The night of the day I gave the beautiful girl her student handbook, I was working part time as usual.

    Since I’ve started working, I’ve been instructed many times, but the impression I had of Hiiragi-san who was somewhat unsociable and cold remains unchanged.

    However, whenever she teaches me, she is kind and polite. Also, if I ask her about something that I don’t understand, she’ll tell me without getting angry. So I guess she’s a kind person at heart.

    She’d help me out whenever I was in trouble, and for some reason, I had a good feeling about her

    [Hiiragi-san!]

    [What’s the matter?]

    [Thank you again for your help today]

    [….Did I do something?]

    When I finished my part time job and thanked Hiiragi-san, she looked as if she had no idea what I was talking about, and tilted her head curiously.

    I guess it wasn’t a big deal for her.

    I was a little fascinated by her ability to be gentle so naturally that she didn’t even realize she was gentle.

    [When I was having trouble dealing with a client who came in today, you took over and handled it for me]

    [….Ah, that certainly did happen. Don’t worry about it. It’s my job]

    Hiiragi-san seemed to be satisfied with my answers. It seems to be a trivial matter for her, so only a curt reply came back to me

    [I can’t just not care about it! Do you have any problems right now? Maybe I can help if you want]

    It’s not just this time. I’ve been helped and saved multiple times when I was still new and unfamiliar. I couldn’t afford not to give something back to her after she had taken such good care of me

    Having said that, I did not expect my suggestion to be accepted.

    Hiiragi-san would probably decline my suggestion, however I want to make sure that she knows I am grateful to her.

    When she refused, I thought I would buy some sweets from a famous store and give it to her, but I received an unexpected reply.

    […Well then, can you help me with one thing?]

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