"Good job. You are amazing!" Rita clapped her hands excitedly as she watched their game.
"You also helped us, Rita. You should join us on the stage, you know?" Misaki was still jumping around, unable to calm herself.
"Rita..." Shiina looked at Rita while hugging her.
"Geez... I am not a student here, okay? If I am there, won't it be weird?" Rita looked at them helplessly.
"No."
Unexpectedly, all of them answered at the same time.
Rita smiled and said, "It's okay. I am happy that you can achieve all of this. The game is great!" She then looked at Shishio for a moment and told her opinion. "You know, you can do many things, from writing, music, games, manga, sports, and many others. Maybe next time, you should also set up an art project too?"
Art is boundless, and it won't be a simple painting alone.
Rita thought that with his mind, it should be possible to make something like an art project.
"Art project?" Shishio fell in silence.
"What? Did you really think of an idea?"
They were all looking at him in a daze, wondering whether his creativity had a limit.
"Well, let's talk about that later. How about we have a party after we go back?"
"Yeah!"
"Party! Party!"
Everyone was excited when they thought about the party.
"What kind of food should I make?"
"Takoyaki! Let's have a takoyaki party!"
"Okay, let's do that."
While they were anticipating the party, which would be held tonight, Mitaka walked out from the hall with the rest of the people.
As for Sorata, neither of them talked to the other after everything ended.
Sorata was pale since he realized that he was just an ordinary person.
However, Mitaka didn't care much about Sorata since he had something to do.
This was their current relationship.
They might appear close, but to be honest, they were far from close and only maintained a superficial relationship.
Naturally, the one who thought so was only Mitaka since, for him, he and Sorata were two different people.
When they graduated, they would part away, and they wouldn't meet each other.
It was just a waste of time to talk with Sorata.
Poor Sorata.
The only fortunate thing was that Sorata didn't know all of this.
On the other hand, Mitaka took his phone and ignored Sorata. He looked at the contact list on his phone for a moment, hesitating. No, he felt slightly nervous since it had been a while since he communicated with the person he wanted to talk to.
To be honest, Mitaka didn't want to talk with Misaki this early. However, the scene he saw in the hall changed everything.
The worship eyes and everyone's fascination.
Mitaka wanted all of that.
However, he knew with his ability, it was impossible for him to achieve all of that.
The only thing that he could do was rely on Misaki.
By using Misaki, he would get everything.
However, it didn't mean he was using her. Instead, it was because he loved her, and he knew what was best for her, especially when he thought about her personality. He knew that she was kind of naive, and it wouldn't be weird if someone deceived her, so someone had to protect her, and he was that person.
Making up his mind, thinking it was the best Misaki, he called her. He waited for a while, but he didn't hear a ring sound before he heard a voicemail.
[The number you have called isn't responding. Please leave a message..."
An artificial-like voice greeted him.
"......"
Was she too busy to answer his call?
He frowned and kept calling, but no one answered.
'Wait, she isn't blocking my number, right?'
Unfortunately, he kept receiving similar results and soon became annoyed. However, he quickly calmed himself and decided to send her a message. He knew how she felt about him, and he could tell that no matter how busy she was, she would definitely come to visit him as long as he sent a message, and it was impossible for her to block his number.
He quickly sent her a text, telling her to meet him tonight.
As soon as he finished the text, he put his phone in his pocket before he took a deep breath since this process drained his energy.
However, it didn't matter since tonight, he would tell her what he felt toward her, and by then, they would be together.
Still, what he didn't know, his number and email were blocked by Misaki, so no matter how hard he tried to call her, it wouldn't connect, and she definitely wouldn't come tonight.
However, Mitaka didn't know all of that and only thought about his bright future with Misaki.
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Leaving Mitaka aside, the members of Sakurasou stopped at the market before they went home.
Even Ryuunosuke, who was a shut-in, also followed.
However, it was normal since everyone was in a state of excitement, especially when they thought their game was amazing.
"Mashiro put back the sweets."
Shiina didn't put the snacks back and looked at him pitifully.
"No, even if you look at me like that, you can't eat too much sweat. You can only eat one a day."
