Weird Class

Part 5

Finally, it was time for lunch break. Shiina and I quickly left the classroom and headed towards the cafeteria. She's been a little quiet so far. This is probably my fault, because I never apologized for what I said before the start of classes due to lack of time.

"Shiina, I'm sorry. I was just trying to make a joke at the time, I had no purpose to cause you heartache.

She silently continued to walk forward, only slightly stumbling, but after that her step became even again. She walked forward like a clock. It seems that such apologies are not enough to convince her of the harmlessness of my intentions. It's pretty hard to negotiate with girls, isn't it?

- You see, I...

Before I could say anything else, she stopped abruptly and spun around on the spot. I almost ran into her, but, thank Eris, everything turned out fine.

–You only mentioned the heartache, didn't you?" So you wanted to hurt me physically?

She didn't seem upset. Rather, she looked like she was trying to get something out of me. Do I have to do something for her? Maybe I should say that I will fulfill her every wish if she forgives me?

–No, I meant I wasn't going to hurt you in any way. I have never had and will never have such intentions.

In fact, if this fic follows the path of other fics of this Author-san, then most likely Shiina will still feel physical pain in scenes involving lemons. I'm really sorry, Shiina, so I apologize in advance if this suddenly happens. I wonder if she will withstand the attack of my personal T-rex?

–Are you sure?"

- Absolutely.

"Okay, I believe you, Ayanokoji-kun.

She smiled sweetly at me and lightly took my hand. What's going on here? Why did she suddenly change her mood? Is this normal?

- Shiina?

- Hiyori.

She said her name immediately after my question and walked forward, leading me behind her. There was still a lot of time left before the end of the lunch break, so there was nothing strange in the fact that we were not walking very fast, but still why are we still holding hands? To be honest, it's very embarrassing. Doing such things in public places was almost illegal.

- Eh?

–Since we're friends, I'd rather you call me by my first name."

Of course, this is good, but just a couple of seconds ago she herself addressed me by my last name. Or should I just use this type of address to her when she herself will not follow her own rules?

–Then will you call me by my first name, too?"

"Only if that's what you want."

In fact, I have nothing against it. Still, no one in this school has ever talked to me except her and Horikita. No, of course, there was also that girl with a not very pleasant character, but I don't even know her name. And in fact, it was I who tried to talk to her first, and not the other way around.

– I have nothing against it.

"Okay, so I'll call you Kiyotaka from now on.

It sounded pretty sweet coming from her, especially when she said my name with such a gentle smile. My heart is not icy, it can melt because of such tenderness. Hiyori, please don't burn my heart with your cuteness. I still want to live.

After some time, we reached the cafeteria, where we were greeted by the noise created by students of different courses. In fact, the number of freshmen was quite small, well, or so it seemed to me. At least, people who were probably our senpais stood out quite a lot here. High school students went everywhere and everywhere, occupying almost all the available seats, except the most remote ones. To be honest, there was one oddity. For some reason, most of the students present took free lunches instead of more refined food. Is this really normal?