"So... how are you?" Leroy, who looked at her with a greeting after a brief, awkward silence, resumed the conversation again, looking different, as if he had returned to his normal self, and cleared his throat.
"It's been a while."
"Fine," Becca, who had looked at him in a polite and respectful manner, replied with some reserve, putting on a smiley expression after the awkward situation.
Leroy, who had felt the absurdity of his situation and his confused mind from yesterday, calmed down and turned around, simply apologizing spontaneously and cheerfully.
'This... makes more sense now.'
'I'm sorry,' he expressed, extending his hand toward him and shaking it in his usual manner, with a cheerful look.
'It's okay,' she replied. This... made her response sound empty and indifferent on the surface, despite her awareness and confusion.
'Nothing significant happened after that.
'The atmosphere between them was awkward and strange.
'A moment of silence passed again.