The girl once believed that feelings like these were something she should never have.
But whenever she saw that guy, some inexplicable, wondrous emotion would surface, making it impossible for her heart to remain calm. Was that what liking someone felt like? Sirin had no idea what this emotion that captivated humans really was. Perhaps she could find a similar answer in Bella, but... how was she supposed to do that?
Inside Feather of the Crossing, Sirin had secretly watched Feng Chen and Bella doing those "absurd" things quite a few times. Each time, she spied on them with some strange emotion in her heart, only to leave with a flushed face in the end.
Was that what humans called liking someone?
No, Sirin could completely deny that conclusion. If that was what humans called the expression of affection, Feng Chen would not have gone tens of thousands of years without making a move on Bella. She had no idea whether he had simply been able to restrain himself—or whether he was incapable of it.
"If you care so much, why not just go ask him?"
Ask? Sirin froze for a moment. Ask whom? Bella? No, no, Bella definitely would not do. When it came to these things, Bella might not know much more than Sirin did. Bella herself did not know why she had realized that she harbored unusual feelings for Feng Chen, or why she had not rejected him at that time.
It had to be done. At that moment, that was the only answer in Bella's heart. So whatever she did afterward came from her genuine feelings.
"I'm telling you to ask Feng Chen. He still considers himself human, and he doesn't have weird chūnibyō thoughts like you do. How could he not know what liking someone