Book 4: Chapter 12: 27th of September (Sunday) – Ayase Saki
“Sakiii! Over here~!”
I walked past the ticket gate towards Maaya as she waved her hand at me. She was surrounded by a few classmates of ours. I might actually have been the last one to arrive, so I sped up a bit. While making my way over there, I counted the number of people. Two boys and three girls, including Maaya. If you count me, that makes six people in total. I guess I really am the last one.
“Sorry, did I make you wait long?”
“Not at all! There’s still some time left until we were supposed to meet up!” Maaya said with a smile, but I was unsure if I could take that at face value.
Today’s study session will be happening at Maaya’s home. She apparently lives in a flat nearby, but she rarely ever has people over. Her younger brothers are always around, and she has to look after them. Even if she asked a friend over, she would be forced to look after her brothers. That being said, today her parents took her brothers with her, so she can use the living room freely, and she offered to hold the study session there. After making our way away from the train station and walking a bit, we quickly reached the flat with Maaya’s apartment.
“Woah, it’s huge!”
“What a big place!”
“I did my best with it!”
“It’s not like you had any influence in that, Maaya.”