Miracle?
The stares were a normal reaction, indeed. However, what happened next was something even I hadn’t anticipated.
First, utter silence that could deafen anyone ensued. No one dared to take a breath or move for a few seconds as the slit of their eyes gradually grew bigger and rounder. A moment later, dumbfounded expressions littered their faces.
“That...” With one of them slipping a word out, the frozen state had been undone as almost like pelting drops of rain gradually growing stronger by the second, the members of the Girls Basketball Club screamed in embarrassment one by one.
“Kyaaa!”
“Noooo!”
“T-turn around Onoda-kun! Hurry!”
Ah. Yeah. Why didn’t I think of that right away? Maybe because I was just as dumbfounded as them.
Eguchi-sensei and I walked in at the worst possible moment.