This Little Brother Isn't What I Imagined

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My name is Hanano Chihori. I'm a retired auntie, and I'm currently a second-year student at Teitan High School.

Right now, I'm at Poirot Cafe, watching my editor leave.

Just as I was about to spend a little time alone, someone sat down across from me.

Looking at the boy across from me, with a black uniform that gave no clue which school he attended and silver hair gelled straight up, he looked like a delinquent no matter how I looked at him. Well, to be more accurate, he was a boy whose face was mostly hidden by a scarf. Hanano Chihori was pretty sure he was trying to hit on her.

Then the silver-haired boy spoke:

Silver-haired boy: Kelp!

I was completely bewildered. Sorry, bro, I don't quite understand what you mean.

But to my surprise, he seemed even more hurt than I was.

As I guiltily wondered what I might have done to him and tried to remember, it finally came to me.

I exclaimed: You... are you Toge? That Toge kid from the countryside?

The silver-haired boy was no longer upset: Salmon, salmon.

Theme: Treat people with sincerity