Asou was currently on a train back to his apartment after his most recent visit with Hina. It had been a few weeks since he had installed her security system and, true to his word, made the time to visit her once a week. This, however, was becoming a problem. It was getting increasingly hard to slip away from his charge for too long.
Asou was interrupted from his thoughts by a message alert on his phone. It was Masaya letting him know that there had been a situation, again, but he had taken care of it. The bespectacled man heaved a sigh. He hated having to rely on Masaya to cover for him but he couldn't leave his charge unguarded.
At the same time he would hate to tell Hina that he wouldn't be able to keep his promise of a weekly visit. It was almost concerning how hard he'd fallen for this girl. Shaking his head he pushed aside his enamored thoughts and turned to more important matters.
What should he get Hina for her birthday?
He had been wracking his brain for ideas for most of the train ride and hadn't come up with anything that suited her. Asou remembered seeing a stack of Tomoaki-san's children's books in Hina's room, and she had some stuffed bears; maybe he could find a bear that looked like the one on the cover of the book. He would have to ask Masaya for Tomoaki-san's contact info when they met up later.
Hinata was practically bouncing with joyful energy. She only had a week to wait before Asou-san would be back and, as luck would have it, it would also land on her birthday! Asou-san had already mentioned that he couldn't be there in the morning but that gave her the chance to spend the first half of the day with her family and all afternoon with Asou-san.
The rest of the week crept by in idle anticipation.