Kousaka's little sister was being shunned by the rest.
But Haru knew that it wasn't because of bad intentions rather it was very hard for a group of otaku girls to talk with someone as stylish as Kousaka's little sister. The personality of the otaku girl was introverted and they didn't know much about fashion or anything trendy. Rather, they were excited about their hobbies.
Well, rather than worried about Kousaka's little sister. Haru was worried about Kuroneko since that girl had been busy with her smartphone rather than talking with the rest. It seemed that this girl also had a hard time talking with everyone and the since which came out from her mouth were quite rude which somehow made the girls in her surroundings uncomfortable with it.
"Your little sister is in trouble."
"Your friend too."
Kousaka and Haru looked at each other and at this moment, they couldn't do anything to help their friend and little sister.
---
The meeting was over in an hour and everyone dispersed to go to a shop in Akihabara.
But Kuroneko didn't join them and walked directly to Haru's table.
Haru didn't say anything and ordered a parfait for her beforehand.
Kuroneko received her parfait and said, "Thank you."
"No problem. You've done well," Haru said.
"....."
Kuroneko sighed, but she knew that Haru was trying to be kind to her since she was very bad at socializing with someone. She was alright with the members of the "group chat" yet she couldn't talk with the people of her age.
"Don't think too much. You might mess up this time, there's next time."
"Yeah..."
Kuroneko nodded and vowed to do better next time.
Haru looked at Kousaka and asked, "Don't you need to go to your little sister?"
"Oh, right!"
Kousaka was quite surprised by Haru's ways to cheer this girl up. He nodded and walked to his little sister since his little sister was also pitiful earlier.
"Who is that?" Kuroneko asked.
"Your boyfriend," Haru said.
"What?!"
Kuroneko almost dropped her parfait before she took a deep breath. She looked at Kousaka and realized that guy was the MC of this world. She also realized that Kousaka's little sister also existed at the meeting earlier.
"..."
Suddenly Kuroneko felt conflicted for some reason.
"How do you feel?"
"Conflicted."
"..."
Haru nodded and didn't say anything too much. He didn't care too much if Kuroneko would follow the plot and date the protagonist of this world. She was his friend and of course, he wanted her to be happy.
Then suddenly a huge girl came toward them.
"Kuroneko-shi, are you free?"
"!!!"
Kuroneko was surprised and looked at this huge girl. She knew her since this girl was the leader of the group earlier.
"Saori-san?"
"I'm not disturbing you with your boyfriend, right?" Saori looked at Haru and felt a bit surprised that Kuroneko had such a handsome boyfriend.
"N, no, this guy isn't my boyfriend!" Kuroneko blushed and refuted it.
"..."
Quietly drinking his orange juice, Haru looked at Saori curiously.
"Then, is it alright for you to join me at the second meeting?" Saori asked.
"Second meeting?"
"Yes!"
Kuroneko looked at Saori for a while and felt good about her. She looked at Haru to see his response.
Haru nodded and looked at Saori. "Is it alright for me to join?"
"Of course! I'm happy that you've also joined!" Saori said with a smile.
"Then how about them? You should also invite them to the second meeting," Haru said while looking at Kousaka and his little sister.
Saori nodded and said, "Don't worry, leave everything to me!"
---
After leaving the maid cafe, they went to the nearby fast-food chain restaurant to have a second meeting.
The purpose of the second meeting was to create a bond with the people who didn't have a chance or didn't have a good time at the offline meeting earlier.
Saori was a very kind girl and she wanted everyone to be happy before they went back. It was the reason why she invited both Kuroneko and Kousaka's little sister.
"Then, let us start our introduction first!" Saori said while looking at Haru since she had been curious about him.
Kousaka and Kousaka's little sister also looked at Haru.
Kousaka's little sister also looked at her brother and wondered whether Haru and her brother were classmates since she could see that they were very close to each other.
"Kasugano Haruka. I'm Kuroneko's friend. She's a bit awkward, but deep down, she is very kind," Haru said.
"Don't say such an embarrassing thing!" Kuroneko blushed.
"Cough! Cough! I'll also introduce myself again. My name is Saori Bajeena," Saori said.
"I'm Kousaka Kyousuke."
