Dead... dead...
That was... too close...
Eyes wide, Chiba's entire body stiffened as his gaze slowly followed Yukina's hand, wrapped in slowly retracting white bandages, and the small kunai in that pale hand. A chill slowly crept up his spine.
Yukina's move just now had come far too suddenly, far too quickly. He had not reacted at all. If she had truly stabbed down then, he might have already been a corpse clutching his throat as he fell.
And if not for their earlier exchange confirming his identity, along with the code they had agreed upon during their missions, he would probably already have been a corpse clutching his throat as he fell.
"I-I'm sorry!"
At that moment, as Chiba's gaze followed the kunai down to the table, Yukina's bowed head and pale neck came into view.
I...
What am I doing? What... what did I do to Chiba? Yukina's heart was filled with self-reproach.
"No! What are you doing, Yukina? Raise your head. Nothing happened, did it? Besides, your suspicion was perfectly justified. On the contrary, I think you did the right thing."
Seeing Yukina like this, Chiba no longer had time to dwell on his lingering fear. He hurriedly stood and reached out to help her up, but then seemed to remember something, his hand stopping in midair as he hurriedly spoke.
Yeah, I was acting a little strange just now!
That sentence... there was no way I would say it, much less say it like that.
Given how well Yukina knows me, it was only natural for her to suspect me.
This was my fault.
And Yukina's reaction was actually reassuring. The moment she noticed something abnormal, she made such a decisive call and subdued the person first.
Yukina may have lost her sight, but...
*She's even