AN: I made a mistake. I’m sorry. The next chapter will be the end of the dating chapter.

After leaving the coffee shop.

Kotoha and I were walking side by side, exchanging a friendly conversation. I think, to the people around us, we are a complete “couple”. Well, in reality, we’re not actually together yet, so at least we’re more than friends but less than lovers. No, no, we’re more like friends but less than a couple.

As I was thinking about such trivial things, Kotoha made a suggestion.

“Tsuzuri-kun, I’d like to go shopping for some clothes.”

“…Eh?”

When I heard that, I stopped thinking for a moment.

A clothing store is a royal road to dating. Kotoha, who had stubbornly denied that “this is not a date”, proposed it.

I’m not sure what to make of this. I was surprised at what I hadn’t expected.

If we go to a clothing store, I can see more of Kotoha and we might get to know each other better, killing two birds with one stone.

And more importantly, that’s what I was thinking of suggesting. In other words, Kotoha and I were thinking the exact same thing right now. This can only be described as fate.

We were both thinking the same thing by chance. As I was being impressed by this miracle…

“…Tsuzuri-kun?”

I noticed that Kotoha was staring at me anxiously. I’m not sure if she’s worried about the fact that I’ve been quiet for some time.

“Wow ……!”

Kotoha’s eyes lit up when we arrived at the clothing store.

The store has a large selection of products and is very popular, especially with young women. And Kotoha is no exception…

She looked at the clothes with the excitement of a child. It’s so cute that you can’t help but want to take a picture of it. As I watched her smilingly, for some reason she came up to me and said—.

“Tsuzuri-kun, can you help me choose?”

She asked me with a mischievous smile on her face. I rolled my eyes at the unexpected remark.

“Eh, you don’t mind if I choose?”

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