Natsukawa Sosuke looked speechlessly at the culprit who had ruined the mood. Kushida Kikyo was walking over with light steps, that harmlessly sweet smile still on her face, as if she had not been the one who had just scared Sakura Airi away.
Kushida Kikyo approached with brisk steps. She first glanced concernedly in the direction Sakura had disappeared, then tilted her head and looked at Natsukawa with those watery eyes, her voice filled with just the right amount of concern.
"Natsukawa-kun, is Sakura-san... okay? Did I interrupt you two?"
What do you think?
Natsukawa Sosuke stared at her wordlessly.
Seeing Natsukawa's reaction, Kushida Kikyo's smile did not change. However, her lively eyes swiftly swept the area. Once she confirmed there was no one else on the deck, her sweet and lovable angelic mask vanished without a trace.
In its place was an expression tinged with disdain and full of mockery.
"Say, Natsukawa-kun." Her voice changed as well, no longer that sugary sweet girl's voice but one with a hint of sharpness and ridicule. "Don't you find it cringey, acting like some innocent high school boy and playing this hand-holding-under-the-moonlight game?"
She looked him up and down, a mocking curve forming at the corner of her lips.
"Tsk, tsk. I thought someone like you would be more straightforward. So after all that, you're just the type who only dares to play at being pure. Still... if you managed to make Sakura completely lose her head over you, then deep down, you must be a complete scumbag."
Faced with this sudden change in personality and vicious attack, Natsukawa Sosuke's expression did not ripple in the slightest. He merely looked at the girl before him, who had finally shed her disguise. Then, before Kushida Kikyo could react, he suddenly reached out and