She took off her shoes and, with bare feet, "pattered" over to the small square table and sat down, looking expressionlessly at Nanahara Takeshi for a moment. Nanahara Takeshi, in turn, moved his gaze away from his book and smiled at her, his eyes crinkling as if waiting for her to speak.
Kiyomi Liuli met his gaze with an expressionless face and then lowered her head to continue studying the book, deciding she wouldn't speak first or give Nanahara Takeshi the satisfaction of seeing her distressed.
Her focus returned to her studies. When she encountered something she didn't understand, she didn't ask Nanahara Takeshi but instead stubbornly pressed on. She studied until almost six in the evening, feeling dazed and overwhelmed to the point where she couldn't continue.
She looked again at Nanahara Takeshi, signaling with her eyes that it was time for dinner, and when Nanahara Takeshi noticed her gaze, he looked back at her, smiling and waiting for her to say something.
