"Wow! Really?!"
Kobashi Yume was the first to react. Her big eyes instantly lit up with gossip. "I knew it! You two look absolutely perfect together! One of you is handsome and cool, and the other is beautiful and elegant!"
Her exclamation drew glances from the customers at the next table.
"Yume, keep your voice down."
Ichinose Honami hurriedly tugged at her sleeve, her face showing surprise. "Oh—I really didn't expect that! Congratulations, Kagihara and Kamuro."
Shiranami Chihiro, seated beside her, simply kept her head down and ate her dessert, seemingly uninterested in this sudden "love affair revealed."
But if you looked closely, you could see that the hand holding her spoon was gripping it a little too tightly.
Kamuro Masumi seemed completely unfazed by their reactions.
She finished her last bite of cake, then picked up the glass of ice water Kagihara Tetsu had drunk from and took a sip.
That gesture was undoubtedly another way of showing the person across from her what kind of relationship she had with this man.
"S-so, when did you two start dating?" Kobashi Yume's curiosity clearly hadn't been satisfied. She blinked and pressed them for an answer.
"Well..." Kagihara Tetsu finally spoke. He casually draped an arm over Kamuro Masumi's shoulder and drew her toward him.
"Some things are more fun when you leave a little mystery, don't you think?"
His words successfully shut down every question Kobashi Yume might have asked next.
Kobashi Yume was sensible enough not to press the subject any further.
Time passed slowly in the café as they chatted.
Another ten minutes or so went by, and the desserts and drinks on the table were all gone.
"Oh, it's getting late. We should probably head back."
Kobashi Yume glanced at the time on her phone, breaking the