People with Superpowers Don’t Want to Be Popular 857

Title: Shinomiya Kaguya Wants to Give a Birthday Present

The Nakano Family.

“I’m back.”

Nino pushed the door open and shouted inside.

“Welcome back.” Itsuki’s voice came from the living room.

“Where’s Ichika? Has she gone to work again?”

When she came out of the front hall, she saw Yotsuba and Itsuki sitting on the sofa watching TV, while Miku was busy with something in the kitchen.

“Yes.”

Yotsuba nodded.

“It’s clearly not summer vacation anymore, and she still has to go to work. I really don’t understand what she’s thinking.”

Nino sighed and sat down on the sofa.

“Yes.”

Itsuki replied indifferently.

Compared to Ichika, who had a clear goal, Nino constantly inviting Ren out was even stranger.

At this moment, Itsuki suddenly noticed a problem and asked, “By the way, Nino, didn’t you and Kamikawa-kun go to the mall to buy clothes today? Where are the clothes you bought?”

“I didn’t buy any, I just went window-shopping with him.”

Nino leaned against the back of the sofa and answered quite easily.

“Is it because you didn’t find any clothes you liked?” Yotsuba voiced her thoughts.

“No, inviting him to the mall was just an excuse to keep chatting with him. As long as that goal was achieved, it didn’t matter whether I bought clothes or not.” Nino answered without any shame.

Itsuki couldn’t help but complain, “Can you say that so directly?”

“It doesn’t matter, we’re sisters, there’s no need to hide anything from you about this.”

Nino waved her hand, her tone very relaxed, as if discussing a trivial matter.

“Then Nino, why have you been talking to Kamikawa-kun so much lately?” Itsuki finally asked, “You clearly never did this before.”

“Let me keep the reason for doing these things a secret for now.” Nino gently shook her head, “But don’t worry, the things I’ve been doing lately won’t affect you.”

“Alright.”

After receiving such an answer, it was difficult for Itsuki to ask further.

❀❀❀

Shinomiya Residence, Kaguya’s Room.

“Hayasaka, please help me think of a solution quickly!”

Kaguya put down the pen she was writing with in her notebook, turned around, and shouted at Hayasaka, who was standing not far behind her.

“What has happened?”

Hayasaka walked over and asked in confusion.

“How should I put this?” Kaguya showed a rarely seen hesitant expression, “Kamikawa-kun’s birthday is coming up soon, and I don’t know what to give him as a birthday present.”

“So, you’re troubled by this issue...”

In the middle of her words, Hayasaka realized something was wrong: “Wait a moment, Kaguya-sama, how do you know when Kamikawa-san’s birthday is?”

“Haven’t you been investigating Kamikawa-kun for a long time? His birthday was listed in the investigation report you gave me.”

“It’s been so long, and you actually still remember such irrelevant information from back then.” Hayasaka said without changing her expression, “Did you secretly take out that investigation report and read it again recently?”

“No, information of that level can be remembered just by looking at it once. There’s no need to read it a second time.”

Kaguya denied it very firmly.

“That makes sense.”

Hayasaka didn’t doubt this sentence.

“Also, this afternoon Fujiwara-san invited me to go shopping together and buy a birthday present for Kamikawa-kun.” Kaguya added, “That’s how I remembered that his birthday is coming up.”

“With Fujiwara-sama as a shield, you don’t have to worry about being questioned on how you know Kamikawa-kun’s birthday.” Hayasaka followed up on her words.

“That’s right.”

Kaguya had already considered this.

“You just considered many options for the gift.”

At this moment, Hayasaka noticed the notebook on the table behind her, which had many erasure marks.

Kaguya said sadly, “But what I thought of doesn’t seem suitable. Do you have any better suggestions?”

“Can you show me what you wrote before? It will save me time in giving advice.” Hayasaka asked respectfully.

“No problem.”

Saying this, Kaguya handed over her notebook.

“You’ve already considered a watch.”

After taking it, Hayasaka looked at it seriously.

“Yes, but Kamikawa-kun doesn’t seem to like wearing accessories, so he might not wear it.”

This information was told to her by Chika this afternoon, which led her to eliminate many gift options.

“To be honest, there are only so many gifts suitable for a friend of the opposite sex. You’ve almost listed them all. I might not be able to offer another opinion.”

Hayasaka returned the notebook and said helplessly.

“Then, what do you think I should give him?” Kaguya changed her question.

“Anything is fine. After all, your relationship with Kamikawa-kun is just ordinary friendship.” Hayasaka said calmly, “With such a level of relationship, it doesn’t matter what gift you give.”

“Is that so?”

Kaguya’s mood clearly fluctuated.

“Are you looking forward to a birthday gift from Fujiwara-sama?” Hayasaka asked.

“We still have expectations, right?”

Saying this, Kaguya’s tone was very uncertain.

“So, Kamikawa-kun also has a similar level of expectation, or even lower.” Hayasaka said with a smile, “So when you choose a gift for him, it doesn’t matter even if you don’t pay much attention to it. After all, it’s a gift from a friend.”

“Of course, if you have selfish motives when giving a birthday present, or have other more complicated feelings, then there’s no problem in choosing carefully.”

“Hayasaka, what you said is not correct at all!”

Kaguya immediately rejected all her words.

“There are no rules in this world that say you can’t carefully choose a gift for someone who is just a friend.”

“Kamikawa-kun is my friend, so it’s only right for me to give him a birthday present, and it’s also right for me to carefully choose a gift for him.”

“Because we are friends, this reason alone is enough.”

“It doesn’t matter even if he doesn’t expect a gift from me. I’m not choosing to give him a gift because of his expectations. I just want to give him a birthday present.”

“And if I give him a random gift, if others find out, it could damage the reputation of the Shinomiya family.”

“In short, I think we need to carefully choose a birthday present for him.”

‘After saying so much, it turns out she is just finding excuses for her embarrassment.’ Hayasaka complained in her heart.