My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

"...Perhaps his life goal, like Hachiman Hikigaya's, is to be a stay-at-home dad."

The bottom of the second cup of coffee peeked out from the grayish-brown coffee, and the cup and saucer made a crisp clinking sound. In the distance, a person could be seen running towards them.

"Seniors! I've arrived!"

A short-haired girl who just looked very energetic pinched the front of her clothes to prevent them from falling apart while she was running.

I vaguely recognize her face; I saw her briefly during my time in the student council, but I don't know her name.

Because she ran so fast, when she reached the table, the short-haired girl put her hands on her knees and began to pant heavily. She was a petite girl, and looked like she might not even be 1.6 meters tall with shoes on.

In terms of appearance, the only thing that makes her stand out from Soga Kirei is that she wears only a short skirt on her lower body in the cold winter.

Although it's quite common on the streets of Japan in winter, Hideki Shiraishi still has to say, 'Beauty is freezing!'

She shook her head slightly, but then two slender, fair hands appeared in front of her.

"Don't look."

"No... President, no one is as good-looking as you, why would I look at you? I was just sighing..." With a smile, Shiraishi Sawah pressed down Soga Kirei's hands and whispered in her ear to explain his actions.

Soga Kirei's slightly pouting lips finally returned to an expressionless state, but she kept staring into Shiraishi Sawa's eyes, seemingly still studying where his gaze was looking.

Shiraishi Sawah immediately fixed his gaze on Oki Taichi, making the latter feel somewhat uneasy.

"Ah, it's alright, Shinru-kun. It's only 31 minutes, you're only one minute late." Taichi Oki replied when the others remained silent.

Shiraishi Sawa Hide felt a tap on his arm and turned around. Soga Kiri Ren was pointing at her phone. Understanding, Shiraishi Sawa Hide took out his own phone and then said to the short-haired girl:

"Being late for this kind of thing is fine, but in the future, when there are regular student council meetings, it's best to arrive at the meeting room 20 minutes early to prepare with the vice president."

To add to that, this was something President Su asked me to say on her behalf.

These are the texts that Suwo Wulian just sent to herself using her mobile phone.

"I understand, President. I will definitely pay attention." Not at all surprised by what Shiraishi Sawa said, she had gotten used to it after a year of getting along. The short-haired girl bowed deeply to Soga Kirei in apology.

"I am..."

“I do know Shiraishi-kun. Good afternoon. I didn’t expect to see you here. My name is Niiruri Ritsuharu. Thank you for your help today.” Niiruri Ritsuharu also bowed to Shiraishi Sawahide.

"Hello, Shinru-kun," said Shiraishi Sawa, looking in the direction of Oki Taichi.

After Soga Kirito poked his leg hard with her hand, slightly annoyed, he smiled and looked at the somewhat puzzled Shiratsuyuu Ritsuharu, nodding.

"I'm sorry I'm sorry."

Nothing is unforgivable—Shiru Ritsuharu thought upon seeing the handsome man's smile.

"Alright, everyone's here. We can head out to shop now." While Soga Kirei remained silent, Shimizu Yoshiko took the lead. After she finished speaking, the five of them left the coffee shop.

“When you hand over the work to the school, if Mr. Baoshan isn’t there, you can go find Mr. Sakamura…” Shiraishi Sawa read aloud while looking at his phone.

"Uh-huh."

Niirū Rishun walked beside Shiraishi Sawa, listening to the message that Soga Kirei was conveying through Shiraishi Sawa.

However, her gaze would still unconsciously drift to the two people's clasped hands.

This is big news! Ever since President Su mentioned in her social media post last semester that she liked Shiraishi, there has been no news from either of them, and Shiraishi has not attended any student council meetings.

While we were gossiping, I thought President Su had made a mistake, but now they're holding hands. Judging from how sweet they look, they must be together already!

However, she immediately sighed in self-pity. Most of the first-year girls in Mingchuan had fantasized about being with Shiraishi Sawa, and Shinru Ritsuchun herself was no exception.

The student council president is amazing; she managed to win over Shiraishi. I'm going to have a good cry with my best friend tonight. Wait, maybe what the president didn't say is that it's a secret relationship. She's only telling me because she trusts me; I can't just blurt it out. Ugh, I really want to share this gossip...

As her mind wandered, Shiratsuyuki thought about her current situation. The order of the five people who went to the gift shop was: Soga Kirei, Shiraishi Sawa, herself, Shimizu Yoshiko, and Oki Taichi.

...Being caught between two couples and still having to listen attentively to the lecture—isn't that just too miserable?

--

"Oh, right, Shiraishi, you're also a member of the student council. You weren't there when we filled out the gift wish form. You'll be here on the day of the handover ceremony. What kind of gift do you want?" Taichi Oki suddenly remembered this and snapped his fingers as he spoke.

“Me? I think I’d better pass,” Shiraishi Sawa waved his hand. “It would be too unfair to the others if I received a gift without doing anything.”

During the handover ceremony, I was present as a family member of the chairman; please don't mind me.

“Then I’ll give you a gift as a family member,” Suga Wulian said softly, shaking his hand.

“Marc Levy said, ‘The best gift you can give to a lover is time.’ Give me all the rest of your time.” Shiraishi Zexiu said with a smile, squeezing her soft, boneless hand tightly.

Time spent with loved ones is always radiant, whether the weather is good, bad, or just right. In short, every day is wonderful.

"Okay, I'll give you all my time then."

The five people entered the gift shop and began looking for gifts according to the list on their phones.

"This person needs a set of intensive science study materials. What a serious student! But gift shops definitely don't have these. Let me see the next one... the cutest, cutest, cutest plush toy, preferably large."

