"I really don't know why I'm popular with girls."

"I think I know what it is." She smiled. The ice in her drink broke as it melted into the chocolate. And the cold autumn wind ruffled his bangs. "It's your hair. It makes you look mysterious."

Sunagawa ran a hand through his hair, musing.

"You should cut it.

The next time they met, Sakuno fell into a pit of laughter.

"Takeo did it." Suna told her squarely and with a touch of bitterness at the giant young man. His bangs where cut straight centimeters above his eyebrows.