Ren Wants to Know His Progress

"Eh? Miku, is your gift ready?"

As soon as Miku uttered these words, everyone's attention was immediately piqued.

"It's ready, but it's just a random purchase."

Facing their gazes, Miku adjusted the headphones hanging around her neck somewhat awkwardly.

"You just bought it?" Nino was quite skeptical of her statement.

Judging from how much Miku cared about Ren, the gift she wanted to give him clearly wasn't just an ordinary purchase.

Miku replied quickly, "Yes, I think the item is pretty good, and Ren might like it, so I plan to buy it as a gift for him."

"So Miku, what gift do you want to give to Ren-san?" Yotsuba asked this critical question.

After a moment of silence, Miku spoke again: "...That will be kept secret for now."

"But didn't you just say you bought it casually?" Itsuki said dissatisfiedly, "Because it was bought casually, it doesn't matter if you tell us what the gift is."

"Even if I bought it casually, I can't say it." Miku's attitude was very firm.

"Miku, are you secretly preparing a really nice gift and then intentionally saying you bought it casually to deceive us?" Regarding Miku's abnormal behavior, Itsuki presented her own guess.

"No, I really bought it outside."

Honestly, Miku was also less sure.

But she really couldn't control her desire to give him a gift, so she really wanted to give him one.

"Alright."

Seeing Miku say this, Itsuki didn't ask any further.

"By the way, Miku, are you still learning to cook?"

Yotsuba glanced at the plates Miku had just brought to the dining table and changed the subject.

"Yeah." Miku said very proudly, "My croquette-making skills can be said to be on par with Nino's!"

"Really?"

Compared to before, Itsuki was even more doubtful of the truth of Miku's words.

"Of course, it's true!" Miku exemplified, "I made the croquettes on the day we celebrated. You must know this."

"I know this."

Yotsuba nodded.

"So, how did it taste?" Miku asked.

"I forgot, besides, it's been a few days."

Itsuki tried hard to remember, but it turns out she couldn't remember at all.

Even though she was a famous food critic on the Internet, it's somewhat difficult to remember the taste of what she ate a few days ago.

After all, it wasn't a dish so delicious that she wouldn't forget it.

"At least you didn't have a problem with the food at the time, right?" Miku kept confirming this fact.

"It seems so. The main reason is because there were too many delicious foods at the time, and foods like croquettes weren't appealing at all."

Yotsuba didn't deny it.

Miku said very seriously: "In other words, the croquette I made has perfectly blended with Nino's cooking, meaning my croquette-making level must have reached Nino's level."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with Miku's croquettes."

In the field of croquettes, Nino acknowledged Miku.

"It turns out Miku is quite talented in cooking, and she has now reached the same level as Nino very quickly." Itsuki was surprised.

Nino emphasized: "I want to emphasize to you that Miku started learning to cook from me before the summer vacation started, and during this period, she only learned how to make croquettes, and nothing else."

"In that case, I retract that statement and pretend I didn't say anything."

If that's the case, Miku's cooking skills need to be reconsidered.

"By the way, the rolled omelet I made is almost cold. Can you help me taste it?"

With that, Miku brought the plate and placed it in front of Yotsuba and Itsuki.

"Can I refuse?" Itsuki asked hesitantly.

"No!"

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Later that afternoon.

Nakano Miku: [Ren, do you have time the day after tomorrow? My gift is ready, and I want to give it to you.]

Ren who was eating, received a message from Miku, so he quickly replied.

Kamikawa Ren: [Yes.]

Nakano Miku: [In that case, you decide the time and place.]

She rarely went out, which means she didn't even know where to choose a place to meet.

Before, she could just choose to sit in front of the station, and besides, she had to take the train together to go to a very far place.

But now just to meet and give gifts, it's kind of unnecessary to choose it at the station.

Kamikawa Ren: [Can we meet at Angel Cafe at 2 pm?]

Faced with her request, he typed this line almost unconsciously.

Especially because he was already very used to going there and meeting other people.

Nakano Miku: [No problem.]

After searching for the location of this cafe on the phone map and ensuring that it was not far from her house and she could get there quickly, Miku replied very quickly.

Kamikawa Ren: [Good.]

Nakano Miku: [By the way, Ren, what are you doing? Want to play games together?]

Although it wasn't time to make an appointment with her to play games, she still wanted to play games with him longer if he had time.

Kamikawa Ren: [Eating.]

Seeing the rice he had just eaten in front of him, he answered honestly.

Nakano Miku: [Sorry, please eat first, I will call you later.]

After replying, Miku closed the chat interface, put her phone down, and turned to look at the gift box placed on her desk.

It was the gift she wanted to give to Ren.

"I hope he likes it." Miku hoped.

After finishing chatting with Miku, Ren continued his meal.

After eating and washing the dishes and chopsticks, he sat in front of the table and took out a new blank notebook.

Taking advantage of this time, he decided to summarize himself.

See how far his progress has come now compared to when he first came out.

Although he always felt he had made progress, it was just a feeling.

It needs to be confirmed properly.

[Name: Kamikawa Ren]

[...]

Opening the first page of his notebook, he wrote down his basic personal information.

After that, it became an official record.

"Write down the most important things first."

Remembering this, Ren used a pencil to write down the data he thought was most important.

[Good friends: two.]