Heading into the ice cream parlor this morning I wasn't paying much attention and ended up bumping into the doorway. My sleeve got caught on the door as it shut, snapping the button on my cuff right off.
So for the rest of the day my right sleeve dragged a significant bit lower than my left; I'd even accidently gotten a bit into my milkshake…and it was in that moment that I realized Kasumi hadn't come into the parlor that day. And it sort of gave me the same feeling that my button did. Eventually I lumbered back to school, back to the library where Keiji had been hanging out all day.
"Where's she?"
"Hn."
"Shou. Is she still mad at you for not letting her know you're back? And, er, for not taking her to the dance?"
"Understatement."
It just felt awkward with her missing.
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