Reading Aki-chan is Thinking

1. I am one of them. 2. "Um, this is a bit sudden but..." 3. There are a few customers who come to this family restaurant 4. late at night after midnight. 7. They don't really talk to each other, though. 8. "Maths, huh?" 9. "Can you solve this equation?" 10. "I want to know how to solve it." 11. "But... Um..." 12. "It wasn't just the answer I wanted." 13. "The answer is √10cm." 14. "Oh my." 15. Becoming friends with her was simple. 16. "Thank you very much." 17. And she is another.

1. "I don't dislike that you said you like me." 2. "What do you like about me?" 3. "Bit sudden, huh." 4. "Eh~" 5. 5 months later. 6. "I like you, aki-chan. In a romantic way." 7. "Yeah. You surprised me. Why?" 8. "You were shining like something out of a painting." 9. "That attitude towards learning was really beautiful." 10. "The first time you came over to talk to me, I simply gave you the answer to a problem. But you wanted to learn how to solve it, not just the answer." 11. "You're always coming over here to study maths, right, aki-chan?" 12. "Flattery will get you nowhere." 13. "By the time I realised it, I had fallen for you." 14. "I couldn't forget your passion for overcoming the agony of life. And your proactiveness was so cool and beautiful!" 15. "Studying at a part-time high school while working at a girl's bar."