Compensation
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
"Weren't you looking for it?"
The boy with black-rimmed glasses' eyes nearly popped out of his head.
His mind, however, had gone blank.
W-what did he mean?
He'd actually gotten the answer he wanted...
But the boy with black-rimmed glasses could hardly believe it.
Was this real?
"You... I..."
"Gulp~"
The boy with black-rimmed glasses swallowed loudly.
Then he choked on his own saliva.
"Cough! Cough, cough!"
He coughed so violently it seemed to shake the heavens.
His face turned bright red.
Tears welled in the corners of his eyes.
"Are you all right?"
Xiao Xiao tilted his head as he looked at the boy with black-rimmed glasses.
"..."
The boy with black-rimmed glasses was coughing too hard to speak.
He could only raise a hand and wave it.
He was indicating that he was fine.
After a while, the boy with black-rimmed glasses finally stopped coughing.
His face felt hot.
He felt utterly embarrassed.
He lowered his head.
It took him a while to look up again.
"Are you all right?"
Xiao Xiao asked again.
"I'm fine."
The boy with black-rimmed glasses rubbed his throat and finally managed to speak.
His voice was a little hoarse.
He coughed lightly a few times.
"...I choked, that's all."
"Be careful."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Mm."
The boy with black-rimmed glasses awkwardly pursed his lips.
That was so embarrassing.
He took a deep breath.
Then he shifted his gaze to the leopard.
After what had just happened, the boy with black-rimmed glasses had more or less accepted that...
The boy had moved aside on purpose.
For now, the boy with black-rimmed glasses didn't want to face the boy holding the White Little Fox.
He pretended that the boy holding