Get it together, Daisuke. You got this.

“There you are Daisuke!”- Sara and Hanako rushed towards me

“Good to see you!”- Hanako handed me some sort of pass

“What is this for?”- I looked at the piece of paper, looks like an invitation for a private chat with the author.

“We will have to wait awhile, but we will get a private chat with the author”- Sara and Hanako were excited and restless

“Hello!”- Haruhime greeted them as well

“Is this your sister?”- Hanako pointed at her

“Yes”

“She is so cute”- Sara grabbed Haruhime

“Put her down, Sara!”

“Put me down”

“Sorry.”- After Hanako slapped her, she dropped Haruhime

“Thanks”

“Let’s grab a drink or something to eat. We have a lot of waiting, let’s go guys”- Hanako and Haruhime dragged me around, spacing out again

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“Let’s sit here!”- Hanako dragged us to a café

“Looks good”

“Would you like to order something?”- A waiter handed us the menus

“What will you like Daisuke?”- Haruhime asked me while looking at the menu

“I will have an orange tea and cookies”- Hanako handed back the menu and then looked at us

“Yes. I will have an Irish coffee and a salad”- Sara looked a little upset

“I would like a….. A…. A sandwich and a… a… a… strawberry tea with, with… with… cookies please”- It felt so awkward to order, too many options

“It’s ok Daisuke”- Sara was sketching something with her left hand and browsing her phone with the right

“Look it’s Daisuke with them again”- I could hear someone loudly talking from behind me, Haruhime stopped me from turning

“Don’t mind them”

“I am curious. Why did you decide to make friends with me? It isn’t clear to me why”- The 2 of them suddenly looked at me

“Well. I was curious about you, always seeing you staring at people. Now I am convinced you aren’t bad at all”- Sara showed me her sketch. It was of me, siting and drinking coffee

“Well, I decided to give you a shot Daisuke, you can’t be that bad”- Hanako was looking at me. The 2 of them were mostly smiling

“Here we go, this is your order”- The waiter handed us our orders, I looked everywhere around me, there was a certain fluttering feeling in my chest, my body felt like burning but in a good way, something that brings me warmth and pleasure.

I, Sara and Hanako finished our meal and returned to the bookstore, it is somehow a little late

“Come in. Aren’t you 3 late?”- A shorter woman was standing in the doorway

“A little”- Sara was excited

“Come in, you 3. I had been waiting for you”- She got out of the doorway for us to pass