I get to the roof with food from the food counter, and I look for her, and she isn't there.
"SURPRISE!"
She opens the roof door and jumps at me, which didn't scare me, but good try.
"Ugh you're so boring."
"I didn't expect it to be honest." I did.
"Yeah I got you, how are you doing?" She looks up at me
She notices my eyes dilate somewhat as I look at her "Oh uh, I- uh I'm doing good how are you?"
"I'm doing well, Ryoma. What are you doing on Saturday?" She sits down in our spot, then I go to sit next to her
"Oh, sleeping, I'd rather be in a dream that anything else." I chuckle
"Wow so invigorating. You are hanging out with me Saturday, you have no choice. Unless you just really want to dream."
"Oh u-uh sure. Where would we be going?" She notices I'm sort of flustered.
"Hmm, maybe like a cafe?" She shrugs
"Which cafe?"
She shrugs again
"I'll look for some just for you."
Am I being flirted with?
"Oh thank you. I can pay for the drinks or whatever."
"No, I planned it."
"But I'm willing to"
She gives up immediately, and doesn't wanna pass up the offer. "Yeah sure, you can pay Mr. Chivalrous."
She laughs, clearly amused by my pause. "I'm joking, that's sweet of you though. I'll allow you to pay for me." She emphasizes allow.
"So benevolent of you." I say with sarcasm behind my voice
"I know I give you special privileges to pay just for me." She laughs and puts her hand on my shoulder and her touch is gentle, it feels like air.
She notices I'm eating ramen without chopsticks but instead a fork
"Do you not know how to use chopsticks?" She asks surprised he doesn't
"No, I was never taught."
She reaches into her backpack grabbing two chopsticks
"Okay so rest this stick between your thumb and index finger, and like the little end rests on the side of your finger, DO NOT MOVE IT."
The chopstick rests between both my thumb and index finger and then I move the end to rest on the side of my finger.
"Then hold the top one like a pencil I guess, you want it to rest against the tip of your index and middle fingers you want your thumb to keep it steady, this one you move."
"NOW to pick stuff up, keep the bottom still, and move the top stick up and down to pinch the noodles."
I try to do it, and I fail. Suddenly she grabs my hand, directing my fingers, which catches me off guard.
"See like this."
I don't even focus on what she's doing, for some reason I'm just looking at her hand and it feels surreal how this is even happening.
"Oh okay, got it…"
I have no clue what I'm doing, so I just pick up a noodle, but the top chopstick crosses the other one all of a sudden. I try again and I pick it up and succeed, and I keep doing it.
"Here comes the choo choo train." I say to her, bringing the chopsticks towards her mouth.
She slurps up the the noodle
"See I knew you could do it! High five!" Her hand raises, then I proceed to miss it.
"Whooptie doo, I'll teach you high fives next."
I look at my watch and see that lunch is almost over
"Where should we meet on saturday?"
"Just meet me at two like where the purple benches near the playground are and we can go anywhere I guess." She leans forward with her hand on her chin and her hand goes outward, basically shrugging.
"Okay it sounds like a plan."
The bell for the end of lunch goes off, and she stands up
"Get up loser." She kicks my foot gently.
I get up from the sitting position and use the wall, and I look behind me and she's gone but then I see her.
"Geez don't disappear on me."
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