When we were doing that――Gashan! The train shook and stopped.
I quickly put my hands on the wall behind me to maintain my posture.
This kind of emergency stop happens from time to time, but it was rare to experience such a huge jolt.
“Emergency stop. I thought I was going to fall.”
“Ah, …”
I heard a voice and looked over to see Yuika grabbing my arm.
She must have grabbed it in a hurry.
“I’m sorry.”
She mumbled in a small voice.
A high school girl would have reacted in a cute way here, but again, there was no significant change in Yuika’s tone.
Ma~, I was not expecting it.
“Don’t worry about it. You okay?”
“Yeah. Thanks.”
“I didn’t do anything to be thanked.”
“But you held out your hand to keep me from falling.”
… … me? Gave you a hand?
I didn’t immediately understand what she was saying, but apparently I had unconsciously raised my arm to prevent her from falling. So she grabbed onto my arm.
It was so sudden that I didn’t remember anything about it. It was just a coincidence, but I had to come up with a cool line.
Yeah, that’s good. Let’s do that.
“I wasn’t freaked out at all.”
“Ugh. So uncool.”
In the end, I couldn’t come up with a good line.
After all, choosing the right words was difficult.
After a while, the train started moving slowly and we leaned against the wall again.
“Hey, Onii-San.”
“Hmm?”
“Your arm has a strange stiffness to it.”
Strange … stiffness? My arm?
What was Yuika trying to say?
“I don’t really work out.”
“It’s not like that. It’s just that I’ve never felt anything like it.”
When she said that, Yuika wiggled her five fingers.
I wasn’t muscular or fat, so I didn’t think there was anything special about me.
It was hard to read her facial expressions, so I couldn’t tell what she was thinking. Moreover, I couldn’t tell if she was praising me or making fun of me.
I was at a loss as to how to react.
While we were having this exchange, the train arrived at Jogakuin-mae station.
This was the station where Yuika had gotten off yesterday.
“Ha~, it’s early. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“I won’t talk to you tomorrow.”
“See you, Onii-San.”
She got off the platform faster than I could hear her.
It was refreshing when things turned normal and at my own pace.