Rejected in a Dream ch9

p1
>Hah~~
>I want a boyfriend~
>...I don't actually want one at all, though.

>I just said it in a "isn't there anything fun to do~" kinda way.
>It's almost summer break, after all...

>Aren't you gonna find yourself...
>a boyfriend, Hinoka...?
>Hinoka always brings up topics like these.
>...

p2
>I don't...
>want a boyfriend...
>Her eyes were dead.
>...Because of that,

>I see...
>I assumed she didn't have any interest in romance...

>Then the two of us should hang out a lot this year!

p3
>Yeah!
>Let's play!!

>You don't "want" a boyfriend...?
>Then...
>how about a "girlfriend"?

>I wanna go to the beach this year.
>Sounds great!
>...is what I wanted to ask,
but I couldn't exactly do that.