After sending Shiyu home, Kato Yusuke came to the commercial street in Shibuya.

In a Starbucks, he found Megumi sitting alone by the window.

The girl was playing with her mobile phone with her head down, a medium cup of coffee in front of her, and did not notice his arrival at the first time.

Her short black hair hung softly on her sides, covering her neck like a thick layer of soft black silk.

Through the sunlight shining into the store, you can see that there is about one-third of the drink left in the cup.

The environment in the store was a bit noisy, but she was quiet, neither feeling impatient nor checking the time frequently.

She exudes a calm temperament like a saint, like a quiet and beautiful sculpture, which even makes people feel that time around her seems to flow slower than others.

Kato Yusuke stopped where he was for a moment, and then walked up.

"Sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?"

When he spoke, Hui turned around naturally.

"...Hey, Yusuke, are you here?"

His silhouette was reflected in her smart eyes, and the girl's eyes were indifferent but beautiful. Her long eyelashes were illuminated by the light, like swan's down.

Kato Yusuke looked at her, then turned his eyes to the cup on the table and replied: "Well, what are you drinking?"

"Vanilla latte with a shot of espresso."

"Do you usually order customized coffee?"

"If I have anything to say, I'm just thinking about it."

"Then I'll buy a drink too. By the way, do you want another drink?"

"Thanks, but that's fine with me."

"good."

Kato Yusuke nodded and was about to get up to buy coffee.

As a result, Megumi stood up from his seat with a "Hey, stop~", holding his cup of coffee, as if he was planning to follow him.

"Have you changed your mind?"

"No, it's just more convenient this way. Let's go shopping after you finish buying coffee?"

"I see. Speaking of which, what do you want to buy?"

"Hmm~~Because it's a bit complicated to explain at the moment, so it's better to actually go and have a look."

Hearing what the girl said, Kato Yusuke didn't ask any questions, rather he seemed to take things as they came.

However, when the two moved from Starbucks to a nearby shopping mall and came to a Muji store, and Megumi asked him about his clothing size...

"Why...?" He finally couldn't help but asked in shock.

"Yeah~ Because it's what you want to wear." Hui stood in front of the shelves with a nonchalant look on her face, choosing from some men's clothes while talking.

"Well……?"

The questions in Kato Yusuke's mind increased instead of abating, and he hesitated and asked again:

"...Sorry, Hui, let me ask again. Are you using my size as a reference to choose gifts for family members with similar figures?"

"Well...what would you do if I said no?"

"... Then I will misunderstand that you are choosing clothes for me."

"Ah~ It doesn't matter if you understand it that way, that's what I really think anyway."

"…With all due respect, do you think my usual outfit combination is too bad?"

Seeing how entangled he was, Hui temporarily stopped what he was doing and turned his face.

"I don't think so, Yusuke, do you think there's something wrong with your outfit?"

"...originally, I didn't have much interest in pursuing popularity, but now..."

Kato Yusuke sighed softly: "Your reaction makes me a little doubtful of my usual choices..."

"That's it..."

The girl nodded lightly as if understanding, then straightened her face again, with a slight curve at the corner of her mouth, but she didn't show it.

"Well~ it's nothing like that anyway.

Basically, except for the days when you locked yourself in the room, you never gave me the impression of being sloppy at other times, so don’t worry~"

"Thank you, then the reason why we are here now is...?"

"Well, although it may be a bit strange to say this, can you just cooperate with me like this without asking me why?"

Kato Yusuke looked at her with some trouble.

As this sentence said, today's Hui made him feel a little strange.

But since the other party asked him not to ask──

"...I know, I will cooperate with you, no matter what."

He felt this was the right approach.

"Thank you, Yusuke."

"……Won't."

"anyway--"

Hui said casually: "No matter what... is the scope of what you are talking about too big? Aren't you worried that I will make some excessive demands on you?"

"Should I be worried?"

"At least you should be a little defensive."

"Is this so..."

Kato Yusuke paused for a second, looked around casually, and said casually: "...Thank you, but still, I don't think I should treat you like that."

Stuck...

The metal clothes hanger made a faint sound.

The movement of the girl's hand also stopped for a moment, and then she said in a slightly lower volume than before:

"...Um, in other words, you want me to be more mean to you?"

"It doesn't mean that."

"What does that mean? What you said makes me a little confused."

"If anything... I just hope you can trust me more."

The two of them fell into silence at the same time.

After a while.

"...So that's it."

Hui replied to himself, his eyes falling on the clothes in front of him without any unnecessary expression.

After a while, she took down two pieces of clothing from the shelf, displayed them in front of her, turned around and asked:

"Hey, Yusuke, what do you think of these two pieces?"

It was a khaki hooded sweatshirt and an army green flight jacket.

"How's it going..." Kato Yusuke observed it for a moment and then replied: "It's not bad, it feels relatively simple and casual."

"Hmm~~ And this sweatshirt is made of cotton and linen. Not only is it very comfortable to wear, it also doesn't have the serious feeling of smooth fabric. So, you don't hate this style, do you?"

"Well, no."

"Okay~ Then please take these two pieces first."

Through the word "first", Kato Yusuke vaguely realized that the other party did not seem to stop there, and the situation was confirmed in the next second.

As expected.

After handing him the two pieces of clothing, Hui picked them up on the shelf next door.

"Ah, the white bottoming shirt here and the black hooded sweatshirt look good. Pair it with a pair of dark blue jeans and a long khaki windbreaker on top. Are you okay with it?"

"Okay, this set is a bit between mature and casual."

"That's right~ Speaking of which, I rarely see you wearing bright-colored clothes, don't you like it?"

"I prefer black and white, but others are fine, but I won't wear pink." Yusuke Kato said with a shrug.

"Hmm... pink... I know what you mean~~"

The girl's bright eyes were slightly bent, and her shoulders were shaking slightly, as if she couldn't help but want to laugh, but she held it back.

"In that case, which one are you more comfortable with, red or Klein blue baseball uniforms?"

"Both of them are not colors that I would buy myself, so it's up to you to choose."
To be continued...