Miku: I thought you wouldn't come

As quintuplets, Itsuki feels that she still knows Miku very well.

Therefore, she didn't believe that such an ambiguous note was written by Miku.

"Possible."

Ren did not deny her speculation.

From a layman's point of view, there is a possibility that the letter is fake.

"By the way, Kamikawa-san, you just found this note?" Itsuki thought of something and confirmed.

"Yeah," Ren admitted.

"Then, this note wasn't written by Miku."

Itsuki immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Because it rained this morning, we came to school together by car, and after I arrived at class, I never left."

"If this note was written by her, I would definitely be able to find it when she comes."

"But I didn't see Miku come to our class this morning, so this note was definitely not written by Miku!"

"Someone must have used Miku's name to play a prank on Kamikawa-san."

"But what if this letter had been sent yesterday afternoon?"

Fumino not only believed her explanation, but also made a guess.

"As long as you wrote it first yesterday, it's fine to put it in Kamikawa-san's desk drawer after we leave."

"Eh? Does it seem possible?"

Itsuki's face froze and she scratched her cheek in embarrassment.

She seemed to ignore this possibility.

"This can be proven from the time and place agreed on in the note," Fumino analyzed while holding her chin with one hand.

"Time and place?"

Itsuki thinks there is nothing to prove in these two items.

Didn't go to the park at noon today?

It was a normal agreement.

"Because it started raining this morning," Fumino pointed out the window and answered, "If I wrote it and sent it here this morning, how could I choose to invite someone out of the house in the rain?"

"That makes sense."

Itsuki was convinced by Fumino.

She just didn't believe that this note was written by Miku based on her knowledge of her and her alibi.

But if she think about it carefully, maybe Miku wrote it.

Especially because she thought the handwriting on the note looked familiar.

If this was the case, wasn't it a coincidence that she saw Miku and Ren staying together last Saturday?

"It was written by Miku."

Itsuki stared at the note for a long time and finally admitted it.

At this moment, she felt like she didn't really know Miku.

Fumino then asked: "Nakano-san, are you sure what your sister is doing by calling Kamikawa-san?"

"Not sure."

Itsuki was silent for a long time and could only reply like this.

Miku was usually quiet, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Not to mention, this note now.

"Then shall I go?"

Ren changed his question.

He originally planned to go see Miku to tell him something important.

But after listening to their conversation just now, his thoughts changed without realizing it.

"Go away for a while?" Itsuki suggested.

Even though it wasn't good to go out in the rain, considering this was Miku's invitation, she could only hope that Ren would go to the appointment.

After all, Miku said something very important in that note.

If Ren could go, she might as well go.

With Miku's character, it must have taken a lot of courage to write a note like that.

Itsuki doesn't want Miku's efforts to be in vain.

"Can."

After hearing Itsuki's words, Ren planned to go and take a look at this afternoon.

Seeing that he had solved the problem, Fumino felt much more at ease.

Now she doesn't have to worry about any accidents.

At this time, Fumino suddenly realized something.

Didn't she come here to ask Ren if she was free at noon today?

Why did she help him solve the problem?

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During the lunch break, it was still raining heavily.

Ren raised his umbrella, stepped into the rain, and walked towards the park.

The distance from the teaching building to the park was not far, so he arrived quickly.

"Is this a park?"

Ren looked at the surrounding environment curiously.

It was his first time at the park, and it was raining.

Maybe because of the rain, many of the flowers were hanging weakly and not blooming.

This thwarted his plans to take the opportunity to admire the flowers.

However, he didn't care about this.

Because the purpose of his coming to the park was to look for Miku, and he just wanted to see flowers and so on.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't see it.

After checking the park with his superpower [Psychic Powers], he easily found Miku's location, sitting in a pavilion.

So, Ren walked there.

"You come."

As soon as Ren entered the pavilion and closed his umbrella, Miku's voice was heard.

"Um."

After finding a place to put his umbrella, Ren looked at Miku who was sitting on a stone bench in the middle of the pavilion.

She was basically the same as the last time he saw her in the library, with long pink hair, bangs covering her right eye, and blue headphones around her neck.

The only difference from before was probably that she changed from casual clothes to the Shuchi'in Academy uniform.

"I thought you wouldn't come."

Miku continued, with a hint of excitement visible in her voice.

"Why?"

Ren didn't know how she came to the conclusion that he wouldn't come.

"Because it's raining."

Tucking her hair behind her ear, Miku answered softly.

She put the note down yesterday afternoon, at that time she didn't expect it to rain today.

That's why she was mentally prepared that Ren wouldn't come.

But even so, he still came.

"Oh."

Ren still doesn't really understand what the rain has to do with him not coming, just like he doesn't understand why he can't go for a run in the morning if it rains.

When he came to sit on the stone bench opposite her, he waited for her to talk about the important things she planned to tell him.

"For you."

Once Ren sat down, Miku took out a can of green drink from somewhere and handed it to him.

"What's this?"

After getting rid of the habit of drinking, Ren asked.

"Matcha soda," Miku thought for a moment, then added, "As thanks for helping me last time."

"…"

Ren doesn't remember when he helped Miku.

As for the reward for helping her lead, it had been given to him before

So what is meant by gratitude?

However, after he received it, Ren still planned to try it out of courtesy.

"Nice?"

Based on Chika's experience of giving candy the last time, Ren decided to ask about the taste before drinking so he wouldn't judge wrongly.