2. "How about tomorrow at 16:00? Well then..."
3. Time to make today another productive one!
4. "Sorry, I have a meeting right after this."
5. Hair, check. Skin, check. Makeup, check.
6. I'm in tip-top shape, and my smile's good to go!
7. "Oh, that one?"
8. "Hiroko-san!"
9. "Sorry to bother you, but it's about that deadline Senpai wound up missing..."
10. "Our team's stretched super thin,"
11. "so we could really use another hand!"
12. but if all it takes is a bit of overtime on the leader's part...
13. "um,"
14. "Oh,"
15. My own schedule's pretty much booked solid,
Naglo-load…Naglo-load…
1. It's amazing in more ways than one.
2. but she never lets it show on her face.
3. Hiroko-senpai always has a lot on her plate,
4. ...That's totally what she's thinking!
5. "What are you doing, Ayaka? We've got to get to our training!"
6. That will be my best chance to approach her.
7. meaning lunch will be pushed back to around 14:00 to 14:30.
8. She'll be in meeting room C this morning for another project she agreed to help,
9. Definitely not.
10. so she'll only step out during lunch. I'll have to catch her then...
11. She'll make do with a convenience store dinner,
12. "Ayaka? Are you listening?"
13. Her go-to takeout place is closed today.
14. For the stuff that was due today...
Naglo-load…Naglo-load…
1. "do you have a minute?"
2. "Um,"
3. I went and accepted more work...
4. No wait, lunch first.
5. "Hiroko-senpai!"
6. "Ayaka?"
7. What to do for dinner?
8. "No,"
9. "Here's a snack for tonight."
10. "Huh?"
11. "I wanted you to have this, Hiroko-senpai!"
12. "it was no trouble at all!"
13. "Sorry if this seems so sudden."
14. "I overheard you were staying late to help another team, so..."
15. "Oh, sorry to make you go to all that trouble."
16. "Huh!?"
17. "Well then!"
1. but that was still pretty nice of her.
2. There she goes...
3. I may be her boss,
4. "Pork cutlet sandwiches!"
5. "Woah!"
6. "Hehe, she loves it!"
7. "Should I tell her to stop?"
8. With all the sneaking around...