Chapter 42

Chantria

Makino and her friends are preparing the hotel they reserved for the surprise party. We were assigned to do the grocery shopping for the food, so we went to the market early in the morning.

It's a good thing that Gab's birthday falls on a Saturday and there's no work. Iwatani and I were assigned to do the shopping and cooking, while Lorreine and Louella will help with the preparations while we're at the market.

We'll be cooking at the hotel and everyone will be helping out there. Some of them will pick up Gab and invite him to play basketball, but the truth is they will go straight to the hotel for the surprise.

Makino and Aaron will message each other to let us know if they're on their way. We're here at the hotel waiting with the cake that Makino baked herself.

I picked up some balloons to hold while Gab's male friends have party poppers. Lorreine and Louella also have balloons like mine.

When I noticed that Iwatani didn't have any balloons, I quickly looked for one that he