"Are you all right?"
Xiao Xiao's gaze fell on the back of the boy's hand.
"I'm fine, I'm fine."
The boy answered instinctively.
Aside from being startled at first... it hurt a little, too...
Now, unless he focused on it, he couldn't feel any pain at all.
Only the red mark on the back of his hand hadn't completely faded.
"...A Jiu?"
"It's very late."
The girl looked at Xiao Xiao.
Shock showed beneath her pale face.
Because of the words that had surfaced in my mind.
I never would have thought of Great White Fox in the darkness...
A trace of amusement flashed through Xiao Xiao's eyes.
Ahem, ahem.
I felt that I probably wouldn't have thought of those two words.
True.
It was the Great White Fox I had thought was always asleep... who hit me.
The girl stared at Great White Fox for quite a while...
Xiao Xiao seemed not to have answered many of my questions very seriously...
Although it hadn't hurt much, there was still some lingering pain.
I immediately pulled my hand back, reacting rather strongly.
The girl turned off the lights in the living room.
I was completely dazzled.
"Mm."
The girl suddenly froze.
Wasn't this the aftermath of being shocked?
Was this little snow-white fox really not asleep?
The darkness inexplicably calmed the girl's emotions.
I realized...
The two words really suited him.
I found it somewhat difficult to look away.
At last, it made sense.
One streak of red light flashed past.
The moment he heard Xiao Xiao say that, the girl breathed a sigh of relief.
The girl accepted Xiao Xiao's explanation.
Instead, there was a tense struggle between them, evenly matched.
There wasn't even a cry.
Was my impression of that word simply