Let me explain the situation.

At the moment, Yuika Tohana and I are having a childhood friend meeting.

On the agenda was the issue of Iori’s confession.
At the moment, the top priority was how to deal with the situation when something went wrong immediately after a successful confession, and strange voices seem to be coming from the next room.
Sitting upright, face to face with Yuika, I opened my mouth gravely.

“Kisaragi, I think it is important to send a standard message to the phone. Or, you could use a mature way of saying, “’You’re disturbing the neighbors.’”
“Mikami, I’m afraid I have to say that your idea is a bit shallow.”

“My goodness! What’s in your heart?”
“Think about it. —What if Iori was in the middle of it?”
“What…! I see! You can’t open your phone!
“Yes, that it is.”
“However!”

I leaned forward and objected.

“Iori’s phone is the type that displays the message without launching the app. I’m sure we are able to get the message across with just two words: ‘bothering neighbors’!?”
“I see. It’s a cryptic form of Mikami’s ‘Yamato Nadeshiko’ from the other day. —Too shallow!”

She took out a fan out of nowhere and thrust it at me.
It was a fan of the Nikko Monkey Army, which I had bought when I went to forest school in junior high school.

“In my experience, the only thing a man sees during it is a girl’s eyes, hair, lips, or chests! The screen of the phone is out of his mind, out of his mind! They don’t look at messages!”
“What—!”

I was so shocked like I was struck by a bolt of lightning in my mind.
I plopped down on the ground.

“T-That’s terribly convincing…I can’t argue with that…”
“Right, right?. I’m ashamed to say that I have a lot of experience with this. In addition, I can explain in detail what a man looks like during a craze, right?”

“…I-I’d appreciate it if you’d excuse me.
“Alright. As a warrior, I will refrain from further reference to you.”

Kisaragi opened her fan and covered her mouth.
The fan had a large picture of Nikko’s “I told you so” on it.

“Mikami, do you have another idea?”
“I’ve been struck by lightning…I can’t think of anything right away.”

“Then I’ll change the first person back from ‘I’ to ‘me’ and tell you what I think is a good idea.”
“Ah, you’ve changed form from Kisaragi to normal Yuika. So, what’s your good idea?”

Kisaragi, or Yuika, stood up and walked around the room.

“Souta, do you mind? Since ancient times, we humans have inherited certain secrets to counteract flirting couples.
“Secret?”
“That’s right. It’s called—”

She stopped, dashingly flipped her black hair, and told me.

“—Wall banging. A blow of divine punishment that wakes up the raijus.”

Yuika touched the wall to Iori’s room to indicate the point of impact.
Raising an eyebrow, I stand up too.

“A blow of divine punishment? But you know…”
“You don’t have to tell everyone, Souta. It is true that there is great sorrow involved in this strategy. But.”
“That’s what wall banging is, right? —Here!”
“What—!?”

Don! The sound echoed.
I striked my hand down the side of Yuika’s face.
It was because Iori’s bookshelf was destroyed by Yuika’s unrestrained wall-banging before. I’m not going to make the same mistake.

“This is what wall banging is, right? I don’t think this is the kind of thing that wakes them up…Hmm? Hey, are you listening to me? Yuika?”
“～～～～?”

For some reason, her face was bright red and her mouth was agape.
She was as plump as a newborn fawn.

“What’s wrong, Yuika?”
“…Y…Yo…”
“You?”
“Why are you wall banging me?

She got angry with me.
I’m afraid this was my equivalent, but for some reason, she was 50% more angry than usual. I was hit in the chest and spun around at an overwhelming speed.

“Stupid stupid stupid! You got me about fifty percent more excited than usual! Oh no, no, this was not good! Mmm~!”

“I-I don’t understand what just happened, but I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.”
“I didn’t say don’t do it ever!”
“What do you want me to do then!?”

The fluttering stopped abruptly.
Yuika glared at me with a “mmmmm”, but quickly lost momentum and turned over. After a while, she discreetly held up her index finger.
She blushed even more than before and mumbled as she looked away.

“I-I also want you to do it again…Maybe.”

…Hmm?
I’m not sure, but since it was requested, I did it again anyway.
Then Yuika dived towards the bed and said, “Kya! Kya!” She flapped her legs and somehow her good mood was restored.

…Yeah, I knew this would wake up the raiju. But you’re not gonna wake up, are you?

{Time left before Aoi and Iori come home — 18 minutes.}