After assuring Mukiwa that he would never tell anyone about her embarrassing moment just now, the child finally started to regain her composure.
The blush on her cheeks faded a little.
The "steam" on top of her head was no longer rising.
Since Aoto and Mukiwa happened to be heading in the same direction, wanting to leave the path, the two naturally walked side by side.
The atmosphere between the two... was unprecedentedly awkward.
Not yet fully recovered from the "meow meow meow" incident earlier, and having only met Aoto once before, Mukiwa clutched the large cloth bag containing unspecified items tightly to her chest, shoulders hunched, head drooping, lips pressed firmly together, with the remnants of blush on her cheeks, visibly tense and shy.
Mukiwa remained silent, and Aoto didn't know what to say to her.
Aoto was least adept at dealing with girls.
In his past life, due to his upbringing and personal character, he never even had female friends, let alone a girlfriend.
