I have pure love with them

But when she returned to her room, she found a note on her door.

"I've gone out for something. Now that you're ready... go to the store first..."

Mumbling the contents of the note softly, Chihaya Aine couldn't help but frowning. She was still in a depressed mood, but not as dissatisfied as before. She stood quietly in front of the door of the room for a while, then returned to the room silently.

But not long after entering the room, she sneaked into her brother's room holding something in her arms, and then quickly returned to her own room.

Quan, who was not at home but walking on the street, looked at the white clouds floating in the blue sky and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Right now, it's still pretty hot... It's already September, will the temperature drop by the end of the month?"

Glancing at his shirt, he shook his head slightly, thinking about the winter temperatures, and felt that the current temperature was not so unacceptable.

He prefers summer to winter.

“Will it snow this year too?”

Whispering softly, he didn't know whether white snow would fall on Christmas this year.

“It makes people look forward to it a little bit.”

It was still time and the shops on the street were not open for business yet. There was still some time before the birthday party started. He slowly walked into the subway at the station, departing from Setagaya and arriving at the more prosperous and business-oriented Minato area.

"It should still be in time before noon."

Sitting on the subway, watching the fountain of time, whispering softly.

……

After waking up, Nagasaki Soyo lay in a daze on his bed for a moment, then immediately lifted the thin quilt on his body, walked out of his room silently, and after a simple wash, began to prepare his clothes for the day.

Today is not a special day for her, but it is a very important day for Quan.

"Today, let's do a little more preparation."

At Izumi's birthday party, she didn't intend to be too dazzling and steal the limelight from the Chihaya siblings who were the protagonists of the day, but she also didn't want to be too casual and create a gap between her and Izumi's "girlfriend" status and cause some people to have unnecessary thoughts.

'Even though... a lot of things have already happened, I still need to do something that is consistent with my status today.'

Nagasaki Souyo stood in front of the mirror, looking at her face. She pursed her lips slightly, made a decision in her heart, and then slowly walked back to her room to choose her clothes.

Nagasaki Soyo was not the only one who had made adequate preparations for this day. Even Goto Ichiri's parents, when they learned that their daughter was going to attend Izumi's birthday party, carefully selected clothes for her to go out and put on some light makeup for her.

But Goto Ichiri, who always wore sportswear, felt like she was going to evaporate just by imagining herself going out in cute clothes. She took advantage of the moment when her parents were not paying attention to escape back to her room, changed into her familiar pink sportswear, and quickly left home and went to the address that Izumi sent her.

Except for Goto Ichiri, everyone who had finished the band also received an invitation from Izumi. With different feelings, everyone did not refuse Izumi's invitation and went to attend Izumi and Aine's birthday party.

"Shun, are you ready there?"

Inatsuki Nozomi arrived at the store early and arranged the venue for Izumi's birthday party, while Tokinoya Shun arrived at the store a little later than her, and at Inatsuki Nozomi's invitation, he also helped with the arrangement.

"Well, it's ready."

"When will Xiaodou come over?"

Inazuki Nozomi looked at the already arranged venue, then glanced at Tokinoya Shun and asked about the most unreliable guy in the small group.

"I've sent him a message. He's probably still sleeping now. He should be here before noon."

As for the others, Tokinoya Shun was not sure, but after learning that Tokinoya Mio would also participate, he didn't think that Sendo Akatsuki would be absent.

Thinking of his sister, Tokinoya Shun couldn't help but glance at Inatsuki Nozomi in front of him. Thinking that both of them liked Izumi, Tokinoya Shun couldn't help but feel a headache, but he could do nothing about it.

One is my sister and the other is my friend.

"Hope... there's probably no chance."

Although Inazuki Nozomi helped him a lot, from his perspective as an observer, he really didn't think that the other party had much chance of winning against Izumi, and his chance of winning was even lower than that of his sister.

"Have you prepared your presents?"

"……Um."

Tokinoya Shun was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

He not only prepared a gift for Izumi, but also for Chihaya Aine. In terms of relationship, he and Chihaya Aine could only be considered acquaintances, but after all, she was Izumi's sister, and they had the same birthday. He couldn't prepare a gift for Izumi but not for Chihaya Aine.

“This year, we celebrated our birthdays together, which felt a bit unexpected.”

Even though he had known Izumi for a long time and had celebrated her birthday before, this was the first time that the two siblings had celebrated their birthdays together, which made Inazuki Mochi feel a little novel.

After observing the expression on Inazuki Nozomi's face for a moment, Tokinoya Shun didn't know what to say, so he walked to the corner silently and continued to do his own thing.

Time passed little by little, and at 9 o'clock in the morning, the first customer came to the store. To the surprise of Inatsuki Nozomi and Tokinoya Shun, the person who came was Sendo Akato.

"Mio, has little Mio arrived yet?"

After entering the store, Xiaodou Sendo felt as familiar as if he had returned home. He found Tokinoya Shun in the store and asked about Tokinoya Mion.

"Mio hasn't come yet. She will come with her mother later."

