Praise
The last time I talked to Hayashi-sensei was that day she handed me the task. I got a little bolder back then to jokingly suggest that I want her to join our complex relationship as a reward for completing her task.
Naturally, I only brought that up to throw her off guard. It was successful but the silence that followed became too awkward that I backed down myself, leaving her office with the reward talk left hanging in the air.
As for whether that intriguing smile that she displayed has any relation to that or not, I’ll probably hear about it later. For when we’re left alone in this room.
It's still just an assumption on my part. Maybe there was no meaning to it and I only interpreted it as such because of the previous incident.
In any case, there's nothing wrong with being prepared for it. Right?