The five people did not stay together. After obtaining what they needed to find, Shiraishi Sawa and Soga Kirei separated from the others.

"The doll area is over there," Soga Kirei said, pointing in a direction with a sign.

After walking over, I saw Shiraishi Sawa looking around but not touching any of the dolls, as if he had already found a specific target.

"Shiraishi, what are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for a Soga Kirei doll. After all, this senior wants the cutest one, and I can't think of anything else besides the president's doll," Shiraishi Sawa said seriously.

"And there's also a Takanashi doll, which is another doll for Shiraishi." Soga Kirei, however, didn't play by the rules, her voice soft and laced with suppressed laughter.

"Oh, President, look, the sun is so bright today, the weather is really nice." In the gift shop, Shiraishi Zexiu pointed to the incandescent light bulb and basked in the 'sunlight'.

Unable to hold back any longer, Soga Kirei laughed out loud, a sound reminiscent of a clear, pure river thawing at the foot of a mountain.

"President, I declare you're no longer cute."

"Really?" Suga Wulian pouted sadly, her crystal eyes looking at Shiraishi Zexiu with great grievance. Even the dazzling white light seemed weak at this moment.

"It's fake. All the dolls here are not even a fraction of yours." Unable to lie, Shiraishi Zexiu raised his hands in surrender.

Having lost all sense of what's cute, Shiraishi Sawah asked the shop assistant to pick out a doll for him and continued searching according to the list.

"Next, a fountain pen that writes smoothly is fine."

......

"Have you finished buying? I've almost finished, but I'm still missing a few items. The gift shop I went to didn't have them," Shiraishi Zexiu asked.

At dinner time, the five of them randomly chose a fast food restaurant, each carrying large and small bags of items.

"I have one more item that's out of stock. I'll go to the supermarket after dinner tonight. I have plenty of the rest for several days, so I'll replenish it gradually."

"Me too, thank you all for your hard work!" Niru Rishun expressed her sincere gratitude.

"It's nothing, it's nothing..."

After buying the remaining items at the supermarket, the five of them rode in the car belonging to Soga Kirei and Shimizu Miko to school and placed the gifts in the classroom that the student council had applied for.

--

"Shiraishi, see you tomorrow," Soga Kirei said reluctantly.

Shiraishi Sawa, who got off the bus alone, looked at Soga Kirei and Saba Akiko on the bus and waved goodbye with a smile.

"See you tomorrow, Chairman."

"I will give it to Shiraishi 'Time'. I'll think about how to give it to him." The car started slowly, and Soga Kirei suddenly stuck her head out of the car window. The evening breeze embraced her hair, making it look very beautiful.

"Okay, thank you in advance, President."

Watching the car drive away and finally turn the corner, Shiraishi Zexiu turned around.

Night enveloped the fields, with a few stars interspersed among the drifting clouds. The moonlight was obscured, and streetlights guided the way forward.

After finding several bills and advertising letters for his apartment in the mailbox by the door, Shiraishi Sawa yawned and prepared to go upstairs.

The apartment door was pushed open, but contrary to what Shiraishi Sawa had expected, the apartment was pitch black. The most striking thing was the sharp light shining in Mimi's eyes.

Yuuko's shoes were also missing from the doorway, so she was probably not home. She was likely out playing with Sakura Kuramochi, but she hadn't mentioned it to me today, which was a bit strange.

Mimi walked slowly over, and Shiraishi squatted down to take off her shoes, calling out as she did so:

"Yuko, come here and give Daddy a hug."

"Eh?" Takanashi Yuko's voice came from the darkness, making Shiraishi Sawa Hide's hand, which was untying his shoelaces, freeze. He looked up, and his eyes, which had adjusted to the darkness, could vaguely make out the delicate and beautiful figure at the door of the two people's room.

The light in her eyes was even more beautiful than Mimi's.

Takanashi Yuuko ran quickly over, while Mimi, who had reached the door earlier, angrily ran back to her little nest when she saw her mother. Shiraishi Sawa Hide was still squatting at the door, looking up at her.

How can this be explained?

She then bent down and hugged Shiraishi Zexiu, burying his face in her arms as she squatted down.

Takanashi Yuuko's lips brushed against Shiraishi Sawa's ear, the warm breaths wafting across his neck.

"...Should I call you that?"

Although shy and feeling strange, the obedient girl still followed the other party's instructions.

"........"

"No, no!" After a second of silence, Shiraishi Sawa quickly denied it. He really didn't have that kind of fetish, and it wouldn't be good to be misunderstood.

"Um, actually, Yuko was calling you just now, but the 'Come here, give me a hug' part was what I said to Mimi."

"Ooh ooh." In the darkness, her flushed cheeks weren't very noticeable, and Takanashi Yuuko responded softly before helping Shiraishi Sawa Hide untie his shoelaces.

The two towering world's highest peaks have thus departed, leaving only a lingering, unforgettable fragrance, like warm milk.

After taking off his shoes, Shiraishi Sawa entered the living room, turned on the light, and asked:

"Why aren't the lights on? I didn't see your shoes and thought you went out with Kuramochi-san."

"I forgot where I put my phone, but it has a notification light when it receives a message, so I turned off the lights to look for it. I washed my shoes this afternoon, and they're still on the balcony."

"I see. I didn't expect you to be so careless, Yuko." Shiraishi Sawa made a phone call, and the ringing came from the crack in the table in the bedroom.

"Ah~ it seems I put it here and it slipped down by accident." Takanashi Yuko said with annoyance as she looked at her phone in the gap, then bent down to reach for it.

As Shiraishi Sawah walked in, his gaze was immediately drawn to her.

This pose...

"Zexiu, could you help me with that? I don't have enough hands... um~"