Vol 3 Chapter 5 (2/2)
At this ti it to actually happen He wasn’t supposed to see her here And she was supposed to walk past him noithout a word But she didn’t She stopped
After what Haruhiro thought was a htly
“Hey,” she said in a brusque, haughty tone
Depending on the personality of the person that sort of tone was directed at, soht Haruhiro wasn’t perturbed, though She had chosen to stop and greet hih she could have just walked past without a word, after all
Though he was looking at her, she refused toher that she should leave immediately, but another part of her wanted to stay, so she was currently trying to decide between the two Seriously, just go?Haruhiro thought He wanted her to walk off, but at the same tih he had no idea what they would talk about
He couldn’t think of anything to say Nothing that even rese called “words” came to mind
“Heh… heheh…” Since words wouldn’t coh froirl She started to leave
“Wait”
“What?” she de
“Err, nothing…” Haruhiro said
Whoa What was he going to do now? He had asked her to ithout thinking and now his one blank Completely white No, that was a lie It wasn’t white, but maybe a sort of blue
“Uh, what… do you uess…” Haruhiro blabbered
“I see,” she replied
“Yeah,” he answered
“Bye”
“Hold on…”
“What?” she deain
“Huh?” he asked
“WHAT?”
“Uh… what? What’s what…? Umm… I mean…” he said
crap There’s no way she wouldn’t think that he was soize? Was this a good tiy? Would that be weird too? Too sudden, maybe crap crap crap crap
The girl gave a small snicker, but quickly covered her ?
“Weirdo,” she said, the bottom half of her face still hidden behind her sleeve
“Am I? Ahh… maybe,” Haruhiro replied
“Weirdo And freak,” she clarified
“No way!” Haruhiro protested
“Yes way”
“You serious? No way…”
“What’re you doing here then?” she asked, glancing left then right
“I’ weird I just… had some stuff on h he hadn’t said anything funny, the girl see her best to contain herself “What are you doing out here, Choco?”
“We’re friends now or so?” Choco said “Mind your own business”
“S-sorry, I was just…”
But the question came so naturally that it al another friend Haruhiro couldn’t think of anything to say that wouldn’t s even more aard than they already were But the truth was, he did feel a sort of familiarity about her
Choco narrowed her eyes at hiirl you h…”
“No way,” Haruhiro denied “What you see is what you get I don’t chase after girls, so I guess we’re not friends”
“It’s fine”
“What?”
“If ere friends,” Choco stated
“Really…” Haruhiro replied, doubtful
“Yeah I get the feeling that… nevermind”