"Ow…!" Shouko whimpered holding her head where something had sharply hit her head. A few scores fell out of her bag when she jarred it.
"I'm sorry…Did I…hit your head…Fuyuumi-san…? I…didn't see you…" Keiichi apologized, holding his outdoor shoes.
"Ah! N-No, It's my fault…I-I didn't realize that there was anyone else, and I foolishly stood up too quickly…" She glanced at where his shoe cubby-hole was.
I guess his shoe cubby is a few slots above mine. I'm surprised we've never run into each other here before.
"You dropped…some scores…Fuyuumi-san…" Keiichi bent down to collect them.
"Oh! Th-Thank you! I-I didn't even notice! I-I can get them so please don't worry about it!" Shouko also crouched down to collect her scores.
He smiled sleepily at her. "It's…no trouble…Fuyuumi-san…After all…if something happened to your scores…it would be difficult for you…wouldn't it…?"
She nodded mutely. It was true.
When they both reached for the last score, their fingers touched. A strange shock jolted up her arm. Shouko jerked her hand back. She nervously snuck a glance at Keiichi who was serenely picking up the score as if nothing had happened. They quietly stood up and Keiichi extended the scores to her.
"Here are your scores…Fuyuumi-san…I'm sorry…for causing them to spill…earlier…" He looked at her with his usual zoning expression.
"Ah…Th-Thank you…" she whispered, reaching out for them, averting her gaze momentarily.
Again their fingers brushed. Shouko could feel a blush creeping up her neck and her cheeks as she quickly took the scores and fled the scene. She hurriedly ran to her classroom and took her seat. She stared at the scores on her desk, her fingertips tingling. She held her hand up to her face to examine her fingers. What was that?
Yeah...so this chapter had absolutely nothing to do with Tanabata, but I figured that it would be weird for them to just jump into the festival scenes that I wrote for them, so I figured I'd better write in some filler fluff so that at least one party was attracted to the other. Or at least confused about her feelings...
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