Overwhelming really is a good word to describe her with, but fortunately she isn't the first of her type that he's met, and her enthusiasm is tame in comparison to some of the people he met and got to know in the past few weeks. He tries to smile at her as naturally as possible when she lifts her head and their eyes meet.

Honestly, now that the initial surprise has eased up, he's confused but not bothered. She seems like a nice girl, if only a little strange, , and a little bit of strangeness does no harm. As far as he knew, the Shindou name went back more than a century; it would make sense if it had branched off from other name or had a name that branched off from it.

He just has to get to know her, then it'll be like getting to know Okatsu, or Kinoshita, or Jeanne, or Liu Bei.

"I'm thirteen right now, in my second year of middle school. I play the piano but at school I'm a member of the soccer club. What about you, er -- Shimizu-san?"

How soon is too soon to call someone by first name? Does it matter if they're supposedly relatives?