After some friendly communication and exchange,
Fuka reluctantly followed Amane back to the Palette Cafe shopping queue, obediently lining up.
"I say, what kind of crappy thing are you buying that you have to queue for so long?"
Fuka checked the time; they had been queuing for half an hour.
But the queue had only moved forward by a dozen people.
At this rate, they would have to queue for at least another half an hour.
"What do you have to complain about? Didn't I tell you I queued for a long time to buy it?! You just had to fight, fight, can fighting fill your stomach?"
Fuka turned her head away, listening impatiently to Amane's scolding.
If it were anyone else, Fuka would have given her a piece of her mind.
But if it was Amane,
Fuka was a bit intimidated.
The old Amane would just pin her to the ground and beat her until she was bruised before letting her go.
The current Amane.
She kept wanting to give her a piece of her mind.
It wasn't easy to remain chaste, and she didn't want to mess up in this godforsaken place.
How could fighting also involve taking advantage of someone?
This was something Fuka still hadn't figured out.
Just as Amane was about to scold Fuka a bit more,
Her phone rang.
"Amane, are you not done yet?"
As soon as she heard Horikita's voice,
Amane immediately put on a smile.
"Almost done, some clumsy person just spilled my stuff, and now she's re-queuing with me, saying she'll compensate me with ten cups."
Watching Amane's affected demeanor,
Fuka couldn't help but click her tongue.
Amane had never been so gentle with her.
But she didn't care anyway.
"Was that a girl's voice just now? Amane... you didn't run off to play with another pretty girl, did you? I've already prepared dinner."
Horikita's voice was very calm.
But sweat appeared on Amane's forehead.
"Ha, hahaha, how could that be? The one who made that sound was the clumsy person who knocked over my stuff. If you don't believe me, Suzune, you can ask her."
Amane handed the phone to Fuka.
Then she gave her a look, hinting for her to quickly explain the situation.
Just as Fuka was about to explain, her abdomen started to ache faintly again.
This guy, she hit so hard, and also touched her all over.
No!
She absolutely couldn't let Amane off the hook.
"Amane, didn't you say you only made plans with me today? What's going on with her?"
Fuka deliberately spoke into the phone in an angry tone.
Suddenly, everyone in front and behind them in the queue looked at Amane.
???
After blinking for the forty-seventh time,
Amane finally realized the current situation.
"Fuka, is your skin itching again?"
"Do you only call my name at times like this?"
Fuka's voice was tinged with a sob.
No, this isn't right... Amane noticed the gossiping gazes from all around.
They were all focused on her at once.
"Suzune, listen to me..."
"Why are you still holding me? Why don't you go find your Suzune?"
She was numb.
Amane's heart instantly chilled by half.
Fuka, on the other hand, showed a triumphant smile.
Let you take advantage of me.
Now let's see what you'll do when you go back.
The price of durians has gone up recently.
A bit expensive.
But as Amane's friend,
Fuka was always happy to help.
She would just send her two.
However... Fuka looked at the phone with some curiosity.
The girl named Suzune seemed to have not replied to her words at all.
"Let's stop this prank here. My relationship with Amane is not something you can disrupt with a few words."
Hmm?
Your relationship with Amane?
Fuka scoffed.
When she was getting a good beating from Amane, this little girl was probably still in kindergarten, right?
To dare to talk about her relationship with Amane in front of her, how presumptuous.
Just as Fuka was about to say something more,
Amane put her hand on her neck.
"Fuka, were you going to say something to Suzune just now?"
Amane showed a gentle and kind smile.
Anyone who didn't know would think a Yamato Nadeshiko had possessed her.
Only Fuka's body was somewhat stiff.
"Nah, I was just playing a joke with your friend."
"Oh, so it was a joke?"
"Yes, it was a joke."
"Which do you find more acceptable: suicide with your hands and feet tied, or an accident occurring during a game where you try to fit yourself into a refrigerator?"
Gulp.
Amane seemed a little perverted.
However... this cold Amane was kind of cool.
Fuka licked her lips, just about to speak.
Then she heard a discordant sound coming from the front of the group.
"Hey! Are you blind?"
The girl with short blue hair, who looked like an athlete but had a fierce expression, was angrily scolding another girl.
From the half-empty drink in her hand and the ice cream residue on her school uniform, it could be inferred.
Her uniform had just taken a bite of the ice cream from an iced milk tea.
This led to the girl angrily scolding her uniform.
Well.
Just kidding.
This scene clearly looked like someone had been bumped into.
The other party was a timid... I mean, a weak and shy girl with short brown hair.
Amane's eyes lit up.
The reason her eyes lit up was that the other girl had a cute pink flower pinned in her hair.
No other meaning.
"I'm so sorry, there were too many people just now and I didn't notice you were drinking, I'm really, really sorry!"
The girl's personality seemed a bit soft and gentle.
Even her voice was soft and gentle.
If it were someone else, they might have just laughed it off.
Or asked the other person to compensate her with points for a drink, and at most, add the cost of cleaning her clothes, and that would be the end of it.
But the girl on the other side clearly had no intention of letting her off so easily.
"You say you didn't see me, so you didn't see me? You weren't doing it on purpose, were you?"
The blue-haired girl actually grabbed the other girl's collar.
The girl opposite her was so scared she didn't know what to do.
"Hey! Ibuki, what's going on here? Your clothes..."
Just as a conflict was about to erupt between the two sides.
A boy who looked a bit like a delinquent came over with two followers.
Amane felt ashamed for judging a book by its cover.
But he did look a bit like a delinquent.
"It's Ishizaki, this guy deliberately knocked over my drink and still won't admit it!"
As soon as Ibuki finished speaking.
Ishizaki began to flex his wrists.
"Huh? You're bullying people and you've come to bully Class C?"
Ashamed my ass!
This is a delinquent, isn't it?
"Amane, they seem to have a problem."
Fuka narrowed her eyes.
"It's too much of a coincidence, isn't it?"
Amane finished the sentence Fuka had left unsaid.
She successfully got a glare from Fuka.
"I'm really sorry! I've already apologized, and I don't even know her, so how could I have deliberately knocked over her drink? And besides..."
And if she remembered correctly, it was the other person who suddenly bumped into her just now.
Why did things turn out this way... who can help her?
The girl looked around.
No one dared to come out and confront these students who clearly looked like delinquents.
Shiraha Chihiro! Just accept your bad luck.
Shiraha gave a bitter smile, it seemed she was going to get beaten.
Just then.
"Let go of that girl, let me... help her."
Amane walked out from the crowd.
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