Hayasaka's POV.
Kaedehara-kun quickly went to his room and change his clothes. Just a few seconds, the door to his room flies open as he rushes outside.
Tohma: What's with that guy and what's the hurry?
Saya: I don't know and I don't wanna know.
Sora: Probably he forgot something to do?
Hayasaka: Perhaps.
There is silence between the four of us.......until Saya breaks it.
Saya: Hayasaka, was it?
Hayasaka: Y-yes.
Saya: What is your current relationship with my cousin?
I almost spat my drink when she asked that.
Hayasaka: *cough* *cough*
Hayasaka: H-huh!?
Sora: I knew it.
Tohma: Called it.
Hayasaka: Huuuuh?
Sora: Hayasaka-san, we've been watching you and all the time, your eyes are always set on Ryota.
Hayasaka: T-that's not–
Tohma: Hayasaka-san, you cannot fool us. We exactly knew it from the very beginning.
Saya: So....., you just had a morning talk with my cousin, right?
Hayasaka: You were listening to us this whole time?
Saya: And we'll just ignore the fact that you sneaked inside his room.
Hayasaka: *covers my face in embarrassment*
Sora: That was very brave of you.
Hayasaka: Please......end me!
Saya: Haha. But you know, you two are great together.
Hayasaka: Eh? Really?
Saya: Yeah! I mean, I was observing the two of you working at the café yesterday and you two are in perfect synch.
Tohma: I also noticed that same thing.
Hayasaka: To think that......
Saya: It's okay. I guess this is really the perfect time for that moron to move on now.
Sora: And you just gave him the final push to do so!
Hayasaka: I did?
Tohma: We were listening to your conversation earlier and we couldn't say those words ourselves any better.
Tohma: It's the right move.
Sora: Say.....what did you liked about Ryota, huh?
Hayasaka: U-um......well........
Hayasaka: At first, we never acknowledged each others' presence. There was this one time however, when he spotted me near the mall, being picked on by random men, he stepped in, took me by my hand and dragged me out of that sticky situation.
Hayasaka: In other words, he saved me back then.
Saya: Hmmmm, I don't believe that isn't the start.
Hayasaka: Yep. It was during when he gave me his lunch back then.
Tohma: That's............it?
Hayasaka: I-I'm still figuring things out!
Sora: Why not just say it already?
Hayasaka: I-I can't!
All three: Why!?
Hayasaka: I want to know him more.
All three: .........
Tohma: I see.
Sora: Yeah......
Saya: You'll need more than that. After all, my cousin is balancing his time in school and his work at the café.
Hayasaka: I totally forgot that he's the student council's PRO.
Tohma: Not to mention, a member of the music club.
Hayasaka: You guys are not that busy, right!?
Tohma: Haha.
Sora: Haha.
Tohma: Hahahahahahaha.
Sora: Hahahahahahahahaha.
Then the two of them told me with a straight face.
Tohma: We have an upcoming gig two weeks from now on.
Sora: Not just any ordinary gig. It's the interschool battle of the bands. Different schools are competing and we can't afford to lose that contest.
Saya: That's why he's late sometimes.
Tohma: Sorry about that.
Saya: It's okay, I understand. My auntie and uncle also understand it.
Hayasaka: I-I see.
Tohma: But lemme give you a piece of advice here, Hayasaka-san.
Tohma: As Kaedehara's senpai and knowing him for almost two years now.
Tohma: Healing his broken heart will be tons of work.
Sora: Lemme also give my advice, as his comrade in the music club, making Ryota laugh is the most rarest thing to happen.
Hayasaka: Wait, really? I saw him laughed once or twice.
Sora: Really? Is that really the genuine laugh? I mean, when he laughs, he lets out this refreshing aura of happiness and everyone who is around him at that time......
Sora: Will feel better and start to laugh with him.
Hayasaka: What kind of quirk is that!?
Sora: It happened during when we are at the music club room, just talking and then Kyoko-senpai cracked a joke.
Tohma: Oh, I did remember that! When Kyoko-senpai threw a joke about oyster shells, that is where we first saw, Kaedehara laughed genuinely.
Hayasaka: So making him laugh, is that hard?
Saya: Yep. My advice as his cousin, since we practically grew up together, like literally like siblings. Ryota is a gentle person.
Saya: How could I tell? Well, in the past, we adopted an abandoned dog.
Sora: Really?
Saya: Let me correct. It wasn't a dog. It was a puppy.
Hayasaka & Sora: A puppy!?
Sora: You mean an abandoned puppy?
Saya: We found it's mother, already dead and the puppy is crying. Not to mention, it was winter at time and it was snowing.
Saya: Being the gentle person that is always filled with compassion, we brought back the puppy back with us.
Saya: We showed it to my uncle and aunt and when we told them what happened, they eventually agreed.
Saya: We named the dog as, "Hotaru"
Hayasaka: Where is the dog now?
Saya: Hotaru died just a few years after we adopted him. Well, Hotaru was around 6 or 7 years old when we took him in.
