After he left the music club room, Ren went back to his classroom hoping to find a well known energetic girl. When he reached the second years floor, he spotted the person he was looking for in the hallway, so he decided to call for her.

"Hey, Sakagami-san!" When Shigure heard her name being called from afar she started looking for the owner of that voice. After looking for several seconds, she spotted Ren at the stairs and with a smile. She hastily dashed towards him.

"Ahh, Ren-chan! Fancy meeting you here~" She said with an excited tone while Ren returned the greeting.

"Actually, I was looking for you." Ren admited. Shigure just tilted her head.

"Huh? For me? What is it?" After hearing that he was searching for her persona, she started questioning Ren while joyfully jumping.

"I was hoping if you could help me with something. Are you perhaps busy right now?" Ren asked with a comprehensive expression on his face. Shigure quickly shook her head.

"Nononono, I'm like super free right now! Yeah, of course I'll help Ren-chan." Ren smiled awkwardly after hearing her replying hurriedly.

"Is that so? Great, then come with me to the music club room please." Ren hurried her to follow him as soon as she accepted his request. Shigure also didn't lost time and started walking alongside Ren. After they began on their way to the music club room, Shigure started feeling confused. Ren couldn't help but ask her what happened.

"Sakagami-san?" He asked. Shigure turned to see Ren.

"What is it, Ren-chan?" She replied with a smile.

"Is it everything okay?" Shigure instantly knew what he meant. She must have looked confused.

"Nothing happened, it's just that..." Ren raised an eyebrow as if telling her to elaborate.

"Isn't the music room unused? I don't remember any music club being formed this year..." Shigure had a confused expression while Ren sighed. As if saying 'That was it?'.

"I know what you mean. After all, I thought that too at first." Ren said to Shigure who opened her eyes in surprise.

"Ohh, then the club—!" Before Shigure could finish her sentence, Ren explained what he meant.

"That's not it. Sorry, I didn't finished explaining—Ren briefly apologized—It seems that the room is being used by another club, well, a circle in this case."

"Ohhh, that makes sense. Sorry for jumping to conclusions." Shigure timidly gave an apologize, and Ren just waved his hand meaning 'Don't worry about it'.

"What kind of circle uses the old music room I wonder...?" Shigure started daydreaming while they walked and, after a couple of minutes, they reached their destination.

"Here it is, Sakagami-san. Let's go inside." Shigure nervously tried to stop Ren from abruptly entering the room without knocking, but Ren was faster than her.

*SLIDE~* "—Pardon my intrusion..."

"R-Ren-chan! Jeez! P-Pardon my intrusion~" After her efforts were in vain, Shigure quickly mimicked Ren.

Michiru, who continued pleasingly reading her book after Ren departed, noticed the boy and the girl who had just entered the room. With a pleasant *PLOP*, she closed her book once again.

"My my, welcome back, Kanzaki-san. Certainly I thought that you would dump me and wouldn't come back." With a soft smile and gentle voice, Michiru throw a bomb over Ren without even noticing. Shigure couldn't let this pass.

"E-EHHHH?! W-W-What does that girl mean, Ren-chan?! Dump her? You of all people, have a girlfriend?! Unbelievable!" Shigure started hyperventilating while throwing questions one after the other. While she was grabbing Ren from his necktie, he turned to see Michiru, who had a confused expression on her face.

'Looks like she didn't even noticed that what she just said had a really suggestive ring to it... Arisaka-senpai might be a little dense...' thought Ren while cold sweat ran through his forehead.

"I want to clarify that Arisaka-senpai OBVIOUSLY didn't know what she just said, so don't jump into conclusions Sakagami-san. Second, why would it be so unbelievable for me to have a girlfriend? I'm a healthy young boy." Although Ren intended to sound offended, his expressionless face didn't helped him. Shigure could only laugh apologetically.

"But you know, we are talking about Kanzaki Ren here, everyone would have thought the same!" Shigure quickly tried to defend herself.

"...Okay, I don't really mind what people thinks of me, so lets forget about that. Right now—" Ren sighed and turned once again to see Michiru, who was out of the conversation until a couple of seconds ago. She was watching them curiously.

"Oh, don't mind me. I was just listening to your conversation, it was really amusing, fufu." Michiru chuckled a little after listening to her underclassmen's interaction.

"Sorry about that, senpai. She can be a little too hot-headed sometimes." Ren apologized in a low voice to Michiru for Shigure's behavior. He received an 'I don't mind at all' from Michiru's part.

