Chapter 3

Chapter 3

The movie eventually ends and everyone exits the theater. Minami and Ren go through one of the side doors on the left and end up on the sidewalk in the mist of the afternoon. Minami was a bit sad, seeing as she missed most of the movie while he mind was elsewhere. 'Now I'm gonna have to come see it again to actually enjoy it. Or, at least, wait til I get it on Blu-ray in a couple of months.' She thought, then looked at the box with an irritated face. 'Stupid bag. How can a non-living object make me so detracted?! Maybe I'm just getting too obsessed with what could possibly be in it, since Rin won't tell me yet.' She contemplated, then looked a Ren, who was looking on his phone.

Minami still wondered how Ren could have known that she wanted to see this movie, especially when she never told him. Mostly when they're around each other, there's usually other people with them and Ren and Minami would barely get any time to talk. When they're alone, thought, they just usually talk about the past and some stuff that is going on in school. Minami never really talks about anime to him, since Ren isn't that big of a fan of it, so the fact that he wanted to see this on his own accord is least to impossible.

"Hey, Ren. How'd you know that I've wanted to see this movie?" Minami asked, not really knowing a roundabout way to ask him why. Ren put his phone in his pocket and turned to Minami with a smile, which makes her heart flutter. "Random guess. I know you're an anime fan and I wanted to take you to a movie you would like, so I took you to something that you're familiar with. Though, to be honest,  I have been watching a bit of anime on the side...maybe a few seasons of the Psycho Pass anime so I wouldn't be lost when I took you to see this." Ren told her, scratching the back of his head. 'Wow. He did that...for me.' Minami thought as she blushed and looked at him. "Anyway, Minami, I'm gonna take you somewhere special. Follow me." Ren said and walked down the sidewalk. 'Special?' Minami thought as she followed Ren to wherever he was going.

-Namine's Cafe-

As soon as the two arrive at a certain building, Ren turns to Minami and hands her a blindfold. She was curious on why she was receiving this, but from the look on Ren's happy face, it was obvious that he wanted her to put it on. Minami puts the cloth over her eyes and Ren helps tying it so that it won't fall off. "Ok. No peaking or you won't get ice cream later." Ren told her and grabbed her hand, making Minami turn bright red as Ren brings her along into the building. 'We-We're holding hands!' was the thought that Minami couldn't get off her mind as Ren brought her up a few flight of stairs. Her curiosity of finding out where Ren was taking her and what was in the bag he was still holding was subdued by the warm hand that is grasping hers. It was a dream come true...even if she couldn't see it.

Minami hears Ren open a door and she also hears a few birds in the distance, so they must be on the rooftop. She could hear their footsteps against the concrete as they walked, but suddenly, they were walking on grass. The curiosity was coming back and she was wondering what rooftop has grass on it. At a random point, Ren stopped Minami from walking and he let go of hand, kinda making her pout and wanting to hold it again. She, then, picked up a few other footsteps and her curiosity was getting the best of her. All of a sudden, Ren grabbed hold of the blindfold and untied it, letting it fall for Minami to see...

"SURPRISE!" The maids and the butlers from the cafe yelled at her with smiles on their faces. Ren joined them, pointing up at a banner that said 'Happy Birthday, Minami' on it. Minami was completely shocked for two reasons: The first was that she wasn't expecting nothing like a surprise for her birthday, and the second thing was that...she had forgot that today was her birthday. A big smile came across her face and she ran and hugged the first person she saw: Yami. "You knew all along, didn't you?" She asked Yami. "Hehe. What can you say...I can keep a good secret to myself." "This is the first time you've actually kept a secret." Soujiro retorted at Yami. "If you're talking about the cupcake incident, you know that it was Erio who gossiped, not me." "Erio wasn't even there!"

As Yami and Soujiro argued, Minami walked up to Ren and hugged him. "You planned all this, didn't you?" "You know me well. Happy Birthday, Minami, and here's your present." Ren said and handed her the bag. Minami took it and was about to open it, but Ren stopped her before she could. "Open it when you get home. It'll ruin the surprise." He told her. She's been so curious about the contents of what this bag could hold, since it was very light, but she followed Ren's orders and kept it closed. "Now, let's have the birthday girl get her cake." Ren told everyone and her chocolate cake was brought out by her boss Miss Koneko. Minami was caught off guard by her boss, but ignored it and looked at her cake that already had candles lit on it. Everyone sang happy birthday to her and she blew the candles out...before they reignited. She blew again...the same happened. In the background, a certain boy was chuckling and Salali hit him upside the head. "Always wanted to do that." She said as she looked at Soujiro.

- Namine's Cafe-
"Hello, Namine's Cafe, and welcome to Neko Radio with your host...DJ...Neko...SOOOOOOUL! Our guest today is Chet9999. Chet, how are you today?"
"Good." He says. All of a sudden, Kuubey shows up. "Contract" He says before NekoSoul shoots him into oblivion. "Alright. I'm gona ask you two random questions." "Ok." Chet says. "Alright. First questions: Do you like Nekos?" "Yes, I like nekos. Especially neko boys and girls." "That's great. Second Question: How often do people throw birthday parties for you on your birthday?" "Um.... it's not a traditional birthday party, more like just going out to eat, so not that often." "Aw. That's the same for me as well. Though, my birthday is in December so...well, anyway, who do you wanna send a shoutout to?" "Nico." Chet says to the mic. "Oh yeah. That guy's awesome. Anyway, that's it for Neko Radio. We'll be back sooon!"

End of Story 1.
























Hey, wait, did I forget something...











Oh yeah, the bag.

After the birthday party, Minami arrives home with many bags and wrapped gifts. She tries to open the door to her house, but the bags fall out of her hands. Before she started picking them up, her eyes look at the bag that Ren gave to her. Seeing as she was home, she didn't hesitate to sit on her porch and look in the bag. The first thing she pulls out is a card with a heart on it and the second is a red rose. Minami is stunned, then opens the card to find the words. "Minami, we need to talk. Come to the old park at midnight so we can talk...about us. Happy Birthday btw. Ren~" Minami's face grew hot and a smile crossed her face. She couldn't believe her eyes as the card fell out her hand. She quickly opened the door to her house, threw all the bags in, grabbed the note and rose, locked the door to her house, and took off to the park.

To be continued...