Chapter 10: Itsuki: I Don’t Smell Like Meat Buns
After a moment, Haruto pointed to one of the Itsuki look-alikes, and the girl blinked: "Kuromori-kun, you only have one chance, please don't guess randomly."
"You are Miku."
"Eh?"
Itsuki's eyes widened slightly.
Another Itsuki asked, "Kuromori-kun, why do you think she is Miku?"
"Could it be you've known Miku for a long time?"
"Come on, Kuromori-kun, tell us the truth!"
"That's right! We'll go easy if you confess, but we'll be strict if you refuse!"
Listening to their charming voices, Haruto calmly replied, "Because Miku is the only one who doesn't dare to look at me…"
After Haruto pointed it out, Miku's face instantly turned red, and she puffed out her cheeks: "Guilty! Seppuku!"
Haruto replied seriously, "I refuse!"
'You clearly want to play, but when you lose, you still want me to seppuku.'
"I've always felt something was off."
"Kuromori-kun, we asked you to guess which one is Itsuki."
"Itsuki will cry."
"That's right."
'Itsuki: What does this have to do with me? I won't cry!'
"Itsuki is actually the easiest to guess."
As Haruto spoke, his eyes moved down and focused on the girls' legs. In the next second, all five of them covered their skirts in embarrassment and protested.
"Pervert!"
"Shameless!"
"Creep!"
"Degenerate!"
"Careless!"
Haruto's expression darkened slightly as he complained, "You're the ones who wanted to play this game."
Since this was a game of "spot the difference" of course, he couldn't overlook anything. So, what's wrong with identifying someone by their legs?
Itsuki's legs should be rounder and fuller!
After saying this, Haruto looked at Itsuki.
Itsuki trembled slightly and said seriously, "Kuromori-kun, please don't look at me with those dirty eyes!"
'You're the one who just said something inappropriate! I'm kindly helping you with your homework, but I didn't expect you to be like this, Itsuki!'
Haruto, slightly irritated, said, "Stop talking, you're Itsuki!"
"..."
Itsuki maintained a serious expression: "Unfortunately, Kuromori-kun, you're mistaken. I'm not Itsuki."
Haruto unfazed and said, "You're Itsuki. I can smell the meat buns."
As soon as these words came out, Itsuki's face turned bright red. She stepped forward, got on her tiptoes, and moved closer to Haruto.
She was furious and said, "I don't smell like meat buns. I can't believe you smelled me!"
Their eyes met.
In the next moment, Itsuki's ears turned red, and she was so embarrassed that she almost wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
Oh no!
What was she doing?
This was clearly a scene from TV when a couple was about to kiss.
Besides, she initiated it herself!
But she couldn't help it!
Haruto had just said that her whole body smelled like meat buns.
So hateful!
However, Itsuki's cheeks were flushed. Despite being extremely embarrassed, she tried to keep her eyes wide open, staring back at him.
Moreover, Itsuki really did smell like meat buns, possibly because she had just eaten some.
But besides the scent of meat buns, Itsuki also had another pleasant fragrance.
Seeing the girl on the verge of tears from embarrassment, Haruto grabbed Itsuki by the shoulders and said seriously, "I was wrong. Itsuki doesn't smell like meat buns. You smell really nice."
"You… what are you talking about?!"
Upon hearing this, Itsuki became even more embarrassed. She glared at him sharply and hurriedly stepped back.
At that moment, the four other Nakano sisters also reacted and turned their heads in surprise.
Is it possible?
Had Haruto actually recognized her?
The five Nakano sisters exchanged glances, and even Nino was speechless.
If she had suspected Miku before because she didn't believe anyone besides their mother could tell them apart, now they were truly recognized when they were all pretending to be Itsuki.
Of course, they didn't know that Haruto was an Esper with photographic memory and enhanced senses.
Once he saw something, he'd never forget it.
After all, Itsuki's legs were indeed fuller.
As for Miku...
That was due to careful observation.
A shy, introverted girl would definitely be embarrassed to make eye contact for more than three seconds!
"Young man, were you really aiming for Itsuki, right?"
The girl with her clothes tied at the waist stepped forward, clasped her hands behind her back, leaned forward slightly, squinted her eyes, and smiled: "Well done, you've already embarrassed Itsuki…"
Her voice was sweet and pleasant. Although the quintuplets had the same voice, compared to the serious tone of Itsuki and Miku's more monotone voice, this girl's tone was clearly more playful and sweet.
Itsuki stared at Haruto with a flushed face.
Ignoring Itsuki's gaze, Haruto raised an eyebrow and looked at the girl in front of him: "Introduce yourself. I'm Kuromori Haruto, and you are?"
"Eh-?"
Ichika leaned forward slightly, lifted her head to look up at him, with a charming smile on her face: "So Kuromori-kun wasn't really targeting Itsuki, but... me?"
'No! My target is actually all five of you! But I have to admit, this girl, who has an older sister vibe and radiates mature charm, is really making my heart race.'
"But… Kuromori-kun, if you want to go after Onee-san, that's not enough."
Ichika tapped her lips with her finger, squinted her eyes, and smiled, which was both beautiful and captivating: "However, since Kuromori-kun was able to tell us apart, it's okay if Kuromori-kun gets a little greedy…"
Because a few buttons on her shirt weren't properly fastened, from Haruto's angle, he could lower his head slightly and catch a glimpse of two snow-white, round objects.
Haruto's lips twitched a bit: "You're overthinking it. I just want to be able to tell you apart to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to call you by the right name in the future."
"Well – men can be two-faced sometimes."
Ichika crossed her fingers, stretched her arms, tilted her head upward, and with a bright, mesmerizing smile, said, "I'm the eldest Nakano sister, Ichika. Don't forget, Kuromori-kun..."
After saying this, she gave a thumbs-up and smiled, "You're amazing, you're the first person to recognize us!"
Nino walked forward, arms crossed as usual, and said in displeasure, "What's so great about that? It's just because Itsuki and Miku were too easy to expose!"
Miku not happy, shot back, "That's clearly not my fault!"
Quiet and introverted people tend to have more delicate, sensitive hearts, good at observation, and more attentive to their surroundings.
That's why, among the quintuplets, the one most skilled at impersonating the others was actually the quiet, introverted Miku.
"Sniff sniff..."
A girl suddenly approached Itsuki, tiptoeing closer to her.
Itsuki's face turned red, and she immediately covered her mouth, embarrassed: "Yotsuba, what are you doing?"
"Does it really smell like meat buns?"
Yotsuba's eyes widened in surprise.
Hearing this, Itsuki suddenly became furious, gritting her teeth and shouting, "Yotsuba!"
"Darn it! I don't smell like meat buns!"
"..."