One Place
"I can stay with you until the usual time you get out of school."
The ponytailed girl smiled at the child.
"What do you think?"
"Am I not nice?"
"Isn't it touching?"
"Me too."
The short-haired girl spoke up.
The ponytailed girl looked surprised. "You didn't tell your parents you'd be getting out of school early today either?"
"They worked overtime yesterday."
The short-haired girl shook her head. "By the time they got home, I was already asleep."
"When I got up this morning, they'd already gone to work."
"I didn't get a chance to tell them."
The ponytailed girl smacked her lips.
"Oh."
"Your parents are really busy."
"Then all right."
The ponytailed girl smiled. "Yaya, the three of us can keep playing together."
The child smiled.
She was very happy.
Having her friends stay at school with her was much better than being there alone.
"Let's go play on the playground,"
the ponytailed girl suggested.
Now that school was over, she didn't want to go back to the classroom.
That would make her feel like she was doing extra lessons.
Ugh.
She didn't like that feeling.
"Okay."
The child nodded.
She didn't mind where they went.
"Ah!"
The child was just about to follow the other two as they started walking.
Suddenly, she remembered something.
"What's wrong?"
The ponytailed girl and the short-haired girl looked at the child.
"Don't tell me..."
The ponytailed girl and the short-haired girl immediately glanced around.
Had that big sister appeared again?!
"You two..."
The child looked confused. "What are you doing?"
The ponytailed girl gave an awkward smile.
"We thought—"
"It's nothing."
The short-haired girl cut her off.
They should try not to bring up the big sister