Kalma

Shyness Girl

Given at the next day, the bell rang at 3 pm tokyo standard time. Akira and Kentarou advised their plan from the day before, and Kentarou at that time was still in the bathroom, waiting for the signal to arrive. Akira, after preparing herself as the school ended, approached to Kentarou's table and put several "Isn't it Love?" Manga books there. Akira then go outside of the class and wait just a little bit more to then signal Kentarou in the toilet. At the same time, Riri was also preparing herself to attend the choir weekly training at 4pm.

She decided it is better to wait in class since the class is nearer towards the Choir Clubroom rather than the library at the other building. Seeing Riri waited in the class, Akira then immediately signalled to Kentarou to prepare himself to greet Riri. Riri hadn't see the mangas yet. As she began to pick her bag at the back of the class, she notices the mangas lying in one of the desk. She began to smile at herself, knowing that it is her favorite manga after all. She approached the desk and started skimming the available mangas.

Akira signalled Kentarou with "ganbatte" and "hayaku" stickers and Kentarou immediately rush towards the class. He actually practiced to himself the whole time at the toilet, as it is actually very substantial to use the time taken for it. In his mind words like, "Wow, it is an interesting manga, isn't it?" Or "hey, do you like reading it too?" Or even "hey wanna read it together at a cafe nearby?". Well not the latter reply, he guessed at his mind. To prepare to communicate to Riri, Kentarou must be super careful and caring towards her due to her shyness towards boy. The predicate shyness girl is already abdicated towards her.

He began to enter the class with a long and controlled breath, and found Riri at his desk, already checking on the 2nd volume of the manga. He felt nervous, obviously, and opted to first greet her nicely. He greeted her, "Hey there." Suddenly, a rush of fear and defensive mode is very much felt at that particular moment. Riri just went back a bit and stay silent, confused in what word she had to say. "Uh, it is a really interesting manga isn't it?" He opted the first choice from his toilet mind. Riri, who is a fan of the mangas, replied nervously, "Y-y-yeah, it is," Both of them stayed silent for a while, and Riri, unexpectedly, broke the silence, "Is it yours by any chance?".
"Y-y-yeah, i got it at the bookstore nearby."
Silent again for a while. And then Kentarou said again, "Well, Kokoro-san, i really enjoyed reading this series, the story is really good and unexpected. I like the chemistry between the transfer girl and her neighbor, the... i forgot who he is again? Hmmm."
"OH you mean the otaku boy? Yeah, i also liked their relationship," She replied anxiously. Kentarou was a bit mesmerized by that reply. And then Riri said, "eehh, I-i-i am sorry if i seemed to b-be loud.."

'Yeah, this what I like about her'
'Wow, she's even prettier than i thought now that i talked to her'
"Hahahaha, I wish i could take you out to a cafe to read this together!"

He didn't realize the last sentence was his real conversation talk, not words through his mind. He put his hand on his mouth and felt regret at what he just said.

"O-o-okay... what about tomorrow then?"

What a lovely day for the transfer student, although it has been months actually, Kentarou. That same day at night, he kept mentioning to Akira at Kalma that tomorrow he will have a 'date' with Riri. Riri felt happy at first, but then after mentioning it like 2020 times, she felt aggravated. The time at Kalma displayed at 7.35 PM with the customer only 2 tables since it is weekday. The lights seemed so beautiful in the outside part of the cafe, with a breeze of wind felt too, making it really peaceful and nostalgic.

"Oh Yeah?! Kentarou-kun! Why don't you want to go on a date with me then?!"

Akira mentioned this while a small rain started to pour in, creating puddles in the bump in front of the cafe.