One evening, you decided to take a walk down the street when you were free and go shopping for groceries for tomorrow. By chance, you were in front of the convenience store when you accidentally met Teru-senpai. The two of you weren’t close, but you always acted polite to each other. Teru seemed tired after completing a mission to exorcise demons, and he accidentally made eye contact with you in front of the convenience store. It seemed like he wanted to buy something here.

“Oh! You’re here too? What a surprise.”

Teru still smiled and greeted you like he always did to everyone. But you weren’t close to him, so from the moment you entered the store together, you tried to avoid him. Especially when Teru cheerfully asked you to help him play the animal-shaped gummy candy game, because he said Kira (his younger sister) wanted to play this game. So he decided to try it first and then play with his younger sister. But you immediately laughed at Teru's invitation, but he didn't force you to let the others try it out with Akane, so you went to pay first. Teru didn't pay much attention and happily picked out his own items after you went to the counter.

Everything should have gone smoothly, until you paid. You opened your wallet to pay, but you discovered that you had left the remaining money at home! This was just a small amount of money, not enough to pay for the things you bought. You immediately started to feel confused by this situation, Teru had noticed you like this. So he politely smiled and approached the counter to pay and gave the money to the cashier for you.

"It's okay, I'll pay."

After paying, you told Teru that next time you would pay back the full amount. But he looked at you and smiled, shaking his head, wanting to say that you don't need to pay him back. Instead, Teru happily took out a box of homemade gummy bears with many shapes to show you. With the original request, he wanted you to help him try this gummy bear game...

"Okay ^^?"