Rinne as a Christmas Present

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Don't own anything! All rights on this manga/anime/games and all it's characters belong to Tachibana Koushi.

Well the chapter for the 24th. At this point it is not early Merry Christmas anymore. So Merry Christmas to all. There are problems on my end. If you are interested read the A/N: at the end.

And of course the main Christmas chapter is about Rinne. My main squeeze. Rinne = Kurumi = Origami. Something like that. Otakus will understand how this works. So for this I had to reboot Rinne Utopia. The game is called Rio Reincarnation. And it is in there. I wanted to look into some scenes personally. I have platinum in Rinne Utopia, Arusu (Maria...) Install and Rio Reincarnation so I have access to all scenes. Yes I have too much free time. No I do not regret what I did.

In Ren Dystopia Mayuri seems to be Rinne's sister. But I can't look into it myself. I don't speak japanese. And the wiki was not very useful. Release outside of japan tbd. I am scratching it from my story. There is a full playthrough by YatogamiTohka with all routes in japanese on Youtube though if you are interested. Fourth wall breaking. I am working with a fanfiction writer called NatsumiKyouno about chapters about Natsumi Kyouno. So I should shut up. Although I haven't used anything of it yet.

Thing is... I forgot that I had not booted up my PS4 in months. I needed a new IC. I had a new Fritzbox! as they are called here in Germany. Among others. And I had the wrong password. I typed in the password of my previous Fritzbox! that was still lying around in my password cupboard. I shredded it afterwards. Then I found the right one. Still wrong. He wanted the WLAN-Networkkey. Not the Fritzbox!-password. It was on the same page. And then the new patch. What I want to say is... F U. And now waiting. But it did give me an adrenaline rush. Threw myself down some Coca Cola while doing something else. A loading bar of a PS4 is not going to ruin my day.

I was also reminded that I have Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist! Link Evolution on there. Not relevant for stories. But I will be playing some the next days. I bought it and just forgot it at some point. Still in the main story. Playing it with the decks given by the developers. It makes it a challenge and interesting. I remember having to win against Mai with the Seal of Orichalcum with Joey's deck . Strangle me. Hard but fun. One of the times though where I kind of wished I had a Exodia speedsummon deck to win in one or two rounds...

By the way when reading this. Rinne is not Shido's childhood friend. So he does not really know what her preferences are. Also she did not grow up there. Compared to Rinne Utopia where they have shared memories in local places. I had a bit of a hard time in the second half of this chapter. Even in the game itself the dates with Rinne are just a bit off. Because she is not supposed to be Shido's love interest.

"Good morning Shido."

Rinne chirped up early in the morning.

As we meet early in the morning.

As per usual.

We go to school together every day.

She is actually in my class.

Interesting coincidences.

"Good morning Rinne.

You are as energetic as ever."

We agreed to use our first names when talking to each other.

"It is more like you are not energetic enough."

Kotori smacks me over the head.

"You should not do that.

Shidou could get hurt."

"Don't worry.

My brother is hard in the taking."

Mana says coming from behind.

"Oh I see.

I guess it's ok then."

Rinne smiles sheepishly as she says that.

"What about it is ok?"

Rinne just goes along with everything way too easily.

And not bothered by anything.

"Could I maybe lend myself Shido on Christmas Eve?

Don't worry.

I will bring him back in one piece."

She just says it without even batting an eye.

It's like she just asked whats for dinner tonight.

"Of course I will cook us something as per usual."

On our days off Rinne cooks for us.

Like it's the most normal thing in the world.

As if it was never any different.

"Oh? An after school date with our Shidou huh..."

"I guess we could allow it."

"Hm. Maybe it is? Maybe not..."

Rinne says in a very vague way.

"Ehm.

Is this not my decision?"

"You would actually reject an invitation to a date with a cute girl?

I thought I taught you better."

Kotori complains.

"You know that that had nothing to do with this.

Rinne is not a Spirit."

"Who knows my dear brother.

You might as well make her fall in love with you.

And make sure."

I like Rinne.

