I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Horikita, feeling a bit indignant that her carefully chosen pajamas were being criticized by the two of them, picked up her hat, wanting to prove her good taste to them.

"How could they be the same? Look here! The color of the bear fur is obviously lighter than the ones I bought before, and the texture is also softer."

"This...most people wouldn't notice such a detail, would they?"

"But Tianyin will definitely notice!!"

Ichinose sighed softly. It seemed that Horikita was also fixated on the brown bear pajamas. But why was everyone's attention focused on the bear?

Suddenly, Ichinose remembered something very important.

Do you know what Tianyin likes?

Faced with Ichinose's sudden question, Horikita thought for a moment and then answered.

"Although I don't know why you're asking these common-sense questions, Fanbo, I'll just tell you again. Tianyin's favorite animal is a brown bear, not a black bear. Her favorite drink is sweetened milk, and she occasionally drinks tomato juice. She likes to eat meat, all kinds of meat. Tianyin doesn't seem to be picky about meat."

"anything else?"

"besides?"

Horikita thought about it seriously this time, but couldn't think of any other preferences Amane might have.

"How could a person's preferences be limited to just this? Don't we know too little about Tianyin?"

Ichinose finally figured out the main reason why everyone was completely clueless when choosing gifts. Although Amane usually spends money extravagantly, it's all for the girls around her. For example, Megumi likes all kinds of luxury goods, bags, trendy clothes, and all kinds of cosmetics. The other girls are pretty much the same. Amane knows everyone's preferences like the back of her hand and is happy to spend money on them without any restrictions. This is why even if Amane sometimes really bullies Megumi, she can make up with her in the shortest amount of time.

Buy it simply and straightforwardly.

However, there are some things to consider when buying gifts. Even if you are willing to spend money, you may still be completely clueless when it comes to buying a gift if you don't know what someone likes.

Megumi and Horikita, including herself, were the same. Since it was the first time that Honoka was spending Christmas with Amane as her girlfriend, she had no reservations. Megumi and Horikita were different. Unsure of what gift would make Amane happy, they both chose the most conservative option.

The gift was something that Tianyin had accepted and seemed to like afterward. Although such a gift might reduce Tianyin's joy, it was very conventional and at least Tianyin could accept it.

There's nothing inherently wrong with this approach, but what if we start giving duplicate gifts now? What will happen in the future?

Horikita Kazue also realized the problem, and her face immediately turned ugly.

But no matter how much they tried to recall things related to Tianyin, they couldn't find any other preferences Tianyin might have.

Tianyin herself has incredibly low material desires. Besides playing games, her only social activity is having in-depth conversations with girls. As for food, apart from occasionally being picky and complaining about not wanting to eat green peppers and bitter melon, she doesn't really crave anything.

If Tianyin doesn't date, I can't think of any other place where she would spend money besides eating.

"Should we call Arisu?"

After hesitating for a long time, Hui cautiously looked at Horikita.

Although Arisu and Horikita's relationship has improved considerably recently, and their overt conflict has disappeared, Megumi is still worried that Horikita might have feelings for Arisu, so she is afraid that Horikita will get angry when she makes this suggestion.

However, the result was exactly the opposite of what Megumi had expected. After hearing Megumi's suggestion, Horikita immediately took out her phone and called Arisu.

The call was quickly connected, and Arisu laughed lightly after learning why Horikita had called.

"I thought it was something else, but it's just Tianyin's preferences, isn't it? I know that best."

"That's great! Arisu, could you tell us a few of Amane's preferences? We want to prepare a Christmas gift for Amane, but we're a bit at a loss for what to do."

"A Christmas present? I've got it! Tianyin likes cute girls, all you need to do is pack Hui into a gift box... Oh, and it would be even better if she wore a reindeer costume, I guarantee Tianyin will scream with surprise when she opens the gift!"

……

This preference is somewhat perverse...

However, Horikita didn't doubt whether Arisu had exaggerated the effect, because anyone would have screamed in surprise if they saw a beautiful girl in a reindeer costume pop out of the gift box.

After realizing this, Horikita and Ichinose both looked at Megumi.

"Huh? Wait, why me?! Why can't you two dress up as reindeer, Honami and Rinne?! I protest! I protest! I want to see Amane! I want to see Amane!!"

