"Hey, can I ask you a question?"
I was currently in the student council room. Besides me, there was only one other person in the room.
"What is it?" Aina asked, without looking up from the papers she was reading and writing something on. The other two members were out now because of some work. This made it the perfect opportunity for me to ask her what I had been wanting to.
It wasn't as if the question was something that couldn't be asked when the other two were present. The main problem here was how she would answer.
"What do you think of me?"
"What's that all of a sudden?" She knitted her brows and looked at me incredulously.
"No need to think deep. Just answer me honestly."
"You should be already aware of what people think of you." She said, folding her hands. Her lips were curled up into a smirk, mocking me.
"It would be helpful if I could hear someone's opinion so I could crosscheck with my own realization."
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