“I’m telling you, I don’t skate. Despite the soft hat, baggy pants, and short hair, I do not sk—- What are you doing?”

“We’re skating,” the boy explained as he slapped a pair of rollerblades onto her feet. “You get rollerblades. I get a skateboard. We get skating action. Capiche?”

“Napiche!” Lenga-chan snapped. “I don’t even know you! Leave me alone!”

“My name’s Jake,” the boy said.

After a long pause, the girl replied with “Oh.”