"Shishio... I will do my best tonight." Shiina clenched her two fists, telling him she was ready for the tough exercise tonight, so she could enjoy a lot of sweets.
"......"
"...two. No more."
Shiina quickly nodded with a smile before she looked carefully at which sweets she should choose since she could only choose two snacks. As of now, her expression is extremely solemn. She was like a prisoner who was asked what she wanted to eat before her death penalty punishment.
While he was speechless, this was what he could see from her.
However, Rita was a bit nervous and also a bit troubled since she was ready to give him her first. She was about to leave, and she didn't want to return to her county in regret. Before she left, she wanted to convey her feelings to him.
She might have planned to do it previously, but this guy had been away from Sakurasou for so many days, but this time, he couldn't escape any longer, and she was going to take him down like a hunter that was about to catch her prey.
She was ready for it, yet she had to say she was a bit nervous. She looked at him for a moment, then asked, "Say, you really can't tell me about that art project that you have thought of before?" She thought that talking about art would ease her, so she decided to ask.
Shiina, who was in a dilemma about which snacks she should choose, also looked at Shishio curiously.
He looked at Rita, who seemed nervous before he sighed and tried to calm her down with his story.
"It's nothing. I am just thinking of making art with a bigger canvas."
"Bigger canvas?" 2x
Shiina and Rita opened their eyes wide.
"What do you mean?"
After all, they knew that the meaning of his words wasn't meant literally.
If it was just drawing on a bigger canvas, while it was quite hard, it wasn't that hard for him.
However, they knew what he meant wasn't that.
"You know, in the beginning, the primitive people used a cross-hatched crayon on a rock shard. Then, with the development of technology, we start to use paint. Of course, there are a lot of other media except for painting, such as sculpting, glass, and many others. Maybe, in the future, there will be a lot more, but what I want to say is that art is boundless.
There is no boundary on art, and we're free to do anything with it, so I thought that it might be good to combine art with technology and also make it as big as possible."
"........"
While they were thinking of painting, he was already thinking of something far ahead of all of that.
"That's interesting!" Shiina was the most excited. "Let's do it, Shishio! Let's do it!"
"It's going to take a lot of money. Let's do it after we graduate, and to be honest, with the current technology, it isn't enough to support the art."
"Then, how long are we going to wait?"
"Four years."
"Four years?"
"We're still young, so there is no need to be in a hurry."
'No need to be in a hurry, huh?'
However, Rita was in a hurry since she planned to do it with him before she returned to England. Still, she suddenly realized that it might be good to study in this country in the future.
To be honest, what an artist needed to have was a name.
As long as one had a name, even if their drawing was similar to a children's doodle, many people would think that their creation was deep and profound with a meaning, which was enough to make an adult cry.
This was what was so amazing about art.
Everything was so exaggerated.
However, without a doubt, the good one was good, no matter how many people said it.
With that said, Ryuunosuke also joined their conversation since the art Shishio mentioned needed to have a programmer since this new art would need a lot of CG (Computer Graphics). This was something interesting since he realized that many things could be done with his programming ability.
Somehow, Misaki also joined, which made Ritsu and Nanami look at each other helplessly. The two were only ordinary people, so they couldn't understand what they were talking about, but they also had an interesting conversation on their own.
"So... so, it is good?"
"It's good. You should quickly ask him. If you're nervous, I can also accompany you," Nanami said kindly.
"........."
However, Ritsu was speechless, wondering whether her first time would be a threesome.
Still, after they finished buying all the ingredients they needed to make a takoyaki party along with various snacks and beverages, they didn't waste their time and returned to Sakurasou to the place where everything started.
However, when they arrived, they saw a luxurious car parked in front of the Sakurasou.
"Huh?"
"Is that your parents, Shishio?"
It wasn't the first time Shishio's parents came to visit, so they thought it was his parents when they saw a luxurious car, but the one who came out of the car wasn't his parents.
However, Rita asked, "Will his parents drive a two-door Porsche?"
Still, they didn't need to wait too long since the person inside the car came out.
"Yahallo, Shishio-kun~!"
Haruno Yukinoshita greeted him with a smile.