She quickly shook her head. "It's all right. You didn't know." Tomoko didn't think she shared anything about her family to anyone in the club, and appreciated him asking about them. People rarely did, after all.

"I didn't. When I tried to borrow the book, the librarian said they didn't have a record of it and she didn't remember having acquired it. And, well--" Here she could feel her cheeks redden. "--I haven't returned it yet."