"Huh?! Huuuh??!!"
Asa Mitaka's mind instantly descended into chaos, leaving her completely stunned.
Th-this boy was actually her classmate?!
That was impossible!
She might not know every classmate well, but she at least had some impression of each of them. Yet Asa Mitaka had no recollection of this boy at all.
To find out what was going on, Asa Mitaka immediately strode into the classroom.
Most of her classmates had already arrived, and they, too, were looking at Asaba Kotone with curiosity and confusion.
Besides Asaba Kotone, Makima had also arrived, and she drew even more attention.
"Who are those two? How come I've never seen them before? Don't tell me they walked into the wrong classroom..."
"Weren't you paying attention in class? During the last lesson yesterday afternoon, the teacher mentioned that two transfer students would be joining our class today."
"Oh, so they're transfer students. No wonder they look so unfamiliar. They're both really good-looking, though!"
"Too bad our homeroom teacher will be here soon. Otherwise, I'd definitely go strike up a conversation with that girl."
"..."
Asaba Kotone and Makima had each picked an empty seat at random, waiting for their homeroom teacher to arrive and assign them seats.
Only after hearing her classmates' discussion did Asa Mitaka realize that the boy from earlier was a transfer student.
So she had just been flattering herself?
Asa Mitaka immediately blushed, feeling terribly embarrassed.
She couldn't help feeling relieved. Luckily, she hadn't had time to say it aloud, or she would have wanted to die of embarrassment.
Asa Mitaka returned to her seat looking embarrassed, too mortified even to look at that boy.
A little while later, their homeroom teacher arrived in the classroom.
"Two transfer students are joining our class today. You should all have seen them by