Chapter 9

When the principal abruptly called our subject teacher out of the classroom during our second subject, we had nothing to do and were still unable to leave our classroom. Since I had nothing better to do and didn't want to talk to my classmates, I was immersed in reading my favorite manga when Caesar turned around to my seatmate and requested that she switch seats for a moment, to which my seatmate readily consented.

Caesar was already sitting alongside me in an instant.

I didn't glance at him and pretended to be reading, although my focus had shifted away from the manga I was reading when he asked my seatmate to move seats.

Caesar tapped me on the shoulder. "Hm?" That's all I said, still not looking at him.

"What are you up to these days?" He probed.

I can feel him staring at me, but I try not to notice, even though my heart is racing.

"Not much at all. The same as before. Just going to school and coming home." I responded.

Caesar hummed in response before rising slightly from his sea