"Because of love?"
Shoko is ignorant, it's too early to say love to a junior high school student.
"Hina Nee-san, what about the cat?" Ryuji reminded.
"Of course, you can leave the cat at our house, and Shoko-chan can come and see it whenever she wants," Hina said with a smile.
"Really, thank you very much!" Shoko had a happy expression on her face.
Shoko and Hina were chatting in the living room, and Ryuji took the time to call Sakuta's house.
"This is Azusagawa's house."
The cute girl's voice came from the phone, of course it wasn't a case of Sakuta's infidelity.
"Hi, I'm Sakuta's classmate, can you let him answer the phone?"
Answering the phone was Kaede, Sakuta's proud sister, who often showed off to them.
"Onii-chan actually had a classmate specifically calling home, I was so surprised!"
"Kaede, your words hurt Onii-chan." It was Sakuta's voice.
"Onii-chan's hurt will be repaired by me!"
A drama of brothers and sisters who love each other is staged.
"So, what's the sudden call?" Sakuta answered the call.
"I just met your first love." Ryuji is simple and clear.
"Wait, you said my first love?" Sakuta had a strange expression, "Did you pick the thorns on purpose, my first love is still intact."
"... Are you kidding?" Ryuji frowned.
"Of course not. So who was my first love? If possible, I hope to be prettier."
"Makinohara Shoko... Currently a junior high school student."
There was silence on the phone for a while. Ryuji thought it was Sakuta's sudden epiphany.
"Even though I always said 'elementary school students are the best', you didn't really think that I would attack junior high school students, I didn't dare to ignore the law," Sakuta said helplessly.
"Okay." Ryuji immediately hung up the phone.
In that case, Sakuta really had no reason to lie to him, meaning he had completely forgotten his 'first love'.
"Did I change cause and effect?"
Other than that there doesn't seem to be any other explanation.
After that, he called Futaba again and got the same answer.
Breaking the cause and effect but also entangled in other causes and effects, Futaba's theory is correct.
But this kind of problem has a paradox.
If Sakuta didn't have Shoko's 'first love', he wouldn't know her name either.
Later, when Shoko said his name, she didn't care, and the connection between the two would be lost.
Shaking his head, Ryuji put the matter behind him.
The world is not as peaceful as it seems on the surface, and things that cannot be explained by science are normal.
...Although it seems that the syndrome of puberty has been scientifically explained.
Ryuji still doesn't know the significance of Shoko's existence.
"Then I will return today." Shoko got up from the couch.
"You won't be staying much longer?" Hina asks to stay.
"My family will worry if I come home late."
"Then let Ryuji-kun send you off."
Ryuji is considered a coolie.
"No need, I can do it myself!" Shoko is much stronger on the inside than it looks on the outside.
Shoko left, but someone else had the face to stay home for dinner.
"Just say it first, I won't do more of your share." Rui snorted softly.
Nayuta never hides her goals, Rui has a strangely good impression of her!
Hina saw the gap between the two, she was well aware of what happened to Ryuji and Rui.
"Rui, Kani-chan is a guest, so you shouldn't be so rude." Hina was actually standing beside Nayuta.
"Hmph." Rui hummed softly, and glanced to one side.
The older her little sister got, the more unruly she became, and Hina felt powerless.
"Then I'll make dinner!" Hina rolled up her sleeves.
Rui shivered, remembering the fear of being dominated by Hina's cooking.
"...I will do it." Sighing, Rui entered the kitchen.
Hina winked at Nayuta, "Listen, Rui is actually a really nice person."
"…I don't think that's the case." Ryuji smiled wryly.
Rui finished dinner, but Nayuta enthusiastically ran over to help organize the cutlery, hoping to increase her liking.
However, Rui still had a cold face.
"I've always found Kani-chan a bit pathetic." Hina sighed.