Chapter 52 - Chapter 51

"Then I'll be leaving soon."

At 6pm, Arisu says that and leaves my room.

After seeing her off, I return to the living room. In the living room, Masumi is absentmindedly watching TV and Hiyori is reading her book.

"Sakayanagi went to get tested, but when is Hachiman going to the fireworks festival with Hashimoto?"

Masumi asks such a question. I am actually going with Arisu, but at Arisu's request, I told Masumi and Hiyori that I will go with Hashimoto.

"We'll meet at the shopping mall at 6:30, so we'll be out in 15 minutes. Do you need any souvenirs?"

"Not particularly"

"Neither do I."

"Then I'll buy something appropriate.''

Even as I say this, I prepare to go. However, all you have to do is prepare the student ID card you need for shopping.

For now, I'll buy some souvenirs for Hiyori and the others.

I put the device in my pocket, sat down next to Masumi, and watched the evening news absentmindedly.

Then, the clock on the TV showed 18:15, so I stood up and talked to them.

"Then I'll go."

"Yes. Please go... hmm."

"Try not to get yourself into trouble... hmm."

As soon as I said that, Hiyori and Masumi kissed me on the lips.

After the trip, they started kissing good morning and good night on my lips instead of on my forehead.

"...I'm going"

After doing that, I leave the room.

I'm too embarrassed to kiss them, but I'm scared that it might happen someday.

With that thought in mind, I headed to the shopping mall and looked at the device in front of the fountain at the meeting point.

There are nearly 4 million private points. Arisu and others also helped out when we bought the room, so it hasn't decreased that much.

However, I would like to see more profitable exams in the future.

The test for guessing who was on the receiving end was a real bonus test.

However, there are not many such tests. Mr. Chabashira previously said that no student paid 20,000,000 points to get into Class A on his own, but if there are a lot of exams like those for preferential treatment, there will be one or two students who can pay 20,000,000 points.

It's supposed to be out.

That's when I was thinking about it.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Hachiman-kun."

I heard Arisu's voice from the right side, so I looked to the side and saw Arisu.

However, unlike before she went, she was wearing a yukata. The cool light blue yukata brings out Arisu's cool personality and is very beautiful.

"Where did you wear your yukata?"

"You can rent it at a store in the shopping mall only during the fireworks festival. Does it suit me?"

"Ah. It looks great on you."

"Hehe, thank you."

Arisu looks so shy as she says that, and I can't help but feel nervous because she's so cute.

"Let's go then."

Arisu reached out to me with the hand that wasn't holding her cane, so I gently squeezed it back and, following Arisu's pace, we headed out of the shopping mall and outside where the fireworks were being held.

After leaving the shopping mall, we headed to the natural park within the school's territory.

The plaza is usually filled with grass, but today it is crowded with festival food stalls.

Moreover, this school has basically cut off all connections with the outside world, so the only customers are students, so it's not that crowded.

If this was an outside stall, there would be so many people that Arisu, who is physically weak, would not have been able to participate.

"This is my first time eating street food."

I guess so. From the looks of it, I can't imagine Arisu, a young lady, eating food from a food stall.

"Is there anything you want to eat?"

"Well...I'd really like to try something called cotton candy."

"Okay. So what do you want for dinner?"

"Then I would like to eat takoyaki."

"Then wait a minute."

While saying this, I head towards the stall. Even if there weren't that many people, it would be tough for Arisu to go around the food stalls.

Then I arrived at a food stall and bought some takoyaki and cotton candy.

I'll have yakisoba.

After deciding what to eat, I decided to go to a yakisoba restaurant a little further away, but on the way I discovered that they were selling beautiful hair ornaments.

It is very beautiful and the girls look at it with interest.

(Will this be Hiyori's souvenir?)

I just took the silver hair ornament and the light blue hair ornament and held them out to the clerk. The price is quite high at 20,000 yen for two, but I pay it without any complaints.

After receiving the hair ornament, I bought some yakisoba and headed to Arisu.

"I kept you waiting. Look, takoyaki and cotton candy."

"Thank you. May I have a bite of your yakisoba?"

"Then I'll exchange it for takoyaki."

"Okay. Hachiman-kun, that's it."

