Um?

Is there a question that it has no answer?

The gray-haired girl tilted her head slightly.

What?

...

"Gurl~"

Because of nervousness, the boy couldn't help swallowing.

"Um."

"I asked you last time..."

The boy's eyes dodged a little.

“Can we be friends?”

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

She is a monster.

but……

He wants an answer to his own question.

The boy forced himself to look at the monster girl.

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

He is serious.

...

A gust of wind passed, and the girl's gray hair danced freely.

The boy noticed that there was a red maple leaf between the girl's hair.

Is it a hairpin?

The boy guessed.

I was also a little embarrassed that when I met the monster girl for the third time, I found the accessories on the monster girl's head.

Actually, it's not his fault.

The boy defended himself in his heart.

The monster girl has been sitting on the maple tree.

Red maple leaves surround the monster girl.

How could he tell... This red maple leaf was tied to the monster girl's hair, not the maple leaf on the branches on the edge?

...

"Can."

...

The boy suddenly withdrew his gaze staring at the red maple leaves on the monster girl's head.

He looked at the monster girl.

What?

What did she... say just now?

Yes...can it be possible?

The boy couldn't control his sudden acceleration of his heartbeat.

"What did you say?"

"Did you agree?"

The surprise in the boy's voice was about to overflow.

Really, is it true?

This is the answer he is looking forward to.

But when he really heard this answer, he became 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's eyes were only left with a crack when he smiled.

“It’s very simple.”

"You just don't mind that I come to you often..."

"Just be willing to listen to me or talk to me."

...

"That's all right?"

Gray-haired girl bulged 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 all."

The boy looked bright.

A deep smile.

...

"All right."

The gray-haired girl nodded.

It is the other party who wants to be friends with it.

Since the other party said it was OK, that was OK.

...

"That……"

The boy thought of another question.

"Since we are friends."

friend……

The boy's smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows could not be suppressed.

Even the tone of the speech was filled with cheerful notes.

"Can you tell me your name?"

...

The gray-haired girl pointed her face.

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

...

As time passed by minute by minute, the boy was excited and felt like a basin of cold water was poured on.

Slowly...cooled down.

"……ah……"

The boy was a little helpless.

This is……

Don't want to tell him what his name means?

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