Chapter 14: Stepping Forward
“Good morning, Sakura-chan!” Hina’s enthusiastic greeting as Sakura walked into the classroom did not go unnoticed by the other students.
Ignore her. Cut this off.
Sakura forced herself to continue to her desk. Seemingly oblivious to Sakura’s attempted snub or the attention she was drawing, Hina skipped over, her blond pigtails bouncing in time with her step.
“Are you ready for the English test?” Hina asked, pulling up a chair so she could sit in front of Sakura’s desk.
Now what? Sakura couldn’t make herself ignore her again, not with her sitting right there, elbows propped on her desk, with that overly cheerful grin on her face.
“Um, yes, I think so.” She kept her tone neutral, unencouraging.
Hina sighed. “I’m so nervous. I suck at English, and especial
