Shinobu twiddled his fingers. The vice president of the school paper club had a crush on him.

"I could talk to Melissa. She may. Or you might want to do so yourself."

He scrutinised Akina, the best he could, from his seated position. She was definitely shorter. A lot cuter, too.

He knew the answer to the next question he was going to ask. But he did so, anyway. "How's the emergence? Do you still think like a guy sometimes? I hear sometimes, that people don't 'emerge' completely."