"I'm Kousaka Kirino."
"Kuroneko."
Kuroneko looked at Saori and asked, "So what do you intend to do with these members?"
"Just like I said, I want to deepen my friendship with the members I couldn't talk to! Well, that's really all, Miss Kuroneko. You can also drop the formal and just call me Saori! Let's forget the ranks here!"
Saori seemed very easy going and very easy to approach.
Looking at Saori, Haru could tell that this girl was beautiful when she had taken her glasses.
"Call yourself Saori when you look like that? I'm surprised that you can say your name. So shameless. It's not even funny as a joke. Call yourself "Physcho Gundam" or "Bigzam" from now on," Kirino said.
"....."
Kuroneko glanced at Saori and said, "And those ways of speaking and clothes...."
"....like a gross otaku from a decade ago," Kirino said.
"...."
"Kousaka, go ahead and be the straight man," Haru said.
"I'm not a straight man! But forgetting about the ranks doesn't mean that the two of you are free to insult people! Apologize!" Kousaka said.
"Now, now, those kinds of insults feel like a light calm breeze."
Saori looked at Kousaka and Haru and said, "Actually, feel free to verbally abuse me too if you'd like, Mr. Haruka, Mr. Kyousuke!"
"..."
Kousaka looked at Haru and said, "OI, sadist! Go and verbally abuse her." He knew that Haru had a bit of a sadistic tendency since he was also teased earlier.
"...."
"Eh? Mr. Kasugano is sadistic??" Saori seemed to be very enthusiastic when she heard it.
Kuroneko and Kirino also looked at Haru at this moment.
"...."
Haru was speechless and said, "When we're alone, alright?"
"OK!"
"....."
Kuroneko sighed and knew Haru's bad hobby. She looked at Kiriro and started to ask why she wore such clothes.
Kirino also knew that her clothes were the problem of why the girls at the meeting before avoided her.
Then the argument between Kuroneko and Kirino started with clothes, anime, etc. It was as if they were born to spit on each other, but their relationship was strangely close to each other.
"Looks like they have become closer now," Haru said.
"Yes, I agree," Saori said.
"Have you been watching the same thing I have?"
Kousaka could only see Kuroneko and Kirino having an argument rather than being close to each other.
"They're full of energy now. Unlike before, which means that this meeting is successful."
Haru looked at Saori and said, "Thank you for setting up this meeting, Saori."
Blushing, Saori felt a bit shy and said, "Stop that, Mr. Kasugano. I'm doing this because I want to."
"....."
Looking at Saori and Haru, Kousaka was wondering whether Haru would flirt with anyone as long as she was a girl. He looked at his little sister and suddenly had an urge to protect her from Haru's claws.
After that, they went to visit various shops in Akihabara.
Haru bought a lot of things since it was a rare chance to collect a lot of things in this world.
Saori, Kuroneko, and Kirino also recommended him a lot of things since they didn't expect that this guy was also an otaku.
Little did they know that Haru's mind was calculating the profit which he could get from plagiarizing the work in this world to his world.
The time seemed quite short, and it was their time to part.
Haru and Kuroneko left together after saying goodbye to Saori, Kousaka, and Kirino.
Looking at Haru's back, Kousaka felt complex when he asked whether Haru had an interest in his little sister before.
'I don't have an interest in brats, huh?'
Kousaka looked at his little sister and felt that his little sister was really a brat.
"What's with those eyes? Don't look at me like that pervert!"
"....."
Kousaka felt that his little sister was unreasonable.
---
Inside the tram, Haru and Kuroneko sat next to each other.
"You're going back after this?" Kuroneko asked and felt a bit sad.
Haru nodded and said, "Yeah, I can't stay too long." He smiled and said, "But I'm glad to know that you've made a friend."
Kuroneko blushed and looked away. "I, I can do this even without your help!"
"I know, but I'm glad to be here," Haru said.
"Yeah, you've bought a lot of things."
Kuroneko felt very jealous of how easy it was for this guy to make money.
"Then, I'll go back."
"Yeah."
Haru accompanied Kuroneko back to her house then teleported back to his original world. He had a lot of hauls and somehow he also knew the main character of this world which was somehow a very fun guy to know.