Shizuka Otonashi || Yoshida Book Cafe || May 3 SUN
Even if Shizuka had offered to return their generosity, the other party kindly rejected her offer in their own way. While feeling a tinge of guilt for not being able to offer something to show her appreciation as of the moment, she felt blessed for encountering such concerned strangers and acquaintances. Before parting her lips to reply, she was caught off guard from the pushing back of hair, the raven haired girl flinched, thinking the other lady was about to uncover her hidden hazel eyes. Once the blonde uttered something a flirty, male shoujo character would say, her eyes behind the dark fringe sparkled and heat ran up her cheeks. Vibrant flowers bloomed in the background as a bright peach aura emanated around the two, or at least it did in the otaku girl's eyes.
"I-I would be de-delighted to...!", the shy maiden stammered in a quiet, embarrassed tone with her gaze lowered towards the ground. As the lady left back to her table, leaving Shizuka to her own, both hands hid her face as she shook her head to clear out her shoujo thoughts.
'S-She's another lady, I-I shouldn't feel flustered by this! Besides, I-I'm not comfortable with the shoujo ai genre...' After calming herself down from the little incident, she thanked the two who had helped her once more when Masahide passes by with a short farewell. Bowing her own head to return the gesture, she replied with a beam,
"It was nice to see you as well, Saji-senpai. I do hope we will be seeing each other when classes resume."Seeing as damage control had been taken care of, the female student decided that buying a burn ointment at the pharmacy should be her next move.
"Um... I shall be taking my leave now, Hashimoto-san. Do take care of your finger burns as well, it could cause a hindrance to your daily activities. Fa-Farewell for now." Another bow of her head as a good bye. Bringing her paper bag of manga in her arm and the books and magazines she brought out of their shelves in the other arm, Shizuka approached the counter and dropped the borrowed items on the counter to be returned and money enough to pay for her milk tea with extra tip. While making her way out of the cafe, she sincerely bowed towards her new and old acquaintances, noticed Mako as she passed, before leaving the cafe.
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Leaving the public bathroom in Shinza Shopping Square after her little treatment of the slight burn on her thighs, she wandered aimlessly with glances left to right to check out the shops she may not have known the existence of before, like the book cafe. A message tone from her phone caught her attention, to which she instinctively reached into her purse and flipped the mobile phone open. Oh, a message from Nozomi, one of her close friends and classmate. A soft giggle escaped her lips as she read its contents.
Subj: Golden Week ends today ε-(ーдー)
Message: I can't believe it's already Sunday! How did you spend the rest of your weekend, Shizuka-chan? I hope you haven't been slacking off too much, but knowing you, I have high hopes! Unlike Rinko-chan, she says she hasn't done any of her hw yet... (;￢_￢) It's such a bummer that the week went on by quickly but at least I'll get to see senpai at school again! ♥ Anyway, we can talk more about how our weekend went tom after class!
-Nozomi
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