"Sure."
Facing his question, Asumi agreed without hesitation.
"In that case, it's settled."
"Um."
Asumi replied with a smile.
"But even though we're becoming friends, you still have to call me Senpai, understand?" She added.
She was used to being called him junior, and she wasn't accustomed to being called Kamikawa or Ren-kun like Fumino and Ichika.
"Um."
As long as it wasn't a special title, Ren usually accepted it.
Just as Asumi was sinking into the joy of resolving the misunderstanding, she suddenly realized a problem.
"Wait a moment, what you said earlier is something I taught you?"
Ren was actually learning and applying it now, and he was using it on her.
"Yes. The effect is very good." Ren commented.
Asumi complained, "Why am I being used as a test subject!"
"You're not a test subject. I really hope to be friends with Senpai." Ren argued.
"Mhm..."
Asumi blushed, pretending to stand calmly, and asked a question as usual.
"Don't talk about this again. Besides, I've finished teaching you... What do you want for breakfast today? I'll make it for you."
"Anything is fine."
Ren's answer remained the same.
"It's a hard-working morning..."
Grumbling softly about her silly junior, Asumi walked into the kitchen.
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Time passed, and it was already afternoon.
"Hangout time begins."
After lunch, Ren left the house and began his usual stroll.
Perhaps it was the hottest time of summer, and there weren't many pedestrians on the street, instead, places like cafes were crowded with customers.
Although the sun didn't affect him, to blend in with the few pedestrians on the street, he had to walk in the shadows as much as possible.
"There are more people here."
As he walked, Ren looked around, and then he saw a girl with long pink hair walking out of the optician's shop.
The only difference from the past was that today Itsuki was wearing her red glasses.
He remembered Itsuki only wore glasses when studying, why was she wearing it now?
Very strange.
"None of them fit... Huh? Kamikawa-kun! Why are you here?"
Itsuki, who had just come out of the optician's shop, looked at Ren who appeared on the roadside and asked in surprise, even her ahoge hair stood up straight.
"I'm just walking around." Ren replied casually.
"I see."
Itsuki still knew that Ren liked to walk around, but her eyes still wandered.
"Itsuki, is there something wrong with your glasses?"
Seeing the optician's shop and the glasses that Itsuki only wore when studying, Ren asked with concern.
"It's... bad, not broken, degrees, yes, it's the degrees!"
Hearing his question, Itsuki became very confused for some reason, unable to even utter a complete sentence.
"What does that mean?"
Ren didn't understand the meaning of her string of words at all.
"My myopia has become slightly worse, which makes my glasses unsuitable for me, so I want to change my glasses, including the frames!"
Itsuki began to speak without stopping.
"Then because I couldn't find frames that satisfied me, I said there were no suitable frames and left the optician's shop disappointed."
"I see."
It took a moment to understand, and Ren got it.
After a little hesitation, he then asked, "Do you need my help?"
"No, I can do it myself."
Itsuki waved her hand and nervously declined.
"Alright, then I'll be going."
Seeing that she didn't need help, Ren prepared to leave and went to the next optician's shop to choose glasses without delaying.
"Wait a moment, um... Kamikawa-kun, if you don't mind, can I walk with you for a bit?"
But even before he took two steps, Itsuki ran and walked side by side with him with a very unusual expression.
"I don't mind if you walk with me. But aren't you going to pick glasses?" Ren asked in confusion.
Buying new glasses should be more important than walking alone.
"My prescription has only increased slightly. These glasses can still be used, so there's no need to rush to buy new ones. " Itsuki said very shyly, "Compared to this, I have some business with you."
"What's up?"
Ren walked slowly along the street with her.
"Kamikawa-kun. You wear black clothes all day long. Do you really like the color black?" Itsuki asked as casually as possible.
Ren explained gently, "It's not that I like the color black, I just tend to wear black or use black clothes."
Because black is a very common color, it is not striking and does not stand out like other colors.
"That's right. Besides, Kamikawa-kun, your glasses have black frames." Itsuki focused on the glasses he was wearing now.
"Um."
Ren noticed her gaze, and when he recounted what she had just said, he immediately understood everything.
"Itsuki, do you think my glasses frames are nice?"
"Eh? No..."
"If you think they're nice, I can lend them to you to try."
As Itsuki was about to deny it, Ren's voice sounded again, and then he quietly changed his story.
"It feels nice."
"Here."
After stopping, he took out a mask from his pocket and put it on. Ren took off his glasses and handed it to Itsuki.
"Thank you."
Taking the glasses handed to her, Itsuki replaced glasses with black-framed glasses.
"Our glasses frames have the same style, the only difference is the color."
She took out phone, activated selfie mode, looked at herself on the screen, and found this problem.
Her glasses had red frames, while his glasses were black.
Furthermore, they were exactly the same.
"Then why do you think my glasses frames are nice?" Ren was a little confused.
"Maybe in my opinion... black looks good?"
Putting away phone and looking at Ren standing in front of her, all dressed in black but with sparkling eyes, Itsuki lowered her head shyly.
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