At Gabriel's home.
"Gabriel-san, I only accompanied Kamikawa-san to his home because the rain was too heavy, and I couldn't go back. He and I actually have no relationship with each other. Please don't misunderstand."
Fumino sat beside the table, explaining to Gabriel what had just happened with great embarrassment.
Did Gabriel catch wind of the affair between her and Ren?
"I don't misunderstand."
After a brief anger at seeing the two return together subsided, Gabriel regained her composure and didn't misunderstand anything.
Ren had a peculiar character, so he would never do something like that, no matter how much she thought about it. Moreover, Fumino's explanation made perfect sense; she wasn't someone who constantly harped on such matters.
With this in mind, she looked towards Ren, who was sitting next to her, slowly sipping hot tea. Seeing his cheerful appearance and disregard for his concerns, Gabriel felt utterly powerless.
In a situation like this, only he could remain so relaxed. Didn't he think bringing a girl home could easily be misunderstood?
"What's wrong?"
Putting down hot tea, Ren observed Gabriel's gaze directed at him.
"I heard from Furuhashi-san that you were the one who offered to take her home." Gabriel nudged his shoulder.
Because Fumino had just said a lot to prevent misunderstandings, she knew a lot about what had just happened.
"Yes." Ren admitted directly without denying it.
"..."
Seeing him admit it so straightforwardly, Gabriel fell silent.
Indeed, it was unrealistic to use this to make Ren panic or feel uneasy.
Gabriel suddenly realized something and hurriedly asked, "Wait, if that's the case, when I sent you a message, were you living with Furuhashi-san at that time?"
"Yes." Ren admitted again.
"Why didn't you say it at that time?"
Gabriel felt a bit uncomfortable when she thought that when she was worried about whether Ren could return, he was living with Fumino.
"You didn't ask." Ren said without hesitation.
"...Seems so."
After a moment of silence, Gabriel agreed with his explanation.
If she didn't ask, it was reasonable for Ren not to say who he was with.
"Sorry." Gabriel apologized softly.
"It's okay."
"Gabriel-san and Kamikawa-san have a very good relationship."
After observing their interaction for a while, Fumino smiled.
Although she couldn't figure out the relationship between Gabriel and Ren for the time being, praising them first was the right thing to do.
"Not bad." Gabriel turned and looked at her, "By the way, Furuhashi-san, do you want to inform your family?"
"No need, my father usually doesn't care much about me. There's no need to discuss such things..." Fumino's face stiffened a bit, and she answered softly.
"If the rain doesn't stop outside, you can stay at my place tonight. I still have a spare bed here."
After hearing her answer, Gabriel looked at the weather outside and suggested.
"It's troublesome."
Fumino's initial idea was to stay overnight at Gabriel's house, but now that she had taken the initiative, of course, it was impossible to refuse.
"It's okay, this is a small matter."
Gabriel didn't care too much about this because Fumino couldn't go back and didn't want to go back. Of course, she was willing to let her stay.
After all, she was an angel.
Of course, another reason was that she didn't want Fumino to stay here; otherwise, Fumino had no choice but to stay at Ren's house.
To avoid seeing something she didn't want to happen, she could only choose to let Fumino stay at her house.
Gabriel noticed the rain-soaked marks on Fumino's body and said, "It's pouring outside; you must be drenched when walking all the way. Kamikawa, quickly change your clothes. It's not good if you catch a cold."
"Um."
Ren stood up and left Gabriel's house.
In fact, the soaked marks on their bodies caused by the rain were all intentional. Besides, it was pouring heavily outside, and no matter how tightly they held the umbrella, they would inevitably get wet to some extent.
This way, Fumino's suspicions wouldn't arise.
After Ren left, Fumino said with some embarrassment, "Um... Gabriel-san, I don't have clothes to change into..."
Before she could speak, she was interrupted by Gabriel.
"It's okay; just wear mine. I have a lot of loose sports clothes here. As for underwear..."
After saying this, Gabriel glanced at her average-sized chest and said with a smile, "You can wear mine. Of course, my underwear might be a bit bigger, but for now, we don't have a solution, so I can only ask Furuhashi-san to tolerate it a bit."
"Anyway, I still have a little bit. If we really count it, your underwear might be much smaller."
Fumino naturally noticed her teasing gaze and then looked at her flat chest, almost the same as hers, and replied without conceding.
During their study sessions, she already had low self-esteem about her figure.
Each of the quintuplets was someone she couldn't compete with. Needless to say, Rizu crushed her.
Even Asumi was much older than her.
But only Gabriel couldn't lose!
"Well, try it on."
Because of that, Gabriel found a set of blue sports clothes and underwear and handed them to Fumino.
Since there were only two girls in the room, Fumino wasn't worried about anything and took the clothes to change in the bathroom.
A few moments later, Fumino changed her clothes and walked out.
"How is it?" Gabriel immediately ran and asked eagerly.
"The sports clothes fit perfectly, as for the underwear..."
Although she really didn't want to admit it, Gabriel's underwear turned out to fit perfectly, as if she was wearing her own underwear.
"The panties are a bit too small. Looks like I have to bear with it."
In the end, Fumino chose to lie.