Fuuka Akamine, Rie Akamine-sensei’s younger sister, was lazily rolling around the floor of Akamine-sensei’s apartnt. Her transfer to Dai Yama High School as a first-year high school student was still being processed by her guardian and her teacher which is none other than Akamine-sensei. She’ll be coming to school next term, and until then, she had ti to laze around and relax.
"I wonder what Haji’s doing right now?" She asked herself while eating a popsicle. A mont ago, she turned on the electric fan and pointed it at herself. There was air conditioning, but her sister specifically told her not to turn it on even though the early afternoon was arid hot. In the end, she opted to eat another popsicle after eating one.
"Yay! A winner! I’ll stop by at the convenience store later." She giggled to herself, recalling the ti when she first t Haji. It wasn’t even a once-in-a-lifeti eting, just a normal day-to-day one. And yet, she held onto it as if it were special. She was undeniably totally head over heels to Haji.
Ti-ring!
Ti-ring!
Thinking that it was probably her sister who just ssaged her, Fuuka sighed as she got her phone from her pocket. ’She’s probably going to ask to run by the convenience store again or sothing.’ She grumbled, pouting as she read the ssage which unsurprisingly really ca from her sister.
[From: Rie To: Fuuka ssage: Can you check up on Haji later? Thanks, I’ll be ho late.]
"..." Fuuka blinked twice after reading the ssage. When she read the ssage for the first ti, she didn’t quite understand it at first, and that’s why she squinted her eyes
"WHAT?!" Fuuka was lying down when she read the ssage and her surprise cause the phone to fall flat on her face. She shook her head and bolted upright as she grabbed both her cheeks with her hands. Flustered, she started causing a ruckus in the apartnt, totally indifferent to the neighbors that could clearly hear her due to the thin walls that separated the living quarters.
She grabbed the phone from the floor and read the ssage for the third ti, thinking that she just misread so things. But there it was, a ssage from her sister distinctly telling her to go visit Haji at her place. ’Why did she say that? Now that I think about it, she did tell that Haji had been absent for two days now. Perhaps she’s just worried. Mmm...’
"Yosh! Regardless of the reason, I’m going to visit Haji.’ She sang, skipping around the apartnt while chuckling to her heart’s content.
.....
"Oh, gumi, are you going ho?" Akamine-sensei called out just when the school bell rang for the second ti of the day.
"Yes, Akamine-sensei. I’m sorry I won’t be able to deliver the printouts to Haji today." gumi bowed. "I have a prior engagent this afternoon."
Akamine-sensei smiled as she waved her hand. "Don’t sweat it out, I already assigned another student to take care of it. You can go on with your schedule without worrying about him at all."
"Ah, I see. By any chance, is it a guy from our class?" gumi asked, pursing her lips.
"Eh? Why are you curious?" Akamine-sensei teased. "What if I told you it was a girl?"
"I-I-I just asked because I was curious, sensei, that’s all there is to it. Please don’t read into my curiosity too much!" This ti, it was gumi who started shaking her hands along with her head.
"Young miss, I’m afraid it’s ti to go ho." Franz softly spoke from afar, bowing while standing right beside the doorway of the limousine.
"Ehehe~" Akamine-sensei smirked while giving gumi a laugh that scread her suspicions about their relationship. "Are you really just curious? Hehe~"
"Geh!" gumi exclaid, totally caught off-guard. Fortunately, she regained her composure, cleared her throat, and excused herself calmly.
"Take care!" Akamine-sensei waved at her in an exaggerated manner.
To say the least, gumi was pretty flustered, and the redness on her cheeks and the tips of her ears beca even more evident as seconds passed. Franz didn’t speak a word, maintaining the work-mode expression on his face even though he found the whole situation rather amusing. This was a first for him, seeing the young miss get flustered more easily than before, and he couldn’t help but think about the ti when he was still a high school student. ’Youth,’ Franz said in his mind as he glanced at gumi who had been shaking her head and breathing slowly all this ti.
"Franz-san," gumi said in a low tone, her face wearing her most serious expression which made Franz anxious.
"Yes, young miss," He answered, still keeping his poker face.
"Can you cancel my schedule for today?" gumi pleaded.
"But young miss, you can’t just cancel this eting. Your father specifically instructed you to et with this client’s son. He may be the sa age as you, but he’s the largest shareholder in the Mizunari Company."
"Our company is bigger than theirs though. In fact, it is already out of my way if I were to go to the eting. Please cancel it for ."
"Young miss, Mr. Kikuchi is in the process of forming a partnership with the Mizunari Company. As soon as it’s done, you can cut ties with him altogether." Franz reasoned out, his face filled with worry.
"I’m sure my dad wouldn’t mind. It’s not like he’s forcing to et up with him. It was only a re suggestion." gumi explained. "Besides, this is not even a formal appointnt. He just invited out to dinner."
"Young miss," Franz couldn’t help but exhale. There was no use arguing with gumi since she was adamant about not going to the supposed date. Furthermore, what gumi said was right. It’s not like it was a formal appointnt, to begin with, and she’s got all the rights to decline it, late or whatever.
"All right, I will inform Mr. Kikuchi." Franz conceded.
In that instant, gumi’s face lit up. But before she could say anything, Franz turned the other corner and briefly glanced at gumi. "I’m guessing... we’re heading to the young master’s place, young miss?" He asked. It was an unnecessary question, but to Franz, it was all worth asking that question
"A-ah?! Eh?!" gumi’s face reddened in embarrassnt. Franz really saw through him, as expected of the butler and the driver of the Kikuchi household.
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