Collective Title Change
"Sigh..."
After hearing Ichika's final rules, even though Fumino knew something was wrong with the rules, she couldn't find a reason to object.
As Rizu said, be fair to Ren. This condition alone was enough to limit most conditions.
"The referees are Nino and Kominami Senpai." Announced Ichika.
"By the way, I'm a little curious about what reward Kamikawa-san will choose for you."
As a referee, Nino crossed her arms as if watching the excitement.
"It's not important; it's just a reward."
Fumino didn't care about the reward Ren would give her; what mattered was what she would give in return.
"You can choose the reward."
Ren suggested a lazy way to handle it.
If everyone chose their own rewards, then he wouldn't need to worry about buying them; he just had to pay, saving time in the selection process.
"If you don't choose, Kamikawa-san, you will choose a nice reward for us." Itsuki was very concerned about this.
"That's true from the previous rules. If you want to give a reward to Kamikawa-kun, it's not impossible to ask him to buy it back and give it to you."
After finishing speaking, Ichika suddenly realized something and hastily added, "Most importantly, choosing an expensive reward is prohibited. It can only be an ordinary reward, even if it's a reward in return for Kamikawa-kun."
"You don't need to remind us of this; we won't do that either." Yotsuba confidently said.
"Do you have any questions?" Ichika continued to ask, "If you have any questions, you can tell them when you have the chance."
"Yes!"
Miku stared at Ichika.
"What's the matter?" Ichika asked.
"Why do you call Ren Kamikawa-kun?"
Miku asked a question she had always been concerned about.
"Did Ichika really call Kamikawa-kun that way?"
Yotsuba was very surprised; she didn't realize it at all now.
"Really." Itsuki testified.
She also noticed Ichika's recent name change.
After confirming, Yotsuba looked at Ichika.
"Sorry, I accidentally misspoke."
Facing the gaze of some of them, Ichika sighed helplessly.
"It turns out I misspoke." Yotsuba believed her explanation, "Just fix it in time."
"I should call him Ren-kun."
As soon as Yotsuba's words came down, Ichika continued.
"Eh? Isn't this title more intimate?"
Yotsuba's eyes widened; this reversal was completely unexpected for her.
"No, a title like this is unacceptable." Miku replied.
"If I remember correctly, you just called him Ren." Ichika looked at Miku, "Among the people here, only you don't have the right to say no."
"..."
Miku bowed her head and didn't raise any further objections.
"Did something happen between you and Kamikawa-san?" Fumino asked hesitantly, "If not, there's no reason to change the title just like that."
Generally, a change of the opposite sex's name is basically caused by a closer relationship between two people.
"Nothing happened; I just felt the need to differentiate. Moreover, if everyone calls him Kamikawa-san, there's no way for Ren-kun to know who is who by calling him."
Ichika gave a reason that was almost nonsensical.
"You can know who is who just by listening to their voices." Rizu didn't believe it.
Ichika pointed to her cheek and reminded, "Not necessarily; we five sisters not only look alike, even our classmates can easily mistake us."
"That's true." Fumino agreed.
Even after knowing them for so long, she could only tell who is who by relying on each person's hairstyle and hair accessories.
If these external factors were set aside, and she only looked at their faces, she wouldn't know.
"That's why I took the initiative to change the term to Ren-kun so that he recognizes me." Ichika said confidently.
"..."
Nino didn't speak, just sighed inwardly.
As an observer, she could see Ichika's true intentions at a glance.
In other words, she wanted to get closer to Ren by changing the way she called him, as Miku did.
However, compared to Miku's weak reason, Ichika's reason sounded more reasonable.
Nino really didn't expect that Ichika would fall in love with Ren too.
Is he really that charming?
Although Ren is not ugly, and he's even a bit handsome, he is far behind Naoki.
Nino looked at Ren sitting on the sofa and watched the scene calmly, her eyes full of confusion.
"If that's the issue, wouldn't it be better if we also change the way we call Kamikawa-san?"
After considering Ichika's logic for a while, Yotsuba suggested this with great enthusiasm.
"Let Ren-kun decide on this." Ichika refused, "If he agrees, you can naturally change the name for him."
"No problem." Ren agreed without hesitation.
"In that case, I'll change it to Ren-san." Yotsuba was very happy to propose her idea.
"Kamikawa-kun, is it okay if I call you like this?"
After thinking for a moment, Itsuki said directly.
"Yes." Ren didn't object.
"Ricchan and I will call you Kamikawa. After all, our voices are easily distinguishable."
Fumino had a brief conversation with Rizu and took this opportunity to change her address.
"Um."
"No need to change my address for him. I'm the only one here who can call him Kouhai-kun." Asumi said indifferently.
Nino didn't get involved and still called him Kamikawa-san.
"Since we've all changed the names we call, there's no need to add -san to call us." Fumino said hopefully.
"Um."
"Call me Furuhashi or Fumino." Fumino said.
Then Rizu said, "Call me Ogata, you can call me Rizu if you want."
"Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, Itsuki."
Ichika directly mentioned the names of the five sisters in one breath.
Nino didn't object. After all, it was just for convenience. Could it be that when her sisters asked her to call them by their first names, they asked her to call them Nino-san or Nakano?
That would be a bit too much.
After writing this down, Ren could only look at Asumi.
"Don't expect to change your title to me. Just call me Senpai." Asumi said proudly, "I will be your senior for the rest of my life."