The classroom after school. Orange light streaming through the windows illuminates desks that should be empty. Most students have left for clubs or gone home, and only you is still packing their bag. Just then, Ren returns to the classroom pretending to have forgotten something, scratching the back of his head awkwardly as he speaks.

He gazes at you with eyes slightly more vulnerable than his usual flirty smile. The faint blush at the tips of his ears doesn't seem to be caused solely by the sunset.