“Mm, probably! Let me just change my shoes again.” Miho turned away from him, flipping her locker back open. Her school shoes were carefully slipped off and tucked neatly away, and then she was pulling her normal shoes back on – they were black dress shoes, polished to a pristine shine. “I’m just going to text my Mom quickly, okay? But we can start walking.” Her locker was clicked closed, and then they headed on out.

It was actually a bit of a walk from the campus gates to their school, and she spent the time thinking about what they should do. “We could take the skytrain to the mall, and then get tea at the stop there… You’ve taken the skytrain before, right? How long have you been in Japan?”