Saya: And we are still around 5 or 6 years old.
Hayasaka: What kind of dog did you adopted?
Saya: A shiba inu.
Saya: Oh, we have a picture of him.
I grabbed a photo of Hotaru.
Saya: Sorry about my hands, Ryota-kun took it at that moment.
Sora: Awwwwww........he's so cute!
Saya: I know! Who couldn't resist to that!
Saya: Ryota, Hotaru and I were inseparable. We would always walk him at the park playing fetch or sometimes during at home, cuddling with him.
Saya: Those are one of the happiest memories we had during our childhood.
Hayasaka: So, in adopting an abandoned puppy...........
Saya: Ryota is a gentle soul. Though he rarely ever show his emotions, deep inside, he really cares for the people dear to him.
Saya: When Hotaru died, Ryota is silent but then...........when he's alone, that is where he showed his sad expression and broke down.
Saya: That's why I described him as gentle.
Tohma: Well, I already saw some hint of gentleness in Kaedehara ever since. Tohma the way he pluck the strings of the guitar.
Tohma: The way he plays the guitar, his pose, his eyes. It's always gentle.
Saya: Also, a word of warning.
Tohma: ???
Sora: Warning?
Hayasaka: What is it?
Saya: He might be gentle, but if you did something that pisses him off, he'll be ruthless in treating you.
Saya: More specifically, treat you like trash. After all, he doesn't like people who would always......let's say, meddle with someone's private life.
Saya: After all, he holds a person's private life. But if you want to talk about private life, make sure that he can trust you.
Saya: He probably told some of his friends about my identity but, I don't really care.
Saya: After all, the people he ever told about it, is also a good friend of mine.
Tohma: I see.
Sora: Well, Ryota really has that sense of morality.
Hayasaka: ............
Saya: Yep. But, here's another advice, Hayasaka-san.
Saya: If you want my cousin to be yours..................
Saya: Then hit him with your true self.
Hayasaka: With my.........true self?
Saya: That's right!
Saya: His ex girlfriend, Yuki Nakahara-san, is popular in their class back in middle school.
Saya: But, Yuki-chan laid bare her true self and her true feelings to Ryota. Despite her being popular, she also wanted to have a quiet and ordinary life.
Saya: That's is one of the things that Ryota likes in a girl. Being true to herself.
Hayasaka: Being true to herself.........
Hayasaka: Easier said than done.
Hayasaka: I..........
Saya: That's why, if you wanted to be a girl, worthy of my cousin.
Saya: You'd better have some character development!
Hayasaka: I-I'll try my best!
Tohma: Don't worry.
Sora: We're rooting for ya!
Saya: And if you ever need advice about my cousin. Feel free to ask me or come by the café and ask me directly.
Hayasaka: T-thank you so much.
Afterwards, the four of us then changed our clothes, then went downstairs and the cafè is already opened.
Sora: Business as usual, I see.
Tatsuya: Yep!
Koharu: Oh, you guys are ready to go home now?
Tatsuya: Thank you for allowing us to spend our time here.
The three of us bowed our heads as a sign of gratitude.
Koharu: Thank you as well.
Tatsuya: You can come by anytime you want.
Then as if on cue. Kaedehara-kun just came back.
Ryota: Oh, Tohma-senpai, Sora, Hayasaka-san.
Ryota: You guys coming home now?
Tohma: Yep. My grandparents just visited our house. So, I really need to go home ASAP.
Sora: As for me, my mom and dad said that they will take me and my little sister to a treat.
Sora: I can't miss this one!
Hayasaka: As for me, my mom is totally worried.
Hayasaka: And probably Kaguya-sama is already waiting for details.
Ryota: I see. Then, I'll go with you guys.
Sora: N-no, need to do that.
Ryota: Please. I need to send you off guys. I welcomed you and it's my responsibility to send you guys off.
Then the four of us went outside. Tohma-senpai went on a different train station, Sora also went to a different train station. Since, I'm living with the Shinomiyas here in Tokyo, he accompanied me in a different train station.
Hayasaka: I guess this is it, huh.
Ryota: Yeah. Have a safe trip.
Hayasaka: But before I go.
Hayasaka: I wanted to say something.
Ryota: Hm? What is it?
Hayasaka: I........I..........
Without any doubts. I just said what I wanted to say.
Hayasaka: Someday.........will you go out with me?
But then he made this confused face.
Ryota: Huh? What did you say?
Hayasaka: Eh?
Ryota: Sorry, I didn't hear it because the sound of the train coming is too loud.
I looked behind me and I saw that the train is already here.
Hayasaka: I-I'm too embarrassed to say it again!
Hayasaka: N-nevermind! Thank you for letting me stay at your place.
Then he smiled at me.
Ryota: Have a safe trip, Hayasaka-san.
Then I boarded the train as he sent me off as the train begins to move.
Hayasaka: *sigh*
Hayasaka: Looks like this is going to be a lot of work.