"I will," Kozue said with a nod. She took the few extra steps she needed to get to her shoe locker, and changed shoes briskly, before emerging on the other side. "Thank you for the invitation."
Not that it had been much of one. Although, Kozue reflected, maybe she shouldn't have expected this to go too easily. "Is your bus ride home very long?" She asked, in slightly nervous interest of making conversation.