Relying on his broad, hefty build, Nipan stood menacingly in the sushi shop's doorway, blocking Hayate and the others from entering.
"Classmate Nipan? What are you doing here? Oh, I get it! Your family owns this Ito Sushi Shop!"
Hayate put on a look of exaggerated surprise and turned to Iruka, Anko, and the others. "What a coincidence!"
"Yeah, we were just wandering around and ended up at Nipan's place. It must be fate."
Iruka let out a strange laugh.
Anko, Kotetsu, and Izumo all solemnly praised the wonders of destiny.
"You guys!! You guys!!!"
Nipan was so furious with the shameless bunch that his lips trembled.
A coincidence?
Fate?
The wonders of destiny?
You shameless bastards!
You clearly came here on purpose!!
Seeing Hayate and the other four noisily trying to get inside, Nipan quickly stuck out his belly and shoved the bunch of bastards back out.
"Nipan, you're no fun." Hayate put his hands in his pockets. "Your door is always open, your arms spread wide to welcome guests. Now that your guests are here, you won't let us in."
"Classmate Nipan, we just happened to pass by and got hungry. We'll leave as soon as we've eaten our sushi."
Anko swore solemnly.
"No!"
Nipan glared at Hayate and snapped, "Gekko Hayate, you lied to me again!!"
"Lied to you?"
Hayate looked at him innocently. "What did I lie about?"
"I told you I'd only bring Inuzuka Sa to celebrate Shisui's birthday. You couldn't come!" Nipan lowered his voice and growled. "But now you've all come!"
"Classmate Nipan, you've got the wrong idea!" Hayate shook his head with a sigh. Why was this chubby guy so stubborn?
"That's right, Nipan. The five of us were out shopping."
"We were walking around and ended up here."
"Then we got