A boy was walking past a group of girls. The group of girls was gossiping about random things at school. They boy looks annoyed and just passes them with one single thought. "These girls are annoying." The boy thought, looking back at them. While he was walking away, a black-haired girl looked at him with a smile. "What are you smiling at?" A red haired girl said with confusion. "Oh, nothing, just thought I saw someone I knew." The black- haired girl answered. The girls teased her while she kept denying it was nothing serious.
The boy walked up to a small shop. The small shop sold drinks and sweets like cola, chocolate, and baked sweets. He goes inside and greets the cashier, "Hey I'm back again." The cashier waves at him and asks " What will it be today, lemonade again?" The cashier was a black haired girl in a pink work outfit. "You know it." The boy said, going to sit down at a table. He puts down his bag and grabs a book from it. When he opened his book, the cashier came and gave him his lemonade.
"Here you go." The cashier said with a smile. "Thank you Iwai." The boy said, taking a sip of his lemonade. "Well you're always coming here during the week Ishihara." Iwai said, taking a glance at the book he's holding. She looked at it even more and became shocked at what he was holding. "Is that… the eighth volume of Summer Love: The Love Triangle!" Iwai shouted in shock. "Ngghh! What was that?" Ishihara shouted, checking if his ears were okay. "Isn't that the hardest volume to get from the Manga series?" Iwai asked, looking at the book.
Ishihara, still checking his ears, didn't hear what Iwai asked. Iwai shook his shoulder until he noticed her. "Right, sorry, sorry." Ishihara said in response. Iwai looks at him with a pouty face and Ishihara can only look awkwardly. They both stay there without saying anything. This made Ishihara extremely uncomfortable. "What do I say?" Ishihara questioned in his head. He was about to say something until a group came into the small shop. The group was the girls Ishihara walked past before.
Why them now!" Ishihara thought in his head, putting his face in his arms. He didn't want to be noticed by them at all, that group of girls was the most extroverted girls in his class. There was no way he would be able to deal with those girls. "Hello! May we use this table?" A short girl from the group asked with a loud voice. "Quiet down." Another girl from the group said, smacking her on the head. The short girl started to tear up and hit the girl, though it did nothing. That was when a black haired girl with a formal dress came up to him. "Sorry about them, but can we sit here?" The black-haired girl asked with a bright smile. Ishihara thought about it for a moment. Did he really want to sit next to a group of annoying loud girls?
"I'm almost done; so I'll leave immediately." Ishihara said finishing up what he was doing. He was stopped by the black-haired girl. "You're staying with us." The black-haired girl said, stopping him from getting up from his seat. He reluctantly sits there and takes his book back out. The girls as well take a seat at the table . The black-haired girl and a blond girl sat beside him. The rest of the group sits in the other surrounding chairs.
"Hey look at this!" The short girl said, pointing at a milkshake on the menu. "Now that looks good." The other girl said, looking at it with great interest. While those two girls bicker, the blond girl and black-haired girl stared at him. They both had a small grin on their faces. "Why are they staring at me?" Ishihara said his mind. He didn't know why they were looking at him, but he just focused on reading his light novel. He started to panic even more when the black-haired girl started to look at his light novel. "Do you wanna take a look?" Ishihara asked the black-haired girl. She nodded and Ishihara gave his light novel to her. While she checked out the book, Iwai came to take the table orders.
"So what would you girls like from the menu?" Iwai asked, getting her server book ready. The short girl asked for the strawberry deluxe parfait, the other girl asked for the strawberry shortcake, the blond girl asked for a slice of apple pie, and the black-haired girl asked for a chocolate cake. "Right… got it. Your desserts will be out in a small moment, so please wait." Iwai said, bowing slightly. She goes to the kitchen and the girls start to talk among themselves again. The only girls that weren't talking were the two sitting next to Ishihara. "Right, how about we introduce ourselves!" The short girl said, hitting a pose. "Me first then, my name is Yumi Kojima." Yumi said, waving with her hands.
"Well then, my name is Haruko Takemoto. Nice to meet you." Haruko said with a small smile. The other two were still engrossed in the book, they didn't hear anything the others said to them. "Hey you two, introduce yourselves!" Haruko said, slamming the table. "Right, sorry. My name is Saya Anno. Pleased to meet you." Saya said in a gentle voice. "My name is Reina Seki. A massive bookworm." Reina said, still engrossed in the light novel. "My name is Ishihara Nao. Just a normal guy." Ishihara said, sneaking glances at Reina. "Am I that beautiful?" Reina said with a teasing smirk. Ishihara flinched a bit and he looked away immediately. Though he had his face turned away, the girls could see that his ears were red. They all thought that Ishihara was cute for blushing at a teasing remark like that. Iwai returned with their sweets and all the girls had an excited look in their eyes.
Iwai went over to Ishihara and asked "Do you want a refill?" Ishihara nods and Iwai refills the glass with lemonade. "I hope you like it." Iwai said, bowing politely and going back to the front. "This looks delicious!" Yumi said, readying her fork. She takes a bite of the parfait and her eyes fill with happiness. "This is the most delicious parfait I ever had. Try a bite!" Yumi said in amazement, as she fed Haruko a bit of the parfait. "What are you- oh… this is delicious." Haruko said, savoring the sweet parfait. "I told you." Yumi said with a small grin. They all start to eat their sweets except Reina. "Hey aren't you going to eat your cake?" Ishihara asked, trying to get her attention.
