Ignoring Nino's face turning red with anger, Shinichi finished his explanation, and walked in front of the next quintuplets.
It is the student's duty to give the correct answers to questions, it is the teacher's duty to give the correct explanations for doubts.
Like Nino said, in other people's eyes, maybe this actually feels like a voyeuristic confession?
But Shinichi himself understood that he was only telling them the results of his observations so far, without any selfishness.
"Then, Shinichi-kun, what's the difference between me and other people?"
Ichika smiled.
"In order not to let you see, I did not deliberately use acting skills just now, the appearance must be very natural."
Shinichi nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, your imitation is more perfect than your acting skills. If you have this level of auditioning, you don't have to worry about failing."
"Hmm..." Feeling ridiculed, Ichika puffed out her cheeks, and punched Shinichi in the chest and said half angry.
"A statement like this is really bad. Obviously, I prefer to imitate acting skills."
"Well, I just thought you were praising me~ You haven't said it yet, how do you know who I am?"
Shinichi pointed at Ichika's ear and answered.
"Your ears have been pierced, that's the most obvious feature."
Ichika suddenly realized.
"Indeed, out of the quintuplets, I'm the only one wearing earrings... But this answer is too general, is there anything else?"
Shinichi looked at her hopeful smile and said.
"Ichika, you're too used to laughing."
"The corners of your mouth are usually raised slightly higher than the rest, and your eyes and dimples are more like a smile any time of the day."
"It's not so obvious when you're flat, but it's not hard to see you when you're wearing your signature smile."
How many times has Shinichi seen Ichika's smile so far.
When meeting on the street, chatting, discussing accounting matters, video calling, playing king games...
Ichika always smiles and treats people well, being too used to smiling and always using a smile to hide her true emotions, so when she smiles, she is the "most different" among the quintuplets.
Regardless of whether the smile was real or fake, Shinichi didn't need to hesitate at all for this kind of thing and was able to determine that "it was Ichika's smile".
No need for ear piercing, as long as Shinichi saw her smile, he wouldn't mistake Ichika, the answer was that simple.
"So..."
As if her heart had been hit hard with a hammer, Ichika stared blankly at Shinichi's face.
Ichika averted her eyes, not daring to look at the young man in front of her again, her relaxed demeanor instantly disappeared without a trace.
Her face was blushing.
"Ah… Um, thank you."
Ichika didn't know why she wanted to thank him, but if she didn't say something right now, the atmosphere might become even more embarrassing.
Ichika thinks that with Nino's lessons from the past, she is mentally prepared and can easily deal with Shinichi's words.
But she still didn't expect that when she knew that the person she liked cared about her so much, and even understood her smile so clearly, her heart would beat really fast.
If it didn't make her look even more shy, Ichika wanted to squat on the ground and cover her face, so that the other sisters wouldn't see her embarrassing and happy appearance.
(Ahhhhhhhh... Shinichi-kun is cheating, you are too much to make a girl's heart flutter! If I wasn't worried about other people, I would have rushed over to hug you long ago)
Ichika tried to suppress the emotions in her body that were about to break through the chains.
It was late at night, and Shinichi didn't see Ichika's expression, and walked to the side.
"Then the next one…"
"Yes!" Yotsuba looked at him nervously with a blush at the base of her ears.
"I'm the one who will accept Asada-san's embarrassing tricks next, right? I'm ready, so please speak up!"
The corner of Shinichi's mouth twitched.
"Still embarrassed to play, what kind of mess are you thinking..."
Yotsuba scratched her cheek, shame on her face.
"Asada-san is watching us very carefully. Not only do you know a lot about our affairs, but you also tell us all this."
"I don't know what to say, it feels like it was read out by Sensei in front of the whole class… S-Sorry. "
Not knowing whether she was apologizing or expressing her embarrassment, Yotsuba lowered her head after she finished speaking, and buried her red apple-shaped head against her chest.
Nino and Ichika on the side felt sympathy, and looked at Yotsuba who looked like she was ready to be punished with pity.
Shinichi was silent for a while.
For some reason, he felt that he had done something bad.
Obviously he was the one who said it, and he should be the one who suffered the most from the embarrassment, but when he heard Yotsuba's analogy and thought of his terrible grades, under the inexplicable guilt, he felt like he was turning from the victim to the perpetrator.
"You're right, let's stop here for today and see you tomorrow."
"...Eh?!"
Not only Yotsuba, but also Miku and Itsuki were stunned.
Ignoring them, Shinichi packed up his notebook and walked back towards the cabin.
The rear view is like running away.
"Go to bed early too, get up at seven tomorrow morning."
Miku regained her senses, stepped forward, and wanted to grab his sleeve, but she just walked away without looking back.
With a bang, the wooden door slammed shut.
Miku was full of complaints.
"Why is it like this ..."
She hasn't heard how Shinichi recognized her, and she doesn't know how she is different from the other sisters in his heart.
Ichika and Nino had been observed very carefully, so... What kind of eyes was he looking at her?
Too bad Shinichi had run away back home, and he didn't have the courage to ask personally.
Ichika opened her mouth, but didn't say much.
Instead, the corners of her mouth curved up slightly.