[10]
"It would have been nice if you told me earlier that you already found a way out!" she exclaimed, prying open the unlocked window that Professor Shibuya showed her.
"That would have spoiled our fun with my good friend Tom, though," he said, tossing the damn coin to her. She didn't catch it.
"What fun? The lil miss right there kept hurlin' me across the room this past hour! Don'tcha know it's hard to run back to Kazuya every single time? I don't even have legs!"
"Sir, can you please cut that out? It's not funny anymore."
"I'm not doing anything. Look, he moved on his own." He stepped closer to her and reached for her closed fist.
"H-hey what are you—"
He cradled her hand with both of his own, and all she can think of was, 'Omgomghe'sholdingmyhandomg'. This wasn't the romantic setting she had imagined for them—the first time she saw him, she was hit with a sudden vision of them having a date at the beach, only for her to chuck the idea out the window because she saw the ring on his finger—but damn she never imagined that he would take the initiative to make the first move!
"See, he's right here," he said, interrupting her inner monologue, gently prying her fist open. The coin was in there.
"Goddamnit, Tom."