Yuuki and Yui stood in silence, watching the bus as it slowly faded out of view. They traded looks, releasing each other’s hands.
“Let’s go.”
Yui nodded, and so they set off for the station next.
“Whew, I’m beat.” Yui said with a sigh within the first few steps.
She really did seem beat, mellowing out to an almost comical degree. On that note, Yui fell quiet, wordlessly walking shoulder to shoulder with Yuuki.
He thought she looked a little down in the dumps, so Yuuki asked, “Tired?”
“You bet.”
“But you were so lively just now, almost annoyingly so.”
Yuuki expected her to bite back, but all he got in return was silence.
Sometime passed before Yui, facing forward, eventually mumbled, “I was just trying to compliment the mood. I’m a girl of seven faces, you know? Too exhausted to k
