Kamikawa Ren Wants to Take the Initiative to Make Friends

"In that case, Kaguya-sama, the shopping time you agreed upon with Fujiwara-sama and Moeha-sama is on the morning of the 22nd."

After noting the travel plan on her phone, Hayasaka made the final confirmation.

"Yes."

After completing the email exchange with Chika, Kaguya returned to her room, hoping to go shopping in a few days.

"Huh?"

As Hayasaka was about to say something else, a message from Ren appeared.

"Hayasaka, what's wrong?"

Kaguya turned to her and asked.

She clearly wanted to say something just now, but she didn't finish it?

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask, is there anything else you want to tell me? If not, I'll ask the chef to start preparing dinner tonight."

Without replying to message first, Hayasaka calmly responded.

"Not yet."

After a brief pause, Kaguya gave her answer.

"Then I'll take my leave." Hayasaka continued.

"Um."

After receiving a positive response, Hayasaka left Kaguya's room and closed the door.

Hayasaka Ai: [I've been a bit busy lately, so I don't always have time. Is there something you need help with?]

As she walked downstairs, she sent her reply to Ren.

"Is there anything else I need to ask for help with?"

Honestly, the only reason she could think of for Ren to contact her was to help him do something or to do other annoying things.

However, even if he asked for something, she wouldn't refuse it.

After all, this was a good opportunity to make Ren owe her a favor.

Making good use of the help she provided to him could bring great benefits.

This was always what Hayasaka thought, so she always agreed to help him.

It was also for insurance purposes to prevent unexpected situations.

Kamikawa Ren: [I don't need any help from you, I just want to meet you.]

"Shouldn't it be okay to invite her out like this?"

Ren was a bit unsure as he typed out the words he had thought of.

If he proposed the idea of making friends with her through a message, it would surely be less sincere and he would have to say it directly.

Therefore, it was necessary to invite her out to meet.

But without being able to tell her the reason for wanting to be friends with her, he really couldn't think of any other suitable reasons to ask her out on a date, so he could only use this most direct reason.

Wanting to be friends directly with Hayasaka was also considered wanting to meet her.

Moreover, the idea was to be friends with her, and it didn't seem right to use another reason to deceive her.

Feeling like there shouldn't be a problem, he pressed the send button.

"???"

Hayasaka's steps downstairs suddenly stopped in their tracks.

"...Is the world coming to an end?"

After confirming several times that the message was sent by Ren and not Chika, Hayasaka began to doubt this issue.

"What's wrong with him?"

Although she helped Ren a lot in various aspects, the price was clearly marked and she was rewarded for her help. Logically speaking, it shouldn't increase his benefits too much.

Plus, with his personality, ambiguous messages like this were unlikely to be sent to her by Ren on his own initiative.

Or was he intentionally saying that?

All sorts of doubts flashed through her mind for a moment, and Hayasaka began to struggle with how to respond appropriately.

Hayasaka Ai: [If that's the issue, I can make time to meet with you recently.]

She decided to agree and planned to go to the appointment to see what Ren wanted to do.

Kamikawa Ren: [Then when do you have time?]

"...I'm very busy as usual..."

Seeing his question, Hayasaka checked her schedule and sighed.

As her job was to be Shinomiya Kaguya's personal maid, in principle she had to always be with Kaguya.

Combined with the fact that she had other work to do and things Ren entrusted to her, her schedule was almost full.

"Wait a minute, it seems I have time today..."

Hayasaka Ai: [I have time on the 22nd, is that okay?]

Because Kaguya chose to go shopping with Chika and Moeha that day instead of staying at home as usual, this resulted in one day being more free from her original schedule.

That day she didn't need to stay at home and continue serving Kaguya.

She definitely couldn't follow her when she went shopping.

Moreover, she still couldn't be recognized by Chika and Moeha.

Therefore, she could use this time to do something else, like meeting Ren.

Regarding Kaguya's safety on the shopping day, don't worry, there will be someone else responsible for it.

However, for some reason, after choosing the time on the 22nd, she always had a bad feeling in her heart.

Was this an illusion?

If she just met Ren and saw what he wanted to do, nothing strange would happen, right?

But even though she had a bad feeling in her heart, Hayasaka felt a little helpless.

After all, she didn't have any other spare time.

She could only hope that it was just her imagination.

Kamikawa Ren: [That's okay.]

Seeing her agree, he accepted the time she mentioned without hesitation.

After continuing the conversation with Hayasaka for a while, after confirming the time and place to meet on the 22nd, he ended the conversation by saying that there was something he had to do.

"In that case, what should I say?"

Putting down phone, Ren pondered the issue that made him very embarrassed.

This was the first time he took the initiative to make friends with someone else.

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Saturday morning.

"Did you just say you want me to teach you how to make friends with others?"

Asumi, who had just put on apron and hadn't entered the kitchen yet, looked at Ren standing in front of her in surprise.

As soon as she arrived at Ren's house, she received a request from him: "Senpai, I want to make friends with others, please tell me how."

"Yes. Please, senpai."

Ren nodded, full of hope.

Usually, the person he consulted for things like this that he didn't know how to do was Gabriel, but since Gabriel wasn't here, he had no choice but to ask Asumi.