She is there again.
"You again...? Why aren`t you going on ahead?"
"Umm...That`s... Well, how should I say this..." The girl hesitate.
"It`s okay, you don`t have to force yourself to say it... I`m a stranger, after all."
"Ah, okay..."
"But you know, you should be serious about going to school on time."
"You`re late as well." She points her finger at me.
"It`s okay for me.. I..." I turned my eyes away. To begin with, what am I so serious about, lecturing a stranger? That`s right, it`s like she said. She`s also a delinquent.
"Do whatever you want." I left her alone and started ascending the hill by myself. It`s just that...She didn`t look like a delinquent at all, so I felt like lecturing her. That`s the only reason.
"Ah, please wait!" A voice... it`s that girl`s.
"Um... can I follow you please?"
I look back to see her standing there beside me. "Why?"
"That`s… Because I feel insecure walking alone..." She`s confessing to a strange guy like me. She probably has at least one or two friends, so why is it me again...? I narrow my eyes as I gaze up the hill. Well, it`s only a short walk from here.
"Do whatever you want."I say that and start walking again.
"Please wait!"
"What now?"She`s looking at me then...
"Anpan..."She said.
"..." How should I respond to that?
"French loaf."
"I don`t understand what you`re saying."
"That`s my line."
"What, do you just like anpan?"
"No, not really... If you ask, I don`t hate it. Or rather, I like it." She`s a roundabout person. Anything is fine with me.
"Let`s go."
"Okay!" It seemed that reply cheered her up a little bit. Her words were like a charm.
"Tatter tatter tatter..." I continue to hear her footsteps following behind me.