"Here."
"Thanks..."
Vita accepted the drink Gwen handed her and thanked him, though she was clearly still somewhat out of it. It was not until the cold liquid touched her that she finally came back to herself.
"..."
Glancing at the Immortal's Joy Tea in her hand, Vita blinked, then looked up at Gwen, who had also pulled out a cup of Immortal's Joy Tea and was drinking it.
"At a time like this, shouldn't you be giving me a hot drink?"
"Look at the ingredients. The calories are already through the roof."
Gwen smiled faintly as he turned the cup of Immortal's Joy Tea in his hand and pointed at the ingredient list.
"..."
Realizing that Gwen seemed to be trying to help her recover from her earlier state, Vita felt something stir within her. Yet her face still wore an expression of disdain.
"You'll never get a girlfriend acting like that, Gwen."
Having pulled herself free from those tangled thoughts, Vita continued treating Gwen with the same attitude—
At least from Vita's observations, Gwen did not seem to dislike her acting this way. If anything, he even seemed to... enjoy it?
Or rather... did this version of herself match the image Gwen had formed of her from the information he possessed?
As something quietly sprouted in her heart, Vita pressed those thoughts down. Her cherry-pink lips closed around the straw as she slowly drank the Immortal's Joy Tea, which made an unconscious smile appear on her face.
"That's not something you need to worry about."
Gwen shrugged indifferently.
"I may not be some heartthrob, but there are still a few people who like me."
"Hm? Where did you trick some naive girl?"
Vita seemed to have completely emerged from her earlier daze. Her eyes narrowed slightly from the