Chapter 130 - Present (2/2)

After that, we discussed what we would get for the present. Each of us looked things up on our phones, saying this might be fine, or that might be good.

In between our broken up conversations, Sana, who kept taking glances at me, asked me.

“N-Nii-san, do you… have something you want?”

“Wealth and fame.”

“…Seiji-kun, give a proper answer.”

When I joked around, Kanata scolded me.

“Sana, are you…”

While waving her hands, Sana panicked and her face turned red.

“T-That’s not it. It’s just going along with the flow of the conversation. That’s the only reason I asked. Don’t be mistaken.”

Is this girl possibly a good person?

“… Don’t joke around and give her a proper answer.” I was told that by Kanata, so I thought about it for a bit.

“I wonder… Ah, the full DVD set of The Silver Thunder King, Breig. I thought it would be nice to have, but I second guessed and ended up not buying it—”

The Silver Thunder King, Breig is an original kids oriented robot anime. It has a few passionate scenes that would even make an adult feel moved and cry. It can easily be called a masterpiece.

“DVD… the full set… Sana also likes it, but Breig…”

Ah. For a JK NEET buying the whole set may be tough.

“You don’t have to push yourself, you know?”

“I’m not going to push myself! R-r-r-r-rather, Sana never said that she was going to buy it for your sake.”

“… Even while being completely obvious, Saa-chan is desperately trying to hide it…”

Kanata, there’s no need for an explanation.

Since we trailed off topic, I got us back on track. Sana seemed to always be calculating something inside her head, so the questions that Kanata and I had just seemed to fly over her head.

What Kanata and I decided on was that we should find something practical and used often in your daily life.

“… What about, a scarf?”

“Ah. Isn’t that fine? Sensei sometimes bikes to school, so that seems like something that she would need. It seems like something that would be within budget.”

Recently it’s been cold, so she’s been commuting by car. With that I would be able to see her… Let’s not say anything more.

It’s decided, Hiiragi-chan’s present will be a scarf.

Since it was still early afternoon, we ended up going into town to buy the present.

In about a week it would be December, so there was already an early Christmas mood. Familiar Christmas songs could be heard, and some of the earlier stores had employees with Santa hats on.

We were going to buy a pretty expensive scarf, so we arrived at a major department store.

Once we arrived at the women’s clothing corner, Sana and Kanata picked up some scarves made of cashmere or other materials.

“What would be good for the design…?”

“… Since it’s for use while commuting, probably something that isn’t too flashy.”

I looked at the two of them from outside the area. It’s hard for a man to enter a women’s clothing area…

… I also had something that I wanted to see, so I guess I’ll secretly check it out later.

“This is cute.”

“… Yeah.”

“Nii-san, what do you think?”

Sana showed me a red plaid scarf. I do think the design is nice.

“I think rather than plaid, something more plain might be better? Red is also a little flashy.”

Since it’s just for commuting, that much should be good enough. However, that might be a little picky.

“It’s something that she would be able to wear naturally at school——you might seem it’s pretty plain but it’s the same outside of school.”

Hiiragi-chan had taught me about teacher’s clothing before.

“Nii-san… You’re quite informed.”

“Eh?”

“…Seiji-kun, do you…?”

“Eh? Eh?… W-what…?”

“Do you want to become a teacher?”

“… Aaah. Yeah. So I was found out.”

I passed it off.

“… Saa-chan, based on that, how about this.”

“Ah. Nice.”

“…Right?”

What Kanata wordlessly showed was a warm grey scarf. Ah, it seems like it would suit her.

The two of them both tried it on.

““… So warm…””

“Alright, let’s go with that.”

Kanata as our representative settled the bill. She also got it wrapped as a present. The preparations are done.

“Will Sensei be happy about this?”

“… Saa-chan, it’s okay. Probably.”

Yeah. It’ll definitely be okay. It’s not that she doesn’t have any scarves, but she doesn’t have anything similar.

After leaving the department store, we called it a day.

“I have somewhere I want to go to, so let’s leave it at this.”

Saying some parting words, the two of them walked off towards the station without a care in the world.

Like that, I took a U-turn back to the department store.

“That present is from the three of us together.”

I’ll prepare something just from myself.