I sat in a chair. Mei stood motionless right next to me.
This situation continued for a while.
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The silence continues for a few more minutes.
Mei hadn't spoken since the iced tea story, and I didn't know what to say either.
It's so quiet that you can hear the loud clang of the ice melting.
(What should I talk about...?)
I feel like something is wrong with me.
It's true that I'm not the type to be good at communicating with others, but I believe I have the interpersonal skills to be able to bring up a topic when things get awkward.
I don't often talk, but I'm not a quiet type. In fact, I'm good at superficial conversation, and I should have been able to have shallow conversations to fill in the gaps without too much trouble.
However, he can't do that with Mei.
She has a unique aura about her. Perhaps because she has a blank expression and her emotions are hard to read, I hesitate to casually bring up topics.
However...no matter how young she looks, Mei is an adult woman.
I don't think it's that strange for a high school brat to be intimidated.
(Maid uniforms are nice... but I guess I'm thinking weird things so I shouldn't wear them.)
To put it in perspective, it's like this.
Maybe he's excited about older women.
I don't think that expression is entirely appropriate because Mei looks young, but I felt something similar.
That's probably why he kept quiet for so long.
"I guess I'm nervous after all."
As if unable to bear watching, Mei spoke to me.
Well, he has no expression on his face so I don't know if he actually couldn't bear to see it.
"The moment we were alone, your expression stiffened. Is it okay? Do you dislike me that much?"
At the very least, it seems they've noticed my strange behavior.
"Well, I'm nervous, but... it's not that I don't want to."
It's not that I have any bad feelings about it.
However, it was difficult for me to say that I really liked maid uniforms, so I searched for another excuse and ended up blurting it out.
"Oh, the iced tea was so good that I ended up staying quiet."
"What are you talking about? I've already finished it."
I realized it when I was told.
The ice in my iced tea had melted. It seemed like a while had passed since I finished it. I was so nervous that I didn't even realize I had finished it.
This is bad. I feel like I ended up saying "I don't like Mei" because I lied.
"...There's no need to worry about it. I'm used to awkward situations because of my personality. It's not like I want to become friends with you or anything."
This... this wasn't good.
I feel like Mei's words are cold. I've said it many times, but she has no expression on her face so I can't be sure. Or maybe I just feel that she's cold and she's normal.
However, in any case, it is certain that the awkwardness has increased.
"It would be bad for you to stay together forever... I think it would be best to get straight to the point."
The flow is poor.
However, it may have given me the opportunity to bring up the main topic.
It looks like we'll finally find out why Mei is staying here.
Why on earth did you bother to be alone with me?
I've always wondered why.
"There was something I wanted to tell you when we were alone. That's why I purposely spilled tea on Lady Hime's clothes so she could leave the room."
...It seemed that this situation had been intentionally created by Mei.
It seems like there's something she wants to tell me that would make her go to such lengths.