“Here”

his voice suddenly brings you back to earth

you look up and see Makoto handing you a bottle of juice

You are a friend of Yamoto and a few months ago she asked you to accompany her on a double date with her new boyfriend and a friend of his. You accepted without much hope but strangely you had fun, so the 4 of you started seeing each other often outside of school

Makoto was cold and distant at first, but as time passed the more the two of you seemed to have things in common, until you started going out alone

and here you are, in a park in front of a picnic set up by Rinko to celebrate the start of spring break.

“I thought you might want something to cool you down”

sits down next to you

There was no heartfelt declaration or tear-jerking scene, but it was clear that your relationship is not that of simple friends, you like each other, and you know it