"You..." Sparkle turned to look behind her, wearing an expression of annoyed disdain as if she found him troublesome. "Do you think you're the male lead in some romance drama? Do you think that just because you chased after me, Lady Sparkle will fall for you?"
"Do you think you're the female lead in a romance drama? That everyone who chases after you likes you?"
Liu Bai had yet to figure out how to counsel Sparkle through her issues, but he could manage this level of bickering.
"Waaah~ Saying that to me? How awful." Sparkle said so, but there was a trace of relief in her tone.
If Liu Bai had actually shown her a concerned, doting expression, Sparkle would have found it irritating.
Mm... This way of getting along, where they were both just "playing around," was pretty nice too.
"By the way, Brother, is it really okay for you to come after me? Won't the others get jealous?"
Sparkle naturally changed the subject—she did not want Liu Bai to ask why she had come out.
"Ah~ Look, doesn't this development feel exactly like something from a romance anime? Hehe~ The white season is the season of love, you know."
"...For a moment, I genuinely didn't know where to start criticizing that." Liu Bai rubbed his forehead. That had poked at his old otaku DNA.
Liu Bai casually draped his coat over Sparkle.
"You even brought a coat, and you still claim you're not trying to win Lady Sparkle's heart?"
Sparkle continued teasing Liu Bai.
Still... although the current temperature could not hurt her with her strength, she could still feel the cold as usual.
The heavy coat gave her a little warmth the moment it settled over her shoulders.
Sparkle tugged at the coat, wrapping herself more tightly