"Well, it might be a bit late to say it but, Arisaka-senpai she is Sakagami-san, a classmate of mine." Ren introduced Shigure to Michiru while urging the former with his eyes to introduce herself.

"A-Ah yes! Nice to meet you, senpai. I'm Sakagami Shigure from class 2-E, same as Ren-chan." After Shigure's introduction, Michiru's eyes widened a little after hearing the 'Ren-chan' part. She just brushed it off.

"The pleasure is mine, Sakagami-san. My name is Arisaka Michiru from class 3-B, nice to make your acquaintance." After her polite and sophisticate introduction, Michiru finished with a deep bow, leaving Shigure astonished for a brief moment.

"Y-Yes, likewise." Michiru was standing up once again and, after finishing their introductions, she suggested taking a seat.

While sitting, Shigure asked Michiru about the circle, like why did she created it or what was her goal. Michiru explained the exact same things that she explained to Ren, never forgetting to use her peculiar manner of speech. After she informed Shigure about the circle itself, she explained what did she intended to do about the 'Mikagi Sora case'.

"Umm, Ren-chan...?" Shigure asked Ren to elaborate. She didn't really know what does SHE have to do with Sora in the first place, not like they have spoken to each other before.

"Oh yeah, about that. I was hoping you could help us to devise a plan to make Mikagi-san join senpai's circle." Ren explained what he and Michiru were trying to do.

"I would very much appreciate if you could lend us your assistance, Sakagami-san." Michiru added with a pleading face and even Shigure, who was a girl herself, had a hard time not blushing when she saw Michiru like that.

"W-Well, since you need my help I would very much have to obligue" She turned her red-colored face to the side while accepting to help with the matter.

"Thanks, Sakagami-san, that would be really helpful." Ren thanked her with a sincere smile.

"Thank you very much, Sakagami-san. You are really kind." Michiru complimented her with a big smile on her face, making the blushing purple eyed girl more embarrassed.

"W-What's this? Even Ren-chan compliments me...? Guhihi..." Shigure started laughing shyly while touching her cheeks with both hands.

"No ,I didn't. I just thanked you, don't distort my words like that..." With another sigh, Ren complained in a low voice that only Michiru could heard.

"Oh Kanzaki-san, don't be like that. Let Sakagami-san be, fufu." Michiru playfully reprimanded Ren while letting a small chuckle left her mouth.

"Sigh... Fair enough." Ren smiled awkwardly but agreed with Michiru.

For a couple of minutes, Shigure kept embarrassingly covering her face while Ren and Michiru watched her with gentle faces.

"Fuuuahh... I finally finished!" With a loud voice, Nagi stretched herself on her chair. After Ren left the teacher's office earlier, she was all pumped up and started working at record speed, but that only lasted like 20 minutes. The rest of the time she was working on willpower alone.

"Thanks for your hard work, Kanasuke-sensei." Endou-sensei stated with an apologetic smile when he saw Nagi slumped on her desk with a tired face.

"Haha, good job as always, Nagi." Another female teacher couldn't stop herself from making a comment while patting the lifeless Nagi on the back.

"Kazuhooo~ I'm beat..."

Nagi cried to the other female teacher, Natsuri Kazuho: a 28 years old Japanese teacher, and a friend of Nagi since college. They were classmates and both wanted to become teachers, although at different subjects. They developed a strong friendship since then, and as of today, they continue being close friends. Nagi always goes to Kazuho when she has a problem or something's on her mind. Unlike Nagi, Kazuho is extremely experienced when it comes to men, already having countless lovers and the sort, but not a single one has been able to close the deal with her(marriage). Thanks to that, Nagi often comes to Kazuho for love advice, but thanks to Nagi's shyness (or Kazuho's boldness), she is never able to seduce a man, not to mention dating.

"There, there." Kazuho just continued stroking Nagi's back while tenderly comforting her.

"Oh yeah, Kanasuke-sensei." Endou apparently remembered something as he called out for Nagi.

"What is it, Endou-sensei?" Nagi raised her head from her desk and looked at her coworker with a curious expression on her face.

"I heard from Kanzaki-san that you asked him to come to the teacher's office. Perhaps, did something happened?" Endou asked with a worried expression. He is a kind teacher that really cares for his students.

