Chapter 238: Who doesn't like a cute maid?

Saturday morning, 5:30, Amamiya residence.

Influenced by her biological clock, Ai Hayasaka habitually opened her eyes.

In fact, her biological clock for waking up every day was even earlier, but because she had to consider Ren Amamiya and Chika Fujiwara, who needed normal sleep, she had extended her own sleep time, getting nearly half an hour more sleep every day.

That calm, cute sleeping face she could always see when she opened her eyes recently.

Only, today's feeling was somewhat different.

Starting from today, I should be considered to be on the same starting line as Miss Kaguya.

Ai Hayasaka felt a feeling she had never had before flooding into her heart—that inexplicable sense of peace and belonging.

At this very moment, she finally understood a little why Miss Fujiwara was so greedy for Ren's embrace.

Now she had experienced it too, and she understood it completely.

Thinking this, Ai Hayasaka wiggled into Ren's embrace, letting her face bury deep into his chest.

Sure enough, just as Miss Fujiwara said, there really was a feeling in Ren's embrace that made people feel very comfortable.

Peace, stillness; she couldn't help but want to continue enjoying a peaceful sleep by Ren's side.

Even though it was already time for her biological clock to wake up, she still felt she didn't want to get up, not even with the perseverance she had cultivated as a maid for so many years.

"Mm..."

Perhaps because of her movement just now, Ai Hayasaka suddenly heard a slight sound. Leaning in Ren's embrace, she looked up and saw Ren, who had been in his dreams just a moment ago, slowly opening his eyes.

The hand placed on her buttocks moved, and even subconsciously gave a squeeze.

The sudden touch almost made Ai Hayasaka scream out in surprise; looking up, she met Ren Amamiya's gaze directly.

The shy Ai Hayasaka and the astonished Ren Amamiya met.

The sensation transmitted to her brain from her hand, as well as Ai Hayasaka's shyness, made Ren Amamiya instantly realize where his hand was placed.

Just as Ren Amamiya was about to open his mouth, Ai Hayasaka hurriedly reached out to cover it.

With a trace of shyness, she slowly leaned toward Ren's ear.

"Don't wake up Miss Fujiwara."

Ren Amamiya took a deep breath, nodded slightly, and slowly moved that hand away from Hayasaka's buttocks.

The two then began to get up with the tacit understanding they had cultivated over the past week.

Ai Hayasaka used both hands to support her body and sit up, carefully moving away the blanket that covered them.

Ren Amamiya used tentacles formed from gray mist to carefully pick up Chika Fujiwara; he only took her back into his arms after he had gotten up and stood steady.

Ai Hayasaka, who got out of bed with him, adjusted her condition slightly and opened the space door leading to Chika Fujiwara's room.

With the skilled cooperation of the two, Chika Fujiwara was already settled back into her original room.

And the two who had sent Chika Fujiwara back returned to Ren's home.

Ai Hayasaka walked in front of Ren; she didn't speak, but closed her eyes and stood slightly on tiptoe.

Ren Amamiya took a deep breath and leaned down slightly to kiss those lips that had no lipstick on them.

For a long time, the two separated with a tacit understanding.

Ai Hayasaka opened those eyes full of smiles.

"You need to practice kissing techniques more in the future. Miss Kaguya isn't someone who is good at taking the initiative either; she is much more timid than Miss Suzuki, so some things need to be guided."

"But it doesn't matter; in the future, as long as you need it, I will accompany you for practice at any time, my master."

That thoughtful maid style of thinking for her mistress made Ren Amamiya's heart beat faster.

Who doesn't like a thoughtful, cute maid?

At this moment, Ren Amamiya made an excessive request for the first time.

He held Hayasaka in his arms.

"Hayasaka, can you stay for a while?"

Held tightly, Ai Hayasaka had a blush on her face, and her expression showed only willing acceptance.

"Of course I can."

Under the guise of practicing, Ai Hayasaka stayed at Ren's house for another half hour.

6:11 AM, a space door opened in Ai Hayasaka's room, and Ai Hayasaka returned to her room wearing her pajamas.

Back in her room, Ai Hayasaka slightly lowered the temperature on her face; only then could she not help but cover her face.

"Ahhh, how could I make such a bold statement in front of Ren?"

"And to say I could accompany you for kissing practice for Miss Kaguya's sake—isn't this a NTR statement against Miss Kaguya?"

She had acted with some impulse at the time; that scene made her do those things subconsciously.

But after returning to her room, Ai Hayasaka realized how bold what she had done was.

At this moment, Ai Hayasaka fully realized that she was committing a NTR act against Miss Kaguya.

Fortunately, the soundproofing of every room in the Shijo mansion was very well done, otherwise Ai Hayasaka's voice might have already been heard by people outside.

After reflecting properly on her transgressive behavior toward Miss Kaguya, Ai Hayasaka slowly regained her composure.

"Hmm, it's fine, Ren won't tell Miss Kaguya about this. As long as I don't tell Miss Kaguya about my transgression against Ren, Miss Kaguya will definitely not know."

Although she had once sworn never to betray Miss Kaguya, Ai Hayasaka still decided not to explain to Miss Kaguya about the kissing issue for the time being.

Of course, she wouldn't hide her feelings for Ren from Miss Kaguya.

In fact, Ai Hayasaka also knew that she couldn't hide it, especially in the situation where she needed to leak the matter about Miss Fujiwara; she couldn't hide her feelings for Ren, otherwise that would truly be a betrayal of Miss Kaguya.

Ai Hayasaka eased her emotions.

"As long as I don't deny that feeling I have for Ren, it's fine."

She walked to the floor-length mirror in the room and carefully checked her lips.

Hmm, not particularly red.

She and Ren were actually not very experienced; they were just exploring based on instinct, not a particularly exaggerated practice.

Apart from kissing, they were still very proper.

Ai Hayasaka could also feel that Ren had been a bit impulsive this time.

However, she didn't dislike this impulse at all; it showed that Ren wasn't completely uninterested in them, it was just that there had been an invisible barrier in the past.

Now, this barrier had begun to shatter.

She patted her cheeks lightly, confirmed that she had returned to her usual maid mode, and then slowly left her room.

Next, she needed to go and confess to Miss Kaguya what she had done this past week.

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book is out, please support with data.