The Summer Day When I Met You - Chapter 2 - The Day We Met at the Promised Place

Chapter 2 – The Day We Met at the Promised Place

I promised to see Kokoa again.

The next night, I was waiting for her at the place I had agreed to meet her yesterday.

“Is this the right time…?”

Looking back, I left Kokoa without having decided on a meeting time at that time. At any rate, I came at the time I met Kokoa yesterday…

I was about to turn on my phone to look at the time when someone ran towards me.

“Ah, Hinata!”

“Kokoa!”

Kokoa came running in a dress.

“Sorry to keep you waiting~”

She was out of breath from all the running.

“I thought you weren’t coming…”

“Sorry! Now that I think about it, we didn’t set a time, did we? I remembered later that we hadn’t decided that…”

“You don’t have to apologize, Kokoa. I’m sorry too. I also forgot, so we’re even.”

We looked at each other and laughed.

“Um, I know it’s late, but didn’t your family worry?”

“Ah, I’m fine. I just said I was going to meet a friend.”

The current time is seven o’clock. It’s pitch black around here.

“Maybe next time we’ll start a bit earlier. It’s not good to make your family worry.”

“Yes.”

“So… Um… What are we doing?”

Kokoa looked around and asked me…

That’s right… Kokoa and I just agreed to meet.

We haven’t decided what to do. There is nothing we can come up with when we don’t know anything about each other.

“Well, since we’re not going anywhere right now, why don’t we play a question game?”

I suggested what I had in mind.

“Question game?”

“Yeah, it’s a game where you take turns asking questions and answering them… That kind of game.”

“Sounds fun. Let’s do that!”

“Well, question 1 from me to Kokoa, what is Kokoa’s favorite food?”

I don’t know anything about Kokoa. That’s why this game is perfect for us right now.

“My favorite food…sponge cake I guess. Okay, question 1 from me to Hinata, does Hinata have a girlfriend?”

“Eh!?”

I was surprised by the sudden question.

“You’re too surprised… So, do you have one?”

“I-I don’t have a girlfriend. Then, Question 2 to Kokoa, do you have a boyfriend?”

“Is this perhaps payback?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“No, I don’t have one. But there’s a boy I’m interested in.”

“I see…”

It’s probably someone from the same school…Seeing me thinking that, Kokoa laughed.

“Did you just get jealous?”

“W-Why would I be jealous? I just met Kokoa yesterday, remember?”

“Hahaha, I’m joking. Okay, I guess I’m next. Question 2 for Hinata, what are your hobbies?”

“My hobby is basketball, I guess.”

“Basket… Oh! Basketball! I wish I could see Hinata playing basketball~”

I think she paused for a bit there, but maybe I’m imagining it.

“Then, next time we meet, shall we play basketball?”

“Me too?”

“Of course. I’ll invite my friends and we’ll do it together.”

“Hinata’s friends…”

Kokoa was acting a little strange, so I got a bit worried.

“Ah, it’s okay. It’s not just the boys. And they’re all good guys…”

“Y-Yes! I’m looking forward to it. What about the meeting time and place?”

“Let’s see… How about Sunday at 10am in front of the station?”

“In front of the station…huh? Okay.”

“Hmm? By the way, when did the conversation change from a question game to the promise to meet next time?”

“You’re right. But oh well, isn’t it fine…? Because I’m having fun just talking to Hinata like this…”

It’s fun just talking like this…huh?

Well, it’s the same for me.

“Ah, I have to go home soon. See you later, Hinata!”

Already? I thought, but she looked like she really had to hurry, so I waved.

“Yeah, see you on Sunday.”

She turned around and left.