The S-Rank Magical Girls from My Favorite Yuri Want Me!?

After calming down on the way, thinking that Yume couldn’t arrive before him, Noah opened the door to his house.

"I’m home."

He heard laughter that made him freeze, since there were several female voices.

He recognized Emma’s, Sarah’s, and a third one that made Noah’s eyes widen.

"Tell me it’s not her."

He walked quickly toward the living room and Yume was sitting on the sofa with a cup in her hands.

Emma was beside her and Sarah was across from them, while a box of sweets sat on the table.

Yume looked up and smiled at him.

"Noah."

He pointed at her.

"How!?"

Emma blinked.

"What’s wrong?"

Noah looked at Yume, then at his mothers, then back at Yume.

"I need to talk to you."

Yume tilted her head.

"Now?"

"Yes, now."

Sarah smiled.

"So serious."

Noah walked over to Yume.

"Come."

Yume set the cup down.

"All right."

Noah led her into the hallway.

He made sure Emma and Sarah weren’t too close before speaking in a low voice.

"How did you get here before me?"

Yume smiled nervously.

"Well..."

"We said goodbye less than an hour ago."

"Yeah, the truth is..."

"And I took the train."

"I would’ve liked to take it with you."

"What did you do?"

Yume looked away.

"I didn’t do anything weird."

Noah narrowed his eyes.

"Yume."

"I just took a slightly faster route."

"What route?"

"One that doesn’t require waiting for the train."

Noah fell silent and Yume tried to smile.

"Or traffic lights."

Noah’s eyes went wide.

"You used magic?"

"I didn’t say that."

"You flew to my house!"

"I didn’t say that either."

"Did you transform to get here first?"

Yume glanced toward the living room.

"Keep your voice down."

Noah covered his face with both hands.

"You can’t use magic just to show up early and introduce yourself to my mothers!"

"But I had permission to come."

"That’s not the problem!"

"Then what is?"

"That you used your powers for something so trivial!"

Yume’s lips tightened slightly.

"It was only a short trip."

"That doesn’t matter."

"I was careful."

"Yume..."

"And no one saw me."

"I hope so."

Sarah appeared at the end of the hallway, watched them for a few seconds, then smiled.

"You two look like a couple arguing."

Noah froze beside Yume, while Sarah let out a small laugh.

"Relax, it was a joke."

Noah exhaled.

"Yeah, a joke..."

Yume looked at Sarah, then at Noah, who immediately saw something shift in her expression.

"No."

Yume took a breath.

"Don’t do it here."

Sarah raised an eyebrow.

"Do what?"

Yume took a step toward her.

"Actually..."

Noah tried to stop her.

"Yume."

"Mrs. Reed."

"Wait!"

Yume smiled nervously.

"I really am Noah’s girlfriend."

Silence fell over the house while Noah closed his eyes.

’It’s done.’

Sarah stayed still, and Emma, who had also heard, appeared from the living room.

"What did you say?"

Yume stood up straight.

"I’m Noah’s girlfriend. Nice to meet you, mothers-in-law."

Emma looked at Yume, then at Noah, then back at Yume.

"Girlfriend?"

Yume nodded.

"Yes."

Sarah looked at Noah.

"Noah."

He raised a hand.

"Before you say anything..."

Emma spoke.

"Since when?"

Noah opened his mouth, but Yume answered first.

"For a while now."

Noah looked at her and Yume smiled nervously, while Sarah crossed her arms.

"How long is ’a while’?"

Noah answered this time.

"Some time."

Sarah stared at him.

"That doesn’t tell me anything."

Noah lowered his head a little, but Emma seemed more surprised than angry.

"But weren’t you engaged to Aria?"

Yume nodded, answering for Noah.

"Yes, he’s engaged to her."

Emma blinked.

"And you also have a girlfriend?"

Noah answered with difficulty.

"Y-Yes."

Sarah looked at Noah.

"And when were you planning to tell us?"

Noah swallowed.

"I was trying to find the right moment."

Sarah pointed at Yume.

"The right moment just walked through our door ahead of you."

Yume raised a hand slightly.

"Actually, I..."

Noah looked at her.

"Please don’t explain how you got here."

Yume lowered her hand, while Emma sat down slowly.

"Wait."

She looked at Noah.

"Does Aria know about this?"

"Yes, she knows."

"And does Yume know about Aria?"

"She does too."

Yume nodded.

"We talked about it."

Sarah frowned.

"So the only ones who didn’t know anything were us."

Noah stayed silent, because that was exactly the problem.

Emma looked at him.

"Noah, I’m not worried that you have a girlfriend."

He lifted his head a little.

"You’re not?"

"No."

Sarah answered.

"This world wouldn’t work if having multiple relationships was illegal."

Emma nodded.

"And we already knew you were engaged."

Noah felt a bit of relief, until Sarah continued.

"What bothers me is that you didn’t tell us a single thing."

Noah lowered his gaze again.

"I’m sorry."

Emma sighed.

"Yume already came here before."

"I know."

"And she left us gifts."

"Yes."

"She even spent time alone with you."

"That’s right."

"And you never thought to say, ’Mom, Yume is my girlfriend’?"

Noah didn’t answer, so Yume raised a hand.

"In his defense..."

Sarah looked at her and Yume froze.

"...I can try to defend him later."

Sarah almost smiled, and Noah sighed while Yume took a small step toward Emma.

"I understand that you’re upset."

Emma watched her.

"I’m not upset with you."

That relieved Yume.

"Thank you."

"I’m upset with him."

Noah closed his eyes and Yume moved a little closer.

"Anyway, I wanted to introduce myself properly."

Sarah raised an eyebrow.

"That explains the sweets."

Yume nodded quickly.

"I chose them thinking of you."

Emma looked at the box.

"Did you also prepare the food you brought?"

Yume smiled with pride.

"Exactly."

Noah looked at her.

"You brought food?"

"Yes."

"How much preparation did you do?"

Yume avoided answering that, so Sarah seemed amused.

"Better not ask."

Yume continued.

"I want you to know that I care about Noah."

Emma watched her carefully, and Yume was clearly nervous, but she kept talking.

"I care about him a lot, so I also want to take care of him and support him."

Noah stayed still and Yume looked at both mothers.

"And I know he tends to worry too much about a lot of things, so I try to help him when I can."

Sarah pointed at Noah.

"He definitely needs that."

"Mom."

"It’s true."

Emma smiled slightly.

"And does he treat you well?"

Yume answered immediately.

"Yes."

Then she thought for a moment.

"Well..."

Noah looked at her and Yume smiled at him.

"Most of the time."

"Yume!"

Emma and Sarah started laughing.

The atmosphere relaxed a little, but then footsteps were heard. They belonged to Ava, who came down the stairs and stopped when she saw Yume.

Her expression changed immediately.

"Ah."

Yume smiled.

"Hi, Ava."

Ava looked at her.

"You came."

"Yes, it’s good to see you again."

"I’d like to say the same."

Noah felt the tension.

’Here comes the bigger problem.’