Chapter 2

Haruto is already off on his bike early the next morning as he rushing for Akari's house. It doesn't take long for Haruto to get to her house but he feels a bit more winded than usually from not having used his bike for a long while. Haruto knocked on the door before being answered by Akari's mom.

"Hello, Haruto-kun. Akari will be down in a moment. How about you come in and have a seat?" she replies.

"I'm fine. Let her know that I will be waiting on my bike outside."

Haruto waited on his bike for a few minutes as he looked back on all that had happened back in Tokyo. Suddenly, Haruto notices his bike moving and feels that he is about to remember something painful until he looked behind him. The moment he saw Akari sitting on that back of his bike, he forgot everything for a moment. She dressed a lot more nicely than usual and Haruto couldn't help but notice.

Akari smiles at him as she speaks.

"You ready to go? We can get something to eat on the way," she says.

"Y-yeah," Haruto replies back.

"The food will be your treat though."

"Wha-! Fine, but that will count as your second wish."

"What?! Why? Aren't guys usually suppose to treat the girl to food?" Akari argues.

"Okay, okay, jeez. I won't make it count as one of the wishes." Damn it, she's too cute and too strong to fight with right now...

After treating Akari to breakfast, Haruto takes her to the nearest shopping district. Once there, Akari is already dragging Haruto with her to the nearest clothing store.

"How do you think I would look with something like this on?" she asks him while holding up a blouse and matching skirt.

"Y-you look... good," replies Haruto, his face slowly turning red.

He didn't look away, Akari thought. As she turns around to look at more clothing, she allows herself to smile while Haruto is unable to see it.

Of course that's what I'm going to say, thinks Haruto to himself. Dressing up the way you did while also being able to tell when I'm lying or not. Cheater.

Akari picks out few other pieces of clothing before heading into the changing room. Minutes later, she comes out with a completely new outfit as she asks Haruto the same question.

"How do you look?" he replies with another question. "Is there a point to even asking when we both know that you can tell on your own?"

When she notices him becoming embarrassed again, she lets out a small chuckle as she thinks to herself. Good point. I can't really expect you to think anything else when a girl's gonna be modeling in different clothing for you for the whole day.

As the day dragged on, Haruto found himself carrying five bags of clothing and another bag that has Akari's new heels.

"Haven't you bought enough for one day?" asks Haruto.

"But shopping is so fun, Haruto," Akari replies. "We even got to see Himuro-kun and Kikukawa-chan."

"Yeah, they've been together for a while haven't they?"

At that time, Haruto decides to check the time using his phone.

"It's getting pretty late. Now should be a good time for us to start heading back. Also, after trying the food we had from breakfast and lunch made me want to try to cook something. If you want, how about both you and Takagi stay the night over at my house?"

"Really?! You'll cook dinner?" Akari replies just as she begins to jump around happily. "Yes, that means I not only get breakfast and lunch free but also dinner too!"

The two of them continue the walk back to where Haruto left his bike , both happy with how the day went. Well, they were until they came to a stop beside the bike.

"So, how are we gonna make this work?" Haruto mutters.

About some time later, they were able to drop all the stuff off at Akari's house before arriving at Haruto's. Somehow.