"Why have you been staring at me? Did you fall for me?" Shin looked up and asked Kazuha Toyama.
Kazuha's face instantly flushed red. She stammered, "W-Who would fall for you? I... I wasn't looking at you at all."
"And why are you looking at me? Did you fall for me?" Kazuha huffed cutely.
Yet, to Kazuha's surprise, Shin actually nodded. "Yeah. Kazuha's so pretty, of course I fell for you."
Seeing the smile on Shin's face, Kazuha's heart stirred. Could he really mean it? Did he really like her?
Kazuha lowered her head. For a moment, she could not even feel the pain from the cut on her hand. Her mind was filled with Shin's smiling expression.
"Kazuha, don't take it to heart. Shin was only joking with you. Hurry up and bandage Kazuha's wound. If you can't do it, I will."
Ran Mouri lightly patted Shin on the shoulder and huffed.
Shin looked up and clearly saw the jealousy on Ran's face. Yes, Ran had gotten jealous just now, and she had also become somewhat wary of her good friend Kazuha.
There was some truth to the saying: guard against fire, thieves, and best friends.
"Joking?" Kazuha looked up at the smiling Shin, a flicker of disappointment crossing her face. Ran did not notice it, but Shin did, and the smile on his face deepened.
"All right, I've bandaged it for you," Shin said to Kazuha.
"It's so ugly." Kazuha could not help complaining as she looked at the bandaged wound.
Though the bandaging was ugly, Kazuha truly could not feel any pain at all. It was really strange—she could not feel the slightest bit of pain.
"I kindly bandaged your wound, and you're actually complaining that it looks ugly. Sigh." Shin deliberately let out a sigh.
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