So This Was a Date? That Depends on What Someone Thought.

Kichijoji.

Natsume Chikage looked up at the place, somewhat baffled.

"Didn't you say we were going boating? Why did we come here?"

Konoe Hitomi explained, "I don't like boating at this time of day, so we'll look around here first."

"What the hell—"

Konoe Hitomi pointed in a direction.

"There's an art museum over there called Miyazaki-saki. I've wanted to visit it for a long time, so let's go."

Natsume Chikage did not mind, but as they walked, he remembered that it was an animation-related museum and asked, "You watch anime and stuff too?"

Konoe Hitomi fell silent for a moment before shaking her head. "Not really."

Natsume Chikage looked surprised. "Then why do you want to go?"

Konoe Hitomi explained, "My family was very strict when I was young. Things like entertainment simply didn't exist for me."

"But one day, I happened to pass by a shop and saw an animated movie playing inside. I thought it was pretty interesting at the time. I think it was called Spirited Away, but since I had no time to watch it, I could only take a quick look before leaving."

"When I grew up, I went back and watched it. It was still pretty interesting."

"But that was the only one I was interested in."

"Since I finally have the chance now, I'm just stopping by to take a look."

Although her expression remained unchanged as she spoke,

Natsume Chikage could hear the complicated undertone in her voice.

He fell silent for a moment. He had not expected her family to be so strict.

"Then let's go."

Soon enough,

the two arrived at the Ghibli Museum.

There were many people lined up to enter.

But once they were inside,

Natsume Chikage, who was visiting for the first time, realized that tickets