Um?

Have a question it doesn't answer?

The gray-haired girl tilted her head slightly.

What?

…

"Gulu~"

Because of the nervousness, the boy couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Um."

"Last time I asked you..."

The boy's eyes dodge a little.

"can we be friends?"

At that time, the monster girl gave him an unexpected answer.

She is a monster.

but……

He wanted an answer to his question.

The boy forced himself to look at the monster girl.

Let the monster girl see...he really wants the answer to this question.

He is serious.

…

A gust of wind passed by, causing the girl's gray hair to dance wildly.

Only then did the boy notice that there was a red maple leaf in the girl's hair.

Is it a hairpin?

The boy guessed.

I was also a little surprised that I only discovered the accessories on the monster girl's head when I met her for the third time.

Actually, I don't blame him.

The boy defended himself mentally.

The monster girl has been sitting on the maple tree.

Red maple leaves surround the monster girl.

How could he tell...that the red maple leaf was pinned to the monster girl's hair, not the maple leaf on the side branches?

…

"Can."

…

The boy suddenly retracted his gaze from the red maple leaf on the monster girl's head.

He looked at the monster girl.

What?

What...did she just say?

Is...is it okay?

The boy couldn't control his suddenly accelerated heartbeat.

"What did you say?"

"You agreed?"

The surprise in the boy's voice almost overflowed.

Really, really?

This was the answer he expected.

But when he actually heard this answer, he felt a little uncertain.

…

"Um."

The gray-haired girl nodded.

"I can be friends with you."

"But I don't know how to be friends with humans?"

…

The boy smiled with only a slit left in his eyes.

"Very simple."

"As long as you don't mind me coming over to see you often..."

"As long as you are willing to listen to me and talk to me."

…

"that's it?"

The gray-haired girl puffed her cheeks.

Isn't this what she has been doing since she saw the boy?

In other words, they were friends from the beginning?

Is it that simple?

…

"that's it."

The boy looked bright.

Smile deeply.

…

"All right."

The gray-haired girl nodded.

The other party wants to be friends with it.

Since the other party says it’s okay, then it’s okay.

…

"That……"

The boy thought of another question.

"Now that we are friends."

friend……

The boy couldn't suppress the smile at the corners of his eyes and brows.

Even the tone of his voice was filled with cheerful notes.

"Can you tell me your name?"

…

The gray-haired girl nodded her face.

But he didn't answer the boy's question like before.

…

As time passed by, the boy's excitement felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.

Slowly... it cooled down.

"……ah……"

The boy was a little at a loss.

This is……

Don't you want to tell him the meaning of your name?

He doesn't understand...
To be continued...