"Protest denied! Fanbo, let's take Hui to try on the clothes."

"No problem~"

"Help, help..."

……

Outside the specialty shops in Shiroi Koibito Park, after Amane earnestly asked someone to arrange something for her, Shiina walked out of the shop with a happy expression.

"Did you manage to buy what you wanted?"

"Of course I bought them! But Tianyin, you bought a bit too much chocolate, didn't you? Even though it's a special limited edition, how long are you going to eat all this?"

Shiina looked at the dozen or so boxes of Shiroi Koibito chocolates that Amane had bought with embarrassment. There were enough chocolates for Amane to eat until next year. In her memory, Amane liked sweets, but she didn't like them this much, did she?

"Hehe, these aren't all for me! It's not right to come out and not bring back something for everyone. This one is for Arisu, that one is for Kaede, Suzune, Megumi, Airi, and Mio..."

Shiina stared blankly as Amane rattled off a string of names as if they were her own treasures, including Chabashira-sensei and Hoshinomiya-sensei!

Is Tianyin out making purchases?

However, Shiina soon discovered a small problem.

"Um... isn't there one for me?"

Asking others for gifts is always impolite and embarrassing, but this time, the gift that Amane has prepared for everyone is White Lover chocolate.

In this land, Shiroi Koibito (White Lover) chocolate symbolizes pure love, and according to legend, this chocolate cannot be given as a gift casually; the best recipient is one's favorite person.

What Shiina didn't expect was that Amane bought Shiroi Koibito chocolates for so many people but not for her!

Chapter 337: The Final Chapter of Fate

"Yours? Didn't you buy anything you liked earlier?"

Amane looked at Shiina with a puzzled expression.

Seeing Amane like this, Shiina pouted in grievance.

"Tianyin is a bad person! I don't want to talk to you anymore! Humph!"

Shiina huffed and turned to leave, but Amane pulled her back.

"What are you doing? I told you I'm not going to talk to you anymore, you big bad guy!"

Seeing that Shiina was angry, Amane didn't rush to apologize. Instead, she pulled Shiina's finger and pointed to the huge Ferris wheel in the distance, saying to Shiina.

Would you like to ride the Ferris wheel?

"Aren't those things only little kids sit on? I won't..."

"May I sit with you?"

Amane held Shiina's hand and affectionately rubbed her nose against Shiina's, looking like a small animal trying to win over its lover through intimate contact.

"Since you've put it that way, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to refuse... But let me make this clear, this is a one-time thing!"

Shiina blushed and gently poked Amane's nose with her finger to push Amane away.

Being stared at so closely by Tianyin was quite stressful, not to mention that Tianyin had extended such a heartfelt invitation to her. It was really difficult to refuse the invitation from the person you liked.

This is valuable knowledge that Shiina learned after she fell in love with Amane.

"Let's leave our things here at the store for now and pick them up when we come back."

"Hmm~"

After leaving her huge stack of chocolates and various snacks that Shiina had bought at the store, Amane took Shiina's hand and led her to the Ferris wheel area. After paying the fee, the two boarded the Ferris wheel's observation cabin. As the cabin slowly rose into the air, Shiina's gaze was completely drawn to the view outside the window.

Sitting in the observation cabin, the distant houses and the faintly visible Sapporo mountains looked as if they were covered with a layer of honey-colored amber.

As the observation cabin rose higher, the afterglow of the sunset gradually dimmed.

In Sapporo, it gets dark very early in winter, so you can see the amazing sight of the sun sinking into the endless mountains in the west as early as four or five o'clock. Shiina felt secretly fortunate, thinking that he was lucky otherwise he might not have seen this spectacular sunset.

The last blush of red on the horizon was swallowed by the night, and the fifty-meter-tall Lovers' Clock Tower in the distance lit up with starlight-like lights. In an instant, all the streetlights in the White Lovers Park, which had been blending into the darkness, lit up, dragging the entire park back into a colorful and dazzling world.

Just as Shiina was happily looking down at the colorful light show on the ground, the Ferris wheel suddenly stopped.

The violent shaking caused Shiina, who was kneeling on her seat admiring the view, to stumble and fall backward.

