"It looks like there's a girl next to Mochizuki student?" "Huh? Really? I didn't even notice until you said something!" "They're probably just sharing a table, right?" "Sharing a table? There are so many empty seats here, May, did your cousin get a girlfriend?" The two girls' gossip antennae immediately perked up. Mochizuki was usually very low-key in class; only his frequent visits to Shizuka Hiratsuka Teacher's office made him known to his classmates. No one had ever seen Mochizuki interacting with any girls.
"Probably... not," May thought for a moment, she hadn't heard Mochizuki say he had a girlfriend. However, last time, Ichika seemed to say that Mochizuki might have been chatting with his girlfriend on his phone?
"Hey, May, are you going to say hello to your cousin?" "Ignore him, we'll eat on our own." "Oh~" "Oh~" The two girls felt a bit regretful, they had been thinking of taking this opportunity to chat with Mochizuki.
Meanwhile, Mochizuki and Kato Megumi finished the mango ice cream in their cups.
"So refreshing!" "Yes." Afterward, Mochizuki and Kato Megumi called the waitress over to pay the bill, and the two prepared to leave.
Eri Ri, upon hearing that the two were leaving, finally sat up straight again.
Eri Ri rubbed her shoulders. She was exhausted from lying down for so long.
Then Eri Ri, through the window, saw the backs of Mochizuki and Kato Megumi leaving, grinding her teeth. It really was a girl!
At the same time, she also saw several new students entering the door.
Eri Ri picked up the drink next to her and took a big gulp.
"Cough... cough, cough..." "What is this! Papaya milk, it's so bitter."
Then Eri Ri nervously checked her drawing draft to see if it had been contaminated by the drink she had just coughed up.
This was the result of a full day's hard work!
Fortunately, there was no drink on the draft.
On the drawing paper was a girl who looked valiant and spirited.
The unfortunate thing was that it still lacked color.
Eri Ri's tense expression relaxed as she glanced at the papaya milk beside her, thinking of what the girls in her class had said.
Her hesitant expression finally firmed up, and she picked it up and drank it all down.
"Gulp, gulp... gulp, gulp, gulp..." As Mochizuki and Kato Megumi walked out the door.
They happened to meet the new student customers head-on.
The new customers were none other than Shiina Mahiru and her two classmates.
Mochizuki and Shiina Mahiru looked at each other.
Both sides simultaneously showed a slightly surprised expression, their mouths slightly agape.
Then, Shiina Mahiru's eyes darted around again, discovering the expressionless Kato Megumi beside them.
As for Kato Megumi, her face still maintained an expressionless look.
However, she was thinking internally, Mochizuki-kun and Shiina Student's relationship seems unusual, doesn't it? But they look like they don't know each other? Do I need to explain? Will it cause Mochizuki student to be misunderstood...?
"Ohayo, Mochizuki student." This greeting instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The one who greeted them was, of course, not Shiina Mahiru.
It was one of her female classmates; as the vice class representative, she felt it was necessary to greet a classmate.
"Oh... Vice Class Representative, hello everyone." Mochizuki racked his brain but couldn't remember the name of this female classmate.
But the one greeting him was the vice class representative, he couldn't just say, 'Hello, Shiina Student'.
Fortunately, Mochizuki remembered that this girl was the vice class representative, otherwise it would have been awkward.
The three girls smiled and nodded, then entered the store, as everyone wasn't particularly close.
"Speaking of which, wasn't there someone else next to Mochizuki student just now?" "No, you must have seen wrong." "Hmm... maybe. Mahiru, did you see anyone?" "Uh, I..."
And Shiina Mahiru's meal this time was destined to be eaten with a lot on her mind.
Mochizuki never would have thought that this small dessert shop would gather so many people.
As for the shop owner, seeing that he had just sent off two customers and welcomed three more, a smile was plastered on his face.
Opening a shop near the school was truly the right choice.
Students' money is really easy to earn.
Also, those three girls at the four-person table in the corner sure can eat, three people ordered enough for five.
He liked customers like that the most.
...After walking a bit further, Mochizuki and Kato Megumi also said goodbye and parted ways.
...As for the Service Club after school today, because Mochizuki didn't come.
Yui Yuigahama also didn't come to disturb today.
It returned to how it was at the beginning of the school year, with Yukino Yukinoshita quietly reading alone.
The classroom was silent, occasionally punctuated by the sound of Yukinoshita turning a page and sipping her black tea.
Yukino Yukinoshita occasionally looked up at the opposite side.
Across from her desk, there was still a covered cup of black tea, untouched.
Yukino Yukinoshita decided that she could brew one less cup tomorrow.
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