2. Sofie is a shy girl

I was speechless, more precisely confused. Sofie, the famously popular, calm, and cold girl was now smiling at me even holding my right hand.

Fortunately, the situation is quiet, otherwise many will definitely stare jealously. I can imagine their jealous gazes.

"So how, Sebastian. Do you want to be my friend?"

'Glare, that smile is too glare, her cheeks are now a little flushed and her eyes are a bit radiant. She's like a comic character I usually read.'

"O-of course why not?"

I replied with a slight stammer, at this close distance I could smell the fragrance of Sofie's long hair. This thing made my heart almost dislodged a bit.

"Hore!"

Sofie looked very happy, she jumped for joy like a child

'Wait, where's the coldness you usually describe? Sofie, you're not that excited person, are you?'

I feel very strange. How can a calm person seem to be acting happily like a child. I mean look, Sofie is now smiling while jumping for excitement.

Sofie should be a calm, cool, quiet person, and anyone will be swept away by that behavior. that why she called by "the unattainable flower"

But, such that person was jumping for joy just because I became friends with her. No one would have thought that a cold person like Sofie could be this cold.

After jumping for joy Sofie walked towards me, she once again stroked my hand with soft fingers.

She did the stroke with a smile on his face.

"W-what are you doing, Sofie?"

Not answering, Sofie was still stroking my right hand then she looked at me with a very cheerful face.

"I ged it!"

"Hah?"

I was so confused, she suddenly said something I couldn't understand. What's wrong with this girl?

"Sebastian, you're a writer, right?"

I groaned trying to forget Sofie was still holding my hand.

"Yes, it's like that."

"Wow, that's great! I love novels, what do you usually write? Can I read it next time? Ah, I like romance stories, what is you are usually read? If men must like fantasy or something?" This girl kept babbling and excited.

She gave several statements non-stop in a short period of time.

"...."

"Why are you silent?"

I turned my head in the other direction. 'That's because your smile is too glare' I wanted to say that, but where could it be like that.

".... No, I'm just a little surprised"

"Why are you surprised? Did I do something that surprised you? If so, I'd like to apologize, but it would be strange to apologize without knowing why." asked Sofie, she's still hand-wringing and smiling.

"Huh, forget about it! Can you let go of your hand?"

I'm not saying anything wrong, a popular girl suddenly behaves like this to me, anyone will be shocked and embarrassed.

But it seems that this also applies to Sofie, as if she had just realized what she did. Sofie blushed immediately and let go of my hand.

"M-sorry, it's because you tried to escape, even though I haven't finished speaking." Sofie let go of my hand, she stepped back slightly.

"So, what about you. What genre do you like? Fantasy? Romance? And also I want to read the book you wrote!" As if forgetting her embarrassment just now, Sofie asked again with a smile.

"Yes.... I quite like fantasy, but if I had to ask I would prefer romance and fantasy, both combined will produce masterpieces!"

I speak more calmly now and maybe this time a little excited, because it's very rare that I have friends who may be one frequency.

If you say I'm also a little calm, although not as bad as Sofie who only usually says "yes" and "no", at least I can still get along normally with my friends. But this is the first time someone has the same hobby as me, of course it makes a little excited.

Sofie also seemed surprised, she chuckled. "I guessed that you are indeed interesting."

"Just so you know, I've been wanting to talk like this to you, but since I'm a little shy I'm a little scared if you're a hard person to approach, but it turns out I'm wrong. You're an interesting person, if you're with you I think I can do anything without being anxious and embarrassed."

"I don't know why, but when I'm with you I can be myself without being ashamed." Sofie explained everything at length.

"Sofie, are you shy?"

"?"

"Doesn't it look like it? I rarely speak because of that annoying nature." Sofie tilted her head in a sign of confusion.

"So that calm, cold, and quiet nature is just purely out of shame?" I was in shock. This is a very surprising fact.

I didn't expect that the reason someone like Sofie is elegant, calm, cool, and immersive, was just because of shame. I and everyone thought that Sofie did have a pure nature from birth, but it turned out to be wrong.

Sofie nodded, but she looked a little disturbed when she heard the word. "I don't really like that nickname, I can be like this because of my pathetic nature. I want to be able to be like a normal person, but when I am with you I can be normal!"

