Perhaps due to the investors, the restaurant downstairs from the company had students from two nearby high schools mixed in with the diners. The attractive high school girls, carrying colorful lunchboxes, chattered and laughed, creating a peculiar but pleasing scene among the mature white-collar workers.
One school uniform was the common blue and white, while the other school uniform caught Naga's eye with its white sailor uniform with orange flowers, which was also Tabe Yua's uniform!
He took advantage of a break in the queue to steal a glance at the name tag of the girl next to him.
The school emblem was arranged in a very artistic font. It took him a lot of effort to determine the school's name by combining the conversations of the girls around him.
Yuzu High School, a private school... It has a rather awkward name, and it sounds like a prestigious school where the parents are all wealthy.
So... Tabe Yua must also be someone's young lady. Naga ate the food on her plate with some dejection. No wonder she has such a good temperament and charm. It's a pity... It seems that she and Tabe Yua are not a good match in terms of age or family background.
Just as he was making up his mind to forget the other person, he discovered that the beautiful girl in his mind was sitting not far in front of him, eating rice alone, looking a little lonely.
It was Tabe Yuai. She didn't seem to have any friends around her. Although she had chosen a lively long table, there was no one beside her. Her eyes were fixed on the book next to the food, and her expression clearly symbolized loneliness to Naga.
He hesitated until the other person had almost finished eating what was in front of them before he mustered up his courage and walked over.
"Uh...what a coincidence." He stammered as he finally got the conversation started.
Ai looked up, frowned, and looked at him with some surprise. "Ah, it's that strange gentleman from yesterday."
She covered her cherry-red lips with her small, fair hands and whispered, "You...you wouldn't really..."
Realizing the misunderstanding, Naga quickly raised the name tag on her left breast and shook it, explaining, "No, I'm really not a stalker. I work here."
Yui blinked her large, clear eyes, looking a little confused. "Hmm... that's quite a coincidence."
"Yes, yes, I just wanted to explain. Yesterday... yesterday was really just a misunderstanding." He tried to sound sincere and unconsciously said, "Please believe me, Ms. Tabe."
"Huh..." Yui looked at him curiously, "How do you know my name?"
Looking into her unfathomable dark eyes, Naga suddenly felt dizzy, and a huge sense of defeat made all his words get stuck in his throat.
"I'm a pervert who peeks at your library card! Aaaaaaah..." Naga screamed in her heart, not even finishing her meal, and ran all the way to the elevator, ending another awkward conversation.
Ugh...