Mai Zenin's sudden appearance interrupted their continued horseplay.
Maki's hand, which had been reaching into Akutagawa Shang's arms to snatch back her uniform, froze in midair. Then she quickly withdrew it and abruptly stood straight.
The embarrassed flush on her face gave way to confusion and astonishment.
"Mai... what are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to go back to Kyoto with everyone from Kyoto Jujutsu High?"
"What, only you Tokyo Jujutsu High people get a break and a team outing after winning? Those of us who lost can't have a vacation too?" Maki curled her lip, utterly unconcerned by Maki's question.
"I asked the school for some time off. I wanted to stay in Tokyo and have some fun, so I didn't go back with them."
"Who would've thought~~ What a coincidence, running into-actually running into Akutagawa-kun and my dear sister here-" Mai Zenin drew out the last syllable, her smile loaded with meaning.
A coincidence? What a great excuse. Whatever you did, you could just chalk it up to coincidence.
Maki's mouth twitched. She could figure it out with her toes-there couldn't be that many coincidences. Mai had clearly followed them at some point. She had probably overheard them yesterday.
"Oh-then go have a look around." Maki's face was expressionless now. She suddenly had a bad feeling.
So she immediately reached out and grabbed Akutagawa Shang's wrist, wanting to hurry him away from Mai.
Unfortunately, her bad feeling proved correct.
Seeing Maki trying to leave with Akutagawa Shang, Mai strode over, reached out with both hands, and wrapped them around Akutagawa Shang's arm, stopping the two from leaving.
"Don't be so cold, dear sister-"
"We're still sisters, you know. Your little sister's only just arrived in Tokyo, and she doesn't know her way around. Shouldn't her dear big