"Li... living together?!"
With a startled cry, Kitasan Black's ears and tail shot upright like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, her eyes widening round.
In an instant, she frantically waved her hands, then abruptly lowered her head. Her hands unconsciously clutched the hem of her clothes as she stammered, "N-no... you've misunderstood, we're just... just..."
Her face flushed as red as a ripe tomato, practically ready to drip blood. She had no idea how to explain herself.
With her thoughts in a complete mess, she unconsciously stole a glance at the Horse Girl outside the door, her heart full of confusion.
She did not know the other girl at all, yet she inexplicably felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Especially that gentle smile—she felt like she had seen it somewhere before.
Yet she had no time to think about that now. All her thoughts were focused on those words: "living together."
Her mind involuntarily drifted back over the scenes from this recent period.
Every morning, she would quietly get up to prepare breakfast before Anjing Zhen had even woken up.
Seeing how contentedly he ate always filled her with satisfaction as well.
Though they were still on break and the injury on his hand had not yet healed, Anjing Zhen had already begun doing some of his work again.
Aside from going out with her and Almond Eye, whenever he had free time, he would look through recent race information, Association updates, and all sorts of training notes and papers.
At such times, she did not disturb him. She simply stayed quietly nearby, doing her best to understand and remember the information as she read along with him.
Only when Anjing Zhen took a break would she make her presence known.
For example, she would make him