Chapter 6 (1/2)

Calling - 3

Taking a step outside proved that the rain was lass s

However, the wind itself was not too bad, which meant that the rain would not hit you froestured for Karasawa to move under it, he took the handle from her and carried it himself

“Um, I can hold it…”

”Oh, but I am much taller I won't be able to turn my neck if you hold it So allow me”

Indeed, Karasaas on the tall side, and Chizuru was e side She would have to hold the u to lower his head She felt that there was little point in being stubborn when this would be over in five an to walk

The rainwater flowed over the asphalt roads, creating fantastical reflections of the neon city lights, which numerous cars busily drove over

The sideas protected by a guard rail, as people flowed down to the station on their way back fro their colorful umbrellas

This really was a world of convenienceChizuru thought dully

Lukrov's world, of course, did not have streets paved in asphalt During the worst rainfalls, you could not ithout getting covered in mud up to your knees They did not even have uetting wet or staying under a roof until it stopped

One ti, Ayase?”

“Uh”

He suddenly asked, and Chizuru looked up in surprise And then she realized that she had been chuckling over a ht of soht?”

Karasawa did not seem irritated by this, but Chizuru suddenly felt aard And she felt that she should change the subject She knew that frantically running your mouth under these circumstances tended to have unfortunate results, but sometimes you couldn't stop it

Chizuru quickly scanned her surroundings for a topic to bring up

There was a sn a dozen reat food It's quite s lunch hours”

“Oh?”

”It just happened to be empty recently, so I went inside It's very nice and…”

“Hmm, I didn't know that”

He said with interest as he looked through the ry? I really would like to eat right now”

“Uh, I, I don't really…”

If she was honest, she was, in fact, hungry She would have gladly succumbed to the lure of some delicious pasta and a salad, but she wanted to avoid the direction that she knew this was going, and so she lied Ahh, so stupid How could she talk about restaurants when they were on their way back from work?

And so it was no surprise when Karasawa pointed this out

“It is your fault for talking about food at this hour! I'll pay for you, so please indulge me I can't enter an Italian restaurant alone Let's just see if they have any empty tables”

“Bu-but, uh…”

She wanted to object, but it was Karasaho held the ued direction, she had no choice but to follow hi in front of a building covered in white tiles The first floor was the restaurant, the second was a beauty parlor and the third floor was a lawyer's office with a stern-sounding na