"What did Kyōko say?" I asked Tetsuya, who sat at the other side of the table in the dining room.
Still smirking, he answered, "She said no."
I knew what he was trying to do, but Sachiko didn't know him well enough to recognize it.
She lowered the chopsticks and said, "Seriously?"
"He's lying," I answered. "Get used to it."
Tetsuya laughed. "Lying is an ugly word. I just like to make jokes when the situation is appropriate. I wouldn't lie in a trial." He looked down. "Actually…"
"Just get to the point," I scowled.
"Okay, okay. She said yes. She wants to go out this Sunday."
My eyebrows raised. "Already? I guess she really wants to get it over with. Do you know where you're taking her?"
"I'm new to the city, how am I supposed to know places?"
"You're off to a bad start already. Did she choose, then?"
"I told her that'd be better, and she said that we could go explore the city."