"Uhh, Kanzaki-san...? Ah! That's the boy you're always talking about, right Nagi?" At first Kazuho didn't remembered the name 'Kanzaki' because Ren doesn't really stand out in during class. After thinking a little bit more, she remembered her female colleague talking about a certain 'Kanzaki Ren' when they were in Kazuho's house.

"Wha—!? What are you talking about Kazuho! Don't make it sound like I'm always thinking about Re— I mean, Kanzaki-kun!" When she heard the suggestive tone that had, Nagi quickly shook her head while a deep crimson appeared on her cheeks.

"Hahaha, what's with that reaction Nagi? I'm joking, I'm joking. Come on, stop acting so edgy. What are you, a teenager?." Kazuho laughed wholeheartedly while apologizing to Nagi.

"Geez... Kanzaki-kun it's just my student. Don't try to make it sound like there's something between us." Nagi pouted because of Kazuho's teasing, receiving an 'I'm sorry' from her friend.

"Um, Kanasuke-sensei?" Endou, who had been forgotten until now, called again for Nagi.

"A-Ahh! I'm so sorry Endou-sensei. We were talking about Kanzaki-kun, right? I just called him because I wanted some help with something related to the circle I'm an advisor of." Nagi quickly elaborated, trying to solve Endou's past question. He just nodded in understanding.

"I see... Well, as long as it's not anything bad, then I'm relived." Endou calmly sighed and decided to continue working, leaving the two females to themselves. When Nagi saw Endou resuming his work, she turned to glare at Kazuho.

"Hey now, don't give me that look Nagi. I'm just messing aroung with you." Kazuho quickly tried to calm Nagi.

"...Just to be clear, I'm not always talking about Kanzaki-kun." Nagi replied to Kazuho with a pouty face.

"Don't be ridiculous Nagi, that boy is all you talk about! 'Ren-kun this', 'Ren-kun that'. Whoever hears you talking about him would think you're talking about your boyfriend or something." Nagi started blushing again when she heard Kazuho mimicking her.

"B-B-Boyfriend?! Now YOU don't be ridiculous Kazuho, he's like twelve years younger than me!" Kazuho looked at her with a face that said 'What happened to all that he is my student stuff?'.

"So what? Nagi, you're still young and pretty. You should get yourself a man before you turn 30." Nagi nervously listened to everything Kazuho said, while thinking herself 'Isn't that too soon!?'.

"I know what you may be thinking: 'Isn't that too soon!?'. Naive! Too naive!" Kazuho pointed her finger towards her best friend.

"Are you an esper or something like that!?" Nagi retorted.

"Well, I usually don't take into account younger boys, because they are really immature and they always try to show off. But—Kazuho continued talking while Nagi just looked at her with pink colored cheeks—That boy is different. I don't know exactly why, but he gives that 'grown up' vibe." Nagi opened her eyes in surprise after hearing her friend's words, but shortly after, she nodded.

"...I think so too." When she heard Nagi, Kazuho looked at her, asking her to continue.

"The look in his eyes, is not the look of a normal young boy. He looks like someone who was forced to 'grow up'." Nagi finished giving her impressions of Ren, and after brief moments, Kazuho replied.

"Yeah, you're right. But you know what?"

"Huh...?" Nagi just stared at Kazuho.

"He also looks like a dependable man, so I think I can leave Nagi-tan to him without any worries. Don't you think so?" Kazuho looked at Nagi with a mischievous smile adorning her face, earning a sigh and a single 'I can't win against you' from her old friend.

"Well, enough talk for now Kazuho, you still have your own work to do. If you have the energy to tease me, wouldn't it be better to use it for working?" Kazuho sighed with a smile on her face.

"Dodging the question, huh? Well, I'll just force it out of you later." That said, Kazuho returned to her desk to finish her remaining work while Nagi stood there.

'I hope that Ren-kun can learn to enjoy his school life. He's always with that emotionless look, that's why...—Nagi thought of the music club room for a second—I pray for it's success.' With thoughts of a certain high-school boy, Nagi smiled before returning to her duties.

Hello everybody, first of all, I want to apologize.

I'm fully aware that this chapter was more focused between the teachers talk rather than Ren's meeting with Michiru and Shigure. I did this because I just wanted to introduce Michiru and Shigure, while talking a little bit of Nagi herself, along with their impressions of Ren, who as you can see, It's seen as an inexpressive person, that's the mainly reason, also, Rin didn't appeared at all in this chapter, that's okay, she'll appear on the story.

That's all for now, I'll see you at chapter 5.

Edit: Same thing, I hope it's more readable.

~Neru-san