That is not the thing.

But love partner.

That is kind of not a thing I considered.

But this whole scenario is feeling a bit off.

"Indeed Shido.

Why shouldn't I be one of your love interests?

I mean...

Even your two sisters...

They gave me their approval.

For you to date me.

And be your girlfriend.

We are half living together anyways.

So why not give it a try?"

What is this?

Where is this?

All of this is just coming out of nowhere!

"You could say Rinne is our present to you this year."

"So take your time.

I won't be watching this time.

But keep it safe."

"Well since she asked me out I will try.

But I won't promise that it will work out the way you want."

Well with this everyone is satisfied.

But this is insane.

Rinne Sonogami.

As my girlfriend.

That would be crazy.

I would have to break up with Origami then though.

I don't think that would be troublesome though.

Origami likes Rinne as well.

And she knows that I like Rinne.

And what relationship we have.

She would not be opposed to it.

Probably wondering why we are not going out yet.

Lately she has not done anything.

Maybe she thinks we are going out already.

...

Anyway here we are at the time that we made out.

Meeting up in the evening.

After wearing casual clothes.

Rinne dressed up really nicely.

But I shouldn't say anything.

"So what did you have in mind that we do for our date Rinne?"

Normally I am the one doing the planning.

Or Kotori.

Or Kurumi.

When I am on a date with her I never know what might happen.

"Well instead of doing something I would like...

How about we do something that you would like to do?"

Ah yes.

She flipped the table on me.

Of course she would want to do something that I want.

"Well first off I would say that we buy the ingredients before we run out of time.

The queue will be too long later on."

"That is true."

So we do.

After agreeing on the ingredients for the hot pot we would be making later on we leave.

"So then how about we go eat something together."

"Yes we should."

But what is the question.

There are so many options.

Oh my god.

"They really have lots of stands here today."

"But all are stuffed full to the brim."

"You know what...

Let's come here some other time ok?"

"Yes I guess."

She seems a bit disappointed.

Well obviously.

Until now we haven't done anything.

But it's Christmas Eve.

And everything is brim full.

If you do not have a reservation there isn't really a chance to get anything.

We should have done this sooner.

So we go somewhere quiet.

With just us two.

"Shido...

You aren't really looking at me are you...

Are you thinking about other girls?

You should be looking only at me tonight.

I even dressed up for you.

But you didn't say anything..."

Rinne was now looking really sad.

I don't want that.

"Of course you are beautiful.

But I did not know if that is something that I should or needed to tell you."

Now she was blushing pink.

"Of course you should.

You should always compliment a girl for doing her best.

Even if it is just dressing up.

After all I did it for you.

So I wanted you to appreciate it.

Sorry that I misunderstood."

"You are always cute.

No matter what you wear.

But tonight you are even more so than usual."

Those were my genuine feelings.

"But a girl doesn't need to be beautiful to impress a man.

What you do and who you are is more important.

And I love you for who you are."

Upps.

Maybe I should not have said that.

"Thanks Shido.

That is what I wanted to hear from you.

Now I see that you are looking at me."

For some reason...

What I said was the right thing to say.

It did sound very cliche.

We both lean in for the kiss.

And that is the end.

This really turned out to be the best christmas present Kotori and Mana could give me.

For some reason I got a weird feeling during the kiss.

But it instantly disappeared.

Was she a Spirit in the end?

It would explain some weird things.

It does not matter anymore.

Please leave a review, I'd appreciate it for my future work.

A/N:

This was actually supposed to be a two parter. It should be split at the three dotted line in the middle. One today and one tomorrow. But I had lots of time. My mother has Corona. Which is a Brasilian. So there is nothing I can do with her today. My Gettogether with my family on the German side of the family is cancelled this year because some got in contact with people infected with Corona. Ah yes. I love it. I found this out just today. Well might as well put both parts into one chapter and wrap it up today I guess... I hope you have a better Christmas than me. I will probably go play some tft (Teamfight Tactics) after this is uploaded or something like that. Cool myself off a bit.