Talking About Summer, What’s Your Opinion?
Glancing at Fumino and Rizu sitting across from him, Ren seemed to grasp something.
Currently, Kaguya asked him if he had time; she should invite him to discuss the student council.
Kamikawa Ren: [I have time]
Shinomiya Kaguya: [In that case, after lunch tomorrow, can you come to the student council room? There are some things I'd like to discuss with you in person.]
She responded very quickly, as if she always held her phone and waited for his email.
Ren realized the subtle location of the "Student Council Room."
Thinking back to what Fumino and Rizu had said earlier, it was essentially confirmed that Kaguya would invite him to join the student council.
Although lacking common sense and not very skilled in communication, he could still analyze others' intentions through the known information.
Kamikawa Ren: [Okay]
However, even though he guessed, he still did not take the initiative to mention it.
There was no point in guessing correctly, but guessing wrong seemed a bit presumptuous.
It would be embarrassing, and he didn't need to take risks.
Anyway, he would know the answer tomorrow afternoon, so there was no need to take the initiative to ask.
And this way, he could also give himself preparation time so that he could think in advance about what he should say tomorrow afternoon, not wasting much time saying a word.
He would do his best to avoid that.
After finishing the reply, Kaguya only responded with "Hmm" and didn't send any more messages, ending the short conversation.
"By the way, Kamikawa-san, what do you think about joining the student council?"
Seeing him put down his phone, Fumino asked with curiosity.
They had basically discussed it and wanted to hear his opinion.
"You can join if you want. I support your decision." Ren offered his own perspective.
He wouldn't interfere with the decisions they made in any way; he would just support them.
"Okay, then let's think about it carefully." Fumino nodded. "But if you're determined to join the student council, remember to let us know."
"Yes." Ren agreed.
After concluding this topic and chatting briefly about the upcoming final exams and the approaching summer vacation, Fumino pulled Ren to stand up.
"It's already late, Ricchan. Let's go now so we don't disturb you."
"Um."
After checking the time, Rizu stood without saying anything, intending to bid them farewell.
As soon as she stepped out of Rizu's room, Ren suddenly saw Ogata's father standing near the door.
"Furuhashi-san, are you leaving?"
Seeing them coming out, Ogata's father immediately rushed over.
"Yes, because it's quite late, so I won't disturb you anymore." Fumino replied with a smile.
"Come and play often from now on." Ogata's father said very enthusiastically.
Ren promised, "I will."
Upon hearing this, Ogata's father's eyes instantly turned cold as he glared at him, and his fists clenched.
Who wants a scoundrel like you to come here often?
"Remember to come here often; I have a lot of board games here." Rizu said joyfully.
Seeing his daughter's happy expression, Ogata's father silently released his clenched fist without saying anything.
"You can bring those board games to Itsuki's house and play them occasionally during breaks." Ren suggested.
"Will it not delay the tutoring progress?" Rizu asked anxiously.
Indeed, she hoped someone could play board games with her, but it wouldn't be good if it delayed the tutoring.
Ren explained, "No, most of the tutoring progress has been achieved, and there is plenty of break time."
They had only been sitting in the first-year high school benches for two months, and what they needed to fix was just the basics and the new knowledge they had just learned; thinking about it, it wouldn't take long at all.
What wasted time was the many subjects that required tutoring, and each subject required tutoring, taking up a lot of time.
It had been two months since Ren gave them tutoring. Most subjects had followed the teacher's progress, and the rest could be finished quickly. There was plenty of free time, and there was no need to worry that playing board games would delay the tutoring.
"In that case, I'll be relieved."
After confirming that it was okay to bring board games there, Rizu looked very excited.
After talking for a while longer, Fumino and Ren left the Ogata Udon door and said goodbye to her, "See you tomorrow, Ricchan!"
"Goodbye."
"See you tomorrow." Rizu replied.
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After walking a bit farther, Fumino looked at the sky and casually asked, "By the way, Kamikawa-san, do you think this is already summer?"
"Yes."
It was already July, undoubtedly summer.
"So, when you think about summer, what do you think, Kamikawa-san?"
Since the distance to the parting point was still a bit far, Fumino took the initiative to find a topic, intending to chat with him about some enjoyable things.
"...I can't think of anything."
Honestly, Ren was very unfamiliar with the term summer.
For the past ten years, he had spent most of his time in his room, only going out a few times.
So much so that he couldn't think of anything.
"Eh?!"
Fumino didn't expect his answer to be like this at all, so she didn't know how to respond appropriately.
Logically, shouldn't Ren say words like the sea, watermelon, air conditioning, ice cream, which make people feel like summer when they hear them?
Couldn't believe what just happened?
"Sorry."
Seeing her reaction, Ren knew he had said something wrong and quickly apologized.
"It's okay."
At this moment, Fumino noticed the convenience store behind her and suddenly got an idea.
"I'll buy something, Kamikawa-san, please wait for me here for a moment."
Without waiting for his answer, she hurriedly went to the convenience store.
"Yes."
Seeing her figure retreating, Ren thought about his problem again.
Speaking of summer, what do ordinary people think?