She didn't hear him and kept on reading. He takes the book out of her hands and Reina is confused. "Hey I was still reading!" Reina yelled, trying to get the book back. Ishihara didn't let her get it back and he put it back in his bag. "Fine!" Reina yelled, eating the cake with a pouty face. Her pouty face soon became a face filled with happiness. She ate with even more enthusiasm and soon forgot about how mad she was. Ishihara sighs in exhaustion and takes a sip of his lemonade. "Maybe I shouldn't bring this out now." Ishihara thought. He looked at the girls who were enjoying their sweets. He then noticed that the blond girl was the only one who didn't try to be loud or do anything to him. Nothing.
He didn't need to be here so why did he even stay? He gets up to leave, but is stopped by Saya. "S'il te plaît, ne pars pas." Saya said with a sad face. "What… please don't leave?" Ishihara thought. He saw her face, a face that a child would make when she wants something. "Hah… fine I'll sit down." Ishihara said. Saya's face started to brighten up and Ishihara couldn't help but find this cute. She looked like a small puppy with a waving tail and everything. Ishihara wanted to pat her head so much, but held back with all his might. "Est-ce que vous partez?" Saya said, tugging at his shirt. "What did you say?" Ishihara said, trying to hide the fact that he knows French. "I'm sorry, I said, are you leaving?" Saya answered. Ishihara did need to leave at that moment. He needed to go take care of his sister who was waiting at home. "I need to go take care of my sister." Ishihara said, patting her on the head.
He didn't know what he did until he noticed. Saya's face was bright red and Ishihara retracted his hand immediately, but Saya held his hand. "P-please don't stop." Saya said with an innocent face. Ishihara kept quiet and Saya started to panic, thinking what she said was weird and questionable. Without saying anything, Ishihara patted her head causing her to blush even more red than before. "Wha-what are you doing?" Saya yelled. "Didn't you say don't stop?" Ishihara asked with a confused look. "Right." Saya said in realization. Ishihara patted her and Saya enjoyed every second of it. While they were doing this, Haruko was filming them. Reina and Yumi looked at them and thought they were close siblings. "You guys are so cute! It's almost like you guys are brother and sister!" Yumi yelled, wanting to pat Saya's head. "No!" Saya yelled, slapping Yumi's hand away.
"What was that for!" Yumi yelled, rubbing her hand. "I'm sorry I-I didn't mean to." Saya said with a guilty face. The atmosphere became tense and Ishihara saw tears form up in Saya's eyes. "It's okay, both of you." Ishihara said, patting both their heads. Saya stayed quiet while Yumi was mad at her. "Saya, you didn't mean to hit and yell at her, right?" Ishihara asked with a serious expression. Saya nodded and Ishihara looked at Yumi. "See she didn't mean it." Ishihara said while trying to make Yumi see that Saya was sorry. "I don't believe her!" Yumi yelled, crossing both of her arms. Ishihara couldn't really do much so he directed his gaze towards Reina and Haruko. "Can you two deal with them, I gotta leave." Ishihara pleaded. "Come on you two, he's gotta leave now." Haruko said, trying to get them away from Ishihara. "No!" The two girls yelled, clinging on to him even more.
Haruko tried to pry them away from Ishihara, but they wouldn't move an inch. "Come on!" Haruko yelled. "Please will you two get away! I gotta leave!" Ishihara yelled, trying to push them away. "No! We won't!" The two girls yelled. They both started to hug him and he started to turn red. "Reina, come help, please!" Haruko called. Reina came to help and both of them started to pull the two girls clinging on to Ishihara. Ishihara couldn't push them away because he was dealing with his inner conflicts. What are his inner conflicts? Trying to figure out why the hell they're so attached to him. "Please get away!" Ishihara yelled, pushing the two girls away. He catches his breath and gets up from his chair. He grabs his bag and runs out of the small shop, still blushing red. "Cute." Reina said with a small smile.
"Why was that cute?" Haruko asked, comforting the two girls. "Did you see him! He ran away with his face turned away! His ears were red like cherries!" Reina yelled, pointing out the small details. Iwai at the front wanted to speak to Ishihara, but thought that he might need some space. Iwai got up and went to the group of girls. "What happened, and what did you two do!" Iwai yelled, pointing to the group. Reina goes up to Iwai and bows. She then explains what happened and Iwai looks frustrated. "Why, why in all that is sweet, why!" Iwai yelled in frustration. They all flinched and all of them went and pleaded for forgiveness on their knees. "Please forgive us, they didn't mean to do that!" Haruko yelled.
Iwai accepted their apology, but told them one thing. "Apologize to Ishihara next time." Iwai told the girls. "Ishihara?" Saya questioned. Out of all the girls, Saya was the one who really didn't know who Ishihara was. "Do you not know who Ishihara was?" Iwai asked. Saya nodded and Iwai sighs. "Hey me and Reina are gonna stay outside. Come out when you're done. Also here." Haruko said, giving Iwai the money for the food and leaves. "Like I said before, apologize to Ishihara, not me. He's the one you should be saying sorry too." Iwai advised. Saya nodded and soon got back up on her feet. "Thank you." Saya said, bowing. "It's fine!" Iwai said with a smile, putting her hand on her shoulder. She waves her goodbye and goes back to what she was doing. Saya meets up with the girls in the front of the small shop and they all walk back home. "So what did you guys talk about?" Reina asked. Saya smiles and says "Nothing."
Ishihara was walking home still blushing red. "Why did she remind me of her?" Ishihara said to himself. He then remembers a memory from his childhood. There was a girl with pink hair sitting on the swings. He walks towards and she smiles. "Ishi, it's you!" The girl yelled. He then snaps back to reality. He was in front of his house, he opened the door and said "I'm home!"