Kind-Hearted Person

"Um..." Rizu hesitated for a moment, "Minamiya-san, can Haru-chan understand what you're saying?"

Homura took a deep breath and turned his head. "Yeah, we can understand each other, that's why I have always treated Haru as my family."

"Ohh..." She nodded in understanding.

Seeing her hesitant look, Homura asked, "Do you have any other questions?"

"Well..." Rizu frowned slightly, then relaxed again. "Minamiya-san, it seems like you understand human nature very well?"

He thought carefully for a moment. Did he really understand human nature? Maybe not, but he felt that he should be able to understand humans better than most people.

"Not really! I don't really notice it myself," Homura shrugged.

"Then... how are your grades, Minamiya-san?"

"Grades? You mean academic performance?" Homura seemed to understand something. "Being in the top five of the year shouldn't be a problem."

He was still being modest! After all, he had been the top student since he entered school. However, that was the former Homura. For the present Homura, with System and those skill points...

"Can you help me with my studies?" Rizu's face turned slightly red as she whispered, "Especially for subjects in literature..."

He hesitated; he could help her, but he definitely didn't have enough time. What about his own circle activities?

But recently, he did have some free time, so he decided to tell her the situation and tutor her for a while!

"Tutoring is not a problem, but only temporarily."

"Temporarily?"

Homura nodded. "You should be spending most of your time studying, right, Ogata-san? You may not know much about other areas."

Rizu agreed with his statement.

"Because I started... let's say, a group, also commonly known as a circle, that creates some creative works, I was usually busy with the circle's project. However, since I recently completed the said project, I can now take a break and have some free time for a while. That's why I said there is no problem temporarily."

Upon hearing these words, Rizu hesitated for a moment. Was it really okay for her to trouble someone else like this?

Homura waved his hand. "Don't think too much about it. I said I can tutor you temporarily, so it's no problem. I have half a day free tomorrow morning, so... would you like to give it a try?"

She hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded.

"Thank you for your trouble, Minamiya-san."

"Nah, it's no trouble. But what about the time and place?" Homura asked.

Rizu thought for a moment and said, "Can we do it in my family's shop nearby?"

"In your shop..." Homura pondered, rubbing his chin. "How's the business on weekends?"

If it were someone else, they would probably understand his meaning. If business was good on weekends, then the environment would be noisy and not suitable for studying. But if it were Rizu...

"It's pretty good on weekends. Why do you ask?" She didn't seem to catch his meaning.

So Homura said directly, "There will be a lot of customers, and can you study in such a noisy environment?"

Rizu was taken aback. "Is that so...? You're right!"

Then she stroked the little one's back and kept talking to herself. "Then, what about the library? But we can't talk loudly in the library, so it's probably not good for tutoring. Or should we do it here? But there seem to be many people in the park during the day... what should we do?"

"Oh, right!" As if she suddenly remembered something, Rizu looked at him happily. "What about my friend's house? It's really big, and there's no one else there except my friend. And most importantly, she also needs help with her studies! Oh, but she's different from me. She's best at arts and literature, and what she needs help with is science."

Is it Furuhashi Fumino...?

At this point, some people may ask, why don't they tutor each other? They're both good at opposite subjects, after all!

"You two... are the types who understand things but can't teach others, right?" Homura said.

Rizu nodded. "Yes, because... I just can't understand why they don't understand."

It might be a bit confusing, but the gist of it is, I don't understand... Isn't it normal to understand something so simple? And yet, you don't understand it?

Well, that's what it means.

Because she understood it so easily, she couldn't understand why others couldn't. And precisely because it was so easy to understand, she couldn't explain how she understood it.

"Wow, this is really..." Homura felt a bit embarrassed as he heard this. "It's not surprising at all that you two could become friends."

"Okay then, how about I meet you tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock?" Homura asked.

"Umu, and then I'll take you to my friend's house," Rizu replied.

Homura stood up and picked up her delivery box. "Well then, that's it for today. I'll walk you home."

Rizu also stood up hastily and shook her head. "No need, Minamiya-san. My family's shop is nearby!"

Homura chuckled. "Don't you forget something? If I don't walk you home, how am I going to find you tomorrow? Plus, look how comfortable my little one is lying in your arms. I'll walk you to the shop, but you must explain it to your dad... Don't let a girl be alone outside at night again!"

"Okay..." Rizu listened to him and looked down at Haru, who was obediently lying in her arms; she had to agree.

She showed the way, and the two of them quickly arrived at the shop. He estimated that it would take about six or seven minutes to walk there at a leisurely pace.

It wasn't far at all!

If they had started from his home, it would have taken just over ten minutes!

"Well... Ogata-san, I'll head back now." Homura smiled and looked at Haru, who was about to fall asleep. "Haru, wake up! We need to go home!"

The little one shook her head, jumped out of Rizu's arms, and scurried onto his shoulder.

He then returned the delivery box to Rizu.

"Bye~"

"Minamiya-san, see you tomorrow!"

Rizu gazed at the figures of a man and a cat from behind and spoke with a touch of emotion, "Minamiya-san is truly a kind-hearted person..."

His body tilted, almost causing Haru to fall off.

"Umm?" Rizu was surprised and somewhat doubtful. "He already walked so far, could it be he heard me?"

Homura stopped his footsteps, turned around, and shouted at Rizu twenty meters away, "I'm sorry~! My ears are too sensitive~!"

Subconsciously, she raised the delivery box in her hand and used it to cover her face.

Homura: "..."

Forget it, let's just go home!

Rizu secretly glanced and found that he had left, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around and went back to the shop.