"...Didn't you go with that long-haired handsome guy?" Ayatsugu Roka asked in a complicated tone.
He actually made Iroha take time off work... What kind of magical person was he?
"Maybe he had something else to do, or maybe he went with someone else? I'm not sure either."
"..." X 2
Ayatsugu Roka and Isayama Mami exchanged looks, their eyes carrying the same confusion.
They really couldn't figure out the relationship between those two. It didn't seem like he had that kind of interest in her either?
Normally, if a guy gave a girl concert tickets, shouldn't he invite her to go with him? What did this mean?
But no matter what, their answer was obvious...
"Let's go together! Right, Mami?"
"Mm~ Let's go together!"
"Mami, is that okay? Don't you have plans with your boyfriend?"
"We were planning to check out a restaurant together~ I found a place online with kind of strange reviews, a mixed-diet restaurant~ But we can go another time~"
"Uh, I feel a little bad. I hope he won't blame me... Also, this is still in Tokyo, right?"
"The train makes it easy~ Don't worry about it, don't worry about it~" Ayatsugu Roka reassured her in a deliberately relaxed tone.
"Right~ We should be thanking you for giving us the tickets, Iroha!"
"It's no big deal, and I wasn't the one who bought them..."
"Come to think of it, what's his name? You said he has long hair, but how long is it? Longer than yours, Iroha?"
"Himemiya Chihaya. His hair is... past his hips, I think."
"That's so long! Mine only just reaches my shoulders~ And that name sounds really feminine too..."
"..."
Meanwhile, over in Ikebukuro, inside RiNG's café.
"Ta-da~ Look what I got~!"
Chihaya Aine stood beside the table, her voice