What’s more, he has this mysterious aura that feels oddly familiar to me. I don’t know what it is. But for some reason, it feels like both Minahara and I are similar in many ways. That’s what my hunch is telling me. But I do hope that I’m wrong about that. “What’s his name?” Akie asks me. “Kaidou Minahara,” I say to her. Akie giggles after I tell her about Minahara’s full name. My lips curve, feeling relieved that Akie is doing okay despite the fatigue. I guess Minahara does make Akie feels better in a literal sense.
Manabe is still talking to Minahara as we come to his seat. “Hey, what took you so long? There’s something I’d like to tell you,” Manabe says to us with a giddy look. Minahara only smiles at us when he sees Akie and me. “You can call me Kaidou. I prefer it that way,” he says
