Scene 4: The End of the Date (But He Still Doesn’t Get It)

  Walking home, Mizuki took a deep breath.

  Okay. This is my last chance.

  She looked at Haru. “Hey, did you have fun today?”

  Haru grinned. “Yeah! Who knew shopping could be fun?”

  Mizuki: “…Shopping? That’s what you think this was?”

  Haru: “Yeah? What else would it be?”

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  Mizuki (internally screaming): SAY IT, YOU IDIOT!

  Instead, she sighed. “Nothing. Never mind.”

  Haru chuckled. “We should do this again sometime.”

  Mizuki froze.

  Her heart skipped.

  “…You mean it?”

  Haru smiled. “Of course! You’re fun to hang out with, Mizuki.”

  Mizuki stared at him.

  Then turned away, hiding her face.

  “…Yeah.

  You too, Haru.”

  Final Scene: The Truth Mizuki Won’t Admit

  That night, Mizuki flopped onto her bed.

  It was a date.

  It was totally a date.

  And yet—

  That absolute dumbass still had no idea.

  She groaned into her pillow.

  “…I’m never gonna get through to him, am I?”

  But despite her frustration—

  She smiled.

  Because even if Haru was dense as a brick…

  She still loved

  him anyway.