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The day after they defeated the fate by stopping Takano right before committing murder and many other crimes which would follow, in order to celebrate the heroic gesture displayed by Hanyuu, the rest of the club members decide to organize a surprise party.
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In order to adjust the decorations to Hanyuu's taste, they decide to ask Rika, knowing she is acquianted since way longer before them with her, for her opinion
Since it was a bit awkward to ask Rika such a straight-foward question, they decide to pull straws to decide who will be the one to ask.
"Too bad, Keiichi! This old man wishes you lucky" says Mion, in a teasing way.
"S-shut up!! I will show you all how easy it is."
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Keiichi approaches Rika, and, while trying his best to not sound awkward, asks her: "So, does Hanyuu have any specific preferences when it comes to food?"
Rika, without any need to contemplate, answers: "I don't think i've ever seen her eat anything other than cream puff-"
Interrupting her right before ending the sentence, Rena enters her usual trance : "Hauu, that's so cute! Cream puffs fit her perfectly, they are just as cute as her!"
"Alright, so, where can we get cream puffs from?"
"I think i know a store in Okinomiya. It's right next to where i live" says Shion.
After a minute of thinking about the distance, Satoko suddenly comes to a conclusion: "But, there's no way we have enough time to go to Okinomiya and to return aswell!!"
"Leave it to me, guys." says Keiichi, to everyone's surprise
"Wait, before you hurry and leave, i should tell you the store name."
After Shion tells Keiichi the store name, he grabs his bike and hurries to the store.
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_This has to be the store, right? Let me see.. Yep, it definitely is it. The sweets inside of it look delicious!_
After staring at the sweets and imagining what each of them would taste like, Keiichi decides to enter the store, after realizing he needs to move fast.
"Hello, welcome to our store! What would you like?"
"A dozen cream puffs, please."
"Those are alot of cream puffs! What is the special ocasion?"
Keiichi contemplates whether to give concrete details or just superficial ones. In the end, he chooses to give just a few superficial details.
"They are for a friend, we are celebrating her success."
"That's nice. Here, takes the cream puffs."
_Let me see where i put my money.. There, i found it!_"
Keiichi hands the money to the cashier, they share their goodbyes then he quickly heads back to the school.
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Rena is the first to notice how quick he returned: "You came back very quick!"
Afterwards, the only other person to make a comment on his surprising speed is Mion: "Yeah, that's like record time."
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After setting the delicious pastries on the table, the party atmosphere finally is completed.
Rika is the first to realize how much it's taking for Hanyuu to come: "It's taking a lot for Hanyuu to come.."
After the sudden realization, she mutters another sentence under her breath, so silent that only Satoko who happens to be next to her hears it: "She did say she will sleep in, though."
"You're right, Rika."
"Oh, i have an idea." says Rena, with a rather serious, but also playful tone.
"What is it?"
"We should all hide, so that we can surprise her!"
Everyone agrees that it's a good idea, so they decide to follow through with it.
Coincidentally, right after they finish hiding, Hanyuu enters the classroom.
"Good mornin- wait, where did everyone go?"
Suddenly, she notices that all her friends suddenly jump from behind their desks: "Surprise!"
"W-wait this is for me?"
"Yes, Hanyuu. We want to compensate you for the bravery you showed yesterday."
Hanyuu couldn't believe it. She found this to be a rather surprisingly sweet gesture, which made her realize all the years spent in order to achieve what one would call a "perfect" timeline paid off in the end.
"T-thank you!!'
"We also got you some cream puffs, nipah~" is what Rika says to her, noticing Hanyuu hasn't pointed them out yet.
"Hauu!!"
Hanyuu was overjoyed. The others felt just the same, after noticing their surprise turned out to be a pleasant one.
Whilst Hanyuu is admiring the cream puffs, Shion suddenly speaks up: "We really did a good job."
"You're right, it's really nice."
"Keiichi was a big help, though. We would have been dead if he didn't take the initiative to bike to the pastry!" says Mion, in a rather amused, but also friendly tone.
"You're right, Mii-chan. Thank you, Keiichi!" is what Rena adds in.
"It's no big deal. Related to thanking, we should go thank Hanyuu for what she did yesterday."
Satoko is the first to realize it aswell "We never actually directed thanked her. That's bad!!"
They all go and thank her, which turns into a rather pleasant conversation afterwards. In the spur of the moment, Rika takes Hanyuu aside in order to talk to her about the situation.
"I'm glad this timeline worked out, Hanyuu. Everything seems to be going oddly perfect."
"That's a good thing though, Rika."
"Indeed. After all these years, we can finally leave the rest of our days in peace. From now on, there won't be any need to eat spicy stuff to punish you."
"D-don't bring that up, Rika!!"
"I was just joking, Hanyuu. Let's go have fun with the others!"
The rest of the day continues as normal, with their typical fun moments and their club games, and their punishment games as well. This time, the losers were thankfully let go easy, only needing to walk home with a few marker drawings on their face. Keiichi still gets flashbacks from when he walked home in a swan costume. At the end of the day, everyone is relieved everything turned out like this.