Two people with different thoughts

Looking back, Nino looked at Ren.

"Sorry, I am late."

"It's not too late, it's the right time."

Ren tried to talk more so that it had nothing to do with his previous self.

"Um."

Scanning his face without leaving a trace, Nino continued: "Then let's go straight to the aquarium. I've brought the tickets."

There are too many girls here, which makes her feel a sense of crisis.

Just like now, if she didn't arrive on time, who knows what would happen.

She had made a lot of preparations last night for this moment, and she didn't want some irrelevant people to ruin her trip and his trip to the aquarium.

"Sure."

Ren agreed without hesitation.

So, the two of them walked side by side towards the aquarium.

(What can I say better...)

After secretly glancing at Ren next to her, Nino planned to say something to open the topic so that the two of them wouldn't get along awkwardly.

But every time the words left her lips, she turned to look at him, and then she was attracted by his face, so much so that she forgot what to say next.

Nino felt like she could spend the whole day just looking at his face without speaking.

And the other party was wearing a mask, making her imagine how he would look without a mask.

Regarding her refusal to take off his mask, Nino could still understand it.

After all, not wearing a mask attracts the attention of many girls now, so taking off the mask will definitely be more scary.

So, he must have worn a mask so they could have fun visiting the aquarium?

Nino has unrealistic fantasies.

At the same time, Ren also thought of a problem.

So what does it mean to have a girlfriend?

He had seen this word before when he was learning about the concept of friends.

At that time, because the focus was on the word "good friend".

Then, he always thought that girlfriend meant female friend.

However, judging from the conversation between the girls who had just come to talk to him, it seemed that the girlfriend's intentions were not that simple.

Glancing at Nino, Ren suppressed his urge to ask.

His current identity was Naoki, not Ren, so he couldn't ask casually.

It's best to ask Gabriel.

Ren wanted to believe Gabriel's answer rather than looking for content that needed to be differentiated between true and false.

"I've never been to an aquarium, I hope you don't mind."

Ren said the most normal sentence he had thought all night.

So that his identity would not be revealed, he made a lot of preparations.

It was like a normal conversation, but he thought about it a lot.

"Eh? Does not matter. It was also my first time coming to an aquarium."

Nino didn't expect Ren to take the initiative to talk to her, she was stunned for a moment before realizing what she was doing.

She doesn't seem too withdrawn and is easy to talk to.

Ren was even more satisfied when he heard that this was also Nino's first time coming to the aquarium.

"However, I checked a lot of guides about aquariums last night, so there shouldn't be any problems." To reassure him, Nino added.

"Well… Thank you for your hard work."

Forcibly restraining himself from saying "Um", Ren said something he rarely said before.

This move is not only to differentiate Ren and Naoki, but also to train himself.

He always wanted to have normal conversations with other people.

But he was afraid that he would accidentally say something strange, so he didn't dare to speak casually.

But now, he wasn't Ren, but Naoki.

In this way, he can try saying some things that he previously did not dare to say to determine whether they are strange and whether he can say them when communicating with others.

After all, Gabriel had said that as long as it was not revealed, Naoki's identity would not affect Ren.

It was precisely this way that he decided to use this method.

Compared to being able to communicate normally with other people, in his opinion exposing his appearance is nothing.

Not to mention, it won't affect him.

"By the way, Kamikawa..."

Nino wanted to talk to him to continue the conversation.

But as soon as the words left her mouth, she realized that she didn't seem to know how to address him more appropriately.

Kamikawa-san? Kamikawa-kun? Or Kamikawa?

According to the current relationship, it should be more appropriate to call him Kamikawa-san?

Before Nino could say anything, his voice sounded.

"Naoki, call me Naoki," Ren corrected.

Everyone calls Ren's identity as Kamikawa, Kamikawa-san and so on.

To make a difference, Naoki should not be called Kamikawa.

"Eh? Naoki?" Nino's heart moved.

Such an intimate title...

"Correct."

Ren doesn't want Nino to know his true identity because of the problems in dealing with her.

"In that case, instead, Naoki, please call me Nino." Nino's face flushed, and she unnaturally pushed the hanging hair behind her ears.

She increasingly felt that she had done the right thing by asking him out.

"Naoki, do you have a favorite animal in the aquarium? Then, we can take a look first."

After finishing the call, Nino continued with the initial question.

"...Dolphins," Ren answered calmly.

This is a lie.

As an omnipotent Esper, he thought there was nothing to like about those animals.

The reason for answering like this is also to avoid similarities with Ren.

"What a coincidence, I also really like dolphins," Nino showed a surprised expression, "I think dolphins are very cute and adorable."

This is a lie.

The animal she really likes is rabbits, but Nino just wants to get closer to him through the same hobby.

"…"

Ren felt like he was a little unlucky.

He just wanted to fool her by talking about animals, but he didn't expect that Nino also liked dolphins.

So how can he not seem like he doesn't like dolphins at all?

"…"

Nino felt she was a little impulsive and shouldn't have agreed so quickly.

Because she realized that she didn't know anything about dolphins, and she would be exposed if she chatted casually about dolphins.

So, how can she show that she likes dolphins?