Fulfilling the Agreement with Miku

"Should we go?"

Seeing Ren wearing headphones, Yotsuba asked both of them.

Their purpose in following here was to see what gift Miku would give. Now that they all knew, there was no reason to stay here anymore.

"Let's go. If you keep staying here, you'll be found out."

Nino was still worried that Miku would find out they were following her.

"Ah, good."

Itsuki shifted her gaze from the headphones Ren was wearing and stood up with Nino and Yotsuba.

After paying the bill, they left the cafe.

Since they no longer needed to follow Miku, they took off their masks and caps.

"Itsuki, what's wrong? Why do you look puzzled?"

Nino noticed something unusual about Itsuki and asked with concern.

"It's nothing."

Itsuki shook her head; she didn't want to say what was bothering her.

"Are you worried about your gift?"

Ignoring her answer, Nino voiced her assessment.

"..."

Itsuki didn't say anything, but in Nino's eyes, this was equivalent to agreement.

"Are you worried your gift won't be liked by Ren-san?" Their conversation caught Yotsuba's attention.

"I just feel like my own gift is a bit inadequate." Seeing they had guessed what she was thinking, Itsuki didn't need to hide it anymore. "Initially, I wanted to invite Kamikawa-kun to eat. He likes food."

"But now that I've thought about it carefully, it seems a bit inappropriate."

"Why didn't you just ask Ren-san what he likes to eat beforehand?"

Yotsuba remembered Itsuki's very intentional question when Ren came to their house last time.

"So, are you going to exchange gifts for Itsuki?" Nino said.

Since she had already revealed the gift she wanted to give earlier, it meant that gift would definitely not be given to Ren.

"Um, I plan to exchange it with a gift more suitable for Kamikawa-kun."

Good food disappears after eating, but a gift like Miku's could be used by Ren forever.

Therefore, Itsuki decided to give him something he often used.

"Then what will you give?" Nino asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Itsuki shook her head. She had just decided to exchange the gift she had given. How could she get a gift that matched her idea so quickly?

"By the way, Yotsuba, when are you going to give that gift to Kamikawa-san?"

Seeing no further information from Itsuki, Nino changed her target and threw her question.

"My gift isn't ready yet. It might take a while before I can give it to him."

Yotsuba waved her hand and answered in panic.

Nino realized something was wrong with her and asked somewhat suspiciously, "Why are you so nervous, Yotsuba?"

"No, it's nothing." Yotsuba explained and then changed the subject, "Anyway, you guys should go home first. There's something I need to do, and I have to go to school."

"What are you going to do?"

Nino became more suspicious of her.

"Just going to help the basketball club, yeah, that's it. Goodbye."

After leaving such words, Yotsuba hurriedly said goodbye to them and ran towards school.

"Yotsuba is really weird..."

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"It seems there's no electricity."

After reading the manual and trying to open it according to the manual, Ren found this problem.

"I didn't know that."

These headphones hadn't been opened since they were bought; Miku packed them and gave them to Ren today.

Therefore, she really didn't know if there was electricity in the headphones.

"It's okay, I'll charge the headphones when I get back."

Saying this, Ren took off the headphones and planned to put them back in the box.

"Don't..."

Seeing his actions, Miku unconsciously shouted.

"What's wrong?"

After stopping to put it back, Ren stared at her and asked puzzled.

"Nothing."

Miku shook her head.

She really couldn't explain the fact that Ren kept wearing the headphones around his neck like she did.

The main reason was this request was too much.

"Oh."

So Ren put the headphones back in the box.

"Ren, if you play games with me at night, you can use these headphones." Miku reminded.

"Yeah, I'll do it." After he agreed, Ren continued, "The gift I'm giving you is still being prepared. It will take some time."

Hayasaka was still negotiating with the Sengoku game production company, and it was not yet certain when it would be ready.

"It's okay, I can wait long." Miku said softly, "By the way, Ren, I've finished reading the book I borrowed from the school library. When will you accompany me to the school library to borrow books again?"

This happened before the final exam. That day, she and Ren went to the school library together, and due to lack of time, she only borrowed one book and returned.

At that time, Ren said that after finishing reading the book, he would accompany her to the library.

Miku remembered it very clearly.

Now that she had finished reading the book, it was time for her to fulfill her promise.

So why did she read it so slowly?

It was also because of Ren.

In the days leading up to the final exam, she was busy reviewing and didn't have time to read.

Finally, during the summer vacation, during the day she usually studied cooking and practiced with Nino, and at night she played with him.

This resulted in her time being a bit limited, and there wasn't much time left to read books.

"Is Monday afternoon next week okay?"

After thinking about the travel plans for the past few days, Ren gave this answer.

Tomorrow he would go to Asumi's house to meet her father, and the day after tomorrow was Sunday, so he and Fumino wanted to go out and play.

Therefore, he could only choose a time like next Monday.

"It's a bit late, but okay."

Miku initially wanted to let him go with her tomorrow.

However, it was not impossible if she wanted to leave next Monday.

"Sorry, I've been a bit busy lately." Ren apologized.

Since entering the summer vacation, his life could be said to be getting busier day by day, almost something had to be done every day, and he couldn't take a break at all.

"It's okay, I'll wait until next Monday."

Seeing Ren sitting across from her, Miku's voice was very soft.