Chapter 79 Part 10: Exam

“I didn’t do it….”

“Why do you think I put you next to the kids?”

Rain lowered her head at Amy’s words.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, for some reason, she approached me and patted my head.

“Rain, cheer up.”

“Yeah….”

After returning from Victor’s dorm, I finished showering and dried my hair pleasantly.

Since we were done with today’s work, we all put on our pajamas.

It wasn’t night yet, but since the dinosaur pajamas were comfortable, there wasn’t much else to choose from.

The real charm of these pajamas comes out at night, but it was too bad.

As I sat on the bed and hugged my fluffy tail, Shine came over and sat next to me.

She had a confused expression on her face for some reason.

“Shine.”

“Yeah.”

“What’s wrong?”

Shine didn’t answer my question.

She just met my gaze and stared at me without saying anything.

As time passed by, Shine’s gaze became more and more burdensome.

I scratched my cheek and eventually avoided her gaze.

“Jeff.”

“Yeah…?”

“It’s nothing.”

Shine sighed and fell on the bed.

Her fine white hair scattered across the bed.

The fragrant shampoo smelled good.

Shine, me, and Rain all had the same scent.

I held my hair in my hand and sniffed.

“I’m going to go see Victor for a bit, so stay still.”

Amy, who had put away the hair dryer, told us and left the room.

I looked at the door where Amy had disappeared and stroked my sore head.

I thought it was okay for Shine to do it, but it didn’t seem to be.

I decided to apologize properly the next time I saw Victor.

“Shine.”

“Yeah.”

“Did Shine do something wrong?”

I asked, holding Shine’s hand.

Shine, who had been looking into my eyes, finally opened her mouth to answer.

“I think so.”

“I see.”

I got up from my seat and approached Rain, who was sitting at the table.

She was currently wearing panda pajamas.

It seemed that she had purchased animal pajamas in addition to the chicks.

“Rain.”

I called her while pulling her short tail.

She, who was dozing off on the chair, covered her butt with her hand and screamed in surprise.

“Huh?!”

I was also surprised by her reaction and let go of her tail.

“S… Sorry, Rain. Are you surprised?”

Rain stroked her tail and turned around in her chair, looking down at me.

Her ears, slightly red, answered in a flustered voice.

“Uh. No, it’s okay.”

I looked down at my hand as I listened to Rain’s answer.

Did my ability emerge without me knowing it?

If a tingling static electricity had run through my butt, I would have been surprised just like Rain.

“Rain. What does Victor like?”

“Victor?”

“Yeah.”

“Um…”

Rain crossed her arms and became lost in thought after hearing my question.

The panda head resting on her head gently fell, revealing Rain’s bright yellow hair.

It was so lusciously shiny, it felt like honey.

I want to eat it.

I licked my tongue and licked my lips.

The scent was so good; wouldn’t it taste sweet if I put it in my mouth?

I started to approach Rain as if I was possessed.

“Hmm…”

Rain seemed still lost in thought.

I went behind her and grabbed her hair.

The golden threads gently tangled.

I felt a strong urge and put Rain’s hair in my mouth.

“Jeff…?”

“Yeah…”

I answered while chewing on the hair in my mouth.

I couldn’t taste anything.

There was just the strong smell of shampoo and Rain’s body odor.

“Does it taste good…?”

Rain pulled on her hair with a trembling expression.

The hair she had been chewing on in her mouth was pulled out as it fell out.

It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t delicious either.

I shook my head.

“The smell of saliva…”

Rain sniffed while holding her hair in her hand.

The damp part sparkled and reflected light.

Rain reached out to the table and wiped her hair with a wet tissue.

Rain, who was crying, looked sad.

“What does Victor like?”

After confirming the taste of Rain’s hair, my goal went back to the beginning.

That is, to ask Rain what Victor likes.

I crawled onto the chair opposite Rain.

“Tell me, Rain.”

“As far as I know, Victor likes sports.”

“Sports…?”

“Yeah.”

I was lost in thought at Rain’s answer.

I needed a gift to properly apologize.

If I apologized by giving Victor something he liked, he would definitely calm down.

The sooner the apology, the better.

“If he likes sports, what would be a good gift?”

“A gift?”

“Yeah.”

“Jeff. You really like Victor?”

An unexpected question flew from Rain.

A brief silence followed.

I blinked my eyes and mumbled in confusion.

Victor?

Why did Rain think that?

“Jeff Victor!?”

At that moment, Shine, who was lying on the bed, suddenly got up and shouted.

The sound was so loud that both Rain and I had to cover our ears.

There was a sense of danger.

The hairs on my skin stood on end.

Shine jumped out of bed.

