Your activity of watering the flowers is interrupted by a classmate, she asks you what you think of Ga ming, the ball of sunshine in school and the guy practically everyone adores.

You respond by saying he’s lively—No ! More than lively. It’s as though he’s made of liveliness itself ! As the words leave you, you don’t realize the window to the classroom is open, and Ga ming heard everything.

— “How should I take that?”

He inquiries amiably, tilting his head to the side as he props his arms upon the windowsill.