Kamikawa-san, Can You Go Home with Me?
In the evening, after the lesson.
"Kamikawa-san, can you go home with me? My dad wants to meet you."
On the way home, Rizu suddenly remembered something and turned to Ren and saying, "Eh? You..."
Before Ren could react, Fumino beside him widened her eyes and stared at both of them in disbelief.
Have they reached the stage of meeting parents?
When did this happen? Isn't it too fast?
Asumi didn't speak, but silently looked at Rizu, comparing herself to her, and then discreetly moved away from Ren, and her gaze towards him became strange.
"Sure."
After checking the time, Ren agreed.
It shouldn't take long to go home with her, right?
Seeing him agree, Rizu shifted her attention to Fumino and Asumi, then asked, "Fumino and Kominami Senpai, if possible, please come too."
"Can we come too?" Fumino asked in surprise.
Rizu nodded, "Of course, my dad also wants to meet you."
"Um... Ricchan, why does your dad want to meet us?"
After Fumino took the time to understand, she asked hesitantly.
She must be misunderstanding now; how could she bring another girl to meet her parents?
"Because my dad said he wants to express his thanks in person, especially to Kamikawa-san." Rizu answered calmly.
"So that's it."
Fumino immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, she misunderstood. She wondered how their relationship had developed to this extent.
"So, are you coming?" Rizu asked hopefully.
"Sorry, I have something to do later, so I can't go." Asumi declined.
"What about Fumino?"
Seeing Asumi's refusal, Rizu had no choice but to look at Fumino.
"I can go if I have some free time." Fumino agreed with a smile.
"Thank you."
As Asumi still had matters to attend to, she went ahead alone, while Ren and Fumino followed Rizu to her home.
"Ricchan, if there's an invitation like this next time, please remember to inform us first."
On the way there, Fumino talked about this issue.
"Why do we need to inform beforehand?" Rizu didn't quite understand.
"Of course, to make time for us. Otherwise, we have no choice but to reject you like Kominami Senpai did." Fumino explained.
"Sorry, this is the first time I've invited someone, so I don't have experience."
Rizu nodded while thinking and apologized to both of them.
"It's okay, just remember next time."
Fumino wasn't surprised by this.
Judging from Rizu's various appearances before, it could be seen that she lacked common sense in interacting with others; in this matter, she was very similar to Ren.
Thinking about this, she turned to look at Ren. After realizing that he was playing with his phone, she gave up on talking to him and continued chatting happily with Rizu.
After walking for a while, the group arrived at Rizu's home – Ogata Udon.
"Wow, there are so many people. Isn't it kind of inappropriate for us to come here at this time?"
Opening the shop door, Fumino looked inside at the customers and exclaimed.
"It's okay, my dad has reserved a special table for us, so we don't have to worry about not having seats." Rizu entered first.
Fumino still felt a bit guilty, "This is inappropriate, right? There are so many customers, and you have reserved a special table for us; won't it affect your business?"
"Compared to you, that's not important." Rizu raised her glasses, "Besides, it's just a table, and it doesn't have a big impact on the business."
"Okay."
Now that the matter has reached this point, no matter how embarrassed she is, she can only accept it.
"Dad, I'm back."
Seeing her father working in the kitchen, Rizu called out softly.
"Ah, Rizu-chan is back."
Father Ogata came out of the kitchen, looking very surprised.
"Fumino and Kamikawa-san are also here." Rizu pointed to the two people behind her.
"Hello uncle, my name is Furuhashi Fumino. I am very grateful to Rizu for taking care of me when I was still in school."
"Hello uncle, my name is Kamikawa Ren."
Hearing her talk about them, Fumino and Ren quickly greeted him.
"How can I say that my little girl owes a lot to both of you for taking care of her? I often hear Rizu-chan talk about you." Father Ogata smiled and waved his hand, "You must sit down soon; the udon will be ready shortly."
After saying that, Father Ogata invited both of them to sit at the specially prepared table for them.
"Ricchan, your dad is very enthusiastic."
While Father Ogata was making udon, Fumino sighed.
"He's always like that."
Because to thank both of them, Rizu didn't change from her store uniform to greet customers but sat with them.
Ren didn't speak but quietly listened to their conversation.
They didn't have to wait too long before Father Ogata came to their table carrying a full bowl of udon.
"I only have udon at home, so I have nothing to entertain you. I'm really sorry."
Placing the bowl in front of Fumino, Father Ogata said shyly.
"It's okay, just udon is enough." Fumino said casually.
"If you don't mind, you can eat more."
After saying this, Father Ogata turned around and went to the kitchen to bring portion of udon for Ren.
"It's so rich. This is more than ordinary udon."
Seeing the luxurious udon with various ingredients in the bowl, Fumino sighed emotionally.
It was said that there was nothing to entertain, but it was clear that they were very considerate.
"This is udon specially prepared for you. There's no udon menu like this." Rizu explained.
"Thank you very much." Fumino expressed her gratitude.
Not long after the two of them finished talking, Father Ogata placed a bowl in front of Ren, with only one noodle in it, not even soup.
"In that case, Kamikawa-san, please enjoy the udon slowly."