Chapter 205 The Lonely Umi is Cute

After wed had our fill of the food, it was time to hand over our gifts to Amami-san. Except for Nozomu, whose gift was the cake, all of our gifts were left outside the room.

Our gift was much bigger than everyone elses so Amami-san had been wondering what kind of gift we were giving her.

Happy birthday, Yuu-chan. This is from Manaka and me.

Happy birthday!~

The first ones who gave their gifts were Nitori-san and Houjou-san. It was a small box wrapped in a pretty and expensive looking ribbon. Those two looked like a couple of ordinary high school girls whenever they hung out with Umi and Amami-san, but they were genuine rich ladies, so who knows how expensive the gift they bought was.

Heres mine, Amami.

Huh, I thought you said you didnt bring me any gifts, Nagisa-chan.

Im not that bad of a person okay! Also, mine is nothing comparable to those two, so if you dont like it, just throw it away or something.

You dont need to mind something like that. Also, Ill treasure your gift, so dont worry! Thank you very much, Nagisa-chan!

Amami-san hugged Arae-sans gift tightly.

The package looked way cheaper compared to what Nitori-san and Houjou-san brought, but since the gift came alongside her rarely seen dere side, Amami-san was giddy about it.

Alright, now that weve seen the tsundere gyaru in action, it will be this Nakamuras turn next.

Oi, four-eyes, who are you calling tsundere gyaru?

Im the only one here today, but I brought the other threes gifts too. Sorry its a little bulky, but here they are.

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Oi, four-eyes, Im talking to you.

My name is Nakamura Mio. Address me properly, Arae Nagisa-kun.

If you know my name then call me by name properly Nakamura Mio Right?

Mhm. Sorry for teasing you like that, I couldnt help myself.

Both of them withdrew at the same time. Things got a little heated, but I guess they werent crazy enough to start a fight in someone elses home.

Jeez, get along better, you two Can I open this now, Nakamura-san?

Go ahead. I havent done anything weird to the gifts yet, so you dont have to worry.

After receiving permission from Nakamura-san, Amami-san opened the box containing gifts from the class 11 girls.

It was clear which of them sent which gift. The glasses were from Nakamura-san, a colorful guitar pick from Shichino-san, indigo-dyed ribbon from Hayakawa-san and a cosplay dress of a particular anime character from Kaga-san. The gifts also came with messages from each of them. Amami-san read through them with a smile.

The last one is from Maki and I. Can you bring it over, Maki?

Roger.

I ignored everyones teasing and went to get the gift. I handed the box containing the large plushy to Amami-san together with Umi.

As soon as the plushys unfriendly face appeared from behind the paper package, Amami-sans face lit up.

Isnt this the same plushy I gave you for your birthday, Umi?

Yeah. I found it in the same store where you bought mine. Ive been sleeping with the plushy you gave me. Its comfortable to hug it at night and I heard that you found it cute too, so I thought that it would be a nice gift for you.

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Yeah. Also, hear this, she said that it looks like me. Can you believe it? Well, at least she didnt pick it up solely because of that reason.

Its face Pfft, yeah, it looks like you when youre idling around in the classroom. Dont you think so too, Nagisa-chan?

I dont look at his face that much, dont ask me I dont think they look alike though.

Really? Well, in any case, this guy is cute~

I agree with Arae-sans opinion here. Amami-san seemed to agree with Umi though.

I guess they shared similar opinions because they were close?

Thank you, you two~ Ill place it in my room immediately~ Ah, actually, I can use this guy as a cushion Hm, what do you usually do with it, Umi?

Hm? Well, I just leave it on my bed and whenever I am about to sleep at night, I

For some reason, Umis face reddened in the middle of her sentence.

It was just an innocent question, what was she so embarrassed about?

Whats wrong, Umi?

H-Huh? Nothing! I-Im fine Y-Yuu, you set me up didnt you?!

What? What are you talking about? Im just asking you a normal question~

Ugh, you little

Looking at Amami-sans smirk, it was clear that she was teasing her.

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For some reason the people around us were giving us both warm looks.

Maehara-kun, let me spell it out for you. This girl is lonely at night, thats why she sleeps with a plushy in her arms thinking that it were you. Take care of your girlfriend more okay? Youre her precious boyfriend, right?

N-Nakamura-san!

Ah, I see.

I understood what she was using the plushy for now.

Back when she had problems with Amami-san, she tried to distance herself from her best friend and because of that, she found herself feeling lonely quite often. She used plushies to ease that loneliness and was still doing that to this day. I thought that our night calls and texts would ease her loneliness, but I guess it wasnt enough, huh?

Shes so cute.

Uh, Umi?

What?

I think that side of you is cute.

If you bring that up again, Ill kill you then Ill kill myself.

Sorry, please dont do that.

After calming down Umi, the party proceeded in a friendly atmosphere.

Eri-san and Rocky also sat down at the same table as everyone. We did various things like playing around in the pool, playing video games and doing karaoke with everyone.

I still couldnt handle playing around with this many people, but thanks to Umi and Amami-sans lead, I could enjoy my time without feeling awkward.

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I hope I can do the same next year too.

TL: Iyo

ED: MaltedBarley