Almost Revealed Identity
Miharu initially thought Ren would only have ambiguous relationships with the girls in the photos and Asumi, who cooked for him.
But when she saw another girl being brought home by him, she realized her perception was completely wrong.
Perhaps, what she knew was just the tip of the iceberg among the girls who constantly interacted with him.
Moreover, she only stayed at her sister's house for one day.
What should she do now?
Should she go back and tell her sister and then catch him?
No, because Ren dared to bring that girl home openly, it means he must have a good reason as an explanation.
If she hastily tells her sister about this, if she doesn't catch him, it will only make him more cautious, and all her plans will be in vain.
In other words, she has to be 100% sure.
If not, no matter how much she knows, it will be in vain.
In an instant, Miharu thought of many things.
So, she looked at the bags they were holding and asked casually, "Kamikawa-san, what did you buy? It looks very heavy."
Ren explained, "Because Nino wants to teach me how to make meat buns, I bought some things that I will use."
"So that's it. Then let's go, I'll throw away the trash."
Sure enough, her thoughts were correct, Ren had already thought of an excuse.
Therefore, Miharu immediately walked downstairs without further attachment.
"You have a good relationship with your neighbor."
After she left, Nino asked a question that she was a little worried about.
Ren immediately called the girl by her name.
This made her worry about her sister.
"She's not my neighbor, Miharu is Kirisu-sensei's little sister." Ren replied.
"You and Kirisu-sensei are neighbors?"
Nino certainly knew Mafuyu, who was famous throughout the school.
"That's right."
"I feel like you usually work very hard." Nino said with a sigh.
While she was thinking about the teacher responsible for her who lived next door, she felt some kind of pressure flowing towards her.
Was it too easy to make visits like this?
"It's okay."
Ren didn't feel how hard it was.
"Um."
After chatting casually for a few words, Nino didn't continue the topic.
She just noted the fact that Mafuyu's sister and Ren had a very good relationship, and she was also very beautiful.
Nino planned to tell her sister about this in the evening and give them snacks.
Don't let Ren be snatched away by a girl who appeared out of nowhere.
Besides, she had no other idea.
Moreover, this issue had nothing to do with her, and it wasn't because she liked Ren.
Upon reaching door 201, Ren placed the two bags he brought down, and took out the house key from his pocket, with a half-heart-shaped keychain on it.
"Eh?"
Nino, who was still waiting for him to open the door, suddenly saw Ren's keychain.
Wait a minute, what's with his keychain?
Why half a heart?
Her keychain was also half a heart, and paired with Naoki's keychain.
Is this a coincidence?
Or...?
"Kamikawa-san, can you show me your house key?"
With a rather complicated feeling, Nino stopped him from opening the door, reached out her hand, and asked.
"..."
Hearing this, Ren remembered something.
Meaning, he forgot that his keychain and Nino's keychain could be assembled into one whole heart, then he took it out in front of her.
Nino clearly doubted his identity.
"It's okay."
Ren took advantage of his indifference and gently clipped the keychain before handing it over.
After taking the key, Nino took out her house key from her pocket which also had a half-heart keychain on it.
Then, she took the two half hearts and carefully joined them.
The result—
Completely wrong!
"Phew..."
Seeing this result, Nino clearly felt relieved.
She almost thought Ren was Naoki.
Fortunately, not.
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood." Nino returned his key and said apologetically.
"What's the misunderstanding?"
Taking his key, Ren pretended not to understand anything.
In that brief moment, he used his superpower to temporarily change the distance in the half heart, so that both halves didn't match.
Otherwise, he would be exposed now.
"Because I also have a half-heart keychain, which can be matched with Kamikawa Naoki's half-heart keychain, the person I like, to form a complete heart." Nino explained with a little embarrassment, "So after seeing your half heart keychain, I just wanted to see if I could match it."
She was so excited now that she unconsciously forgot that she and Naoki bought the keychains at a random store, not specially made.
Seeing the same style on someone else was normal.
"So that's it."
Ren pretended to understand everything.
"By the way, Kamikawa-san, whose keychain can be matched with the half keychain of yours to form a complete heart?"
After calming down, Nino realized there was an additional problem.
"With myself."
To prevent others from revealing that he didn't have a keychain he could assemble, Ren had no choice but to answer.
"Eh? What do you mean?"
Nino didn't understand what he was saying.
"I made a mistake. I wanted to buy a complete heart, but I made a mistake and bought two half hearts."
Ren calmly stated the reason he came up with when he was thinking about something.
"I really didn't expect such a mistake to happen to Kamikawa-san."
Nino tried to alleviate the embarrassment she just caused.
"Well, anyway, I'm also just a normal person." Ren emphasized, "Making mistakes is normal."
Even he, a person with superpowers, just made a mistake, so it could be said that it's normal for ordinary people to make mistakes.
"Let's go in quickly."
Pointing to his house door, Nino urged.
She didn't want to stay here forever, the atmosphere was too awkward.
"Um."
After that, Ren opened the door and went in with the bags.
"Excuse me."
Nino who followed him whispered.
"Welcome back."
As soon as they entered the door, Asumi's voice could be heard.