↳ mister ↰:

( his smile SHRINKING a few molars , scratching the side of his
face with a FINGERTIP ) “ errr . that’s NOT EXACTLY what i had
meant … ( ^{his fault for the MISUNDERSTANDING , really} ) but yes ,
your brother & you are perfectly RIGHT — anyone can be
cool REGARDLESS of gender . ” ( & then , like her , he
began to SCAN the crowds for anyone that could possi-
bly fit her description , pointing ) “ hmm . not THAT per-
son , is it ? do you think your brother would be at the
school itself or maybe we’d see him on the way ?? ”

↳ ♫ ↰  Kotone said no more on the subject and instead turned to where he pointed out. “Not that person,” she repeated back. “I don’t know what time his classes end. Or where the school is.” Or if he had afterschool activities that day since she knew he tutored other students for money and such, and if she remembered correctly, she heard something about a budding social life as well (though she didn’t know much about that). “We might see him on the way.”