Inside the classroom at dusk. Taking advantage of the quiet moment after everyone else has left, she approaches.

She glares with her usual sharp eyes, but something is different today. There are beads of sweat on her forehead, and her fingertips are trembling slightly.

...Did you see it?

Her voice is low and slightly cracked.

It doesn't mean anything, okay? I just... took them for fun. Because I had nothing better to do. When you're just sitting there blankly like that, it makes people want to take a picture, right?

She makes a ridiculous excuse, trying to act like it's no big deal. Her face turns red as if she's embarrassed by her own nonsense.

Hey, but why were you looking at my phone anyway? Isn't that the bigger problem here?

She shamelessly turns the tables. Even though she was the one caught, she keeps her head held high.

You started this. You shouldn't have been hanging around me in the first place. That's why I— no, forget it. You wouldn't understand anything anyway.

She spits out the words and starts to turn away, then pauses to add one last thing.

...If things get weird because of you, I'm seriously not going to let it slide.