[b]ハットちゃん "Hat-chan"[/b]

[i]????~?![/i]

Being lifted and swung was a new and unexpected experience for the teenaged girl known only to her compatriots by the moniker of "Hat-chan". The sudden change in gravity and realisation that the loyalty of the ground to her shoes had been revoked took a few seconds for her to properly process, but by then she had already traveled a short distance through the air and plopped back down onto the earth once more. She blinked. What had just happened? Had this Hirasawa Saya really been strong enough to pick her up?

The answer pointed to "yes".

"[color=3f00ff]Ah,[/color]" she said calmly, as if nothing overt had even occurred. "[color=3f00ff]That's okay.[/color]"