Graduation (4)

"You seem to be alone with your older sister and are about to head home. Have you finished talking with your friends?"

Seeing how Eva turned her attention back to her brother after exchanging a few words with her, Annabelle was prepared to step aside and not be an obstacle, ready to leave and go back alone if necessary.

"No, it's not that we are alone and returning home; it's just that I'm making space, making it more convenient for my special girl friend."

"Ah, I mean a female friend."

But hearing her brother's response to the unexpected question, which she found surprising, because if she knew her brother even a little, she should know he didn't have friends after all, she felt even more taken aback.

'Is he trying to hint at her? Tease her?'