“Are you avoiding me?” Hideki stopped Alyia in the hallway. For the past several days, he hadn’t seen her. She worked in his house. He hoped that eventually she would have to come to the library, so he tried to wait there for her, but no matter how long he waited, she never came. Ms. Tanaka told him they were f*******n to enter the library again, and it also looked like their regular working time had changed. He waited for two hours today until he finally got to see her in the house. Hideki tried to wait for her after her classes, but either Riko or his little brother always accompanied her. “I have no reason to do that, sir,” Alyia replied to him. Her tone brought chills, giving him goosebumps. He instinctively took small steps backwards, although it was exactly the opposite of what he