A Chance

“Uh. I got some school work to finish. It got a little dragged out so...”

After thinking for an explanation, that’s all I could come up with. I couldn’t find the energy to elaborate it to her. I mean, there’s clearly no reason for me to explain myself to her. Although I’m thankful for what she did, I would rather repay her in some other ways than have her act like this with me.

Fuyu stared at me for a long while. It’s like she’s trying to verify whether my answer was truthful or not.

But since I decided not to get into whatever she was trying to do, I acted normally and started talking off my shoes to enter. Following that, I walked toward her and stopped just a step before crashing into her.

While our house’s corridor was enough to fit three people, we were still technically in a conversation so… it was rude to just leave her alone here.

And so, I met her gaze and waited for her to finish silently staring at me.