Unexpected encounter, opening of Shuraba?

　　On the way to the cafeteria with Itsuki, Shinichi always felt like he was being watched, and that was different from being stared at before.

　　He had a bad feeling for no reason...

　　Secretly looking left and right, there was a stream of students around him, he wasn't sure if it was an illusion, so he could only put the matter down for now, and apologized to Itsuki beside him.

　　"Excuse me, I have a message."

　　After all, he was traveling with people he didn't know very well, so it was a bit rude to take out his phone to swipe without saying a word.

　　Itsuki quickly waved her hand: "Of course it's fine, Asada-kun doesn't need to ask me specifically… Ah, I just ordered five limited edition packs, let's see if they're ready."

　　"Five servings?" Shinichi opened the LINE interface and asked casually, "Itsuki, is it bad for your health to eat so much at one sitting?"

　　"That's not what I ate!" Itsuki argued with a red face, then lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Five servings is too much… Even though two servings should be fine, I refrained from eating only one…"

　　Shinichi pretended not to hear, Furuhashi's previous appearance told him that girls would really pay attention to her appetite, so it's better to keep your mouth shut when you don't know how to answer a conversation.

　　So he secretly looked at the cell phone, and when he was about to open Nino's chat interface, he found that there were three unread messages from Miku.

　　Actually he had seen it last night, but he didn't care about it since he was busy with school in the forest, so he put it aside for the time being, and planned to repay her before sleeping.

　　But he forgot about it when he was busy. He fell asleep after finishing work at 10 p.m. After waking up, he also thought about recruiting people into the group. He hadn't thought about it until now, so he clicked on the message.

　　The three messages came at 6:50 a.m., 8:00 a.m., and 9:50 p.m.

　　"There is a tricky question. Can I ask Shinichi tomorrow?"

　　"The school cafeteria seems to have limited edition food sets. Have you tried Shinichi? I'm a little interested."

　　"Tomorrow I will eat at the cafeteria with my sister... Shinichi, good night."

　　Shinichi's eyes remained fixed on the dialog box, and for a moment, he seemed to see Miku sending a message carefully, and staring at the screen waiting for a reply.

　　Miku should have waited for him to text back all night, right?

　　Thinking of this, Shinichi couldn't help feeling uncomfortable in his heart.

Itsuki who was beside him, saw Shinichi's strange expression, and asked with concern: "What's wrong, Asada-kun? Are you feeling unwell?"

　　"It doesn't matter." Shinichi shook his head and started typing "Sorry, did you say something just now? I wasn't paying attention."

　　"Ah, about this matter..." Itsuki suddenly scratched her cheek in embarrassment, with an awkward smile on her face, "I only realized now that I had invited my family to eat together at the cafeteria, since the food had already been ordered, and there was no food. way to change it, so..."

　　Before Itsuki could finish speaking, Shinichi averted his eyes from the screen and looked ahead.

　　They had just arrived at the cafeteria door.

　　Amidst the crowd where everything seemed to be a blur, the figures of two young girls very clearly moved from far to near from the other side of the door.

　　They are a pair of "twin sisters" who can only be distinguished by their temperament and hairstyle.

　　They chatted one after another, and the girl who was always looking at the ground sighed softly, and suddenly seemed to feel something, and suddenly looked up.

　　At this moment, the eyes of the two of them met, and the hazy sights and sounds around him disappeared, and only the figure of the other party was left in the suddenly blank consciousness.

　　"Shinichi..." Miku's eyes lit up quickly, and a smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

　　The gloomy temperament swept away, and was replaced by joy that filled her heart.

　　Despite the doubtful expressions of Nino beside her, Miku couldn't help but take a step forward at the fastest speed.

　　But in the next moment, she saw a familiar figure walking side by side with Shinichi.

　　Her footsteps stopped.

　　Itsuki?

　　Miku opened her mouth and the light slowly dimmed.

　　....

　　Itsuki paid no attention to the front, but brought her hands together in apology to the stunned Shinichi.

　　"Excuse me! If possible, would you like to have dinner with us? By the way, you also know Miku and Nino, so it shouldn't be too embarrassing..."

　　Shinichi looked in front, his left eyelid twitched again, the cell phone slowly put down, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

　　"Yeah, it shouldn't be so embarrassing..."

　　...

　　Yotsuba and Ichika walked in from the other side, and their angle was just right enough to see both sides' appearances.

　　Yotsuba's expression suddenly brightened, and she waved to them from afar.

　　"Everyone, have you been waiting long? Eh? The person next to Itsuki is..."

Ichika took a closer look and found that it was a boy she didn't recognize, but his figure was somewhat familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere...

　　When she glanced at the stiff-looking Miku on the other hand, a memory flashed through her mind, and she suddenly realized.

　　Asada Shinichi who dated Miku in the garden!

　　Then she looked left and right, Miku looked like she was about to run to Shinichi, but froze in place after taking a step. Itsuki was next to Shinichi begging him for something, and, the relationship between the two should look good.

　　Time seemed to have stopped at this scene, only Miku's expression gradually darkened.

　　Seeing this, Ichika started to think deeply, and made a judgment after thinking deeply. After the assessment was over, she almost laughed.

　　(This,... Shuraba? Shuraba among my sisters?!)

　　"Ichika, what's wrong with you?" Yotsuba turned to look at her suspiciously.

Ichika forced a smile while covering her stomach.

　　"No, it's fine... Just a sudden stomachache..."