"Hehehe."
Keira couldn't help the little laugh that slipped out.
The embarrassment from earlier? Gone—completely gone.
In fact, she was feeling pretty great right now.
She had almost given up earlier, especially after he turned down her lunch invitation. It had stung more than she expected. She'd even prepared a lunchbox just for the two of them—picked out the ingredients herself, stayed up late putting it together.
So when he said he had other plans, it felt like the world tilted just a little.
But it turned out... he wasn't lying. He really had been busy.
And more than that—he still accepted the lunchbox.
Not because he pitied her. Not because he felt obligated.
But like he couldn't say no. Like… maybe a part of him wanted to say yes.
Rin Evans.
She kept calling him a loser—mostly out of habit, partly because she didn't know how else to act around him.
But if she were being honest with herself… he was someone she just wanted to be close to.
