"Akamatsu-san!" he called out as he approached her. His smile was warm. Shuichi offered two wrapped presents to her. The slightly larger one contained an assortment of hair accessories that reminded him of her, while the smaller contained music note earrings. "Happy birthday!"
“Saihara-kun!” A brief wave of confusion washed over her features, before he presented her with the two gifts, her confused face melting into one of pure joy as she grinned, eagerly taking both in her hands. “You didn’t have to get me anything...” she reminded him, but it was rude not to open things, right? Unsure of what to open first, she eyed them. The best things came in small packages, right? She’d save that for last then! Instead, she unwrapped the larger one, the array of cute hair pins and otherwise packaged together nicely.
Next was the smaller one, she’d wait to give her proper thanks afterwards, setting aside the hairpins and quickly but gently opening up the other as she eagerly tore through it to the packaging. She lifted up the lid to reveal two matching music notes, sparkling in the light as she admired them. Kaede wasn’t sure her smile could get any bigger before matching Saihara’s gaze again as he looked on. “Saihara-kun...” Kaede started, moving to briefly encircle her arms around him in a hug, touched by his thoughtfulness and how much he knew of her. Really, she couldn’t be luckier.