"…"
Ren didn't know how to answer her question.
He still knows the most basic common sense, like saying happy birthday, there is a reason why he doesn't say it now.
The reason was that he wanted to talk to Gabriel alone.
Even though he almost never has a birthday, he still knows the importance of birthdays for some people.
As Gabriel's good friend, he couldn't wish her a happy birthday casually, he had to be more serious, so he thought of wishing her alone.
Unfortunately he never found a suitable opportunity, so he couldn't wish her a happy birthday.
"You have to answer this question. Don't think about solving it in silence."
Gabriel knew Ren very well, and she knew how to avoid trouble very well, so she blocked his way out first.
Asking him to wish her a happy birthday shouldn't be too much, right?
After all, today was her birthday, and everyone had wished her a happy birthday, but Ren didn't, and Gabriel always felt like something was missing.
After looking around, Ren's mouth, which was originally open, closed again.
"What are you talking about?" Vigne came in with a beautifully packaged box in her hands, "Can you let me listen?"
"Nothing, just casually chatting."
Gabriel quickly answered nonchalantly, trying to fool her.
Raphiel nodded thoughtfully, then opened the box and placed it in front of Gabriel, "How about chocolate? It's an after-dinner snack."
"I want to."
Looking at the beautifully packaged chocolates, Gabriel quickly made a choice and took out a piece of chocolate filled with alcohol.
"You can get some more."
Realizing that she only took one piece, Raphiel reminded her with a smile.
"No, one piece is enough."
Gabriel shook her head.
At first glance, there isn't much chocolate in it. If she took more, what would others do?
"Okay."
Raphiel approached Ren and asked, "Kamikawa-san, do you want to eat?"
"Thank You."
After thinking about it, Ren also took it share.
"You're welcome. Alright, you guys can chat quietly and I'll give them chocolate."
Raphiel waved her hand and walked towards Fumino who was discussing the photo there.
After Raphiel walked further, Gabriel looked at Ren again.
"Let's continue the topic we just talked about."
As Gabriel spoke, she unwrapped the chocolate and put it in her mouth.
"…"
After hearing this, Ren knew that he needed to explain it to her.
The explanation of such long words was what he was least good at, and it took a lot of time every time.
Gabriel looked at him quietly, waiting for his answer, but her face became even redder.
"Thanks for your hard work, Kamikawa."
After a while, Gabriel suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
"It's not difficult."
Ren raised his head and looked at Gabriel in confusion.
Why did she say this suddenly?
"How could it be? You all obviously prepared a birthday party for me and gave me birthday gifts. No matter what you think, it must be difficult."
At this time, Gabriel stood up with a flushed face, shaking her head and explaining.
"…"
For some reason, Ren felt an inexplicable familiar feeling when facing Gabriel at this time.
He always felt a little different from the usual Gabriel.
"Why don't you talk? Not speaking means you agree to it."
Gabriel tilted her head and her tone became cheerful.
"Want a gift? A gift from Gabriel! You can guess what it is."
"Don't want to."
Ren refused firmly.
The purpose of her birthday gift was not to be a so-called gift.
"Too bad. I originally wanted to give you a gift."
After saying that, before Ren could continue speaking, Gabriel staggered towards Vigne and the others.
After hesitating for a moment, Ren stood up and followed her.
"Thank You."
Rizu took a piece of chocolate and said thank you.
"There's no need for everyone to thank me. It's very difficult to get it," Raphiel answered, pretending to be helpless.
"Eh? Gab, you're here."
At this moment, Vigne saw Gabriel walking over.
Gabriel approached them and said loudly: "Thank you for throwing this birthday party for me. As a thank you, I will be responsible for the subsequent cleaning work. Once finished, you can go straight home."
"If you don't want to go home, my house is next door. You can stay at my house."
"Let's do the cleaning together. It's really troublesome for one person to clean so many things," Vigne rejected Gabriel's proposal without hesitation.
"No! I have to do it myself. I didn't do anything."
Gabriel jumped towards Vigne, her body swaying, and her attitude was quite tough.
"Wait a minute, Gab, do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?"
Vigne knew something was wrong with Gabriel's condition, and the way she spoke and moved was different from usual.
"I feel like I can't even stay still."
Raphiel next to her also noticed this.
"And her face is much redder than before," Fumino added.
"No way, I'm very normal."
Gabriel was dissatisfied with their statement and retaliated angrily.
"Look!"
As if to prove herself, Gabriel jumped to the side and did a one-legged stand.
"Kamikawa-san, what happened to you earlier?"
Her demonstration wasn't convincing, but instead it made Vigne ask Ren.
"Talk and eat chocolate."
Ren summarized it briefly.
"Eat chocolate?"
In an instant, Vigne understood what he meant.
"Yeah," Ren confirmed.
"Vigne, could it be that Gab..."
Raphiel already had the answer in mind.
"That's right, he got drunk after eating chocolate filled with alcohol," Vigne came to the same conclusion.
"In that case..."
"Anyway, let Gab rest first and stop walking around."
Vigne was worried whether Gabriel would suddenly fall to the ground.
"Don't eat chocolate filled with alcohol yet. The alcohol content in it may be very high."
Seeing Gabriel who had fainted a bit, Raphiel didn't forget what had caused all this to happen.
Fumino took the initiative to hand back the alcohol-filled chocolate she had just received and had not had time to eat.
Others followed suit and handed it over.
"Fortunately, Gab was the only one eating it alone."
Placing the recovered chocolate back into the box, Raphiel looked at the box and said happily that there was only one empty space missing.
"Kamikawa-san, please help look after Gab, and I'll make her a bowl of pain relief soup."
After seeing other people already helping to pack things, Vigne handed Gabriel, who had finally managed to subdue her to Ren.
"Eh? Kamikawa?"
After seeing Ren, Gabriel staggered towards him.
"Okay."
Seeing Gabriel holding his arm tightly, Ren nodded.