CHAPTER - 30: An old and new friend II

Having finished with his business at the book publishing house, Hiro was thinking about what he would do before the live broadcast.

What to do, the guy didn't know, he didn't want to do much, so he decided to just take another walk around the city, namely in the forest part of it.

- Fi, how are you doing? - Hiro started a conversation, putting on his recently purchased glasses, as he was bored just walking like that.

- Good afternoon, brother! Everything is fine, but someone seems to have forgotten something!

- And? You probably mean about your gift? Everything is almost ready, it remains to wait quite a bit. - Hiro said, not to mention that he had completely forgotten about it.

- If things are exactly as you say, brother, then everything is just great! - Fi was immediately delighted.

- By the way, is there anything interesting that has happened in these couple of days?

- During these couple of days of your absence, your double entered the university, and on the very first day he applied for an external exam, which all the teachers looked at with disbelief, but still decided to meet the student, the result, of course, amazed them, so they decided to allow the student to take the exam externally, he will take place live tomorrow at lunch, as they want to use your double as a free advertisement for their educational institution. - Fi blurted out in one breath.

- Interesting! Anything else? - Hiro asked, not at all surprised by the results of his clone.

- No, only this is the most extraordinary thing that has happened in these couple of days, the rest proceeds by leaps and bounds, your manga came out, which caused a stir, but you already expected it, so the rest of the news is about the same. - Fi replied.

- Okay, thank you! - Hiro said, taking off his glasses.

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At that moment, when the girls were going to go to a cafe, someone approached them unnoticed.

- Excuse me, - a female voice rang out behind the girls, which immediately attracted the attention of the trio, - I involuntarily overheard your conversation!

When the girls turned around, they noticed a girl slightly shorter than them, with natural blonde hair, but this was not the only thing she could boast of. In addition to all this, the eyes are blue-green, attracting attention for a couple of seconds.

- So, what do you mean by that? – tearing her gaze away from the girl's eyes, Erina asked with displeasure.

- I..., - the blonde muttered confusedly, then continued, - I'm sorry for the inconvenience, I'll probably go. – bowing, the blonde said.

- Wait! - Alice shouted when she saw the girl's sudden escape.

- Erina is not for me to judge, but could you calm down a little? - Sakura asked as Alice chased after the stranger.

- Okay, I'll try, but I can't promise much! - Erina pouted, sitting down on a bench, and still muttering something.

Momoi, who had only recently met Erina, could only grin at her antics. Sitting down next to Erina, pouting like a hamster, Sakura began to wait for Alice's return with that blonde, because it never even occurred to her that Alice would not catch up with her.

Less than ten minutes later, Alice brought the stranger back, and judging by the smile on both faces, they had already managed to get acquainted, as well as discuss the recent situation.

- Alice, I see you weren't in a hurry? - Erina asked, coming to her senses.

- Okay, okay, my fault, but you're not without sin here either! - Alice joked with a grin, to which Erina shyly lowered her eyes to the ground.

- Alice, stop it, you'll have time to make fun of your sister, it's almost evening now, which means we'll have to come back soon, – Sakura said extremely seriously, after which she added, - and tomorrow I have an early workout.

After hearing the reason for her friend's amazing behavior, Alice understood everything, heading to the nearest institution, - Send well, just Teresa can explain everything for the especially impatient! Alice said, looking sideways at her cousin.

- My name is Teresa Wagner, nice to meet you, you can just call me Teresa! – Teresa introduced herself with a sweet smile, if Hiro were present here, he would recognize this girl as one of the characters of a certain anime.

- And, what did our conversation interest you anyway? - Momoi asked after introducing herself, becoming interested in the beauty in front of her.

- I heard that you were going to have a snack, and since I just arrived in this city today, I had no idea where such establishments were here, just at that moment I was passing by your trio and heard your conversation! – Teresa enthusiastically told about a recent case.

After listening to the full picture of events, Erina became more and more ashamed of her rude words earlier, so, gathering all the strength that a girl has, she decided to apologize.

After apologizing to Teresa, Erina became more talkative than before.

A couple of minutes later, the girls went to the cafe that Alice recommended.

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Having entered the cafe, the girls have already found a common language. In the cafe itself, they were met by a gray-haired man with glasses.

- Welcome to the cafe, - the owner of the cafe greeted the girls, - you can take any free place!

- Thank you! – the girls answered, heading to an empty table by the window.

A couple of seconds later, after they took their place, a black-haired girl immediately approached them.

- Good afternoon, what will you order? - the waitress asked.

Hearing the question, everyone involuntarily looked at Teresa, which caused embarrassment for the girl, but, having overcome herself, she still ordered coffee and custard dessert. The rest, decided to order everything, the same.

- By the way, Teresa, how did it happen that you were alone in another country? - Momoi asked the blonde, which interested her cousins.

- ..., - Teresa, who had not expected such a question a little, fell into a stupor, but quickly recovered, - in fact, I missed my guide!

- So you're lost? - Erina asked, sipping the coffee she had just brought.

- You could say that, - Teresa said, laughing shyly, - but you came to my rescue!

- It wasn't difficult for us! - Momoi answered easily.

- Teresa, what school are you studying at now? - Alice asked, who had her own reasons for having this knowledge.

- I'm doing an exchange internship between schools, so now I'm studying at Karasuno, a sports-oriented school. - the blonde replied.

- Oh, I think I've heard about this school somewhere! - Momoi started up.

- This is not so unexpected, since this school was known in two sports, football and volleyball, but now they are not the same as they were before.

- Oh, I remembered it's not their popularity, but the fact that Tetsu-kun's brother is studying there! - Sakura spoke as if she was bragging about this knowledge.

- Oh, you never said he had a brother, - Alice complained, - although it can all be fixed.

- If you're talking about telling more about him, then I hasten to disappoint you, - Sakura quipped, - because, apart from the fact that he studies at this school and the fact that he does not play basketball, while playing it well, I basically do not know anything!

- I thought you knew everything about your boyfriend, it turns out not everything! - Erina said teasingly, remembering all the stories she had heard during this short meeting.

- It's not my fault, but I found out about his brother not so long ago to get at least something about him.

- What's his name, maybe I'll meet him again? - Teresa asked quietly, also interested in Kuroko's brother.

- Hmm, it seems like Hayama or Aoma, I don't remember exactly, but I know that he is quite popular at school, so you won't miss him, - suddenly the girl's face changed, which meant that she had an incredible idea, in her opinion, - you know, you can become his mate and in the future, we can become relatives!

Hearing her friend's question, the cousins began to closely follow Teresa's answer, but to their surprise, the usually cheerful girl was replaced by a sad one in the blink of an eye.

- Please excuse me, but this will never happen, since I don't have such an opportunity, - Teresa replied, quickly returning the image of a cheerful girl, - if you don't mind, let's change the subject.

After seeing the change of behavior, the girls realized that everything was not as clear as they thought at the very beginning, so they unanimously decided not to talk about this topic.

After this request, there was an awkward silence at some table in the cafe, as no one knew what to say in this situation.

At that moment, a couple of young guys came into an empty cafe, one of whom looked at Teresa in surprise.