He... would meet new friends... probably...
The boy still didn't have enough confidence.
But he'd already made a lot of progress.
Because he was truly starting to look forward to it.
Xiao Xiao turned around.
The ground, freshly washed by the rain, was dotted with puddles of varying sizes.
They reflected the surrounding scenery.
And the red sun hanging in the sky.
"Ah~"
Zhang Bo irritably raked a hand through his hair.
Zhuge Yun, who had just come in through the door, jumped in surprise.
"What are you doing?"
Zhuge Yun asked irritably.
He knew he had a loud voice, so he tried to keep it down when he got worked up.
Otherwise, it was too easy to startle people.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Xiao came in from the balcony.
He'd been watching the sunset.
The colors were beautiful.
Bright and vivid, rich, yet tinged with a hint of haziness.
They created a dreamy, hallucinatory feeling.
"Ah."
Zhang Bo smiled wryly.
"It's nothing major..."
"Then why are you shouting so loudly?"
Zhuge Yun rolled his eyes.
He'd thought Zhang Bo had run into some kind of serious trouble.
"It's nothing major, sure..."
Zhang Bo rolled his eyes right back at Zhuge Yun.
"But for me, it's still a pretty big problem."
"Hey, Third Brother."
Zhang Bo suddenly looked at Xiao Xiao with an earnest expression.
"Are you free tomorrow?"
"What is it?"
Xiao Xiao didn't answer Zhang Bo's question directly.
Instead, he asked him outright.
"Pfft~"
Zhuge Yun laughed, rather gleefully.
"Eldest Brother, Third Brother means he'll know whether he's free once you tell him what you want."
Zhang Bo: ...
He made himself ignore Zhuge Yun's comment.
Then he grinned.
"It's nothing major—"
"It's just a hassle."
Zhuge