Uh, wait…

“Heh… Even you, Ellie… are going to Bine-e…? Abandoning me-e…? Abandoning, me-e…?”

“I-I never abandoned you…! And you’re planning to confess too, aren’t you!”

“Heh… Well-l, that’s true-e… Since I’m already late, I’ll call her separately at my own time-e, and confess with my own charm. That should at least make up for being late-e, right?”

“What are you talking about…”

“That’s the plan-n… First I need to have a card to play-y.”

Yuri looks at Ellie with deep eyes.

Like a man looking at his girlfriend.

And then.

“Ellie. Date me.”

“E-eh…?”

“Well… since it’s come to this-s… We might as well date-e, right? I’ll make you completely mine-e.”

“W-wait…! I already have Bine…!”

“Bine is already-y… with Arin and Blanc… and you. The relationship is already strange enough-h, right? Adding our relationship won’t make it any more normal-l, will it?”

“W-what are you saying! How could I, how could I… with you…!”

“Blanc and Bine are dating too-o?”

“T-that’s…”

“Will you accept-t?”

Even before Ellie could answer, Yuri stole her lips.

Ellie struggled as if she couldn’t breathe.

But soon, as if she had accepted it herself.

With her ears turning red, she took control.

And devoured Yuri like a predator.

Blanc, Arin, and I…

We could only watch the two of them until the end.

…I feel a bit strange.

Ellie just agreed to date me, but now she’s with Yuri…

I’m not jealous… but rather.

More shocked.

This is already shocking enough.

What are the remaining two planning to do?

Watching this scene between Ellie and Yuri.

We just held each other’s hands and fidgeted.

…I must have looked like that too.

Like Yuri, helplessly being taken.

Ellie is… more aggressive than I thought.