The impact caused the dinosaur hood that had been hanging behind her head to fall down and be placed on her head.

It was a dinosaur.

The sight of the approaching creature with its pure white soles stamping was so threatening.

Swish- swish- the dinosaur’s tail began to drag on the ground, making an eerie sound.

I wasn’t the only one who felt that way, and Rain, who was sitting next to me, also started to tremble.

“Is that true, Jeff?”

Shine came closer and squeezed my hand tightly.

Thanks to her raised head, the hood that was on top of her head slowly slid down.

Shine’s eyes were empty.

They were so empty that they almost felt cold.

“What…. What?”

“You mean you like Victor.”

“No. No.”

I shook my head hurriedly and answered Shine’s words.

“Thank goodness…”

Shine let out a sigh of relief and closed her eyes after hearing my answer.

I turned my head and glared at Rain.

Shine almost got angry because she asked such a pointless question.

“Jeff.”

“Ugh…”

“I’m the best, right?”

Shine opened her closed eyes as she said that.

The emotions in her eyes that were slowly revealing themselves were sticky.

“Ugh…”

I answered with an awkward smile.

“Me too.”

Shine moved my hand and placed it on her cheek as she said that.

The soft and fluffy feeling of her cheek was transmitted through my hand.

“…You didn’t like Victor…?”

“Yeah.”

Rain asked carefully, watching Shine’s expression.

I nodded at her answer and replied.

“If you want to apologize to Victor, you should prepare a gift as well.”

“I see.”

Shine, who had been rubbing her cheek against my hand, pulled a chair next to me and sat on it.

“I’ll help you choose a gift.”

Two is better than one; three is better than two.

The three of us put our heads together and started choosing items to give to Victor.

“How about exercise equipment?”

“Victor already has a lot.”

Shine answered my question.

I nodded and thought of Victor’s dorm.

Even if I put one more exercise equipment in a space that would likely smell like metal and sweat, I didn’t think Victor would like it.

“Then what would be good?”

“How about candy?”

“Candy?”

“Yeah. There was candy in Victor’s fridge.”

I nodded to Rain’s words.

The grape-flavored candy she brought was quite tasty.

Victor must have liked candy.

“Then let’s have candy.”

“Okay.”

So Victor’s gift was decided to be candy.

But there was still an important problem.

Where to get the candy.

“Can’t I buy it at the convenience store?”

Shine took out Amy’s credit card from her pocket as if nothing was wrong.

I was startled at the sight and felt around in my pockets.

However, the card Shine was holding in her hand couldn’t possibly be in my pocket.

“Uh… When did you take it?”

“Jeff.”

“Huh…?”

“I’m the older sister, so I have to take care of the card.”

Shine’s words sounded strangely resonant.

I nodded without being able to refute her.

She was right.

“But Shine. If you buy it at the convenience store, it’ll seem too insincere.”

“Insincere?”

“Yeah.”

I jumped up from my seat and headed towards the computer.

Since I had some time left on the computer today, I could learn how to make candy.

Isn’t it best to prepare a gift yourself?

Or not.

I sat in front of the computer and tapped away at the keyboard.

When I pressed enter on the search bar for [How to Make Candy], videos started to appear below.

Rain and Shine also came over and sat next to me, probably curious about how to make candy.

I clicked on the video with the flashiest thumbnail.

Judging by the number of likes and views, it was definitely going to be pretty good.

While watching the video, I grabbed the note next to me and started writing down the ingredients.

Sugar, corn syrup, water, lemon juice, food coloring, a mold to make pretty shapes, and even a silicone mat.

My hands moved without resting because there were more ingredients than I thought.

“How do I prepare the sugar?”

“Isn’t there one at the convenience store?”

Shine answered my worried question.

I tilted my head, thinking about the items sold at the convenience store.

Do they sell sugar at the convenience store?

“Probably not?”

“Then where should I get it?”

I said worriedly, holding up the note.

If I can’t get it, this recipe is useless.

“The restaurant!”

At that moment, Rain, who had been silent, shouted loudly.

“It’ll be at the restaurant!”

I nodded in admiration at Rain’s words.

She was right.

There would be a lot of ingredients for making food at the restaurant.

Of course, there would be plenty of ingredients for making candy.

Shine, Rain, and I headed to the restaurant to get the ingredients for making candy.

Amy told me to be quiet, but I wasn’t worried because she wasn’t causing any trouble.

Amy would be happy to eat the candy I made, right?

Since I was making a present for Victor, I thought it would be nice to make a lot of candy so that everyone could eat it.

Shine and I headed to the restaurant, holding each other’s dinosaur tails.

If we didn’t hold onto the tail, it would drag on the floor and get dirty, so it was an inevitable choice.