While saying this, Arisu sticks a takoyaki on a toothpick and shoves it at me. Fortunately, it was dark so I could eat the takoyaki with my mouth open.

"Thank you."

"No. Please give me yakisoba in return."

Arisu opens her mouth, but I guess this means I should do it. I know this because I've experienced it many times already.

"Yes, Aan."

While saying this, I pick up a piece of yakisoba and thrust it out, causing Arisu to open her small mouth and grumble, but that gesture is also cute.

Arisu is ruthless when she's playing chess or thinking about conflicts between classes, but when she's in private, Arisu is just a normal cute girl.

"Hmm, it's delicious."

Arisu nods slightly. Arisu was obviously a young lady, so I wasn't sure if street food would be palatable to her, but she said it was good.

"That would be great...oh, it's delicious."

Actually eating yakisoba is quite delicious. It's definitely a virtue that it was a cheap point.

Even with this in mind, we ate while chatting indifferently.

"Anyway, I would have liked to see Hachiman-kun in a yukata."

"That's too bad. But it wouldn't suit me even if I wore it. I'm not particularly good-looking."

"Really? I think he would be quite popular with girls if he didn't have those rotten eyes."

"I'm glad to hear that, but there's a problem with rotten eyes."

I think if my eyes weren't rotten, my face would be in good shape like Arisu said.

Well, because of my rotten eyes, I received a lot of abuse from Hiratsuka-sensei and Yukinoshita.

I mean, I don't really care, but isn't it a problem when the teacher, abuses me?

Well, that Teacher is in the prison box, so it's okay.

"That may be true, but you don't need to worry about it. I've known you for a long time, so I have a good feeling about it."

"That's okay. I'm sure it tastes bitter."

"Even if it's bitter, it might be as addictive as coffee, right?"

Hey. If there's someone who's  addicted to my eyes, I'd like to see it.

That was when I was secretly trying to push Arisu.

A buzzer-like sound rang out. It's probably a signal that the fireworks are about to start.

"It's probably about to launch."

"Well...hey, there it is."

When I pointed at it, the firework seeds rose into the sky making a whirring sound...

Boom!

Colorful flowers are born along with flashy sounds. The students cheered as they saw the beautiful flowers. Some men and women seem to be having fun holding hands, hugging each other, and kissing each other, but they're about to explode.

Well, it's more than that. I forgot something important.

"Hey, Arisu. Are you okay?"

"what?"

"Actually, I bought you something as a thank you for teaching me how to study and taking care of me. Would you please accept it?"

While saying this, I took out a small case from my bag and handed it to Arisu, who happily nodded.

"I don't really care. However, it's a generous gift from Hachiman-kun, so I'll appreciate it. Can I open it?"

"Of course. It's yours now."

"Yes. Then... what?"

When Arisu opens the case, she looks shocked. Damn? Maybe she didn't like it?

"Arisu?"

When I asked that, Arisu's expression became shocked and then gradually turned bright red.

That's a reaction I don't understand.

"T-this is...a ring, isn't it?"

Inside the case is a silver ring. However, it's not a very expensive ring.

"Oh. Maybe you didn't like it?"

Hashimoto said that Arisu wants the ring, but is that not true?

"Oh, nothing like that. There's no reason I don't like it."

Then, Arisu is unusually excited and denies it.

It's the first time I have seen Arisu like this, so I am quite surprised.

"I'm really happy...can I put it on?"

"of course"

I nod, Arisu nods once, and puts the ring on her left ring finger...! Wait!

I panicked and tried to stop her, but...

"Thank you...I will cherish it for the rest of my life."

Thuuu

Before that, she thanked me, and then  wrapped her arms around my neck and took my lips with hers.

Moreover, unlike the usual kisses that just touch, it was a very intense kiss, and the thrusting that I had tried to do earlier was suppressed.

(No, it's impossible to go against this)

In the end, I couldn't resist Arisu and was showered with kisses as we reached the end of the fireworks festival.

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Afterwards, we headed to the shopping mall to return her yukata, but at that time we bumped into Hiyori and Masumi, who were going to the bookstore.

Hiyori and Masumi asked me if I had lied to them, so I tried to tell them the truth, but at that moment Arisu showed me the ring with a triumphant look on her face, and they both...

Needless to say, an unusual amount of pressure erupted from there and I almost fainted.