The reuse of her name almost got another outburst when they suddenly seemed to be acutely aware of Abendroth. They fell into an stifling silence before grabbing their containers of baked goods, leaving their kitchen mostly clean, and quietly agreed they needed to go anyway.

Haruka listened to them go, a bit like an attentive dog, and she caught the barest snatches of 'What a bitch'. She curiously turned her head in Abendroth's direction before turning back to Tanemoto,

"Nothing much. They're probably assuming we're going out now and up to terrible, hormonal teenage deeds."