[Ao]

Next Day.

Ao's class ended but he didn't approach Ichika this time.

Although he wanted to be close to her, he didn't want her to know how eager he is.

If she know how eager he was, she might distance herself, so that's why he's the one who makes the distance first so she will have some conscious about him, especially regarding what happened yesterday.

And because of that, as he expected, Ichika has been conscious of him since that day and it made her sometimes not sleep and do miracles to herself every night.

This made her confused if she only sways by lust or if she has special feelings for him.

After all, lust and love are connected. If you don't lust for the one you love, then it's not love but companionship.

Not being dense, he can feel her gaze start getting deeper so that she can't take her eyes on him, whenever she looks at him, unconsciously, while the class is still ongoing.

He thought to continue not be bother her and let her make the first move.

And it truly works, for the past few days, whenever he was about to leave the classroom to go home, she always stops him and starts a conversation with him.

As the most beautiful girl in their class, people's eyes always look at her, and with that, they also notice Ao's forgettable existence.

This makes a ruckus every time they talk since he is a handsome boy despite his presence.

Whenever girls detect his existence, they always like a magnet and approach him while pressing their assets and they aren't bothered that Ichika is in front of them.

Every time they do that, veins start to pop out onto her head as she pulls him out of the class and goes into an isolated place.

Rumors start to spread whenever she does that, however, she doesn't care about such baseless rumors.

Sometimes, such impulsive feelings make someone's decision narrow, like her, she didn't even consider her action as evidence of these 'baseless rumors' and unconsciously thought that being closed with him is something natural.

"Well, we're are classmates, and getting friendly isn't wrong"… is something she always tells as an excuse whenever her classmates talk about their relationship.

However, recently, she always asked herself if she start to have special feelings for him, but she is unsure about it so she always thought that it was better not to overthink that.

Still, she enjoys talking with him every day that she almost wants to be his girl—

'Huh? What am I thinking about? It's weird. I can't remember…'

While talking with him at the back of the school, she got stunned for a moment and was about to realize something but her mind is scared so she unconsciously forgot what she was about to realize.

In the end, she didn't continue to think about it since Ao notices that she is not listening to him.

He asked if she is okay and she said yes.

Ao didn't mind it and just continue to talk with her. 

With that, their lively discussion continues.