Chapter 915: Drawing a line! Why does she know and we don't?

Akita Sana closed her eyes slightly, her hands supporting her cheeks, which were flushed with a faint red from excitement.

Her little head swayed gently from side to side like a lazy cat, a smile she couldn't suppress hung on the corners of her mouth, and she was immersed in a warm lingering happiness.

Kondo Miki turned her face, her gaze lingering for a few seconds on her friend's side profile, which was full of joy.

After returning from the hallway, she noticed that Sana was happier right now than at any other time in the past few days.

She was silent for a moment, her slender fingers gently twirling the golden ends of her hair, and finally spoke.

"Sana, what did you talk about with Natsume-kun when you went out just now?"

Asagiri Kazuya, who had already stiffened into a stone statue, finally managed to recover his breathing function, pricked up his ears nervously, his eyes glued to Akita Sana.

Akita Sana opened her eyes with a smile, her eyelashes curved into two crescents.

"Natsume-kun just... paid me back the money."

Shankou Hakuta was startled.

"Paid you back?"

"When did he owe you money?"

Akita Sana blinked, her canine tooth appearing and disappearing.

"That time I went to Miki's house for dinner, I happened to run into Natsume-kun who had also come."

"He really liked a magazine that Kondo-uncle collected and wanted to buy it for his own collection."

"Uncle said that the magazine was very precious now, and if he wanted to buy it, he would have to part with it, asking for one hundred thousand yen."

"Natsume-kun was short on cash at the time, so I... secretly helped him buy it and gave it to him as a gift."

"But he always felt it was too precious and felt bad about it, so he said he would definitely pay me back after winning the shogi tournament."

"Yeah, that's it."

Kondo Miki was stunned.

Her memory suddenly flashed back to that evening—Natsume Chikage had indeed said in the living room that he was willing to spend one hundred thousand yen to buy that magazine.

At the time, she only thought he was bragging.

After all, at that time, he was already overwhelmed just by dealing with rent and his younger sister's living expenses.

But now... relying on the prize money from the shogi tournament, he really had gathered the money.

Although the process was a bit convoluted, the magazine was bought by Sana from her father and then gifted to him.

Logically speaking, he could have completely accepted this sentiment with peace of mind, without needing to pay anything more.

After all, Sana had already gifted it to him.

But Natsume-kun... actually really paid the one hundred thousand yen back to Sana?

This meant... he had finally fulfilled that promise she had initially dismissed as bragging?

After hearing this, Asagiri Kazuya felt as if his chest had been heavily crushed by something.

Sana had never accepted a single one of the birthday gifts he had carefully selected.

And yet, this Sana, who was so indifferent to him, had actually taken the initiative to buy a one hundred thousand yen gift for Natsume Chikage?!

Shankou Hakuta showed a relieved expression of "I told you so."

"Kazuya, did you hear that? Kondo-san and I both said, Natsume-kun isn't that kind of person."

Asagiri Kazuya was silent for a long time. ===== CHAPTER 916 =====