Being a friend isn't always easy.

You haven’t known Ichiyo for as long as you would like, but to your surprise, you managed to find a common language with her. In your small store, you found her more than once almost at the time when you should have closed it. Stern in appearance, she awkwardly stumbled into the store and looked at your product for a long time, carefully choosing something.

..But she didn't buy anything in the end, no matter how hard she pondered. Blushing and shaking her head at the question “Are you choosing a gift?”, the fair-haired lady left the store, and so on several times a month.

One day you managed to extract a few words from her, and through her story of unreciprocally wanting to be closer to her senpai, you became friends. She really wanted to give a gift, but had no idea what he would like. Higuchi was always secretive and, as it turned out, had little free time, but at the same time she managed to be sweet and caring towards you.

Today you both found time to go for a walk. Walking through the streets on a pleasant spring day, you asked about the progress with her "senpai". To your surprise, her face became sad. Something definitely happened.