Hazim

  I was thinking about how to get close to Hime in the past 2 weeks. I tried to get close by following the novel but that will take a long time.

  I have been pnning to focus on getting close to Miss Venti but something unexpected happened.

  "Yu Jin do you want to join me on a date this Sunday?"

  Frene suddenly asked me for a date, which I quickly agreed to.

  But this is something that I didn't expect.

  "Kyaaa, I knew it would be perfect for you."

  "Are you done? Can I change now?"

  Currently Frene is having fun dressing up Hime in a variety of cute and frilly clothes. It looks like only Frene is having fun right now, while Hime on the other hand is as red as a tomato.

  As for me I am standing here, holding bags upon bags of clothes.

  "Am I here to just hold your shopping bags?"

  Frene who seems like she is enjoying herself turn around, smiling happily

  "Of course not, I brought you here to have the boys perspective. There is only so much I can see as a girl."

  Frene's invitation for a shopping outing was really unexpected. But what is even more unexpected is the fact that Hime was here with us as well, wearing cute frilly clothes.

  Hime's flustered blushing face was so cute that I involuntarily blush also. I think that Hime definitely saw my red face because she quickly closed the changing room's door.

  Then I can feel someone nudge my elbow a bit. I turned my head and saw Frene's grinning face while looking at me.

  "What do you think? She is cute right?"

  I just don't know how to react with her comments. The contrast of her cold and serious demeanor match with a frilly cute dress really makes her cuteness more noticeable.

  "Yeah, she is cute."

  I just answer her questions with short and honest comments to make the situation less awkward.

  "Really? Then what makes her look cute to you?"

  Frene did you really have to ask that question!? I can see she smiles smugly towards me. She really just wants to tease me.

  I can see Hime from inside the changing room peeking, waiting for my answer. Shit now I can't avoid answering her

  ***

  [Hime's PoV]

  I don't really care if this guy likes my dress or not but I just have to hear others opinions.

  I have to endure wearing an embarrassing dress, the least I can do is hear how other people think. Yeah not because he says that I'm cute. I mean he definitely just says that just to be polite.

  A cold and serious person wearing a cute dress just looks funny. I just leaned to the wall, waiting for his honest thoughts.

  "I mean someone as cute as her, anything that she wears will make her look cute, regardless."

  When I heard that I could feel my head slowly becoming hot and in the mirror I could see my ears turning red.

  Sp!!!

  I sp my face as hard as I can.

  'I am the eldest daughter of the Amemiya Cn. How can some random nobody, that the cat beastgirl bring, easily makes my heart flutter.'

  I sp my face again to stabilize my heart and slowly my blushing face returns to normal.

  I peek again at the boy that the beastgirl brings. He is a dangerous man I need to be careful around him.

  I was quite surprised earlier. I was expecting to only accompany that beastgirl for some shopping but out of nowhere she brings with her the guy that I always see she is close with at college.

  "Well we need someone to help me carry the shopping bag home, so I ask him to help me", is what she said to me.

  But suddenly she drags me into an outfit store and just dresses me up in multiple clothes.

  "Mmm~ this is so sweet, so delicious!!!"

  The catgirl is currently eating a rge strawberry parfait without a care of the world.

  As for both me and this boy here we were just sitting awkwardly while eating cake.

  "So um... This cake is quite delicious."

  "Hm... It is."

  The boy tries to start a conversation but I don't want to be close with him, so I quickly shut down the conversation making him flustered and try to think of different topics.

  No matter what you do I will never fall for your cheap tricks to seduce me. Give your worst, I will not interact with you at all.

  ***

  While Yu Jin was busy trying to increase his affection points with Hime, he doesn't realize Frene is just subtly grinning witnessing his attempt.

  Frene continues to enjoy her parfait when her rexed wiggling ears suddenly perk up.

  The awkward yet rexed atmosphere between Hime and Yu Jin suddenly became tense when all of the sudden—

  BOOMM!!!

  A rge sound of explosion can be heard from the first floor. Multiple people can be seen running away from the source of the explosion. But as for Yu Jin, Hime and Frene they quickly got up and ran the opposite way towards the sound.

  Multiple beastmen, heavily armed, can be seen rounding up people. Some of them are patrolling the surrounding area, capturing everyone that they see.

  "Hurry set up the broadcast, it's time for the world to know who is responsible for this attack."

  The beastmen quickly set up the camera and microphone.

  "It's complete sir!"

  The lion beastman who is leading the group then stand in front of the camera.

  "To the government of New Eden we are the Army of Five, we fight for the right of beastmen in the city. If the government did not heed to our demands we will blow up this mall."