How My Life Was Ruined

073: Curiosity (?)

I opened the door to see Aina standing a few steps away from me in her nightwear.

I closed the door and stood there, facing her.

It has been quite a long time since I last met Aina, face-to-face. After that incident in the class, after that slap that shattered the hopes that I didn’t have from the very beginning, we haven’t talked to each other. For me, I didn’t care. As for Aina, she cared to a certain extent that was why she was ignoring me. She was trying to avoid me. You don’t have to try or force yourself to ignore someone you don’t give a damn about after all.

“Oh, Aina. It’s surprising. What brought you here?” I asked.

She didn’t speak.

I waited but she showed no signs of opening her mouth.

Did she come here for no reason at all? I ended up thinking. If she did have something she wanted to say, then why was she staring at me silently? Does that mean what she has in mind is something heavy and hard for her to ask of me casually? If so, then she should have done some practice. Sh