SNEAK PEAK OF STRING THEORY CHAPTER 3 <3
"And if youâd been justifying that perhaps this was a fleeting act of kindness- she grabs your hand and drags you down the hallway with her.
Youâre following her blindlyâbecause all you could focus on was the sleek back of Shokoâs head; only slightly different from how she looked dragging you out of lecture halls, into clubs, into your first convention at Tokyo Big Sight. And you choke out, âYouâŠyouâd lecture me for it?â
âYeah?â She gives you a semi-glance over her shoulder, âIf you want, I could yell at you instead. Maybe thatâll scare off the creep at Men-Ya Aoi.â
You startle, âHow do you know about the creep at Men-Ya Aoi?â
And that makes her look at you fully, one brow raised. âWe eat there all the time? You always get the tonkotsu ramen and I get the spicy chashu?â And as the confusion grows on your face, she stops and stares. âLast week when we were there, that creep tried to sit next to you and you threw the gyoza plate at him?â
âO-oh.â As suspicion starts to creep into Shokoâs face- youâre hit with the sudden feeling that you didnât want to close herself again. You didnât want that warmth in her eyes to dim. You didnât want her slight smile to slip off her face again. And so you answer, âRightâright.â Scratching nervously behind your neck, âI really didnât get enough sleep last night.â
âIâll say.â And then sheâs dragging you down the pathway again, just as she did when you were younger. âCâmon now, donât waste time.â
You breathe, âI wonât.â
Because you did throw a gyoza plate at that creep when heâd insisted on sitting next to you last week- you really did.
But itâs just that youâd been sitting alone."















