mandytl | date plan - ( prologue )

Location: Outside

< One early afternoon after summer vacation. >

Kaoru: ♪~ ♪~

( Ahahah. It's a pretty nice day for right in the middle of the summer.... ☆ )

( Yep, yep. There're kids spending their time cheerfully shopping and everyone seems happy to be bustling about. It almost feels like they're sharing a bit of their bliss with me. )

( I'd be hitting some girls about now, back in the day. Guess I'm not really in the mood for that anymore. )

( I already had a weekly magazine writing about my "woman chasing" before. That old image of mine's out of control, even now. )

( Ugh, scary. I better brace myself just in case. Who knows whether or not someone's filming me from somewhere... uh? )

( ... ah. This necklace looks like it'd suit Anzu-chan. )

( There's no way I can... give it to her as a present, though. I've been subtly keeping my distance from her lately, but... it'd really match her vibe. )

( That carefree, cheerful smile— )

( Whoa. Hold it, hold it... I decided to keep my distance from feelings like that, so I've got to try and stop thinking about Anzu-chan for a little while— )

... huh? Do you need me for something?

Sorry, but I'm in the middle of enjoying some private time right now. If you want an autograph, there'll be another opportunity to—

—w-waugh?! Anzu-chan?! What're you doing here?!

Searching for me? Seriously? You even asked my dormmates, Yuuta-kun and Ran-kun, where I was?

Man. Sorry for raising my voice. I thought my heart was about to stop there.

"It's not like I'm a ghost or anything"... ? Hmm~m. I don't really have a good reason other than it was so sudden, but...

( It's not like I can admit that I was shocked because she showed up right when I was thinking about her. )

By the way, Anzu-chan, if you were looking for me, does that mean you need me for something?

Like a job request, maybe? Feel free to ask. I'm working hard lately to be someone people can rely on.

"I want you to think up a date plan"... really?

No problem at all. ♪ Romantic stuff like that's totally my thing! It'll be easy to come up with content that'll make you happy. ☆

... uh, wait. A date plan?

By date you mean, that kind of date, right? Where you invite someone you're interested in to hang out with you... ?

"What other sort of date is there"? Ah, yeah, you're right. I can't really think of anything else...

Ah, you've got to go since you're in the middle of work right now? You'll tell me the specifics tomorrow?

O-Okay. Good work out there. I'll wait a little longer to find out, then.

( Uhm, so. I have no idea about the situation here, but... why'd Anzu-chan come to me after she totally didn't take my approaches seriously last year? )

( Did she finally realize my feelings for her after graduati—no way, there's no way that's possible! )

( Don't tell me she fell for someone else... )

Nononono. That's just... as if anything could tie her down when she's busy with work, right?

A-Anyway. Time to pull myself together and get back to shopping. I'll know what this is all about tomorrow... right?