Post by Sakagami Tomoyo on Feb 18, 2012 8:26:51 GMT -6
Sakagami Tomoyo
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Silence. Tomoyo exhaled softly and looked up. She'd be leaving school late from this point on. In the coming endless days, would she walk alone? She couldn't say it was a bad thing...
As if in defiance came the approaching allegro of hastened shoes against concrete. Instinctively she whirled around, only to be greeted by the sight of Densetsu running toward her. But, it didn't look like he was planning on following her. She cocked her head curiously. He still had business with her?
The boy stopped abruptly in front of her, his feet still shifting about anxiously where he stood.
“Th... thank you, Tomoyo Sakagami,” he said. In English.
Then he took her hand in a handshake. Taken by surprise, her grip was regrettably limp and lacked strength, all the while she could only wonder what the heck he was doing. She looked at her hand caught in his, then glanced at his awkwardly smiling face.
As if only now remembering what to do in this situation, her eyes regained their steadfast appearance. Her hand came back to life and she gripped his more firmly, giving it one final shake before their hands parted ways.
That wasn't to say she wasn't confused. She still hadn't made sense of what he shook her hand for, nor had she figured out what he thanked her for.
“... Don’t mention it?” she finally responded in her learned English, but he’d already turned around to leave by the time she got the words out.
Tomoyo stood and watched his leaving figure.
What a helpless guy, she thought.
Even though their meeting had been annoying at first, in the end, it wasn’t so bad after all. Maybe she’d made his day brighter? Somehow?
She smiled to herself, happy to think the reason was something along those lines.
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