54. Rumour has it
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"Ne, ne, did you hear?"
"About what?"
"Narita-sama and Yukino-san went out on a date!"
"Ehh? No way!"
"Really?"
"Are you sure?"
"Didn't you read Yukino-san's interview? It was printed not too long ago. The reporter had seen them together in a café and asked her about it!"
"Wow!"
"What did Yukino-san say?"
"She didn't really answer the question. Dodged it by saying she admired Narita-sama professionally."
"Hmm, I can't really imagine Narita-sama with a girlfriend, anyway."
"I don't know… I kinda think Narita-sama and Yukino-san would be suited together!"
"Ehhhh?"
"Really?"
"I don't know…"
"Oh come on! Haven't you seen the pictures?"
"What pictures?"
"The pictures, the pictures!"
"Are you talking about those? I saw them!"
"I have no clue what you're talking about."
"Ehh, you really haven't seen them?"
"We need to show you sometime. The writer has them in her office."
"I wonder how she got them."
"It's her!"
"What?"
"Shhh!"
The staff members' voices swiftly died down as soon as Satsuki walked past them. She could feel their eyes boring into her back, and knew right away they had been talking about her.
And she did not have to be a genius to deduce what the conversation had been related to.
Or should she say, to whom.
Satsuki heaved a sigh. Just her luck. The rumour mill was already up and rolling.