"Be careful, Hiyori."

Amane caught Shiina, who was about to fall over.

"I'm fine... What happened? Why are all the lights off? Is there a power outage? Tianyin... I'm a little scared..."

The Lovers' Clock Tower, which was originally like a starry sky, suddenly went dark, and even the lights at the foot of the tower began to go out. In an instant, the entire Shiroi Koibito Park seemed to be swallowed by the night, bringing a sense of inexplicable unease and fear.

Many tourists in the observation cabins began to scream, some shouted for help, and some children were so frightened that they cried on the spot.

Hearing the cries for help, Shiina fearfully burrowed into Amane's arms.

At this moment, in Shiina's eyes, the safest place is probably in Amane's arms.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here. Look, Hiyori!"

Amane's exclamation caught Shiina's attention, and Shiina cautiously peeked out to look in the direction Amane was pointing.

With a whoosh, a red streak of light shot straight into the sky, then exploded with a 'crack' in the air, turning into colorful tassels of sparks that fell down.

Seeing this, Shiina felt a little relieved.

"So it's time for the fireworks display? But I didn't hear that there was a fireworks show or anything like that here..."

Just as Shiina was still wondering, the sharp sound of fireworks rising into the sky kept coming from outside.

If things were normal at first, it was only as the fireworks inside went off that Shiina realized something was wrong.

A series of crackling sounds filled the sky as all sorts of fireworks illuminated the heavens. At first, they were just simple fireworks with vibrant colors, but then they transformed into a sky full of blue jellyfish-shaped fireworks, eliciting gasps of amazement from the crowd.

After the performances concluded, a specially made firework exploded in the air, revealing a human head on it.

Although it was only a brief moment, Shiina looked at him more and more familiarly, as if she had seen him somewhere before.

Then another specially made firework exploded, and the image of a girl holding a bouquet of flowers appeared in the sky.

Then the third rocket also took off, and the girl knelt down with flowers in her hands, looking as if she were proposing.

"Wow! Could it be that someone is proposing to you and that's why you're making such a big fuss? How romantic..."

Shiina's eyes sparkled as she stared intently at the sky, eager to see who could have orchestrated such a romantic proposal.

The fourth firework arrived late, but the moment it exploded in the sky, everyone's eyes widened, because the girl's marriage proposal was also to another girl!

The girl covered her mouth as if she was frightened.

The fireworks display was fleeting. Just as Shiina excitedly turned around to tell Amane what she had just seen, she saw a hot air balloon drifting away outside the window, and a woman kneeling inside the cabin holding a bouquet of white love chocolates. The bright red roses in the center of the bouquet looked so dazzling in the dim night.

"Please fall in love with me, Hiyori-chan."

"Heavenly Sound..."

Shiina was so frightened that she desperately covered her mouth to stop herself from screaming.

"Idiot... This isn't a confession, it's a marriage proposal! I'm wondering how you're going to explain this to Arisu."

Shiina, her voice choked with emotion, jokingly said to Amane.

"Huh? Is this a proposal? Well, we're going to be together anyway, so it's fine to start a little earlier. So, Shiina Hiyori, would you like to date me and fall in love with me?"

Tianyin raised the bouquet a little higher, her face full of tenderness and anticipation.

At this moment, Shiina Hiyori realized that Amane had been preparing this surprise confession for her from the very beginning, and now it was time for her to respond to Amane's feelings.

"I do. I love Miyako Amane, and I hope we can stay together like this forever."

Shiina bent down to pick up the bouquet, and before she could even stand up straight, Amane grabbed her and hugged her tightly.

"I also love Shiina Hiyori, I love her so much! Oh, and you can eat this!!"

Suddenly, Tianyin remembered something and took the rose from the middle of the bouquet.

Shiina observed it closely for a long time, then carefully put it in her mouth and took a small bite. She discovered that the rose was actually made of chocolate mixed with strawberries and cream.

"Shall we eat together?"

"Of course we'll eat together! But you can't ignore me after you eat my chocolate, okay?"

"Ugh! I was just saying that out of anger!"

"Hehe...is it okay...?"

"No, I still have chocolate in my mouth... Tianyin..."

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