"Ah...Auntie..."

After learning that his friend's cute sister had not arrived yet and would come with her mother later, the expression on Sendo Xiaoto's face became subtle. He seemed to be hesitant to speak. After a moment's silence, he sighed softly and walked towards Inazuki Nozomi.

"Hey, Wang, today is Quan's birthday, and there will probably be a lot of cute girls coming. How do you feel about that?"

"..."

Inazuki Nozomi, who was still numbing herself with work, looked at him with a smile after hearing what Sendo Xiaoto said.

"Speaking of which, we are celebrating Quan's birthday today, and we are still in need of a living sacrifice. How about using you?"

"Ugh..."

The fake smile scared Sendou Xiaodou, and he quickly hid back beside Tokinoya Shun to avoid the hatchet that could fall on him at any time.

"That's not good, Shun, are you really okay?"

"what?"

Looking at the eccentric personality of Sendo Akato, Tokinoya Shun knew whose fault it was even though he hadn't heard what he had just talked about with Inatsuki Nozomi.

"Wang, today is Quan's birthday. There must be girls among the friends invited, right? If Wang sees this, it's hard to imagine that today's birthday party will be--"

Feeling a sharp gaze from behind, Sendo Xiaoto looked back and found that Inazuki Nozomi was still staring at him. Sendo Xiaoto smiled bitterly helplessly, restrained his expression, remained silent, and silently patted Tokinoya Shun on the shoulder.

……

As time passed, more and more customers came into the store, such as a group of people who had just finished a band. Except for Goto Ichisato who came a little late due to his home address, Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo came together.

"Am I late?"

Then it was Kita Ikuyo who came into the store. After seeing Yamada Ryo and Ijichi Nijika, she walked over subconsciously. She was not very familiar with people like Inazuki Nozomi and her group, but she knew that these people seemed to be Izumi's friends.

"We already have four lovely girls so quickly."

After seeing the familiar Kita Ikuyo and Goto Ichiri, Sendo Akato's eyes rested on Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo.

"The styles seem to be different, but the only thing they have in common is that they are all cute girls."

After he finished speaking, Sendou Xiaodou sighed.

"Aren't you going to chat up?"

However, Tokinoya Shun felt a little surprised. He didn't expect that Sendo Xiaodou would just sit quietly beside him instead of going up to chat with him.

"Today is Izumi's birthday party, right? These people are all Izumi's friends, or Aine-chan's friends. If I go up to chat them up and get disliked, it will make the atmosphere really bad. Let's forget about it today... Besides, the girls I know..."

Sendo Xiaoto didn't make his words very clear, but Tokinoya Shun immediately understood what he meant.

He looked at the usually volatile Sendo Xiaodou, and he had a different understanding of this friend whom he had known for a long time.

"Mio also knows Izumi, why are you still pestering me?"

"..."

He was still immersed in what he said, but when asked by Tokinoya Shun, Sendo Xiaoto was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

After Shiina Tateki and Takamatsu Tomori entered the store together, not long after, Tokinoya Mion and her mother Tokinoya Satomi also entered the store together. As the elder, Tokinoya Satomi did not stay in the hall. She left the space to the young people and went to the kitchen herself.

Just when Sendo Akatsuki was about to ask Tokinoya Mion if she still remembered his 'brother Akatsuki', Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Soushi entered the hall together.

"Isn't Quan here yet?"

Seeing Chihaya Aine who had become a beauty, Sendo Akato's eyes were very clear. He knew very well how much Izumi valued his sister.

After he first met Chihaya Aine and asked Izumi about her preferences, he was dragged to the tennis court by Izumi.

He himself did not remember clearly what happened that day, but he understood that keeping a distance from Quan's sister would help prolong his life to a certain extent.

"Let me ask."

It was almost noon, but no one had seen Izumi yet, which made Tokinoya Shun a little confused.

at the same time.

Quan, who was originally preparing to go to "Fox One", had to return to his home for some reasons. When he saw the girl standing in front of his house, his mood was quite complicated.

"Would it be better if I went back?"

The girl standing in front of the door lifted the brim of her hat and looked at Quan with a smile.

"You don't seem to welcome me very much."

"No, I'm just a little surprised. I didn't expect you to come all the way to Tokyo."

"Strange? Don't worry, I just came to see you for a while, and I will take the bus back later. I won't disturb your birthday activities."

Mikazuki Yozora looked at Izumi in front of her. She walked up to him, then took out a gift from her bag and stuffed it into his arms. After he took the gift, she took two steps back.

"I'm going back."

"..."

Looking down at the gift stuffed into his arms, Quan looked at Mikazuki Yozora in front of him, whose face was expressionless.

"Come in and take a rest first."

"……It doesn't matter?"

After hearing what Quan said, Sanriku Yozora was a little surprised, and the look he gave Quan was not as restrained and suppressed as before.

Looking at the shining eyes of the girl, Quan looked down at the gift she had prepared for him, nodded slightly, and then walked to the door.

"come in."

"..."