My Gift Is “Beauty”. I Think It’s Useless, but It Seems to Be an S-Rank Gift With the Strongest Buff Effect for Beautiful Girls - Chapter 17.1: Hibiki Gets Found Out

Chapter 17.1: Hibiki Gets Found Out

“Hiroyo~!”

“Hibiki!”

Around 2 p.m.

The bustling downtown area. Rows of commercial buildings. Young people crossing the intersection.

In the middle of this city, the two of them were meeting up.

It had been almost three months since they met and became a couple, yet this was their first date outside.

They always met at one of their homes, and both of them were satisfied with that. Most of the time, they met to get physically close to each other, but today was different.

Hibiki wore a cute white coat, and Hiroyo had on a down jacket.

With Christmas just around the corner, the two of them were about to enjoy their first outside date.

“Whoa…”

“Hehe, nice, right?”

“It is, but…”

As soon as they met at the meeting spot, Hibiki clung to Hiroyo’s arm and leaned against him.

At that moment, her scent softly drifted over. Hibiki smelled nicer than usual today. Maybe it was perfume she used only when going out; it gave off a special vibe.

They headed to a clothing store. Hibiki had always wanted to do something about Hiroyo’s outfits. So today, they were going to pick clothes that suited him.

“Hey… your face looks better, right?”

“Oh, you noticed?”

While they were picking out clothes in a store inside a commercial building, Hibiki stared at Hiroyo’s face and asked.

“It’s smooth, no pimples… I’ve never seen a guy with such clear skin.”

“If you noticed that much, then you probably know what I did, right?”

“A skill, right?”

“Correct.”

Hiroyo had used a skill on his own face.

To be honest, he hadn’t cared much about his looks or grooming, but recently, he started thinking that if he was going to walk next to a cute girl like Hibiki, he had to do something about himself.

So the first thing he tried was “Skin Quality Improvement.”

“Yeah… It’s good! Really good! Just from your skin getting better, you look way cleaner, and I think you look more handsome! Makes me wanna rub my face on you~”

“Really? That makes me happy… I want to get even cooler for you, Hibiki.”

“Ehh, what should I do? If you get more handsome, other girls will start liking you.”

“Even before that, I already have my hands full with you, Koharu, and Kirino…”

“Ahaha~ that’s true!”

Even if Hiroyo did start attracting other girls, he wouldn’t get interested in them.

Hearing that made Hibiki feel super happy.

After buying the clothes Hibiki picked out, it was a good time to head to a café.

They went to a café inside the same commercial building.

With delicious-looking sweets on the menu, Hibiki and Hiroyo each ordered pancakes.

When the pancakes arrived, Hibiki’s eyes sparkled as she grabbed her fork and knife.

“So gooood!”

“You’re right… I don’t usually eat stuff like this, so it feels new.”

“Such a loner~”

“Shut up. But, I probably would’ve never come here if it wasn’t for you.”

“Then, let’s do lots of things you haven’t done, okay?”

Then Hibiki picked up a piece of pancake with her fork and brought it to Hiroyo’s mouth.

“Hiroyo, open up—”

“Aah… thanks.”

There were other customers around, so Hiroyo blushed in embarrassment, but Hibiki didn’t care and made him open wide.

“Me too!”

Then Hibiki asked for a bite, too.

Hiroyo sighed, “Alright, alright,” and brought a piece of his pancake to her mouth.

“Here, aah—”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!?”

That’s when it happened.

As Hibiki opened her mouth, she caught sight of two girls.

They were sitting at a table diagonally to the left in front of them.

And those two girls were staring at Hibiki with surprised eyes.

Because of that, Hibiki started coughing as soon as the pancake went into her mouth.

“C-Cough, cough…”

“Hibiki…?”

The two girls were—

“Himani, Umirin!?”

They were Hibiki’s close classmates—Motoya Himari and Ihara Umirin.

“Ah…”

Hiroyo noticed them a moment later, and his eyes met with Himari and Umirin’s.

“N-no way… it’s Takanashi.”

“Yeah, it’s Takanashi.”

“Uh… hello.”

The moment they saw Hiroyo’s face, they immediately figured out who he was.

Hiroyo, looking awkward, gave a small bow.

“Umirin!”

“Knew it!”

Without needing to say more, the two of them were already in agreement.

They stood up and walked directly over to Hibiki and Hiroyo.

“Hibiki~? We have to hear what’s going on, okay?”

“Wait, Himari!”

“Takanashi~ scoot over to the inside for now~”

“Uh… oh, okay.”

Himari sat next to Hibiki, and Umirin sat beside Hiroyo, both sharing the same sofa seats.

Motoya Himari was the tallest of the three, with orange hair flowing down her back and a sharp, mature beauty. She had a gyaru style, though she claimed she wasn’t a real gyaru.

The other girl, Ihara Umirin, had short pale blue hair and earrings on her nicely-shaped ears. She was also a beauty, known among the boys for her charming, carefree smile.

Hibiki, Himari, and Umirin were the top of the class hierarchy. Loner-types wouldn’t dare approach this trio of beautiful girls.

(Hibiki, Hibiki! What do we do!?)

(I can’t make excuses anymore. I won’t mention the skill, so relax, okay?)

(Okay…)

As the two of them exchanged eye contact, Himari and Umirin, watching, said, “What are you two silently agreeing on~?”

“So—can we say that you two are dating?”

“Yeah. We are. Sorry we couldn’t say it until now.”

“No need to apologize! But it’s true, you do have a boyfriend, huh?”

“It’s not like that. He only became my boyfriend recently… I can’t tell you the reason, but we started getting close around three months ago.”

“That’s when you started being less social!”

“Yeah… but the more we met, the more I liked him, and finally, we started dating.”