Seeing Tanaka Masao, Fujiwara Chika was very happy, a big smile on her face, and she skipped over.
"Junior Tanaka, why are you here?"
If this were in an anime, countless little flowers would surely appear around Fujiwara Chika to highlight her mood at the moment.
"Of course, I'm out to have fun."
Tanaka Masao said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"No, I mean, isn't Junior Tanaka in Chiba?"
"Oh, that. There are no pandas in Chiba, so we came specifically to see pandas this time."
"So it was for the pandas. Pandas are indeed very cute."
At this moment, Tanaka Masao saw that the people who had been with Fujiwara Chika earlier were also walking over.
He recognized their identities at a glance.
The person with short pink hair, somewhat resembling Fujiwara Chika, must be her younger sister, Fujiwara Moeha.
The silver-haired one should be Shirogane Miyuki's younger sister, Shirogane Kei.
As for the other black-haired, red-eyed girl, it was, of course, Shinomiya Kaguya.
After a quick look at Kaguya, Tanaka Masao withdrew his gaze.
In terms of appearance alone, Kaguya and Yukinoshita Yukino could both be described as perfect.
Even their temperaments and figures were quite similar.
The same subtle undulations.
However, Yukinoshita Yukino was a bit taller than Kaguya, and her limbs looked more slender, making her appear slightly more mature.
Unlike their very similar appearances, while their temperaments seemed almost identical at first glance, Tanaka Masao could still keenly sense the difference.
Yukinoshita Yukino's aloofness was more like reclusiveness; her heart was quite gentle.
But outwardly an ice sculpture, inwardly a sand sculpture...
Ahem, no, when Kaguya's love-struck brain wasn't active, she was genuinely cold towards strangers.
One could only say that Kaguya, whether in her mental state or way of thinking, was more complex and elusive.
Compared in this way, Yukinoshita Yukino was excessively simple.
Tanaka Masao cleared his throat, interrupting Fujiwara Chika, who wanted to continue chatting.
Now that everyone was gathered, most of them didn't know each other, and only hearing Tanaka Masao and Fujiwara Chika chat made the atmosphere a bit awkward.
"Fujiwara-senpai, let me introduce you. This is my friend, Yukinoshita Yukino, and this is Kashi.
This is Fujiwara Chika; we met a while ago."
Hearing Tanaka Masao's introduction, Fujiwara Chika smiled and greeted them.
"Oh, so it's Xuezhixia Classmate and little Kashi. Hehe, I've seen little Kashi's photos before; she's just as cute in person as in the pictures."
Kaguya felt a bit helpless watching Fujiwara Chika, who was still chatting with the other party, completely forgetting about them.
[Fujiwara student, you really are so oblivious, completely unable to read the atmosphere.]
She lightly cleared her throat, a smile on her face, and spoke.
"Fujiwara student, aren't you going to introduce your friends to me?"
"Ah, I almost forgot."
Fujiwara Chika slapped her head, then realized.
"This is my best friend, Kaguya-douchi, my sister Fujiwara Moeha, isn't she cute? And Shirogane Kei, Kei-chan, she's also very cute, right?
This is Tanaka Masao, Junior Tanaka, he's a very cute junior, you know."
"Hello, everyone."
The others were not as outgoing as Fujiwara Chika; they simply exchanged greetings and maintained an appropriate distance.
Especially Fujiwara Moeha and Shirogane Kei, they looked at Tanaka Masao, racking their brains but couldn't understand.
How could this chubby boy be associated with 'cute'?
Could it be that Fujiwara-senpai (sister) actually liked this type of boy?
Not only were the two of them curious, but everyone else was too.
Kaguya's eyes narrowed slightly; she glanced at Tanaka Masao and then lost interest. She was quite interested in Yukinoshita Yukino next to her.
[This appearance and this temperament, she can definitely compete with me.]
She actually had a rare feeling of finding a worthy opponent.
[When I get back, I'm going to thoroughly investigate their information.]
Yukinoshita Yukino was also observing Kaguya.
She had heard that name before; after all, it was the famous 四宫家 (Shinomiya Family), and any family with a little influence knew about it.
[How did Tanaka-kin get involved with these people?]
She felt a bit of a headache; Fujiwara Chika's enthusiastic and outgoing personality was something she couldn't handle.
As for Kaguya, she seemed like a well-mannered person, but that smile...
It was the fake smile reserved for social occasions.
Yukinoshita Yukino often saw this kind of smile, especially on her older sister's face.
She didn't particularly like this kind of mask-like thing.
After getting to know each other, Fujiwara Chika suggested,
"Since everyone is here at the Zoo, why don't we explore it together?"
"Ahem~"
Kaguya lightly coughed and said to Fujiwara Chika,
"Fujiwara student, wouldn't that be too much of an intrusion on Tanaka-san and Xuezhixia Classmate?"
[Fujiwara student, you really have no tact. They are clearly on a date, and if we go along, wouldn't we be disturbing them?
Could it be that Fujiwara student actually wants to join in?]
Thinking about it that way, it was indeed very possible, after all, Fujiwara Chika often interfered with her and Shirogane Miyuki's love battles.
Fujiwara Chika blinked and blinked.
Then she carefully observed Yukinoshita Yukino and Tanaka Masao.
Yukinoshita Yukino was very beautiful, with long hair, and she looked very gentle.
Personally, although extremely similar, compared to Kaguya, Yukinoshita Yukino was more like a white moonlight heroine from a story.
Kaguya: Oh, so that's what Fujiwara student thinks, huh? Our friendship must be at its end.
Fujiwara Chika pinched her chin, deep in thought. Her eyes lit up, and she looked at the two, saying with some excitement,
"Could it be that Junior Tanaka, you're on a date!"