Well that was… Unexpected. Did he really think that? The girl frowns, angry at first - and then she thinks.
Then she remembers: the unanswered texts, the small talks… Of course, he had reasons to think this.
“ … I’m sorry. ” she starts, looking away. “ I didn’t mean to. I’m not really… How can I explain that? ” This time she looks up, an hand under her chin. “ … I’m a lot on my phone, and I should have answered, but I procrastinate a lot and… There’s also the fact that I don’t answer really quickly to the people from our class in general, since I talk to them every day, you know? ”
Haruichi tapped his foot, arms crossed, cheeks puffed out like he was ready to blow a whirlwind into existence-- but she was actually apologizing, and he couldn’t help but feel sheepish after that.
“Okay, okay, okay,” he lifted both hands up and out, waving her off, one rising again to fall on the back of his neck. “--The first three messages were bogus anyway. But the last one--...!” He was pulling out his phone now, drawing the screen up to the right image and--
“How could you completely disregard THIS MEME? Knowing whether or not you laughed at this is HIGHLY SENSITIVE, IMPORTANT INFORMATION.”