Tok, tok, tok.
Sylvia couldn’t help but tap the innocent floor, hiding her anxious feelings.
‘Did I... co out too early...?’
Like a child the night before a field trip, her excited mind hadn’t allowed her to sleep properly. Thanks to that, her preparations were more than perfect, but she ended up arriving an hour earlier than the promised ti.
Sylvia nervously waited for ti to pass, needlessly adjusting her clothes and running her hand through her well-prepared hair.
Even today, the gazes of passersby were fixed on Sylvia, but she had no room to be conscious of such things.
‘A date...!!’
Although it was a date that ca about through a bet, regardless of the reason, it was her first date with Felix.
Moreover, it was their first face-to-face eting since her confession that wasn’t quite a confession.
Even for soone like Sylvia, it was impossible not to be nervous in this situation.
Hah...
Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm her mind, but her heart wouldn’t settle easily. Rather, she felt even more tense.
Step, step.
After spending a while trying to calm herself, Sylvia put on a smile as she heard footsteps approaching her from behind.
‘It’s Felix.’
Although she couldn’t distinguish Felix’s footsteps specifically, she thought logically that he was the only one who would approach her.
“Um...”
Unfortunately, the person approaching from behind wasn’t Felix.
A tall, well-built man approached Sylvia with a timid attitude that didn’t match his size, scratching the back of his head.
‘Ah.’
In that mont, Sylvia understood why the man had approached her.
For her, these kinds of situations were quite common, not sothing she was experiencing for the first ti.
“If you have so ti...”
“I’m sorry, but I’m waiting for soone.”
In such cases, the other person’s reaction usually falls into two categories. Either they fail to notice Sylvia’s polite refusal and continue to press on, or they pick up on her words and politely withdraw.
“I’m sorry.”
Fortunately, this ti it was the second case. As Sylvia let out a small sigh of relief watching the man quietly retreat, she was startled by a touch on her shoulder.
“...Felix!”
“Hello.”
Thankfully, this ti, it was the person she had been waiting for.
Unlike her previously stiff expression, she now looked at him with a bright smile. Felix blinked his eyes slowly at this sight.
“Who was that?”
“Hm? A stranger! He was asking for directions.”
“Really?”
Noticing sothing wasn’t quite right, Felix blinked slowly, but Sylvia just kept smiling brightly at him.
“Let’s go, we’ll be late.”
Although it wasn’t quite the atmosphere Sylvia had described, Felix thought it would be strange to press further. As he hurried his steps, Sylvia nodded vigorously and let out a deep breath.
‘Oh, what should I do...?’
Sylvia pondered as she watched Felix walk. In her mind, she was recalling conversations she had with other won.
‘It’s okay to be proactive with skinship. In fact, it’s recomnded that the woman takes the initiative.’
Don’t cross the line–that was their agreent. But this ti, they had all agreed. They decided to actively express their feelings to make this dense Felix aware of their hearts.
That’s why she was hesitating. She had already confessed to Felix. In that situation, if she initiated skinship, too, wouldn’t it be too burdenso...
Just as Sylvia was biting her lower lip in contemplation, it happened.
“...Sylvia?”
“Oh, y-yes? Let’s g-go!!”
Felix, noticing that her steps had slowed, called out to Sylvia with a puzzled look.
Hesitating for a mont, she reached out and grabbed his hand as she started walking.
“Th-there are so many people... W-we might get lost...”
Although she grasped his firm hand tightly, it was Sylvia’s hand that was trembling.Seeing this, Felix let out a small chuckle and started walking with her.
“Sylvia.”
“Y-yes...?”
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“You know you’re walking with your left foot and hand in sync, right?”
“...Please pretend you didn’t notice that...!!”
Felix thought Sylvia’s reactions were quite amusing from the start as he began walking with her.
***
“Is this the place?”
“Yes...!”
Today’s date was to be led by Sylvia.
I had tried to prepare a date course like I did in Ashillya, but Sylvia strongly insisted against it, so I had no choice but to co on the date knowing nothing.
The place Sylvia and I arrived at was a park.
Since we could only date near the academy, I thought I knew all the places, but that was a mistake. I didn’t know at all.
I asked Sylvia in a puzzled voice, but she just nodded confidently.
‘Well...’
I’m sure she prepared everything well.
As we entered the park, I saw more people than I expected. There were families and couples enjoying their dates.
“Let’s go this way...!”
“Ah, okay.”
I was briefly pondering why so many people had gathered in this park when I started following Sylvia’s lead.
“...Oh.”
As we went a bit further into the park, I could see why so many people had gathered. There were an incredible number of flowers blooming.
‘It’s a tourist attraction.’
It seed that many people had co to this park-like place to see the flowers in spring.
As I let out a small exclamation looking at the colorful flowers blooming in the vast field, which was quite large for being inside the city, Sylvia smiled slightly at my reaction.
“Let’s go over there...!!”
“Don’t rush. You might fall.”
I tried to restrain Sylvia, who seed impatient, because with so many people around, rushing could lead to accidents, but she was moving forward relentlessly.
As I walked with Sylvia, I noticed that for so reason, many gazes seed to be directed at us.
‘...More precisely, at Sylvia.’
Her golden hair neatly combed down and her skin even whiter than usual. Her lips and cheeks had a faint blush as if she had applied light makeup. Her eyes sparkled with a blue glow.
And the white dress that matched Sylvia’s fair skin was tightly cinched at the waist, accentuating her figure.
Sylvia, who already attracted attention, had clearly dressed up for the occasion, so it was impossible not to draw gazes.
As more and more glances were directed our way, Sylvia gripped my hand even tighter and pulled along.
‘It’s a bit...’
While Felix’s face wasn’t one to be ashad of anywhere, standing next to Sylvia made feel sowhat intimidated.
Sylvia’s appearance was heavenly, so it couldn’t be helped, I consoled myself as I moved along with her lead.
Sylvia led to a spot with a good view of the flowers, then spread out a long cloth she had brought and settled down.
‘...A picnic blanket?’
Realizing it was oddly similar to the flower-viewing I had seen in dia from my previous life, I let out a small laugh as I settled down next to her.
“Isn’t it beautiful?”
“It is. I didn’t know a place like this existed.”
Despite clearly being near the academy, I had no idea such a place existed. As I sat down next to Sylvia and responded to her words, she smiled happily and turned her gaze towards the flowers.
“Are you... hungry?”
“...A little? But is there anywhere to °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° buy food here?”
From my perspective of soone who regularly eats three als a day, I was indeed a bit hungry on an empty stomach, but no matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t find anywhere selling food.
“Should we go out for a bit?”
“Hmm? No?”
Thinking that Sylvia might also be hungry after preparing since morning, I asked, but she gently shook her head.
... What’s this about?
Then why did she ask if I was hungry?
As I blinked slowly while looking at Sylvia, she smiled broadly and showed the bag she had brought.
“I packed so food, so let’s eat this first...!!”
“...Really?”
It wasn’t surprising that Sylvia had cooked. While she wasn’t particularly good at it, it wasn’t inedible, as I had tasted before.
What surprised more was the fact that she had prepared and packed food on top of getting ready early in the morning.
‘...Just how early did you wake up?’
Won generally take longer to get ready than n, so it was certain that she had woken up earlier than .
But if she had prepared food as well, I couldn’t even imagine what ti she must have woken up to get everything ready.
“I really worked hard to prepare this, so you have to eat it well, okay?”
“...Is that a demand?”
“Ugh.”
I couldn’t help but smile at Sylvia’s puffed cheeks in response to my playful tone.
This is how my date with Sylvia began.
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