The class was quiet. The teacher was writing on the board, but I couldn't focus.
Ritou was sitting beside me. She was looking outside the window. The wind moved the curtains. Sunlight came into the classroom. Her hair moved softly in the light. She looked peaceful.
After a movement, she turned to me.
"You are staring again," she said.
"I am not," I replied.
staring as you
She smiled a little, and said, "You are a bad liar. "
My face turned red.
Then the bell rang. Class was over. Students started talking and moving around.
Suddenly, a boy sat in from front of us. He was Aarihito.
Aarihito is was my good friend in junior high.
"I'm Aarihito," he said.
"Ritou is my cousin?"
Ritou sighed, "You don't need to say that every time."
Aarihito laughed. Then he looked at me, and said, "Take care of her my friend.
"I will," I said.
Ritou looked outside again."
"The sky is nice today," she said.
I looked outside too.
"Yes," I said.
And slowly, we started talking more.