Her eyes widened a bit at his question. “What do you mean ‘my’ Kaito? It’s not like we’re dating or anything. I was just about to buy some things here. How about you?”, she asked the tall boy in front of her.
“Ah hah.” Hakuba coughed politely into a fist and glanced away, folding hands behind his back at his faux pas. “Ah, yes, quite. Ah, I’m here with plans of a similar design. I’m…” He wondered if there was any real merit to telling her of his plans, but there didn’t really seem to be any way out of it, either. “…shopping for a new tie, actually.”
He only hoped that she wouldn’t tease him. After all, it was well known (at least as far as he was aware) that he had a very extensive collection of ties already.