A few weeks has gone by after Alice's first win for Akinabalu Motorsports and her fame at school gradually died down a bit. Alice got to school earlier than everyone and sat down at her desk beside the window. She looked out the window and saw Mount Akinabalu standing tall while the sun began rising. She smiled lightly as she stared at the magnificent mountain, but suddenly, someone grabbed her shoulder.
"Eek!" Alice jumps from the sudden contact.
"Good morning Alice!" Raani said feeling mischievous.
"Stop scaring me like that Raani!" Alice said angrily.
"Sorry about that." Raani chuckled as she sat down in front of Alice.
"Jeez, I swear one day I'll die of a heart attack because of you guys." Alice said calming herself down.
"So Alice, why are you here so early?" Raani asked her curiously.
"I was up earlier than usual and decided to go to school early." Alice answered her.
"Ah I see, I guess that's the perks of living close to school huh?" Raani said to her.
"Say Raani, now that I think about it, you live on the outskirts of town, right? But you always arrive early at school. Do you take the train here?" Alice asked her.
"I walk." Raani casually answered.
"W-walk? Isn't that a bit far from school?" Alice gasped surprised by her answer.
"Well I'm kinda used to it by this point, I used to take the train but I want to save my pocket money. I also like walking so I don't mind." Raani answered her.
"I see, you've always been the athletic kind of person, you've even won our school tons of awards as well." Alice told her.
"Hey, you're also athletic, even though your legs are short, you can still run pretty fast." Raani told her.
"What did you say?" Alice said to her, widening her eyes.
"N-nothing!" Raani reassures her.
After a while, more and more people came and class started as usual. After class, the gang gathered up as usual and started chatting.
"Hey guys, tomorrow is Valentine's right?" Airi asks them.
"Yep, I guess it's that time of year again, I'm guessing you're going to give your boyfriend some chocolate on Valentine's huh?" Raani smirks as she teases Airi.
"Hey, it's not official yet!" Airi blurted out feeling embarrassed.
"Ah is that so? Let me go ask him!" Raani told her and began sprinting out the door.
"Raani I'm going to kill you!" Airi screamed at her and chased after her.
Raani and Airi ran out of class while Alice and Aini watched and kept silent. While they were away, Aini struck up a conversation with Alice.
"Say Alice, don't you have someone you like?" Aini asked Alice.
"Huh me? I don't have anyone I like, plus I don't believe in Valentine and all." Alice told her while sipping on her apple juice.
"Is that so? I guess that makes it both of us. But still, you must have someone you like?" Aini asks her.
"I don't really like the boys here, they're all rowdy and hard to manage." Alice told her.
"Ah I see, so you like mature people then?" Aini told her.
"I guess you're right." Alice told her while sipping on her juice box.
