Crossing Paths, Traumatized, and Yet… - Chapter 27

Seeing Daiki going home alone reminded her of the time at the summer festival.

“I can’t be with Daiki when I am with everyone else….

I feel like he’s avoiding me…”

It was not far from the truth, but since he usually tried not to give such a feeling, Wakaba did not think too much about it and we all headed for the family restaurant.

Since the family restaurant was also lively

Wakaba was a little angry.

“I’m going to tell Daiki when I get home!”

Time passed before she knew it, and as expected, the party broke up.

She was going to go home alone.

Ren offered to walk her home.

At first she refused, but he said it was dangerous for a girl to go home alone, and for some reason, everyone wants him to walk her home.

It was hard for her to refuse, so she asked him to take her home.

On the way home, they talked about the day’s events, and Ren dropped her off safely in front of her house.

“I’m sorry you had to walk me home again today.

But thank you!”

“I’m totally fine with it!

It was a lot of fun!”

“It was really fun!

Let’s get together again!”

“Yeah!

Let’s go to Hatsumode together!”

“That’s a good idea!

Then you invite everyone, Ren!

I’ll invite the girls!

See you later!

Thank you very much for today!”

And when she went to enter the house after a short conversation…

“Merry Christmas!”

and handed her a present.

“What’s this?”

She asked.

“I just saw something I thought would look good on you, so I bought it without thinking!

So I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t mind accepting it!”

He said.

Wakaba had not prepared anything for him.

“I shouldn’t be the only one getting it.”

She said apologetically.

“So in return, will you go and hang out with me in the future?”

In the same way that she felt like she was hanging out with Daiki.

“No problem at all!

Then, I’ll take it gratefully!”

She replied.

“Thank you!

I’ll call you when I get home to set a date!”

After entering the house, she decided to open the present.

Inside the present was a cute little hairpin.

“Use it when you play tennis!”

It came with a letter.

It made her happy.

She put it on in front of the mirror and thought it looked good on herself.

“Ren, you have good taste!”

She thought.

After that, she decided to take a bath and relax.

“Is Daiki having fun with his father?”

So she sent him a message about what had happened at the family restaurant.

Waiting for a while, there was no reply.

Soon after that, Ren called her and decided to make plans for the day they would hang together.

Since the end of the year was on the 30th, and there was no club activity, they decided to play on the 30th.

This time it was just the two of them.

She was always playing with Daiki, so she didn’t care about it.

It was already late, and they had been talking on the phone for quite a long time.

Deciding she needed to go to bed, ended the call.

Drowsiness was at its peak, so after hanging up the phone, she went to sleep without checking her messages.

Every year, Daiki and Wakaba exchanged Christmas presents.

This year, however, they could not give it to each other because there was no time to give it to each other.

When Wakaba woke up in the morning and looked at her cell phone, she found several messages from Daiki.

He had come to Wakaba’s house last night.

The last message was.

“It’s late, so I’ll leave your presents at the front door!

Merry Christmas!”

And it was in the message.

Hurriedly, she called Daiki, but the line was disconnected, so she went to check the front door first.

There was a present left there!

She entered the house and hurriedly opened the present.

It was a stuffed animal of Wakaba’s favorite character.

Wakaba was very happy.

“As expected of you, Daiki!

You know what I like!”

She was so excited as she hugged the stuffed animal.

She immediately sent a message to him and thanked him.

Wakaba had also prepared a gift for him, but was unable to give it to him yesterday.

She regretted that he had come all this way to give it to her.

“Today, I’ll make sure to give it to him!”

She thought.

It was around noon that day that she received a message from Daiki.

“I’m going to stay at my father’s place from today until the end of the year.

He said

“I couldn’t give it to you yesterday, so I went to your place after I got home, but I couldn’t get through to you on the phone, so I left it at your front door. Sorry.”

The message was received.

Wakaba was shocked.

Wakaba also wanted to give Daiki his present in person to make him happy.

She wanted to see him as happy as last year.

“I’ll only be able to give him the Christmas present after the new year…”

She was lamenting alone and sad.