"I stroked your hand just now to check it. Usually if someone looks at me I'll get nervous, but that doesn't seem to apply to you."

"Honestly, when you came and looked at me reading that book, I was surprised to be scared when I became nervous, but I didn't get anxious when I was with you."

...********...

'It's a little weird? If this is a novel then this plot is a story that Sofie relates to me, but this is not a novel. How could a popular girl have feelings for me.' Sebastian thought, the young man was a little confused.

But, he shook his head to make the thought go away, he looked back at Sofie who was still smiling. He tried to ask Sofie directly.

"Why can you calm down when you're with me?" asked Sebastian.

Only one sentence was normal, but Sofie could feel that her cheeks had become warm just because of such a question. She turned his face away from Sebastian.

"Maybe this is because I met you before?" Sofie tried to guess, but wasn't too sure.

Sebastian was a little surprised, ever met? He firmly believes that meeting with Sofie has just been this third year, which is in 3rd grade now.

Sebastian's school always changes classes when he goes to class, so it can be said that Sebastian had never met Sofie in person before.

But this girl said that she had met, of course it made him speechless and confused.

"We've met? I'm sorry, but it seems that you are the wrong person. I mean I don't remember meeting you."

"....."

"So that's it, haven't you forgotten, haven't you? Well, naturally it has been so long." Sofie muttered.

But it didn't reach Sebastian, he couldn't hear Sofie more clearly.

"What did you say?" asked Sebastian.

Sofie glanced with lazy eyes, she sighed. Maybe she was a little shocked that Sebastian forgot about it.

"It's nothing, maybe I'm just the wrong person. Since the person I'm referring to is so cool, on second thought of it is definitely not Sebastian. I'm so stupid!"

Sofie looked very sullen, her red cheeks bulging. She is angry that Sebastian forgot about her past self.

The person Sofie was referring to was none other than Sebastian, but Sofie refused to say this. She thought that it was too soon to discuss it. So she kept that past to herself, at least for now.

"...."

"I'm sorry if I'm not a cool person. You must be disappointed, this ordinary person like me is indeed pitiful."

"That's right, you are pitiful! Not cool!"

'You could forget that day, you're really the worst.' Sofie wanted to say that very much, but was stuck in her heart.

Sofie was very sullen and her cheeks were slightly bulging, probably still angry that Sebastian didn't remember that day.

While the person in question even looked in all directions like a missing person and made sure there was no one. After that, he chuckled lightly.

He stroked Sofie's head very delicately and smiled at her.

"Sorry, don't be angry like that."

Sofie grew sullen, unable to accept the fact that the person who made her emotional was stroking her head and she enjoyed it. She shook off the hand violently and looked away.

"Don't touch me like a kitten!" she said with a frown.

"Hahaha, sorry."

Sebastian, this guy once again laughed innocently, this stupid young man even still thought that the person Sofie was referring to was not him.

Sofie's cheeks bulged even more, a sign that she was very angry, but that actually made Sofie even more cute. Sebastian couldn't help stroking Sofie's head.

He once again stroked Sofie's beautiful hair and apologized, this time Sofie didn't frown anymore and nodded her head.

"But, I still didn't expect that you are such a shy person. After all, pfft~ shy people can't talk at length like that, right? Do you have any other reason for having become such a quiet?"

Sebastian asked and smiled, he was just a little joking. Because there is no way a popular girl like Sofie has such a tragic thing.

Because for Sebastian, he's a lucky poeple. Unlike him, who is sad and has a past that he wants to forget. Sebastian was once betrayed by people, he trusted others too easily to be fooled.

"Yes, I have my reasons." In a doubtful tone, Sofie answered Sebastian's question. From the serious expression, Sebastian knew that Sofie was not joking.

Sofie looks a little calmer back to her cold self as she was at first, Sebastian is a little uncomfortable with that nature. Maybe he is already comfortable with her cheerful nature.

"Ne, Sebastian. Do you think it's fun to be popular?" Girl lowered her head, looking a little gloomy than usual.

"Of course, why not?" Sebastian spontaneously answered Sofie's question, but the answer actually made Sofie pout her lips.

"No! Being popular is troublesome."