“So… what’s all this about?”

She wanted Hanna to explain what was going on. It was nice that they came to a nearby fruit juice shop. The kiwi juice she got was pretty good, so that was fine, too. But… The question she wanted to ask the most was still unanswered.

“Well… how do I explain it.”

“Explain it?”

“A date?”

“What?”

“Between you and him! Haha. Hahaha. Heh… Don’t look at me like that. I’m your senior, you know.”

She glared at Hanna for a few more seconds before turning to look at Maru, the boy was drinking his mango juice with the most serene expression in the world. He grinned when their eyes met, which only managed to annoy her further.

“Did you ask for this?”

“No, Hanna started it first.”

“Sis! You didn’t tell me anything about this?!”

Hanna twiddled her thumb nervously.

“Well… If I told you, you wouldn’t have come.”

“Of course.”

“So I kept it a secret. Surprise!”

She rolled up her fingers into a tight fist, which made Hanna look away again. To think she used to look up to this person in the past…

‘I’m the one at fault for having expectations from her after seeing that CD.’

In her school’s club room, there was a CD with some of Hanna’s performance. It was a recording of Hanna’s exceptional act of Faust making a deal with the devil incredibly...